About JULIA

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Julia S. Merino was born in 1992 in Cádiz, Spain. She attended the University of Seville where she graduated in Fine Arts in 2014.
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She moved to London where she works and graduated in Hair, makeup and Prosthetics for Performance from London College of Fashion (UAL) in 2018.
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She won the Ve Neill Legends of Makeup Scholarship 2018.
Thanks to this she had the opportunity of extending her knowledge at Cinema Makeup School in Los Angeles.
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She works as a freelance makeup artist and as a prosthetics workshop technician, and she has also designed a few feature films such as Boiling Point with Stephen Graham or A Violent Man.
EDUCATION& TRAINING
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2022: Kevin Fortune Academy - The Art of Hairstyling (3 weeks course)
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2021: Crypt Studios – silicone painting course
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2020: Total Barber Academy- short barbering course for makeup artists
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2018 : Cinema Makeup School Los Angeles Ve Neill Legends of Makeup Scholarship winner- graduated in Prosthetics, Special effects and Airbrush.
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2015-2018 : UAL- London College of Fashion - BA (hons) Hair, make-up and prosthetics for performance) Graduated with first class honours.
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2010-2014: University of Seville - Degree in Fine Arts
SKILLS
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SFX Make-up
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Prosthetics/Sculpting/Moulding/Painting
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Casualty Simulation & Dirtying Down
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Straight/Corrective Make-up
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Bodypainting
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Airbrushing
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Beauty and Photographic Makeup