EDUCATION
MFA Fiber, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
BS in Three-Dimensional Design, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
AAS Marketing, Portland Community College, Portland, OR
Basic and Advanced Floral Design, Floral Design Institute, Portland, OR

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Dancing Shadows/ Hope Cast, Happen/stance A Mini Gallery Project, Portland OR
2024
Construction of a Childhood, 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
2026
Word Virus Books By Way of Inertia screening with Sean Christensen + the Phull Collumns Ensemble, reading/performance
A Solace of Objects Happy Anyway, Portland, OR
2025
Wild Whimsy: The Fantastical Natural World, View's Eco Gallery, Old Forge, NY​
Sou'wester Arts Week Residency, Ember Nibbles: potato pile/s'mores, Seaview WA
A Space Oddity: The 10th Annual Sandwich Summit, Chicago, IL 
2024
Grapefruits Editions, ILY2Too Gallery, LLoyd Center, Portland, OR
Portland Fashion in the Aughts, AB and MK Galleries, Portland State University 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
2024
Thunderegg, Vol. 5, Gem Trails. pg 8, 17, and 52. Alison Jean Cole, editor. November. (link)​
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.

PROJECTS/ AWARDS/ RESDIENCIES/VISITING ARTIST
2025
Workshop "St. Lucy" Happy Anyway, Portland, OR
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 
New England Symphonic Ensemble, Portland Symphonic Girlchoir, Sunday, June 23rd, Carnegie Hall, NY
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
2012-present
Monticello Antique Marketplace, 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
2002-2017
Stars & Splendid Antique Mall
7030 SE Milwaukie Avenue Portland, OR 97214, dealer #36
2002-present
Frocky Jack Morgan/Julia Barbee wearable line sold at various retailers in Portland over the years:
Seaplane, Fine Art Fruit, BackTalk, Flutter, Frock on Alberta