About

Yulia Makeyeva is a multidisciplinary artist and founder of Connect With Art. She grew up in Russia and now lives in Jersey, Channel Islands. Yulia turned her full attention to art practice in 2019. Her Philology and Art History background and interest in history are firmly rooted in her art practice. She explores memory, heritage and time, language, boundaries and borders, drawing inspiration from personal experiences and public and private archives.
In 2021 Makeyeva was awarded a ‘distinction degree’ UAL (University Arts London) Level 3 Diploma in Art and Design/Foundation Studies/Highlands College, Jersey Channel Islands. She facilitates workshops in local schools and participated in a MAPS (Making Art Partnerships in Schools) project, a pilot training and educational programme with artists and teachers, led Arthouse Jersey, working in collaboration with the Department for Children, Young People, Education and Skills (CYPES) to enhance the delivery and provision for art in schools.
Makeyeva was part of Skipton Big Ideas group Exhibition, produced by Jersey Art House, October/November 2021 in Jersey, with her sculpture ‘Continuum’.
Her sculpture Any Time.Now was selected by International Memorial via the open call in May 2022. This work is part of a touring exhibition Sandarmoh. Where Trees Have Faces
Get in touch
info@yuliamakeyeva.co.uk
Exhibitions
2023 MAPS Projects Exhibition, Arthouse Jersey
2022 Found in Jersey. Made in Jersey
2022 Sandarmoh. Where Trees Have Faces
sculpture Any Time.Now
2022 Making Through the ***time. 2022
self-curated solo exhibition. virtual tour
2022 Spring Show: Pick up your Threads and Carry On. 2022
group show: Rychèl Thérin, Jane Yates, Yulia Makeyeva virtual tour
2021 Skipton Big Ideas Exhibition 2021
Sculpture Continuum was part of a group show
Arthouse Jersey, Town Church, Jersey, October-November 2021
2021 Summer Show
CCA Galleries, Jersey, June 2021
2020 Spring into Action
2020 Female Textile Artists
Ramp Arts Collective
Fort Regent, Jersey
Press
- Identity Project, Jersey Evening Post, 2021
- From Line to Life Gallery Magazine 2021
- ArtHouseJersey Skipton Big Ideas Exhibition 2021
- Bailiwick Express Skipton Big Ideas exhibition overview 2021
- How big is your hug? Bailiwick Express | Jersey Edition
- How deep are your hugs? Gallery Magazine
- Islanders called on to offer a virtual hug for fun art project
Jersey Evening Post