Julia Makojnik
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I’m a multidisciplinary artist, educator and curator working in Greater Manchester.
I work across photography, drawing, risograph, writing, textiles and fibre arts. I make publications as a way to consolidate projects and bring together different strands of my practice. My work is concerned with the amorphousness of our sense of place. I engage with environments through archival, visual and geographical research. I am interested in how engaging with the layered histories of an area, its inhabitants, politics and topographies can develop richer relationships with places we live or spend time in and promote personal involvement in their future.
I am concerned with sustainability. I don’t outsource any production of my work, and work with recycled or sustainable materials and processes as much as possible. I create limited publications or one-off pieces which highlgiht the time, resources and skill required to make physical objects and the environmental impact of mass production and consumption.
I have experience curating and arts programming in a variety of contexts and working with small to medium size budgets. I am currently part of the programme team at Braziers International Film Festival. In the past, I have worked in a range of gallery spaces and contexts, and with nationally and internationally renowned artists. Please see my CV for a full list of projects.
I have worked in higher education since 2016, with students across Foundation, BA and MA art and design programmes. I deliver reflective teaching sessions across photography, studio lighting, sewing and textile arts, Adobe CC software, digital print, risograph printing, bookmaking and drawing. I co-run an open-access fabric technology facility covering fabric printing and computerised machine embroidery. I plan and deliver curriculum sessions across two modules on the Art and Design Foundation programme. I am currently completing a PGCAP.
I am based at Rogue Artists’ Studios in Gorton, Greater Manchester and I’m currently open to collaboration, programming projects and creative workshops beyond the university. Please get in touch via e-mail if you have something in mind.