Julia Katolla
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As a kid I loved to run around barefoot, find figures in the clouds, throw rotten guavas in our mean neighbours garden, replay ‘Takeshi’s Castle’ challenges and sit on the roof. My family and I are a multicultural mixture between Colombia, Costa Rica, Germany and Mexico. So you might guess that I’m sometimes a bit confused regarding my identity. Generally, I enjoy having conversations with myse
01/02/2026
“I make art
in the gaps,
in the margins,
in the breath between needs.
Motherhood didn’t steal my voice,
it taught me how to sing
with less air. “
’s words come closest to naming the past year.
Between broken bones, hospital waiting rooms, day jobs, family needs, and some private and professional curveballs, my breath for painting was scarce. Still, when it came, it mattered.. essential and quietly sustaining.
Here’s to keeping New Year’s resolutions until late January, and then going back to the reliable practice of taking life as it comes.
contemporaryart
12/21/2025
Thank you so much for the feature among so many great artists.
Beautiful issue 47 is available digitally and in print, link in bio ❤️
12/05/2025
“Keeping it together”
20 x 20 cm
Collage, ink, and hand sewing on paper
First one of a series of four
08/26/2025
Life Unraveling
Series of three small works
15 x 10 cm
Ink and acrylic on paper.
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