about
Julie McIntyre studied at the Banff Centre, Alberta in 1986 and received her BFA from Queen’s University with a major in printmaking. She has had solo shows in 22 public galleries in Canada and participated in well over 40 juried exhibitions, including 24 international credits to date. Julie has taught workshops across Canada and is an artist in residence with the Vancouver School Board.
artist statement
My print-based “Stories” series all celebrate commonplace experiences while mining highly personal narratives to connect universal experiences. For instance, following the birth of my daughter, Bedtimes Stories (2002-2007), looked at motherhood through the lens of traditional children’s literature, while Road Stories (1993 -1997), inspired by years as a travelling salesperson, examined how the car has profoundly changed our perception of landscape. Travel Stories (2008 – 2016) was inspired by a box of photographs taken by my grandmother during her world travels in the 1960s and 70s. The series searches for the familiar in foreign territory and uncovers a lot of baggage about womanhood in the process. With Ghost Stories, (2017- ), I used local museum houses to represent Victorian virtues and colonial prejudices that continue to haunt us.
