Julia studied animation and illustration at Kingston University then moved to the Royal College of Art for an MA in Animation. But she started piling up the awards and press articles long before she had even graduated. Both her very first short My First Crush and more recent film Belly have received praises and prizes from San Francisco to Amsterdam. She has since received commissions to make illustrations for magazines, music bands, fashion brands, big commercial names… Even for tattoos and tea towels!
Her films and drawings often present human experiences and existential questionings embodied and voiced by animal characters. There’s something bitter-sweet and unsettling in seeing cute animals voicing concerns associated with feelings of love, loneliness, passage to adulthood, struggling to find their place into the world.
