My artistic practice is rooted in the belief that image-making can be an act of personal healing and cultural regeneration.
My devotion is to paint a humane world—one where humans remember themselves as part of nature, and where art becomes a living conduit for balance, regeneration, and love.
The Village of Lovers
Globalized capitalism is destroying the biosphere while political unrest and war continue to dominate the headlines. Where might we turn for guidance in order to navigate these uncertain times?
Enter Tamera: a radical intentional community 40 years in the making, whose research may provide keys to humanity’s survival. They recognized that most utopian communities fail due to the unresolved shadows around love, sex, money and power.
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Home TO Headwaters
In Post-Production
Home To Headwaters is a cinematic and educational documentary that follows Nina Gordon-Kirsch, a queer, Jewish water protector who has spent the last decade traveling the globe in efforts to restore water health and water rights. The film traces her 240+ mile water walk from Oakland to the headwaters of the Mokelumne River - the river where East Bay Municipal Utility District sources drinking water for 1.4 million people in the eastern part of the San Francisco Bay Area.
The film that will be brought into Oakland and Berkeley public schools - as well as local public viewings - to teach people where their drinking water comes from.
THE Memory Keepers
Currently in Development
A group of 18 American Jews travel to Poland to retrace ancestral paths, confront buried grief, reclaim silenced stories, and expose how the politics of memory shape the future when left unchallenged.
INTIMATE REVOLUTIONS
In Production
Rebelling against her traditional Polish roots, Julia seeks liberation in San Francisco’s counterculture, documenting her queer, polyamorous life for 15 years. After her daughter’s birth, she returns to Poland and confronts her mother regarding their inherited scripts of womanhood. Together, the women reckon with liberation not as a fixed destination, but an ongoing negotiation with time, body, and power.
APPROACH
Julia’s artistic practice is rooted in the belief that image-making can be an act of personal healing and cultural regeneration.
Her creative process is grounded in rapport and ritual. Whether documenting ecological movements, intimate moments of human connection, or mythic re-imaginings of cultural memory, Julia maintains a close, intuitive relationship with her subjects.
She recognizes that the act of witnessing can be sacred—that each image carries the potential to restore wholeness and empathy.
