Julia San Román                      Born in Madrid, Spain and now residing in San Diego, CA,  Julia was originally trained as a Ph.D. Biomedical scientist. She immigrated to the United States in 1988 to do scientific research. Twelve years later, in a turning point of her life, she decided to dedicate her life to painting and for that purpose she attended college for training in Art History and Studio Arts. Now, she is focused full time on her painting career.                           Julia has exhibited in several solo and group shows in San Diego, Los Angeles and Santa Fe, NM. She is currently represented in San Diego and Palm Desert, CA. Julia was the recipient of four awards from the San Diego Art Institute for exhibitions between 2004-2006. In 2006, based on her comprehensive body of work,  she was selected by the Chief Curator of American Art of the San Diego Museum of Art to exhibit in a group show at Gallery 15, within the museum premises.                        Julia grew up in a neighborhood close to the Prado Museum and 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.                       " 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."                                           Julia became a naturalized American in 2002 and currently lives with her husband in East County, San Diego.             Thanks to all.