Jules Bishop – portfolio

Contact the artist

https://julesbishop.com
07718 140057
artjules [AT] icloud.com

Exhibition information

Transforming landscapes into living inks and pigments, Jules Bishop works with natural materials at the intersection of art, science, and ecology. Her practice investigates the behaviour of plant-based colour, producing drawings that continue to shift with light and time and emphasising the relationship between pigment, environment, and change.

Currently, at the Broad Arboretum in Oxfordshire, Jules is mapping the pigment transformations of all 49 British native trees, documenting both routine seasonal patterns and the disruptions produced by climate volatility. This study informs works across drawing, print, sculpture, video, and performance, exploring how natural materials communicate environmental change.

Jules is teaming up with artists Andrea Brewer, Mel Gannon, Maria Loring, Tom Robinson, Jo Smart, and Mick Venters to form the WILD collective this year and they are exhibiting together at the Watlington Methodist Chapel.  Each artist engages with the natural world in their own unique way and are transforming the Chapel into a wild haven of artworks.

The WILD collective encompasses a wide eclectic range of media.  These include drawings with local natural inks & pigments, stoneware ceramics, mixed media artworks relating to the natural world, botanical prints on both paper and clothing, specialised walking sticks, wildlife pencil drawings, and abstract wood carvings. 

Jules is demonstrating elements of her practice throughout Artweeks and looks forward to discussing ideas, techniques or the creation of individual works.

Artist information

Jules has exhibited nationally, including selection for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize Exhibition 2021 (touring to Drawing Projects, Wiltshire, and The Cooper Gallery, Dundee), and has contributed to events at Oxford’s Natural History Museum, the University of Oxford Botanic Garden, and the Living Knowledge Conference 2022 in Groningen, Netherlands. She collaborates with Reloved Revolution in Oxford, where her ink-based works are integrated into regenerative furniture design. She is also active in community arts and climate engagement through Watlington artsHUB, the Watlington Climate Action Group, and membership in the Plants & Colour Study Group (UK) and Pigments Revealed International (US).