Julie Fei-Fan Balzer
Massachusetts
I am a printmaker + painter + collage artist. My artwork focuses on juxtapositions.
MessageJulie Fei-Fan Balzer is a visual artist whose career spans over two decades. Julie's work seamlessly weaves together various artistic techniques, including printmaking, collage, and painting, resulting in captivating and dynamic compositions that captivate audiences worldwide. Julie's printmaking book, "Carve Stamp Play," was published by Interweave Press in 2012. She was the host of Make It Artsy TV on PBS for 5 seasons. Her artwork has appeared on the cover of and in the pages of numerous magazines and books, in the US and across the world. Her commitment to pushing the boundaries of her craft and sharing her knowledge has made her an invaluable educator, offering workshops, classes, and tutorials that empower countless individuals to unlock their creative potential.
Julie is a graduate of Brown University. She lives with her husband and three-year-old son in an old Victorian house outside of Boston.
Statement
My artwork explores high contrast visual relationships, skating along the boundaries of aesthetic cacophony.
Perhaps it's because I'm biracial, but I've always been drawn to explore the places where divergent objects come together. How can I, as an artist, visually unify disparate elements? I love taking tiny bits of this and tiny bits of that to make something complete. The sum truly is greater than the parts.
My graphic, colorful, highly patterned, and expressive work is always rooted in careful observation of the world around me. I filter those observations through my personal lens in order to share my point-of-view. I'm not a camera sharing a representation of what is. I'm a person sharing what I think is significant and meaningful.
Over the years I have worked in many different mediums and formats. I find the cross-pollination to be enormously stimulating and exciting.