Julia San Román                         Julia San Román is an artist born in Madrid, Spain with residence in San Diego, CA. Although she concentrated her formal education on science (she earned her PhD in Biology), the influence of her childhood exposure to art remained an integral part of her passion for life. In 1988 she immigrated to the United States to develop her doctoral thesis and to pursue a career in scientific research but her obsession with art continued to blossom and since 2000, after attending local colleges and numerous workshops for training in studio arts, she has committed her life to painting.            "The unifying quality of my paintings is their romantic nature. As a romantic painter I yearn for the pure, transcendental and universal in life. Thus, I create my art to convey a state of mind that longs to escape the quotidian. Being raised with a strong sense of the past, I like to look back in history to transcend the face of a present world that I find socially and technically alienating. My subjects, though always evolving in the form, they are constant: the human figure interacting with nature and most significantly, with birds – in flight, at rest, and in relation to the figure. Birds for me have become the liberating icon, the ever present emphasis on the spirit taking flight beyond our common reality."       When growing up in a neighborhood close to the Prado Museum, Julia was exposed at an early age to the art of the old European Masters. She attended school in a 17th century building belonging to the Order of Mercy and spent her childhood running through corridors embellished with antiques and original paintings by the baroque master, Zurbarán.               Since her epiphany, Julia San Román has exhibited in several solo and group shows throughout the Southwest and she is represented by a number of professional galleries across the States. She was the recipient of several art awards for exhibitions between 2004-2011. In 2006, based on her comprehensive body of work, she was selected by the Chief Curator of American Art to exhibit in a group show at Gallery 15, San Diego Museum of Art. In 2010, the work "Cante Jondo” was selected for a 6 month period audio-painting installation at the public space “West-End”, San Diego International Airport. Her work has been reviewed by the L.A. critic Grady Harp for “POETS and ARTISTS”, Joe Nalven for San Diego Union Tribune and it is included in the book “INTERNATIONAL SURVEY” by Crussell Fine Arts.                                 Julia became an American citizen in 2002. Thanks to all.