Julianna is an emerging artist, born in Winnipeg and raised on the prairies of Southern Manitoba. She completed her first BFA at the University of Manitoba in Art History with honours. In May 2017, she received her second BFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Visual Art.  Her works focus primarily in clay, but she also extends her practice to a variety of materials. Julianna’s current work investigates our relationship to our food and more specifically our disassociation to the production of animal products and our disconnect to animals as food. She explores the loss of an intimate relationship to food and its sources while exploring ideas of fragility, extravagance, abundance, the unknown and unconscious consumption.  

Julianna is a current MFA student at the University of Manitoba. 

Food is an essential part of human existence. It is needed for survival, it provides us with nutrition and sustenance.  It can be used as an act of offering, bring us together for a meal or celebration.  It is something that brings us joy, holds memories and fulfills a need. Food is very simple and yet very complicated. It is multidimensional, holding complex problems and is also highly charged politically, socially, ethically and economically.

My current body of work investigates our relationship to food, and more specifically our disassociation to the production of animal products and our disconnect to animals as food. I want to further understand and explore our loss of an intimate relationship to our food and its sources while exploring ideas of fragility, extravagance, the unknown and unconscious consumption.