bio
Photo taken by Mali Lazell in Room No.1 on Seljavegur, 2009
Juliana España Keller
is a British Visual Artist who was born in London, England of Spanish and English descent and emigrated to New York City, USA as a teenager. She spent her formative years in and around a New York attitude, her thirties living in the jungle of Ciudad Guyana, Venezuela and is now a passionate Mile Ender in Montréal.
Juliana has presented her installations, photography and performance work in many international venues abroad in Europe, South America and the USA and she is currently a Part-Time Faculty member of the Painting and Drawing Department of the Studio Arts Program of Concordia University.
Her obsession with the people and landscape of Iceland is profound and occupies her mind and artistic practice these days..
She has been to Iceland several times now on an International Residency program through the support of the Association of Icelandic Visual Artists (SÍM) in Reykjavik
Juliana is also a part of two performance collectives: WWKA [Women with Kitchen Appliances] and B.E. Canada.
She is also an avid tennis nut and passionate cook and also teaches Macrobiotics [Alternative Comparative Diets Program] at the NHC Institute in Montreal and runs Private Cooking Classes in her loft and in NYC entitled: CooK GlobaL, EaT LocaL
This page is dedicated to her husband Rudy Keller and her Bernese Mountain Dog, Miles who inspired her on this artistic journey.......
The image above and below was taken at the SIM Residency in Reykjavik, Iceland where Juliana always returns to make art and learn about living life to the fullest.
