Julie Mauskop

Sweet Slumberings

Julie Mauskop builds a world oscillating between reality and a dream. While creating, she imagines how a dancer expresses themselves through forms of the body and bodily movements. This comes from a love of the way people can express themselves non-verbally. Sometimes these figures are hiding away in sleep and at other times they come out of their nest in order to flirt, dance, and wander about this world with its uncanny realities. The stories in her paintings portray spaces where creatures are in an uncharted territory, discovering one another while in liminal states. They are between asleep and awake, between hiding and exposing, between movement and stillness. Mauskop paints with bright and nuanced combinations of color which enhance subtle gestures. These works are an invitation into intimate scenes where pillows playfully caress and support flowing limbs as abstracted bodies explore a sensual dialogue. She creates environments where otherworldly figures relate to one another intimately and whose sexuality is mimicked with the placement of sensual and exotic fruits. The artist enjoys the surreal feeling of waking up or falling asleep because of how the subconscious plays with the mind and re-arranges experiences from the day. The title Sweet Slumberings comes from this idea of finding the sweet spot in the unconscious while also referencing the figures’ temptation to the fruit and to one another. 

Julie Mauskop (b. 1986, Brooklyn, NY) received a BFA in Painting from The Rhode Island School of Design in 2009, a MA Degree in Art Therapy from New York University in 2013 and completed her MA Degree in Fine Art at Luca School of Arts in Brussels in 2017. She has shown in New York City, Brooklyn, Paris, Tel Aviv, Brussels, La Plata and Shanghai. Her most recent exhibitions were at Cohle Gallery in Paris, L+ Art Center/ Suomei M50 Gallery in Shanghai, The Hole Gallery in NYC, David Zwirner’s online Platform and at SHRINE Gallery in NYC.

Julie Mauskop

Habitating, 2023
Oil on canvas
50 x 48 inches

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Julie Mauskop

Tempting, 2023
Oil on canvas
72 x 48 inches

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Julie Mauskop

Spanking 2023
Oil on canvas
48 x 60 inches

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Julie Mauskop

Hand-Standing, 2023
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 inches

Julie Mauskop

Tangling, 2023
Oil on canvas
40 x 35 inches

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Julie Mauskop

Covering, 2023
Oil on canvas
60 x 48 inches

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Dancing III, 2023
Oil on canvas
55 x 45 inches

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Julie Mauskop

Grooving II, 2023
Oil on canvas
48 x 31 inches

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