Art with a Story
“Ellipses” refers to the defining element of Rymer’s work, an elliptical, oval form that recurs in each piece. She paints and draws these forms intuitively, referencing natural phenomena and ancient symbols. Inspired by her interest in physics, astronomy and color theory, and her childhood spent immersed in the mountains and plains of Colorado, Rymer’s work celebrates the beauty of the natural world.
Exhibitions
2018, Ellipses, Solo Exhibition, MLB Designs & Boutique, Kansas City, MO
About the Artist
Born in Pueblo, Colorado, Julia Rymer is a multi-media artist and art educator. Her works evoke her emotional experience of the natural world, while investigating her relationship to time, history, nature's cycles, and Jewish practice and heritage.
She holds an MFA in Painting from Pratt Institute, and a BFA in Painting from the University of Denver School of Art & Art History. Her 25-year art career spans numerous solo and group exhibitions and inclusion in many corporate, museum and private collections throughout the United States. As a founding member of the Seed Sister Artist Collective since 2020, her work has been featured in many international group exhibitions in Europe and Asia. Past artist residencies include the Children’s Museum of Denver and Createspace Wales.
Julia has an extensive background in art education from the K-12 to university level and is a faculty member at the Curtis Center for the Arts in Greenwood Village, Colorado, teaching child and adult art classes. An avid language learner, Julia recently earned her B1 Zertifikat in German from the Goethe Institut. She lives in the foothills outside of Denver, Colorado, with her husband and two children.