VCA2024

julia dworak

Advanced Diploma
2024

Julia Dworak is a Canadian artist raised in Caledon East, Ontario. In 2024 she graduated from Sheridan College with a diploma in Advanced Visual and Creative Arts. While attending Sheridan she worked in social marketing, event coordinating and digital design, expanding her communication skills. She has exhibited at Sheridans Artful Change Showcase, representing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Julia continues to broaden her skill set in aims to advance a career in the arts.

Instagram: @juliadworakarts

Drop of Nature

Drop of Nature

by julia dworak

Drop of Nature is a build up from Industrial Nature, and Islands, moving into real plants. Drop of Nature was inspired by the ripples created when a rock is dropped in water. The concrete moulds were created with cardboard, and the plants were harvested from my yard.

Concrete, Plants, Soil

85cm x 85cm x 9cm

Fishog Lake

Fishog Lake

by julia dworak

Fishog Lake is a postage stamp for the Queen Elizabeth ll Wildlands Provincial Park. Fishog Lake is memory of a very important person in my life bringing me on my first portaging experience.

Holy Father

Holy Father

by julia dworak

Holy Father was created in respects to my biological father. No one speaks ill of the dead, and growing up in the catholic church, this was the case for my father. He has a pure image in the minds of his loved ones.

In Natures Hands

In Natures Hands

by julia dworak

In Natures Hands is an exploration of natures patterns. This was the first painting in which i explored pointillism.

Industrial Nature

Industrial Nature

by julia dworak

Industrial Nature was created with opposing elements in mind. Industrial Nature is concrete and yarn, showing the difference between texture, colour, shape and size.

15cm x 15cm x 15cm

Islands

Islands

by julia dworak

Islands is a wall hung sculpture, mimicking Industrial Nature on a larger scale.

styrofoam, faux plants

91cm x 91 cm x 9cm

Lake Erie Sea Glass Lamp

Lake Erie Sea Glass Lamp

by julia dworak

Lake Erie Sea Glass Lamp speaks for the global ocean pollution crisis. The glass was collected from the beaches of Lake Erie, and repurposed to create a sustainable lamp.

16cm x 16cm x 16cm

Mother

Mother

by julia dworak

Mother is a representation of my relationship with mother earth. In this painting i explored patterns within the forms, and a wider colour palette.

Off Day

Off Day

by julia dworak

Off Day is a landscape painting of a rocky beach off Ocean Drive in Newport, Rhode Island. Off Day is that perfect beach day.

Rebirth

Rebirth

by julia dworak

Rebirth is an abstract landscape painting of a mountain in Pemberton, British Columbia. While visiting BC i was at a time in my life where everything was changing around me at lightning speed, and i was being pushed into reality.

Tickle Me Pink

Tickle Me Pink

by julia dworak

Tickle Me Pink is a story on girlhood and finding what femininity means to you. Growing up forced into wearing pink and sparkles led to me growing up resenting those things. Rediscovering those things for myself is me redefining my femininity.

Under the Microscope

Under the Microscope

by julia dworak

Under the Microscope was inspired by bacteria growth on glass petri dishes. The glass was collected from different second hand stores, smashed, then a dremel rotary tool was used to soften the edges. I wanted to capture the organic nature of bacteria, in the shape of each piece of glass.

30cm x 30cm x 2cm

What Zizi Says, Goes

What Zizi Says, Goes

by julia dworak

What Zizi Says, Goes is a memory from childhood. My older sister is pictured rubbing lotion on my aunt Zizi's legs after a long day in the Mexican sun.