Julia Moulin, senior at RHHS, creates with compassion and vulnerability. Her art is an opportunity for others to feel seen and an avenue for conversation.
Moulin, currently in AP Studio Art, decided to base her portfolio on body dysmoriphia and technology. For eight months, Moulin designed numerous pieces using everything from clay to cardboard.
“Hopefully, others will gain a better understanding of self image. I tried to portray more of the negative effects that people don’t really talk about as much,” Moulin said, illustrating how it is harder to ignore a visual of the issue rather than an idea.
Her favorite piece from her collection was the sculpture Eating Yourself Alive.
“It contrasts perception to the reality of someone who is actually going through that,” Moulin said.
Like many other artists, Moulin had been producing art all her life, but said Middle school is where things picked up speed. Since then, she has taken all different kinds of art classes including crafts and ceramics, two of her favorties.
As an aspiring psychologist, Moulin’s piece highlights a bridge she hopes to form between art, the mind, and healing.
Moulin is a big fan of trusting the process.
“You have to do it bit by bit–let it all come together.”