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| Julie Wills |
| b. 1974, Miami, FL |
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| Education: |
| 2005 |
MFA, Ceramics, University of Colorado |
| 2002 |
MA, Art Criticism, University of Montana |
| 1998 |
BFA, Ceramics, University of Montana |
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| Solo & Two-Person Exhibits: |
| 2008 |
Pragmatic Terrain (two-person exhibit). Art Center South Florida, Miami Beach, FL |
| 2007 |
Surrogate Violence (solo exhibit). Crested Butte Center for the Arts, Crested Butte, CO |
| 2005 |
Discipline (MFA thesis exhibit). CU Art Museum, Boulder, CO |
| 2003 |
Pink Houses (solo exhibit). Firehouse Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR |
| 2002 |
Of Family & Animal Husbandry (solo exhibit). UC Gallery, Missoula, MT |
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| Selected Group Exhibits: |
| 2008 |
Engendered Space. SCA Contemporary, Albuquerque, NM |
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GALA: CU Art Museum Benefit Auction Exhibition, St. Julien Hotel, Boulder, CO |
| 2007 |
Intersections: Artifice & Matter (three person exhibit). Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO |
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Sevenfold, 2006-07 Rocky Mountain Women's Institute Annual Associate Fellowship Exhibit (three person exhibit). Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO |
| 2006 |
Eroticizing the West (four person exhibit). Colorado State University Art Gallery, Pueblo, CO |
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Needle Culture (catalogue). Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ |
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The Love Show. Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, NH; view website |
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Women's Things: Reassessing Everyday Objects (invited artist). Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR |
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Thread Counts Project. GASP, Brookline, MA; view website |
| 2005 |
The Excavation of Memory. Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO |
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Foundations: The Founders' Exhibit. The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT |
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8th International Shoebox Sculpture Invitational (traveling exhibit; catalogue). Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA; Wright State University, Dayton, OH; The Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City, SD; MacNider Art Museum, Mason City, IA; Isla Center for the Arts, Mangilao, Guam; Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Kahului, HI |
| 2004 |
8th International Shoebox Sculpture Invitational (traveling exhibit; catalogue). National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan; National Central University, Taoyuan Hsien, Taiwan; West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WI; California State University Dominguez Hills Art Gallery, Carson, CA |
| 2003 |
Fetish and Ritual: Julie Wills, Anika Smulovitz, and Barbara Rachko (three-person exhibit). Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA |
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Harvest, past artists in residence exhibit. Art Farm, Marquette, NE |
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Art of the New West: The State of the Ranch in the 21st Century. The Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City, SD |
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Two by Two: Small Scale Ceramic Sculpture Biennial (purchase award). Eastern Washington University Gallery of Art, Cheney, WA |
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8th International Shoebox Sculpture Invitational (traveling exhibit; catalogue). University of Hawai'i Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI; Kukui Grove Exhibition Hall, Lihu'e, HI; Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Providence University Art Center, Taichung Hsien, Taiwan; National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan |
| 2002 |
Small Works IV. Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT |
| 2001 |
Beefcake/ Cheesecake: Sex, Flesh, Money, & Dreams. Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA |
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Prevailing Winds: Current Trends in Contemporary Ceramics. Young & Constantin Gallery, Wilmington, VT |
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Porcelain 2001. Esmay Fine Art, Rochester, NY |
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Small Works III. Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT |
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Missoula Collects Ceramics. The Art Museum of Missoula, Missoula, MT |
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| Performance and Collaborative Works: |
| 2009 |
Observation Room, collaborative installation, performance, and video work by The Bridge Club. 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA |
| 2008 |
Front Window, collaborative installation & performative video work by The Bridge Club. Created for Center to Edge: 2008 River City Biennale, Fisch Haus Gallery & Heterotopia, Wichita, KS (catalogue) |
| 2008 |
Domestic Surveillance, collaborative digital/ performance work with The Bridge Club. www.resistlooking.net |
| 2008 |
1440 Minutes, IDEA Space, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO. Collaborative installation work by The Bridge Club |
| 2008 |
LICC/ London International Creative Competition, shortlist, The Bridge Club, performance category. (catalogue); view website |
| 2007 |
Storage Space, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH. Sceening of Shift Work video, produced by The Bridge Club collaborative. |
| 2007 |
Ceaseless and Solitary, collaborative performance with The Bridge Club. Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO |
| 2006 |
Shift Work, collaborative performance with The Bridge Club. Steelworks Museum of Industry and Culture, Pueblo, CO |
| 2005 |
Binding Books, collaborative performance with The Bridge Club. Norlin Library, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO |
| 2005 |
House and Sky, collaborative performance with The Bridge Club. Mead, CO |
| 2005 |
Laundry, collaborative performance with The Bridge Club, sponsored by Tailgate Gallery. Evergreen Launderette, Boulder, CO |
| 2005 |
The Bus, collaborative performance with The Bridge Club, sponsored by Tailgate Gallery. RTD City Bus, Boulder, CO |
| 2004 |
Pillows and Pantyhose/ Ambush Decorating, collaborative video/ performance with The Bridge Club. Boulder, CO |
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| Published Writings: |
| 'Narrative Artworks and Experiential Abstraction,' New York Arts Magazine, May/ June 2007; view article online |
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| Awards: |
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| 2006-2007 |
Associate Fellowship, Rocky Mountain Women's Institute, Denver, CO |
| 2004-2005 |
Katherine Jacob Lamont Scholar, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO |
| 2003 |
Artist-in-Residence, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO |
| 2002 |
Artist-in-Residence, Art Farm, Marquette, NE |
| 1999-2000 |
Fell-Oskins Award, University of Montana |
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