EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts in Fiber, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Associate of Applied Science in Marketing, Portland Community College, Portland, OR
Bachelor of Science in Three-Dimensional Design, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Construction of a Childhood, book launch and exhibit, Happy Anyway, Portland, OR
2022
Art Soup, Painting and Sculpture Outpost, Marysville, CA
2011
Par, Through, Fumm, Smoke, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2010
Alchemy, Merlino Gallery, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2001
Children in the Garden, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
SELCET EXHIBITIONS
2025
(forthcoming) Sandwich Summit, Chicago, IL
2024
Grapefruits Editions, ILY2Too Gallery, LLoyd Center, Portland, OR
Portland Fashion in the Aughts, AB and MK Galleries, Art Building, Portland OR
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
Content, The Ace Hotel, Portland, OR
High Desert Test Sites 2013, Joshua Tree, CA
2011
Artscapes, Tacoma, WA (September-October 31)
Art in Odd Places: Ritual, New York, NY
Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010
The Human Powered Show, Culver City, 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
Sandy the Zine, Issue 2, The Spinster Issue (contributing writer).
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.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS/ AWARDS/ RESDIENCIES/VISITING ARTIST/PROJECTS
2025
Juror for Sou'wester Arts Week, Seaview, WA
2024
Singer in Phull Collums ensemble, The Fixin' Too, Portland, OR, Clinton St. Theater, Portland, OR
Workshop "Collage with Julia Barbee: Mother Naturalist Workshop No. 1," Happy Anyway, Portland, OR
Workshop "Customize & repair with hand sewing" with Liza Rietz, Bridger Creative Science School STEAM night
2023
Juror for Sou'wester Arts Week, Seaview, WA
2022
Artist-in-Residence with Painting and Sculpture Outpost, Maryhill, CA
2017
Biola Univeristy, visiting artist, May, La Mirada, CA
Precipice Grant Recipient for Spaceness, Precipice Fund, Calligram Foundation, and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR
2016
George Fox University, visiting artist, April, Newberg, OR
2015-19
Spaceness. Co-Founder with Alison Jean Cole and Matthew Suplee
2007
People's Choice Award, Frocky Jack Morgan, Portland Mercury Fashion Show Winner, Portland, OR
MUSEUMS COLLECTIONS
2021 Nevada Museum of Art’s Center for Art + Environment (part of the HDTS Archive)
RETAIL PRACTICE
2004-2016 and (a break for child-baring) 2023-present
Stars And Splendid Antique Mall, 7030 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland, OR 97202, dealer #36
2022-2023
2012-present
Monticello Antique Mall, 8600 SE Stark St, Portland, OR 97216, dealer FROC
Etsy XXXXXVintage, https://www.etsy.com/shop/xxxxxvintage?ref=seller-platform-mcnav
2011-12
Julia Barbee Studio, 811 SE Burnside St, Portland, OR 97214
2007-09
Flutter, In-house studio artist, 3948 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR 97227