Autobiographical situations inform artist Julia Barbee’s choices within her practice. Her works span performance, film, food, social media, photography, retail space, and writing, often with a theme of hospitality and connection through food or gatherings. Frocky Jack Morgan was her deconstructed clothing line for 10 years, and Spaceness was a five-year running art event she co-founded and curated with her husband and friend. During quarantine, she created an alphabetical home preschool for her children using food, found objects, youtube tutorials, and yoga. Born in 1978 in Portland, Oregon, where she still resides, she has degrees in Marketing, Three-Dimensional Design, and an MFA in Fiber. Blog An oft-neglected diary of creation. And catalog of recipes, and the alphabetical home preschool by letter. Signature Fragrance Line This little shop site sells perfumes I created from 2010-2013 or thereabout. They were created through performance. They are maintained as expanded performances through other bodies. Resale: Part of my aim through vintage and antique sales is to create a world my children can inherit that has less waste. My finding and repurposing of objects takes them from a future in the landfill and gives them new life. I sell through an Antique Mall as well as through the internet. I see myself as a stylist of fashion that is lasting whether repurposing fast fashion pieces or handmade vintage. Many objects are worn to the point that other pickers would overlook them, but my aim through the merchandising of such objects is to re-contextualize them, and allow the viewer to reconsider their worth. Though not highlighted heavily on this site, my vintage practice has lasted decades, and is something that trains my eye, and is, in my mind, incorporated into my larger artistic practice. 2005-2016 Stars and Splendid Antique Mall 7030 SE Milwaukie Avenue Portland, OR 97214 2011-present Brick and Mortar: Monticello Antique Mall 8600 SE Stark St | Portland, OR 97216 2012-present Etsy vintage shop xxxxxvintage Past Instagram projects: @willamettefalls @portlandplantpropogation CV EDUCATION 2011 Master of Fine Arts in Fiber, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach CA 2007 Associate of Applied Science in Marketing, Portland Community College, Portland, OR 2001 Bachelor of Science in Three-Dimensional Design, Biola University, La Mirada, CA SELCET EXHIBITIONS/PERFORMANCES 2021 Dough, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI Abandoned: Images of What Remains, ARTSpace Gallery, Lake Oswego, OR Maternochronics, online exhibit Sou'wester Arts Week Residency, Seaview, WA 2020 Sou'wester Arts Week Residency, Seaview, WA 2019 Soft Surface Poetry, Winter issue. Lindsay Costello, editor. Spaceness, Long Beach Peninsula, WA 2018 Spaceness, Long Beach Peninsula, WA 2017 (Three-person show) An Oracle My Mother Taught Me, La Mirada, CA (Three-person show) Mother Naturalist, South Bay Contemporary, San Pedro, CA 2016 Sex Smells, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Germany Annual September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA A Point of View: Contemporary Photography, Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY 2015 Spaceness, Seaview, WA 2014 Snapshot Aesthetic, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR Notions of Beauty: Northwest Fashion Photography NOW, Steven Goldman Gallery, Portland, OR 2013 High Desert Test Sites 2013, Joshua Tree, CA 2011 Artscapes, Tacoma, WA Art in Odd Places: Ritual, New York, NY Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Solo Show) Par, Through, Fumm, Smoke, California State University, Long Beach, CA 2010 The Human Powered Show, Culver City, CA (Solo Show) Alchemy, Merlino Gallery, California State University, Long Beach, CA 2007 Action/Reaction, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR 2006 Little White Dress Show, Disjecta, Portland, OR XOX, Weiden & Kennedy, Portland, OR 2001 Out of Context, with Kent Anderson Butler and Dan Callis, Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, San Bernadino, CA PUBLICATIONS 2014 Notions of Beauty: Northwest Fashion Photography NOW. Willyum Beck. 2013 High Desert Test Sites 2013 catalog. intro by Andrea Zittel, and essays by James Trainor and Eden Solas. ReFashioned: Cutting-Edge Clothing from Upcycled Materials, Sass Brown. Laurence King Publishing. 2006 Brew to bikes : Portland's artisan economy . Published by Ooligan Press, Portland State University Charles H. Heying Portland State University Urban Studies Portland, Oregon. CURATORIAL PROJECTS/ AWARDS/ SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS/ RESDIENCIES 2022 Painting and Sculpture Outpost, Maryhill, CA 2017 Precipice Grant Recipient for Spaceness, Precipice Fund, Calligram Foundation, and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR 2015 Spaceness. Co-Founder with Matthew Suplee and Alison Jean Cole 2007 People's Choice Award, Portland Mercury Fashion Show Winner, Portland, OR MUSEUMS COLLECTIONS 2021 Nevada Museum of Art’s Center for Art + Environment (part of the HDTS Archive) |