Scattered Remains Exhibition now open at Foundry Art Centre

June 16th, St Charles, MO—Award winning artist Julie Gautier-Downes’ solo exhibition, Scattered Remains, opened at the Foundry Art Centre in Saint Charles, MO on June 16th. In Scattered Remains, Julie Gautier-Downes captures photographic images of abandoned homes in ghost towns in the Western United States and France. The towns pictured were abandoned for a range of reasons. However, regardless of the reason, the inhabitants were forced to leave and never look back. In photographs of these long abandoned homes, she questions what can be learned about past inhabitants through the objects left behind and the lingering marks on the land. These haunting images serve as a memorial to the lives of these long missing people. Scattered Remains will be up until July 28th.

Exhibition Dates
June 16 – July 28, 2017

Foundry Art Centre
520 N. Main Center
St. Charles, MO 63301
www.foundryartcentre.org

About the Artist
Julie Gautier-Downes received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2011 and her Master of Fine Arts in Photography from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2014. In 2016, she received a Grants for Artist Projects 2016 Award from the Artist Trust of Washington State. Gautier-Downes has had her photographs published in Ain’t Bad Magazine, Bored Panda, Dazed Digital, the Hand Magazine, Ohio Edit, Phosmag, and RISD XYZ. She has exhibited her work in solo and group shows across the United States and in the United Kingdom. Gautier-Downes currently resides in Spokane, Washington and is an active member of the Richmond Art Collective and the Saranac Art Projects.
www.juliegautierdownes.com