Anchor Art Space is pleased to present video works
by Julia Oldham in the Moving Image Room.
Julia Oldham is a video artist whose performative works explore science and nature. She uses her
body as a tool to understand the life cycles and behaviors of insects, to examine the fundamental constants of the universe,
and to measure electrical emanations from plant forms. Her work often combines scientific inquiry with elements of experimental
movement and dance.
A physicist, an avid gardener
and a pack of dogs raised Oldham in rural Western Maryland, and her childhood was filled with adventures in the woods, bee
stings, drawings, and science experiments. Oldham studied art history at St. Mary's College of Maryland and then received
her MFA from the University of Chicago. She lives in Brooklyn, and she also travels around the country to participate in residencies.
Oldham's work has been screened/exhibited at Art in General in New York, NY; MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, NY; The
Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, IL; Espaco3 in Lisbon, Portugal; the Dia Foundation at the Hispanic Society in New
York, NY; the Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC; and FACT in Liverpool, UK. Her work has been supported by Artadia,
the Fund for Art and Dialogue, New York, NY; Art in General, New York, NY; Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, Clermont,
KY; and the City of Chicago Departent of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL.
image: "Dragger", video still, 1:11, 2006.
