Julie Durkin

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Lives: New York

Education
2008 Mason Gross School of Arts, Rutgers University MFA
2001 Parsons School of Design, BFA


Solo Exhibitions
2009 Julie Durkin From Paint To Print, curated by Bob Marty, BOOMA, New York, NY
2008 Julie Durkin MFA Thesis Show, Mason Gross School of Arts at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2006 Candy Box, Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Light Rhythm Action, Earlville Opera House, Earlville NY




Group Exhibitions
2008 Julie Durkin Lauren Olitski Julia Whitney Barnes, Mulry Fine Art, West Palm Beach, FL
2007 New Year New Art, Mulry Fine Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Blast, Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, NY
2006 MFA, Mason Gross School of Arts at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2005 Abstracts, The Walt Meade Gallery at Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY
Marquis Fine Art, Wilkes Barre, PA
Apex Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Selections, Garrubbo Baz�n Gallery, West Chester, PA
Wet, The Walt Meade Gallery at Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY
Selections, Garrubbo Baz�n Gallery, West Chester, PA
2004 Complex Collisions, Locus Media Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show, Garrubbo Baz�n Gallery, West Chester, PA
Postcards From The Edge, Visual Aids @ Brent Sikkema, New York, NY
Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artist Space, New York, NY
Delaware County Artists, The Auk, Hamden, NY
Brooklyn Gravity Racers, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY
Selections, Garrubbo Baz�n Gallery, West Chester, PA
Momenta 2004, White Columns, New York NY & Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Group Show, Garrubbo Baz�n Gallery, West Chester, PA
Scent, The Proposition Gallery, New York, NY
Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY
The Sculpture Center, Queens, NY
Selections, Garrubbo Baz�n Gallery, West Chester, PA
Momenta Art's 2003 Benefit, White Columns, New York NY & Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artist Space, New York, NY
TASTE, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, ME
A Gathering of Tribes, Tribes Gallery, New York, NY
Encore Gallery, Block Island, RI
2001 TAKE heART, MPI Gallery, New York, NY
The exhibition reaffirmed faith in the creative spirit after 9/11 as a benefit for Visual Aids, a day with art.
Parsons Senior Thesis Exhibition, Parsons Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Bound and Unbound, Parsons Gallery, New York, NY
Painting Now, Parsons Gallery, New York, NY
Reflections and Actions, Parsons Gallery, New York, NY


Bibliography
Julie Durkin lives and works in New York. She received her bachelor of fine arts from Parsons School of Design in 2001, concentrating on painting and art history. Her work has been previously exhibited at Holland Tunnel, New York; Mulry Fine Art, Florida; Artist Space, New York; Sculpture Center, New York; The Walt Meade Gallery at RAG, New York; Encore Gallery, Road Island; Perimeter Gallery, Maine; Locus Media Gallery, New York; Brent Sikkema, New York; Pierogi 2000, New York; The Proposition Gallery, New York; Garrubbo Baz�n Gallery, Pennsylvania and Apex Galley, New Jersey. She has been published in The New York Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Citizens� Voice. Currently Durkin is working on her MFA from The Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University.

Grants/Awards
2006-07 The Robert Watts Graduate Memorial Scholarship


Publications
Mason Gross School of the Arts MFA Thesis (exhibition catalogue), May 2008
Palm Beach Daily News, December 2, 2007
The Palm Beach Post, November 30, 2007
The Citizens� Voice. 2006
The Philadelphia Inquirer 2005
The New York Post 2002