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The constraints of her autobiographical journey inform artist Julia Barbee’s subjects and material choices. She has worked with wearable sculpture, performance, film, food, social media, photography, retail space, and the written word. Currently, she is exploring play with her children, and piecing together a homeschool preschool curriculum for them with her husband based on the alphabet. On many special occasions she makes pavlovas for gatherings, often documenting the vanitas aftermath. With her husband and a friend, she co-founded and curated a five-year running art event called Spaceness. She has an MFA in fiber, and has been working in Portland, Oregon for almost two decades where she lives with her husband and two children.
Blog Signature Fragrance Line Vintage Shop 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 2002 Basic and Advanced Floral Design Certificates, Floral Design Institute, Portland, OR 2001 Bachelor of Science in Three-Dimensional Design, Biola University, La Mirada, CA SELCETED EXHIBITIONS/PERFORMANCES 2020 Three Generational Experiment, Residency at Sou'wester Lodge, Seaview, WA 2019 A Fungus Amongus, Spaceness, Long Beach Peninsula, WA 2018 I am Every Age I Ever Was, Spaceness, Long Beach Peninsula, WA 2017 An Oracle My Mother Taught Me, La Mirada, CA 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 She Sells Seashells (a sunrise performance on the beach), 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, Souvenir_Collab with Matthew Suplee, Joshua Tree, CA 2011 Study #213, Artscapes, Tacoma, WA Before/After Scenting New York, Art in Odd Places: Ritual, New York, NY Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Par, Through, Fumm, Smoke, California State University, Long Beach, CA (solo) 2010 The Human Powered Show, Culver City, CA Insights, California State University Long Beach, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA Alchemy, Merlino Gallery, California State University, Long Beach, CA (solo) 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, performance 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. ISBN 9781312153486 2013 High Desert Test Sites 2013 catalog. introduction by Andrea Zittel, and essays by James Trainor and Eden Solas. ReFashioned: Cutting-Edge Clothing from Upcycled Materials, Sass Brown. Laurence King Publishing. 2008 Eat, Shop, Portland. Kaie Wellman. 5th revised edition. Cabazon books. 50 Fabulous US Travel Ideas Travel + Leisure Magazine: July, 2008. CURATORIAL PROJECTS/ AWARDS/ SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS/ RESDIENCIES 2017 Precipice Grant Recipient for Spaceness, Precipice Fund, Calligram Foundation, and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR Awesome Foundation Grant Recipient for Spaceness, Portland, OR 2016 Guest Speaker, George Fox University, Newberg, OR Guest Speaker, Biola University, La Mirada, CA 2015- Spaceness. Co-Founder and curator with Matthew Suplee and Alison Jean Cole 2013 Residency at Sou’wester Lodge, Seaview, Wa 2012 Guest Speaker, Curiosity Club, Hand-Eye Supply, Portland, OR 2010 Guest Speaker, Biola University, La Mirada, CA 2009 Guest Speaker, Biola University, La Mirada, CA The Salon, Seal Beach, CA 2008 Guest Speaker, George Fox University, Newberg, OR 2007 People's Choice Award, Portland Mercury Fashion Show Winner, Portland, OR 2001 Plotkin Award for Art, Lake Forest, CA 1997-00 Art Scholarship Biola University, La Mirada, CA |