Julia Louise Pereira
Julia Louise Pereira is an award-winning illustrator and multidisciplinary artist living in Toronto, Canada. She’s inspired by folklore and uses ethereal and whimsical imagery to question our deepest fears, desires and beliefs. Work that synthesizes urban and wildlife is particularly interesting to her. She currently works in watercolor, gouache, mixed media, ceramics and murals.
Julia is passionate about advocating for social change and strives to leave behind a kinder world than where she left it. She is open to collaboration with other artists and new projects.
Julia is a graduate of OCAD University in Illustration and is the co-founder of the emerging art collective, Carpos Collective.
Clients include the Guardian, Tales and Feathers Magazine, Stelliform Press, Coach House Books, Gallery 1313, Inkbox, the City of Brampton and the City of Toronto.
Education
Bachelor of Design (Major Illustration, Minor Creative Writing & Printmaking) – OCAD University, Toronto, ON.
Mentorship Program taught by Sloan Mitchell at the Kensington Art Academy
Awards and Grants
2023 — Shortlisted for the Prix Aurora Award
2020 — Shortlisted for Communication Arts Illustration Annual
2019 — 3x3 Magazine Student Merit Award
2018 — Ada Slaight Gallery Fund
2013 — City of Brampton Art’s Council Art Award
Gallery Exhibitions
2023 — Nightmare on Roncesvalles - Northern Contemporary
2023 — Mischief and Pollen Solo Show – The Tranzac Club
2019 — Kensington Art Academy Year End Exhibition – Youth Arcade Studio
2019 — GradEx 104 – OCADU
2019 — Mischief and Pollen @ Homework Exhibit – Artscape Youngplace
2019 — Abandon – Youth Arcade Studio
2018 — Curious Glimmers Solo Show - Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto
2018 — Carpos Collective Debut Exhibition – Crimson Teas
2018 — Kensington Art Academy Year End Exhibition – Youth Arcade Studio
2015 — Feminist Fomo Nomo – OCADU
2015 — Insert Feminism @ Feminist Art Conference – Artscape Youngplace
Art Fairs
2020/2021/2023 — Toronto Outdoor Art Fair
2017/2021/2022 — Canzine
2018 – 2022 — OCADU Artist Alley
2018/2022 — TCAF - Toronto Reference Library
209/2021/2022 — Tranzac Holiday Gift Fair – Tranzac Club
2019/2021/2022 — Toronto Art Crawl
2019 — Tranzac Holiday Gift Fair – Tranzac Club
2018/2019 — Bound Book Arts Fair – Arts & Letters Club
2019 — Feminist Art Market – Gladstone Hotel
2019 — Art-In-The-Park – Country Heritage Park
2017 — Slackline Creative Arts Series – Burdock Music Hall