Julie Juneau, originally from Charleston, South Carolina, made New Orleans her home in 1989. She is the owner of Nomad Collection, a ten year old business featuring Balinese sarongs, Tuareg jewelry as well as selling her own photography. As an accomplished actress, Julie lived in Miami and Los Angeles working in theater, movies, and television and radio productions. Julie has traveled extensively throughout the world including a two-and-a-half year solo adventure from Dakar, Senegal to Capetown, Africa. This journey by land (boat, barge, train, donkey---ie. any means possible!) through 23 African countries made the African continent and people, music, culture, wildlife and geography especially dear to Julie's heart. In 2003, she spent one year volunteering with The International Trust in Southern Africa. After years of admiring glass and its artists, Julie began to create her own glass art in 1999. She says, " I was drawn to the beauty, sensuality, smoothness, and feel of glass itself...Glass is an adventure and I love adventure. I am especially inspired and influenced by the colors and rhythms of life." Her work is already in many collections including those of Dustin Hoffman, Dr. Ralph Lupin, Gerry and Murray Valene and the Ritz-Carlton New Orleans and is displayed throughout the United States. Galleria Bella is proud to be her exclusive dealer.