Julia Garcia (b. 1992, Pompano Beach, FL, USA) uses a collage-like application of acrylic and ink onto wet raw canvas as a reflection of her childhood growing up near the Everglades, where the natural flow of the wetlands has been slowly corralled and shaped by urban development. This relationship between material flow, time, and permeability is underpinned by the dominance of water’s role in Garcia’s process. From paintings of scantily clad female hunters to fabricated scenes of domestic Americana, Garcia’s work asks questions about the propagation of fantasy through image and the complexities of the human relationship to the environment. Garcia received her BFA from the School of Visual Art in 2014 and her MFA in 2016 from the Hoffberger School of Painting at Maryland Institute College of Art. Garcia had her first institutional solo exhibition in 2023 at NW9 in Cologne, Germany. Other solo exhibitions have been held at Gaa, New York, NY; Night Club Gallery, St.Paul, MN; King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia; Lazarus Center, Baltimore, MD; Galerie Fran Reus, Palmade Mallorca, Spain; and an upcoming solo exhibition at KDR305, Miami, FL. Garcia has been included in recent group exhibitions at Hair + Nails, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Gaa, New York, NY, USA; and Night Club Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, USA.