Julia Freiseisen is an Austrian-born multidisciplinary artist based in Perth, Western Australia. Working primarily in oil painting and mixed media, her practice encompasses painting, sculpture and large-scale installation.
 
Raised in Austria, Freiseisen developed an early interest in craft, architecture and visual culture. She later trained as a tattoo artist, worked in graphic design and completed a Diploma of Interior Design, experiences that have informed her understanding of composition, space and material.
 
Freiseisen has exhibited across galleries and public spaces, with her work held in private collections internationally. In 2026, she undertook artistic residencies in Barcelona and Paris, culminating in an exhibition in Paris.
 
Her current practice is increasingly informed by existential questions, using art as a way to investigate perception, experience and our relationship with the world around us.

My practice begins with intuition and presence. I paint as a form of non-verbal internal dialogue, using colour, movement and gesture to explore things I cannot always put into words.

I work primarily with oil paint, balancing control with surrender. I experiment, respond and follow my intuition, allowing the painting to guide me as it comes to life. I am fascinated by the material itself — how colours change beside one another, how light moves through layers, and how a single mark can shift the energy of an entire painting.

My inspiration comes from architecture, fashion, photography and nature. I collect colours, shapes, textures and atmospheres from the world around me and carry them into an internal visual library, where they resurface intuitively through the work.

I am interested in how much can exist within one painting — colour, memory, movement, emotion and fragments of experience. As my practice has developed, my work has become increasingly layered and complex as I continue to discover what is possible within the medium.

More recently, figures have begun appearing in my work. They often represent people, memories, personalities or hidden parts of myself. They allow stories that might otherwise only exist within me to take physical form. As I paint them, they seem to come alive and develop a story of their own.

For me, painting is both a visual indulgence and a form of healing. It is a way of listening to myself, to the work and to something beyond the rational. I am interested in that moment when intuition takes over and I stop trying to understand everything, allowing the work to guide me.