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Julia Curran
b. 1988, Saint Louis, MO, United States
EDUCATION AND FELLOWSHIPS
2015, MFA in Printmaking and Sculpture, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
2011-12, Fulbright Fellowship, Paris, France
2010, BA in Printmaking, Truman State University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Portals, Hecho a Mano, Santa Fe, NM
2022 Corporeal Microcosms, Kranzberg Art Center, Saint Louis, MO
2019 Works by Julia Curran, Earth Libraries Studios, Birmingham, AL
2019 HOT GUT, Lowe Mill ARTS Center, Huntsville, AL
2019 Julia Curran: Recent Prints, Resonator Gallery, Norman, OK
2018 Julia Curran: Recent Work, Ben Bailey Gallery, Texas A&M University- Kingsville, Kingsville, TX
2016 The World Is Yours! The Frantic Rise and Ultimate Demise of VERY Big Boys, 40AU Gallery, Nashville, TN
2015, The World Is Yours! The Frantic Rise and Ultimate Demise of VERY Big Boys, K-Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX
2014 Julia Curran: Dibujos y Grabados, Dulce Olivia Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 A Change is Coming, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, with artists Kill Joy & Mizin Shin, Curator Bleu Cease, Rochester, NY
2020 Three Myths, with artists Lola Ogbara and Emma Vidal, Galley 210, Curator Terry Suhre, Saint Louis, MO
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 New Voices: On Transformation, Print Center New York, Curator Carmen Hermo, New York, NY
2023 Weird Flowers, Curve Line Space, Curator Mike Chattem, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Fistful of Prints Fine Art Print Fair, Contemporary Art Center, Santa Fe, NM
2023 Print Santa Fe 5x5 Exhibition, Zane Bennett Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2023 Print Austin 5x5 Exhibition, Link & Pin Gallery, Austin, TX
2023 Portal to the Other Side, SPRING/BREAK Art Fair Los Angeles, Curators Julia Curran and Melissa Vogley Woods, Culver City, CA
2022 Print Exhibition of the Americas, The Art Center of Corpus Christi, Jurors Miranda Metcalf and Michael Krueger, Corpus Christi, TX
2022 Betwixt and Between, Project Gallery V, Curators Trinity Lester and Cary Hulbert, Virtual Exhibition
2022 Small Works Invitational, Duane Reed Gallery, Curator Duane Reed, St. Louis, MO
2022, Zoonotic Hex, Field Projects Gallery, Curator Jacob Rhodes and Kristen Racaniello, New York, NY
2021, INNOVATE, Untitled Space, Curator Indira Cesarine, New York, NY
2021 Forbidden Fruit: I Like Your Work Fall Exhibition, Piano Craft Gallery, Curator Hilary Doyle, Boston, MA
2021 Couleur, Houska Gallery, Curator Charles Houska, St. Louis, MO
2021 Afterlight, Field Projects, New York. NY (virtual exhibition)
2020 Impressed Juried Show, Art Gym Denver, Denver, CO
2020 Everything But The Kitschen Sync, La Luz de Jesus, Curator Matthew Gardocki, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Flyover State, Resonator Gallery, Curators Eliseo Angel Casiano and Justin Tyler Bryant, Norman, OK
2019 Transmissions from Pressure Island, SGCI Conference at University of North Texas, Curator Ryan O’Malley, Denton, TX
2019 Evil Prints Alumni Show, Chace Gallery at Emory University, Curator Tom Huck, Atlanta, GA
2019 Portland Print Fair, Self-Publishers International Booth, Portland, OR
2019 Escape From Pressure Island, Louis Carnegie, Curator Cassie Normandy-White, Austin, TX
2018 The Outlaws of Print: The History and Artists of the Underground Collective, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Curators Josef Zimmerman and Dennis McNett, Fort Wayne, IN
2017 EA/B Fair, Self Publishers International Booth, New York, NY
2017 Publish or Perish, Marcia Wood Gallery, Curators Ryan O’Malley and Rich Gere, Atlanta, GA
2017 Nature’s Grasp, Lee Arts Center, Curator Steven Munoz, Arlington,VA
2015 Anatomie du Labo, International Short Film Festival, Curator Ludovic Chavarot, Clermont Ferrand, France
2015 East Carolina Relief Summit Pro Show, Art Avenue, Curator Dayon Roster, Greenville, NC
2014 PRINTWORK 2014 Juried Exhibition, Artist Image Resource, Juror Bill Fick, Pittsburgh, PA
2014 Southern Printmaking Biennial, University of North Georgia Galleries, Juror Ericka Walker Dahlonega, GA
2014 Dirty Dozen Outlaw Printmakers Show, Rochester Contemporary Arts Center, Curator Bleu Cease, Rochester, NY
2014 Tartu IV Graafikafestival, Printmaking Inn Festival, Curator Al Paldrok, Tartu, Estonia
2014 The Outlaw Printmakers at Print Austin, Gallery Immediatag, Curator Dennis McNett, Austin, TX
2013 El Paso-Juarez Biennal, El Paso Museum of Art and Museo de Arte Juarez, Curators Yoshoa Okon and Cesareo Moreno El Paso, TX and Juarez, Mexico
2012 Autour des Saltimbanques, Musée Roger Quillot, Curator Marc Brunier Mestas, Clermont-Ferrand, France
PRINT PORTFOLIOS
2017 Nature’s Grasp, National Exchange, Curator Steve Munoz, Washington, D.C.
2016 Body of Christ, National Exchange, Curator Ricardo Ruiz, Corpus Christi, TX
2016 A L’Arrache Portfolio, International Exchange, Curator Marc Brunier-Mestas, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2012 A L’Arrache Portfolio, International Exchange, Curators Marc Brunier-Mestas and Julia Curran, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2012 La Calaca Press, International Exchange, Curator Carlos Barbarena, Chicago, IL
RESIDENCIES, HONORS, AND AWARDS
2023 New Voices Program, Juried group exhibition, grant, and professional development, Print Center New York, New York, NY
2022 The Jentel Foundation, Artist Residency, Banner, WY
2022 Wassaic Project, Artist Residency, Wassaic, NY
2021 Contemporary Art Museum Great Rivers Biennial Finalist
2021 Tongue River, Artist Residency, Dayton, WY
2012 Fulbright Summer Research Grant, funding for research at Le Dernier Cri Screenprint Workshop, Marseilles, France
2011-12 Fulbright Fellowship, Fulbright Commission, Paris, France
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Studio Noize Podcast, Interview (February 3)
2022 Hello, Print Friend Podcast, Interview (episode 159, October 27)
2022, Rochester City Newspaper, “REVIEW: 2020 and 40/40 visions of change at RoCo” Rebecca Rafferty, March 8
2021 Untitled Magazine, INNOVATE Issue, curated by Indira Cesarine, published by The Untitled Space Gallery NYC
2021 Forbidden Fruit Catalog, curated by Hilary Doyle, published by I Like Your Work, Piano Craft Gallery
2021 Friend of The Artist, Volume 13
2021 Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 48
2020 Critical Mass for Visual Arts 5 Questions Podcast, Interview, September 29
2020 Create Magazine, Women’s Edition, April
2020 Three Myths Exhibition Catalog, curated by Terry Suhre, Gallery 210
2019 HEY! Pop Culture and Modern Art, Deluxe #4 Edition, Season 2
2018 Glasstire: Texas Visual Art, “Top Five: May 10, 2018,” Brandon Zech and Christina Rees, May 10
2015 The Bend Magazine, “State of the Arts 2015”, June
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2024 University of Wyoming, Visiting Artist, Laramie, WY
2023 California State University Stanislaus, Visiting Artist, Turlock, CA
2023 La Sierra University, Visiting Artist, Riverside, CA
2022 Occidental College, Artist Lecture, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Sage Gallery, “Jentel Presents,” Artist Lecture, Sheridan, WY
2021 Gallery on Main, Artist Lecture, Dayton, WY
2020 UMSL Gallery 210, Artist Lecture, Saint Louis, MO (virtual lecture)
2020 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Visiting Artist, Madison, WI
2019 University of Oklahoma, Visiting Artist, Norman, OK
2019 Lowe Mill ARTS, Artist Lecture, Huntsville, AL
2019 Lowe Mill ARTS, Relief Print Workshop, Huntsville, AL
2019 Webster University, Artist Lecture, Saint Louis, MO
2019 Webster, University High School Arts Training, Relief Print Workshop, Saint Louis, MO
2018 Texas A&M University, Visiting Artist, Kingsville, TX
2017 University of Incarnate Word, Artist Lecture, San Antonio, TX
2017 Metro High School, Silkscreen Workshop, Saint Louis, MO
2017 Evil Prints, Silkscreen Workshop, Saint Louis, MO
2016 Burning Bones Press, Silkscreen and Collage Workshop, Houston, TX
2016 Lamar University, Visiting Artist, Beaumont, TX
2016 Platetone Studios, Screenprint Workshop, Nashville, TN
2015 K-Space Contemporary, Artist Lecture, Corpus Christi, TX
2014 Mid-America College Art Association, Panel Speaker at Next Generation of Artists, San Antonio, TX
2014 Gallery Dulce Olivia, Artist Lecture, Mexico City, Mexico
2012 Centre Le Bief, Artist Lecture, Ambert, France
2012 Musée du Dessin et de l’Estampe Originale, Artist Lecture, Gravelines, France
2011 Evil Prints, Non-Toxic Printmaking Workshop, Saint Louis, MO
2011 Evil Prints, Silkscreen Workshop, Saint Louis, MO