Jule Rotenberg
a biography
My goal as an artist is to imbue the cold solidity of the bronze with human spirit - to me movement captures this energy and is my inspiration. Humanity is my subject.
I started drawing around the age of three. My mother, being an artist herself, encouraged my independent artistic expression which resulted in life drawings of abstracted nudes and pencil portraiture. In my teens, I shifted my focus to dance and was exposed me to the techniques of Martha Graham. I had the opportunity to study with the Martha Graham modern dance company and Bertram Ross, one of the original company members. Inspired by their immaculate beauty and their almost spiritual sense of movement, I found my own dance come alive.
My study and performance of dance continued for several years thereafter until a lower back injury ended my career. I was forced to re-evaluate my pursuits and recalled my original focus, Art. I continued my study of life drawing and sculpting technique in New York City and Los Angeles; then found myself hanging around the local foundry for more understanding of bronze casting. I found a new love in the clay and an ability to translate my kinetic sense of movement and my knowledge of anatomy into a static form, thus capturing the human dance.
As for my subjects, I concentrate on the female form mainly for its aesthetic, but I cannot deny its convenience and familiarity.
My sculptures can be found in private collections in Los Angeles, New York, London and as far away as Osaka, Japan.
All sculptures are issued in limited editions of nine.
| May 16-17, 2009 | "Beverly Hills Art Affaire in the Gardens," Beverly Hills, CA |
| April 2 - May 4, 2009 | "Fire & Light," Sandstone Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA |
| April 9-11, 2009 | "Siren," with photographer Christy Rogers, Spring Art Collective, Los Angeles, CA |
| June 5-18, 2008 | "Flights of Fancy," solo show, Bonner David Galleries, Scottsdale |
| December 1-9, 2007 | "Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte Comtemporanea Di Firence," Florence, Itlay |
| November 2007 | Artists For Human Rights Exhibit, James Gray Gallery in Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA |
| October- November 2007 | "IRON & INK," James Gray Gallery in Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA Show with photographer Michael Doven |
| October 2006 | Artists For Human Rights Exhibit, Johnson Art Collection, Los Angeles, CA |
| August 2006 | Artists For Human Rights, World Tour Opening Exhibit, Westwood Gallery, NYC |
| July 2005 | Group Exhibit Honoring Salvatore Dali, Johnson Art Collections, Los Angeles, CA |
| October 2004 | "Light, Rhythm & Being",
Johnson Art Collection |
| November 2003 | "Birdmen", Los Angeles, CA |
| March 2002 | "Exhibit to Benefit Enlighten, Edinburgh Epilepsy Foundation", Clydesdale Plaza Atrium, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| November 15, 2001-January 18, 2002 | "Heck Final" group show at CITY Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. |
| June 20, 2001-September 15, 2001 | "Shadow and Form" group show at CITY Gallery hosted by Michelle Stafford, Los Angeles, CA. |
| November 11, 2000 -May 15, 2001 | CITY Gallery grand opening group show hosted by Jenna Elfman, Los Angeles, CA. |
| April-July, 2000 | Group show at La Jolla Torrey Pines Hilton, La Jolla, CA. |
| May 20-21, 2000 | "Beverly Hills Art Affaire in the Gardens," Beverly Hills, CA. |
| June 5, 1999 | "20 Nudes," a solo exhibition hosted by Giovanni Ribisi and sponsored by The Art of Elysium on La Brea, Los Angeles, CA. |
| March 7, 1998 | "Flights of Fancy," a solo exhibition, Los Angeles, CA. |
| August 5-31, 1997 | "Magnum Opus X," Sacramento Fine Arts Center,
Carmichael, CA. |
| August 9, 1996 | "Angele Unveiled," a solo exhibition, Los Angeles, CA. |
| June 17, 1996 | "Heads and Tales," a theatrical performance of my masks. |
| April 14, 1996 | "America's Child," an unveiling of my collaboration with poet Wanda Bevan, a memorial accepted into the National Memorial Museum to the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing. |
| October 27-29, 1995 | "Creativity in America Expo - '95," Universal Studios, CA - Visual Artists Association group show. |
| June 8-13, 1995 | "Charity Art Exhibition - Auction for victims of earthquake in the Kobe area, Japan," Matsuzakaya Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan. |
| January - June 1995 | "Dancer," Lincoln Center Performing Arts Store, New York City piece exhibited for the ballet season. |
| September 28 - October 10, 1994 | "Bronze Figures," The Art Studio Gallery, Santa Monica, CA solo exhibition. |
| May 28-31, 1993 | "The New England Art Exposition '93" in Boston, Massachusetts. |
AWARDS
Artist of the Month - MASH magazine, June 2000
Award of Merit - 1995 Manhattan Arts International Cover Art Competition.