ARTIST STATEMENT
Julianna’s ink and acrylic paintings feel both familiar and very personal at the same time, drawing on her memories to explore what family, community, loss, and grief mean in her life, turning everyday experiences into a deeply personal story.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Julianna Sanroman’s works between painting and installation to explore grief, migration, and the quiet rituals that sustain families across borders. As the daughter of deported parents, she understands separation as an ongoing condition lived in waiting, in memory, and in the spaces between phone calls. Using oil paint, dyed rice, embroidery, and altar-based materials, she creates immersive environments that hold absence and tenderness at once. Rice, thread, and repetition carry maternal knowledge and domestic labor into the gallery, transforming the studio into an extension of home. Her practice approaches dreaming as a method of staying connected, where time folds and multiple futures coexist.
© Julianna Sanroman