Julie Brook with Firestack
Julie Brook studied art at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford(1980-83).
From 1989 Julie Brook has been living and working in remote landscapes in Scotland; Hoy, Orkney (1989) ; the west coast of Jura (1990-94); on the uninhabited island of Mingulay (1996-2011), Outer Hebrides.
Recently she has been working in different parts of the desert in Central and South West Libya (2008-09) travelling with Tuareg guides; Syria (2010) ; NW Namibia (2011-14) travelling with Himba-Herero guides. Brook's work will also be featured in an upcoming exhibition at Abbot Hall in summer 2022.
She makes large scale sculptural work outside using different materials using photography and film as part of the process of working.