Julie Slattery

2024

Cast iron, steel

"Here Where the Soil Was Bare" depicts a woman in the process of healing herself. Her hands resting on her heart and belly as flowers bloom through the incomplete form of her body. The missing limbs and head reflect the fragmentation of living with mental illness, while the act of self-embrace symbolizes resilience, self-compassion, and reclamation.

Julie Slattery was awarded Best of Show for this piece in the 2024 Caldwell Arts Sculpture Celebration.

$30,000

2018

Cast Iron

36”x24”x16”

“Don’t Tell Me to Get a Grip” was created in 2018 during the July workshop at Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum. This sculpture has recently won 1st place at the 2023 Caldwell Arts Sculpture Celebration.

This piece depicts a figure, tense with anxiety, grasping a chair. The torso is missing which reflects a sensation of unease and oddity.

$35,000

Photos by Virginia Elliott

40”x32”x14”

Cast Iron

2023

$30,000

“It’s Heavier Than it Looks” shows a person hiding under a blanket with hands clasped tightly around the head. This piece delves into the intricate emotions surrounding shame. It confronts the relentless, often invisible weight of shame, and how it isolates and constrains us.

2023

Iron and Steel

19”x26”x38”

$19,000

“Resurgence” embodies the profound journey of self-care and inner nourishment. The figure is sitting in a meditative posture, pouring liquid from a vessel filling the form. It evokes the serene sensation of fulfillment and rejuvenation.

2019

Bronze, Iron, Copper, Steel

17.5”x5”x7.5”

$4,700

"Memories" was inspired by the Me Too movement and intended to speak to my own personal experience and that of others with sexual harassment, gender inequality, and abuse of power. I aim to highlight the effect this violation has on the body.

2018

Aluminum, Glass and Sand

Figure: 13"x6.5"x9.5"

Shells: 6"x4.5"x1.5"

In my sculpture, "Defeat", a figure embodies the silent struggle of longing and incompleteness. Hunched over in sadness, the figure's back yearns for the perfect fit, a nautilus shell-shaped void left unoccupied. Surrounding them, an array of shells, none fitting the silhouette of what's absent.

2024 Cast iron, aluminum

"Dysphoria" embodies the fractured experience of disassociation, with one face calm and the other in pain, reflecting the inner turmoil of trauma and borderline personality disorder. The blown-out back of the head and the aluminum snake winding upward evoke the invasive, unsettling nature of these feelings and the tension between control and chaos.

$5,800

Iron

6”x5”x5”

2024

The hunched-over bust, with stairs ascending its back, embodies the weight of being walked on and used. The stooped posture conveys a sense of burden, while the ascending stairs symbolize the journey towards reclaiming one's self-worth. This piece explores the emotional toll of feeling exploited and the resilience required to rise above such experiences

2019

Bronze, Iron, Steel

11” x 7” x 10”

"Lilith" was inspired by the story of Lilith, Adam's first wife. She was created at the same time as Adam from the same clay. Lilith left Adam when she refused to become subservient to him. The sculpture shows her stepping on a snake even as it bites, claiming power where evil seeks to strike. She becomes a symbol resistance for women who refuse to be confined by societal expectation.

“Lilith” was cast at Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum.

$5,600

2018

Resin, Bronze, Steel

9”x5”x8”

“Mask” was a part of Form & Concept Gallery’s 2019 Microcosm show and in the 2019 NCCCIAP Exhibition.

$3,300

“Mask” is an examination of the intricate veils we wear to shield our vulnerabilities from the world. Created with transparent resin and bronze, this piece represents the façades we construct to obscure our true feelings, often out of fear, societal expectations, or a desire for self-preservation.

2019

Iron, Steel

40”x36”x7”

$9,100

“Interconnection” , coiling in an expansive spiral, is an exploration of the interconnectedness of existence and the perpetual cycle of life. Cast in iron, the chain symbolizes the unbreakable bonds that tie individuals, communities, and the natural world together. The spiral form, echoing the Fibonacci sequence found in nature, signifies growth, evolution, and the cyclical nature of life's experiences. The sheer scale of the piece invites viewers to physically and emotionally engage with the idea of continuity and interdependence.

2018

Bronze

Sizes vary from 4.5” to 8” long

The Bird Skull Series was a part of the Mirror Box show at Form & Concept Gallery by Strangers Collective.

2018

Bronze

7.5"x4.5"x3"

$2300

"Walk in Beauty" is an exploration of self love and beauty found in self-acceptance, symbolizing the transformative power of nurturing oneself, and encapsulating the sheer joy and vitality that flourish when we embrace our unique identity with tenderness.

Iron: 2014

Bronze: 2018

19"x9"x.5"

The cast iron Fish Bones were a part of the NCCCIAP exhibition at Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, AL in 2019.

Iron: $2,300

Bronze: $2,700

2013

Ceramic

12”x12”

$940 each.

$1,700 pair.

2014

Aluminum, Glass, Bronze, Wire, Lights

Figures are between 6” and 14” tall

Balloons: 7” diameter

‘Helium” was created for my BFA thesis exhibition in 2014.

$1,500 Each

$10,000 Set of 7

2018

Bronze

This piece was a part of Form & Concepts show Guns to Art.

“Don’t Shoot” shows six different empty hands made of bronze, pointing like guns directly at the viewer. Empty hands perceived as weapons, twisted into images of violence and murder.

Empty hands have been made into excuses for the violence, societal damage, and disruption caused by those carrying actual guns. The actions of those actual guns have massive repercussions, from the traumas of their families and communities, to mass protests and general distrust from the public. We should not have to fear the people who are set to protect us.

SOLD

2017

Bronze

$30 each

$80 set of 3