Another piece of pie | 2017 | Acrylic and Oil on Panel | 24" x 36"

Artist Statement: Working from imagination and with ideas of narration, I utilize recurring elements from one painting to another, or frame the subjects of my paintings very narrowly, creating a form of suspense. My artworks are psychological. By omitting parts of an image or suggesting abnormal situations, I would like to contrast a feeling of familiarity with surrealism.

I like to depict smoking teacups and cigarettes, objects that evoke a domestic, tamed image of women. On the other side, organic, ambiguous body parts allude to a darker archetype of a woman fused with nature. Through faceless portraits of women, I want to reflect on identity, as it is defined by nature and culture, and as something that is ever-changing.

Julie Tuyet Curtiss (b. 1982, Paris, Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) holds a MFA and a BA from Ecole Nationale Superieur des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France. She made her solo debut at the artist-run space 106 Green Gallery in Brooklyn, NY in October 2017. Her work has also been included in group exhibitions at White Cube, London, UK; Regina Rex, New York, NY; and the Hole Gallery, New York, NY. Curtiss was the recipient of a Van Lier Fellowship through the New York Foundation for the Arts in 2012. She will have a solo presentation at Various Small Fires, Los Angeles in 2018. Her paintings have been reviewed in The Times, London; Whitehot Magazine, and NY Magazine to mention a few.