Bio
Julia Mobbs is an artist based in Montréal. Working across painting and sculpture, her practice is grounded in critical inquiry, examining visual culture and consumerism through material experimentation to destabilize familiar forms. Informed by modernist and post-modernist writings on kitsch, particularly by thinkers such as Clement Greenberg, T.J. Clark, Milan Kundera, and Catherine Lugg, Mobbs examines the function of kitsch as a communicative tool of political and social ideology. Through a material approach, she seeks to utilize kitsch's familiar, often repetitive imagery to question its persuasive potential and absence of morality.
Mobbs holds a BFA in Painting and Drawing, with a minor in Art History from Concordia University (2025). She has exhibited in multiple venues, including a solo show entitled "Forever-22" at the Aurora Cultural Centre (2025), and group shows at the VAV Gallery, Produit Rien, and Sawa House as part of the Art Matters Festival. Mobbs will also attend the Duplex AIR artist residency in Lisbon, Portugal in 2026.
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Julia Mobbs
b. 2003, Newmarket, ON
juliamobbsart@gmail.com
Education
2025, BFA in Painting and Drawing, Minor in Art History, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada
Solo Exhibition
2025 "Forever-22", Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora, ON, Canada
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 "Bonus Room", 3655 Boul. St-Laurent, Montréal, QC, Canada
2025 "St. Urban Treehouse", 4616 rue St. Urbain, Montréal, QC, Canada
2025 "There'd Better Be A Mirrorball", Art Matters Festival, Montréal, QC, Canada
2025 "Idols", 811 ave Duluth E, Montréal, QC, Canada
2024 "Can't Find The Sun", VAV Gallery, Montréal, QC, Canada
2024 "Luxury Goods, Luxury Bads", Produit Rien, Art Matters Festival, Montréal, QC, Canada
2024 "Open Womb", VAV Gallery, Montréal, QC, Canada
2023 "Commensality", 3655 Boul. St-Laurent, Montréal, QC, Canada
2023 "Volume 12. Yiara", Yiara Magazine, Montréal, QC, Canada
2023 "Metamorphosis", VAV Gallery, Montréal, QC, Canada
Residencies
2026 (upcoming), Duplex AIR, Lisbon, Portugal
2025 Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora, ON, Canada
Grants and Awards
2024 Lois Gold Issenman Painting & Drawing Scholarship, Concordia University
2024 Community Project Fund, FASA, Concordia University
2024 CUAA Student Project Fund, CUAA, Concordia University
2023 Special Project Fund (x2), FASA, Concordia University
2023 Discretionary Fund, QPIRG, Concordia University
2021 Silver Medal, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, New York City, NY, USA
Publications
2025 Weir, Brock. "Winter musings, thought-provoking pop-art on show at Aurora Cultural Centre", The Aurora, December 11th, 2025.
2023 Alimchandani, Hashmita. "Feminine Domain", Vol. 11 Yiara Magazine, 2023.
Curation
2025 "Idols", 811 ave Duluth E, Montréal, QC, Canada
2023 "Ephèmere", Atelier Galerie 2112, Painting and Drawing Student Association, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada