"My artistic prac­tice evolves from a deep, almost ritual engage­ment with process. One of its essen­tial pillars is the sketch­book, which I value for its intimate yet access­ible nature. Spending time outdoors in nature is as funda­mental to my work as drawing itself. In search of the vitality inherent in mater­ials, I increas­ingly exper­i­ment with raw natural substances as mediums. In terms of format, mater­ials, and modes of present­a­tion, I aim to explore new paths, enga­ging with install­ative and poten­tially sculp­tural approaches around drawing. It is also important to me to make the aspects of extracting and assem­bling more visible, and to delve more deeply into ques­tions of copying and layering."

During her resid­ency, Julia Holt­mann invites parti­cipants to an exper­i­mental drawing work­shop: The Wondering Line – Drawing as a tool for falling into ourselves.

Julia Holt­mann (*1983, Germany) is a Spain-based artist working with painting, install­a­tion, and inter­dis­cip­linary projects. After initial studies in Fine Art at the Univer­sity of South Africa in Cape Town, she completed a BA in Design at the Hamburg Univer­sity of Applied Sciences (2013) and an MFA at the Facultad de Bellas Artes, Univer­sity of Málaga (2022). Her work has been shown in numerous exhib­i­tions in Germany and abroad. Her pieces are held in private collec­tions in Germany, Spain, and South Africa, as well as in insti­tu­tional collec­tions including the Cill Rialaig Art Center (Ireland), the Brashnar Creative Project (North Mace­donia), the Casa de Cultura Fuen­girola (Spain), and the Kaman Art Found­a­tion (India).

www.juli­aholt­mann.com