Julia Schwadron

Page 1 | Biography

Born: Providence, R.I.
Lives: Brooklyn, NY/Chiang Mai, Thailand

Education
2004 M.F.A. in Painting, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA

2002 Critical Theory, Temple University in Rome, Italy

1998 B. A., University of California, San Diego

1993 Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, NY

Solo Exhibitions
2012 (upcoming) Farnam Galleries, Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa

2011 (upcoming) Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

2011 (upcoming) Edward & Bernice Wenger Center for the Arts, Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center, East Hills, NY

2007 New Paintings, Julia Schwadron, Spazio 522, New York, NY

2003
M.F.A. Exhibition
Temple University Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2001
“ARTPARTY2001,” Artists Alliance, Inc. (AAI), New York, NY
Performance and exhibition of paintings, created as a result of documentation
from ‘ARTPARTY2000.’

2000
“ARTPARTY2000”, New York, NY
A social event organized for the purpose of video and photo documentation,
on which a series of paintings were based.

Group Exhibitions
2010
Charles James Gallery, PULSE Miami, FL
Paper Talk, Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, Chiang Mai University Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand
COPY JAM! 2: TEXT EDITION, A Printinteresting Curatorial Project, The Printer’s Ball, Chicago, IL
REMNANTS, curated by Lisa Lebofsky and Michelle Doll, Fuse Gallery, NY, NY
Palling Around with Socialists, U-Turn Art Space, Cincinnati, Ohio
One Vertical Unwavering Band of Light, curated by Mariah Dekkenga, Coe College, Sinclair Art Galleries, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

2009
Twin Twin III: Artists Edition, curated by Matt Freedman, Big & Small/Casual Gallery, L.I.C. NY
Drawing Contemporaries, Eyebeam Art and Technology Center, NY, NY
Treasure Chest, Metaphor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2008
Movin’ On Up! Ken Jones Jr. Fine Art, Easton, PA
Back to the Garden, Metaphor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Iowa Artists 2008: Drawing, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Icon Iowa 2008, Icon Gallery, Fairfield, IA
for you, for me, from me, FLUXspace, Philadelphia, PA

2007
The Large Works Show, Icon Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa
Spazio 522, Inaugural exhibition, New York, NY
Faculty Exhibition, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA
Beyond the Surface – the artists of DFB, The Studio at DFB, L.I.C., NY

2005 "The Matzo Files", Streits Matzo Factory, NY, NY

2004 “Power T’s,” Pierogi2000 gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2002
“Matter As Protagonist,” Curated by Jessica Stockholder
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography
2010 “Alternative Drawing Materials,” Ken Procter, Drawing Magazine, Summer 2010

2008 “Brooklyn Dispatches: Cool Island and Garden of Chill,” James Kalm, Brooklyn Rail, July/August
“Come Play With Me – Four Young Artists Long To Share Their Ideas,” Roberta Fallon, Philadelphia Weekly, Jan 23rd
“There’s More Than One Way,” Fallon and Rosof’s Artblog, Jan. 17th
“We’re All In This Together,” Funnel Pages Blog, Jan 10th

2003 “Tyler Student Wins Prestigious Fellowship,”
Times Chronicle, January Philadelphia, PA

2002 “Fellowship gives MFA a brush with success,”
Temple Times, November 7th, Philadelphia, PA

2002 “Matter as Protagonist,’ or not, at Creative Arts Workshop,”
New Haven Register, June 23rd, New Haven, CT

Grants/Awards
2006 Joan Mitchell Fellowship for Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont

2002-04 Jacob K. Javits Fellow

2002 Recipient of the Temple University Fellowship

2002 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Mt. San Angelo, Sweet Briar, Virginia
Fellowship for Residency

2000 Oxbow School of Art, Professional Artists Residency, Saugatuck, Michigan

2000-01 The Hambidge Center, Awarded Residency, Rabun Gap, Georgia

1998 Undergraduate Scholastic Grant to fund solo exhibition

1997 Nominated by Italo Scanga to exhibit for UCSD 10th Annual
Undergraduate Research Conference

Projects
2010-2011 Visiting Lecturer in Painting, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

2010-on Senior Visual Arts Editor for the Javits Review