Julia Gash

ILLUSTRATOR - DEVON, UK

Julia Gash is a creative entrepreneur and founder of an eponymous British lifestyle brand. Through her artwork Julia celebrates the unique culture and landscape of a specific location – her designs are printed onto sustainable and stylish cards and gifts around the world. Julia creates artwork globally, traveling much of the year, and her artwork is sold in retail outlets and museums throughout the world.

In her over 29 years of experience, Julia has had many different enterprises. She ran a successful fashion brand in the 1990s, an internationally renowned lingerie retail group in the noughties, and founded an eco-bag manufacturer in 2007 which she sold as an MBO 10 years later!

Julia has won many regional and national awards and was awarded a fellowship from the Royal Society of Arts for her work in contribution to arts and ethical and sustainable commerce in 2014. She is a passionate pro-European and lives and works in Devon, England, where she is also a Girl Guide Leader.