Julia Soderholm

Julia Soderholm (b.1991) is a painter based in Vancouver, BC. Originally from Ontario, she is currently an MFA candidate at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Her work explores how the abstraction of landscape fosters an experience of re-enchantment with the natural world. Using an invented lexicon of colour, gesture, and shape, she translates her experience of the observable world into newly imagined forms. Through an intuitive accumulation of layered paint and highly saturated colour-patches, these paintings transmute memories of light, leaf, and loam onto the canvas. They describe the blue of twilight, the slash of cloud in the dawn sky, and the distant view of water between trees. The use of repeated marks and touchstone colours ground Julia’s work in a diaristic practice of collecting visual notations from the landscape that she later works into her paintings. These loose, luminous compositions invite the viewer to re-consider their perception of landscape, and gesture towards the possibility of seeing with fresh eyes. 

The day comes with a colour 

May 14 - June 27, 2026

The day comes with a colour marks the first solo exhibition of Julia Soderholm with the gallery. We have been paying close attention to Julia's work since our first studio visit over two years ago and we are excited for introducing her vivid and energetic palette to our audience.