About the Artist

Juliana Harrer is a Massachusetts based artist. She gets much of her creativity from her mom’s side of the family where her grandmother and Uncle had a career in the arts. She holds a BFA degree from Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, MA where she studied Art Education, Interdisciplinary Arts and minored in Entrepreneurship. She is currently a Charter School Art Educator in New Hampshire.

Juliana’s work has been shown in exhibitions at Montserrat, the North Shore, and she has recently exhibited in New York City. She also sells handcrafted jewelry at various local gift shops.

Artist Statement

I am a mixed media painter and jewelry designer. I find that my inspiration in my art practice comes from traveling and exploring themes of the natural world. I love to travel, especially to new places. I will oftentimes be seen with a camera exploring the different landscapes and culture of a place. When I come home from traveling, I always feel a sense of renewed inspiration of wanting to paint new observations from photography. While my paintings and jewelry are separate strands within my arts practice, I will oftentimes incorporate beads within my paintings as a way of exploring new textures and adding my own creative touch to my observations, while some other works are considered more traditional landscape paintings. In my work, I also use many patterns and bright colors.