On View June 3 - 28, 2025
Julia Roshkow was born in 1955 in New York City and has lived there most of her adult life. Currently, she lives and works in Queens. She received a B.A. in Art History from Harvard in 1977 but had no formal training in either studio art or design. Prior to becoming an artist, she had been a physician, a fashion designer, and a graphic designer. Her artwork has been shown at galleries in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and on Long Island. Someday, she hopes to exhibit work in all five boroughs.
She makes crystal art by gluing crystals to giclee printed grids. Her work exists in that liminal space between art, design, and craft. It is recognizable as art, inspired by design, and her process is akin to craft.
Currently, she is working on a series called "Surfaces." In this series, she is reimagining historical and contemporary textile, needlework, and tile patterns. The name of the series is derived from the term surface design. Surface design is the creation of artwork that can be applied to a surface such as fabric, wallpaper, floor coverings, and other home décor. These patterns are often seamless and usually repeat. As such, the Surfaces works are both repetitive and decorative by intention. She is drawn to these patterns because recreating them in crystal transforms them into something mysterious and beautiful, while still retaining the comfort of the familiar.
