About Julia Tahnee Oscarson

Julia Tahnee Oscarson is a Canadian abstract artist whose work explores movement, emotion, and the unseen rhythms of the natural world. She developed an early connection to painting and later studied Fine Arts at the Victoria College of Art.


Her practice is rooted in intuition and process, allowing abstraction to emerge through layered mark-making, texture, and fluid transitions of color and light. Influenced by her travels throughout Europe and Southeast Asia, Oscarson’s work reflects a sensitivity to place, atmosphere, and shifting states of perception.


While primarily abstract, elements of the natural world occasionally surface within her compositions. These forms appear suggestively rather than literally, serving as symbols of flow, freedom, and transformation rather than fixed subjects.


Oscarson’s paintings invite quiet contemplation, blurring the line between form and feeling. Through movement, depth, and restraint, her work creates space for the viewer’s own interpretation and emotional response. She is currently based on Vancouver Island, Canada.

Selected Exhibitions

2025 Grove Art Gallery Fluid Motion Solo Show - Port Alberni, BC

2025 & 2024   Under 100 Art Show – Vancouver, BC

2024     BC Culture Days Vendor Jenson Center– Parksville, BC

2024  Teas at the Mill Live Painter Community Arts Council McLean Mill– Port Alberni, BC

2024 Solstice Arts Festival– Port Alberni, BC

2024 Community Art Project Organizer + Solo Show 5 Acre Shaker – Port Alberni, BC

2023 Community Art Project Fall Fair Grounds, Port Alberni, BC

2023 Community Art Project 5 Acre Shaker Port Alberni, BC

2020  Sketchbook Project Brooklyn Art Library - New York, NY

 2018  TEKNIQ Abstract Art Fair Victoria Arts Council Gallery – Victoria, BC

 2012  Think Design Art Dinner Dedos – Phuket, Thailand

2011  Born 1628 Exhibition Nakonnai Art Museic – Phuket, Thailand

2011 Phuket Think Design Festival Royal Phuket Marina – Phuket, Thailand

2007 GoYang Exposition Ho-Su Gallery – Seoul, South Korea

2006   Exposure Exhibition Gallery Cott – Seoul, South Korea

2006    BetterTogether Exhibition Galeria GAIA – Seoul, South Korea

2005  Gallery Artist Coast Galleries – Calgary, AB

2005  Gallery Artist Qualicum Frameworks Gallery – Qualicum, BC

2003   Artropolis Group Exhibition CBC Studios –Vancouver, BC

 2003  In The House Group Exhibition In The House Production Space – Vancouver, BC

2002  Paradigm Arts Festival Victoria Events Exhibition Center – Victoria, BC

2002 Victoria College of Art Graduation Exhibition - EC4 Gallery – Victoria, BC

2000 Erotica Group Exhibition Xchanges Gallery – Victoria, BC

1999  Look Group Exhibition EC4 Gallery – Victoria, BC

Education

2003  CDI College Web / Graphic Design Program – Vancouver, BC

2002 Victoria College of Art- Fine Arts Program – Victoria, BC

Publications

2006  Goyang Art – Goyang Branch of Korean Fine Art Association

2006 Better Together – GAIA’s Special Exhibition Series

2005 Hvangjang Beauty Trend Magazine - no. 446

2005 K Scene Magazine –Time for a little ‘Exposure’ Vol.7 Issue 25

2005 The Korea Times –Expatriate Artists Get ‘Exposure’

2005 The Korea Herald - ‘Exposure’ of emerging young talent, passion at Seoul gallery

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