Julia Shaternik is the daughter of renowned sculptor and artist Ales Shaternik. She was born in 1982 in Minsk, the capital of Belarus.  She is a young and talented artist, currently residing in Ridgewood, New Jersey.

 Julia has been painting since early childhood, and started exhibiting her works in 2000. In 2004, she received a MFA from Belarusan State University of Culture. The same year she moved to the America.

In October of 2006 she had a personal exhibition in the Museum of Russian Contemporary Art (Jersey City, NJ)

Julia paints in different styles, ranging from non-objective abstract to neo-impressionism. For the last two years she has created a large body of paintings, which combine both figurative and cubist approaches. Compositions which show elegant female silhouettes, musical instruments and flowers, all within the context of interior settings.  Her favorite medium is oil on canvas, although she sometimes uses acrylic.
Through her  work she hopes to draw the public’s attention to the woman’s role in  art. Showing that women  are more than capable of bringing beauty and love to the world through art.
 
Julia’s works have been exhibited in the Museum of Russian Contemporary Art (Jersey City, NJ), The Belarusan Museum (Brooklyn,New York), Lana Santorelli Gallery (New York, NY), Art Expo (2007), Walsh Gallery (South Orange, NJ), Van der Plas Gallery (New York, NY), Gallery 402 (New York), Sarah Jessica Gallery (Provincetown, MA), Jade Nectar Gallery (South Hampton, NY), the Belarusan National Palace of Art (Minsk, Belarus), International Stella Gallery (Paris, France) and other galleries. Her works can also be found in number of private collections in the USA, Italy, Israel, and Belarus.

She is a member of the Art Students' League of New York.

julia.shaternik@gmail.com