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Julija Pustovrh is a Slovenian born artist and ceramicist living and working in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Julija's background is in Landscape Architecture, though after graduating from Edinburgh College of Arts in summer 2014, she launched a small independent arts and design business called EmporiumJulium. Working with paper /linocut, wood, glass, and textile, she finally settled on clay as her medium. In 2017, she was part of the inaugural generation of members at the Edinburgh Ceramics Workshop, as well as later becoming a teacher and chief technician there in 2019. Since 2020, she has an independent practice at Abbeymount Studios in Edinburgh. In her work, Julija is exploring different ceramic materials looking at patterns, forms and textures in micro and macro scales. Her current collection is entitles Sandscape - incorporating sand from remote parts of Scotland, which she collected during her travels. She is making functional and decorative tableware in clean minimalist form, using the natural appearance of clay and sand as a way to convey the dynamism unique to Scottish landscapes. Her work is stocked in specialist boutiques and galleries in Scotland and around the world, as well as featuring in exhibitions of contemporary ceramics. . You can support her on Patreon. |
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EDUCATION & WORK
Unurghent Argilla, Wild Clay Workshop (2022)
Residency at The Lengths (2021)
Wild Materials Workshop, by Studio Alluvium (2021)
Technician at Edinburgh Ceramics Workshop (2019-2021)
Assistant technician at Edinburgh Ceramics Workshop (2018)
SQA Ceramics, Edinburgh Design School (2018)
MSc Landscape Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art (2011-2014)
BA Landscape Architecture, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (2009-2011)
EXHIBITIONS
Ruthin Craft Center (January-April 2023)
Custom Lane, Edinburgh (November/December 2020)
Craft Centre Leeds (September 2020)
Scottish Art Club (Online) (June 2020)
Form19 - Ceramics Exhibition, Whitestuff, George Street, Edinburgh (13th-22nd Dec 2019)
Terra Forma - Sculpture, Ceramics & Painting Exhibition, Edinburgh Palette (17th-30th Nov 2018)
The Art Friends of St Columba's Hospice 32nd Annual Art Exhibition, Edinburgh (Oct 2018)
Multiples, Lennon Gallery, Stockbridge, Edinburgh (Oct 2018)
Space to Grow, Scottish Pottery Association, Barn Gallery, Bield at Blackruthven, Perth (Apr 2018)
Positively Blue, Lennon Gallery, Stockbridge, Edinburgh (Feb 2018)
Hecla Gallery, Cockenzie House, Edinburgh (Sept Oct Nov 2017)
FAIRS & MARKETS
Open Studios, Abbeymount Studios, Edinburgh (2-3rd Dec 2023)
Out of the Blue Art Market, Edinburgh (10th Dec 2023)
University of Edinburgh Christmas Craft Fair (8th Dec 2023)
V&A Dundee, Art Market (Dec 2022)
University of Edinburgh Christmas Craft Fair (Dec 2022)
Spot Design Market, Glasgow (14th Aug 2022)
Open Studios, Abbeymount Studios, Edinburgh (4-5th June 2022)
Spot Design Market, Glasgow (5th Dec 2021)
Potfest 2020 (25th-27th Sep 2020)
Out of the Blue Art Market, Edinburgh (14th Dec 2019)
3D2D Art Fair, Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh (7th-8th Dec 2019)
University of Edinburgh Christmas Craft Fair (6th Dec 2019)
V&A Dundee, Art Market (24th Nov 2019)
Out of the Blue Art Market, Edinburgh (15th June 2019)
West End Fair - 3D2D, Princess Street, Edinburgh (3rd-24th Aug 2019)
3D2D Art Fair, Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh (8th-9th Dec 2018)
Makers' Fair, Edinburgh Palette, St Margaret's House (8th Dec 2018)
University of Edinburgh Christmas Craft Fair (7th Dec 2018)
Out of the Blue Art Market, Edinburgh (1st Dec 2018)
West End Fair - 3D2D, Princess Street, Edinburgh (4th-19th Aug 2018)
Makers' Fair, Edinburgh Palette, St Margaret's House (Dec 2107)
University of Edinburgh Christmas Craft Fair (Dec 2017)
WORKSHOPS
April / May 2018
COMMUNICATING SCOTTISH CULINARY IDENTITY THROUGH ART
Pottery workshop for Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
STOCKISTS
BARD, Edinburgh
OR Shop, Skye
Lifestory, Edinburgh
Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh
Red Door Gallery, Edinburgh
Obects & finds, Borders
Figment Coffee, Aberdeen
Sandwich Bay, Isle of Lewis
Kinn Collective, London
Aestethe, London
Paonea, Manchester
Nadinoo, Oakham
Little Beacon, Ilkley
Ahanan, Cornwall
Alwares, Sweden
Gathershop, Netherlands
Stilleven, Netherlands
Considered Objects, New York
The Olive Branch, Minnesota
Woodland Mod, Seattle
Emporium Julium
est. 2014
est. 2014
Julija Pustovrh
Co-Founder & Creative Director
Matjaz Vidmar
Co-Founder & Operations Director
Co-Founder & Creative Director
Matjaz Vidmar
Co-Founder & Operations Director
