Julia Schwartz

Art depicts my situation-the geographic, the emotional, the existential, the state of the world-and how I make sense of it. This includes personal loss and grief as well as profound political and cultural fragmentation. I have always liked Keats’ idea of “negative capability;” this is quite compatible with being essentially self-taught, although my colleagues remind me that all of us are always learning on the job. Still, without benefit or burden of formal “technique” in art-making, I am comfortable with doubt, uncertainty, the freedom to explore materials and methods, and an infinite freedom to fail.