Julie Louise Bacon

Julie Louise Bacon is a visual artist, curator, writer and lecturer in art at Edinburgh College of Art, part of the University of Edinburgh.

She has edited and contributed to a wide range of publications on contemporary art and cultural theory. She has presented her performance, installation and video works in art galleries, public sites, and festivals internationally. In tandem with her exhibiting practice, Julie Louise has held curatorial and directorship roles in arts organisations in Northern Ireland, England, and Québec.

Her current research The Habitat of Time explores changes in our experiences of time in the Network Ages. It featured as a new short film in Hull UK Capital of Culture and a solo exhibition at Artspace Sydney. Julie Louise completed a PhD at the University of Ulster with an exhibition of newly commissioned works exploring the role that archives and collections play in history-making.