Julia Dimitru is a professional visual artist living in Czech Republic and Spain. She is focused on figurative art and portraiture and known for her photo-realistic artwork and rare technniques such as dry brush or coffee painting.
Julia refers to art as her first language. She is fascinated by natural beauty, human relations with each other and nature. Her creativity is driven by curiosity for anthropology and seeking balance of body, mind and soul. She discovered her passion for travel and deep connection to the sea at an early age. She has been drawn to different forms of art, a significant part of her life was dedicated to dancing. She finds her purpose in expressing characters and communicating through art.
Started as a pencil artist, but has always been experimenting with various mediums. She made a breakthrough with unconventional techniques and promptly became an award-winning artist exhibiting in metropolitan cities such as London, New York, Moscow and Barcelona.
Events and Awards
27/10/2023 – 28/07/2024 Barcelona, Spain
- Artwork “Serendipity” at the MEAM Hall exhibition in the European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM) in Barcelona
4/2022 London, UK
- Artwork “Coffee taste” exhibited at the London Coffee Festival 2022 among other selected artworks from previous years of the Coffee Art Project
2021-2022 Moscow, Russia / Minsk, Belarus
- Artwork “Fennec” exhibited at the Golden Turtle Wildlife Festival in Minsk, Belarus
- Artwork “Fennec” featured at the Golden Turtle 2021 annual album with wildlife photos, artworks and eco posters of the finalists
- Artwork “Fennec” exhibited at the Golden Turtle Wildlife Festival at the New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
- Artwork “Fennec”: finalist of the International art competition Golden Turtle 2021 at the category Animal Portrait. The competition was attended by 1184 artists from 76 countries who sent 2117 artworks, the jury selected 17 finalists.
09-10/2021 London, UK
- Selected for the UK Coffee Week project
- Finalist of the Coffee Art Project London 2021 with artwork “Coffee Taste”
- Artwork “Coffee Taste” exhibited at the London Coffee Festival 2021 at the Old Truman Brewery, London, UK
10/2019 New York, New York, USA
- Visitor’s Award of the Coffee Art Project NYC 2019 with artwork “Connection”
- Artwork “Connection” exhibited at the New York Coffee Festival 2019 Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA
03/2019 London, United Kingdom
- Visitor’s Award of the Coffee Art Project London 2019 with artwork “Her espresso hair”
- Artwork “Her espresso hair” exhibited at the London Coffee Festival 2019 , Old Truman Brewery in London, UK
2018 Prague, Czechia / LA, California
- Art project for Crypto One Bill and Alpha Hollywood Studios for the movie “The Secret of Karma” (2020), directed by Milan Friedrich. Portraits of starring actors: Brendan Fraser, Marcia Cross and Dawn Olivieri.