julia ruess
part time professor
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phone [916] 000-0000  email julia@designmile.com

Originally from Germany, Julia came to the US in 1998 after completing her MFA in Berlin. She immersed herself in computer graphics and web design, and received a Multimedia certificate in 2000. Soon she became a faculty member at City College in San Francisco. She has taught at UC Davis and is currently teaching at ARC and Sierra College. As an artist she is strongly influenced by new technology. She is specifically interested in series of land- and sky and sea scapes. Her attraction to painting itself comes from this fascination with the still moment and the promise of change. Her work is inspired by what appears to be the timeless extraction of one moment. “ When I was a child I was told that I could catch a bird if I would sprinkle salt on its' tale. After I "learned" that this was impossible I continued to crawl underneath bushes and climb up trees a saltshaker in my hand. Even though it seemed impossible it was still true: I would catch the bird if I could sprinkle the salt on its' tale. In my work I allow my desire to mix with my attention on neutral, ever-present, never-lasting moments. The desire is my motivation. The moment is my inspiration. The bird is always sitting in my hand.”

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