
Gallery |
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"Under the Orange
Clouds," oil
on panel, 4" x 6" |
STATEMENT: |
I seek to explore
themes of childhood, religion and mysticism. My paintings, both in oil
paint and fabric, focus primarily on the doll as subject. I use
children’s toys, art history, and landscape references to create
images that are about identity development, rites of passage, and the
longing for divine revelation. Recently, I have begun to explore
quilting and embroidery processes in my work because of my interest in
their warmth and flexibility, as well as the surprising relationship
that hand-quilting has to my painting practice. This media introduces
a new discourse on comfort and craft into my existing conversation |
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RESUME: |
Education: |
2000 |
M.F.A., summa cum laude, School of
Art and Design,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL |
1997 |
B.F.A., summa cum laude, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN |
1995 |
Marchutz School of Painting and Drawing, Aix-en-Provence, France |
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Awards: |
2010 |
Review Studio Artist Residency
Body of Work: New Perspectives in Figure Painting 2010, National
Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. |
2008 |
Faculty Grant, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO |
2007 |
Faculty Grant, Kansas City Art
Institute, Kansas City, MO |
2006 |
Faculty Grant, Kansas City Art
Institute, Kansas City, MO |
2004 -2005 |
Incomplete List of Excellent
Teachers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL |
2003 |
Artist
Fellowship Award, Illinois Arts Council |
2000 |
Outstanding Teacher Award, Dept. of Art and Design, Univ. of IL ,
Urbana-Champaign, IL |
1999 -2000 |
Incomplete List of Excellent
Teachers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL |
1997 |
Emil
Jaques Gold Award, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN |
1996 |
Mabel
Mountain Painting Award, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN |
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Solo Exhibitions: |
2015 |
Orange Skies, Pink Morning, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL |
2014 |
Under
the Orange Sky,
Plug Projects, KC MO |
2012 |
Ecstasy and Dreams,
Studios Inc, Kansas City, MO |
2008 |
Paintings,
South Bend Regional Museum, South Bend, IN |
2007 |
Prairiesummerheartbreak,
Zolla/Lieberman
Gallery, Chicago, IL |
2005 |
Eat
My Heart Out,
Ricco/Maresca
Gallery, New York, NY |
2003 |
more
more more!,
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
2002 |
SUPERFLIRT,
Zolla/Lieberman
Gallery, Chicago, IL |
2001 |
Northeastern
Illinois University Art Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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Group Exhibitions: |
2014 |
Winter Group Show, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL |
2013 |
Inner Sight/Insight: Driven to Dare,
Governor's State University, University Park, IL |
2011 |
Editions Artists Books Fair,
2011, New York, NY, represented by White Wings Press of Chicago IL |
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Hardcore Painting,
University of Nebraska, Omaha, Omaha, NE |
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Emblazoned Cyphers,
University of
Nebraska, Lincoln, Lincoln, NE |
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Between Thee and Me,
Greenlease Gallery,
Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO |
2006 |
Narrow Margins,
H and R Block Gallery, Kansas City, MO |
2005 |
Hardcore Painting,
Greenlease Gallery, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO |
2010 |
Body of Work: New
Perspectives on Figure Painting,
National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. |
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Popular Culture
Re-Constructed,
Memorial Hall Gallery, RISD, Rhode Island, DE |
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Tethered to My World, Contemporary Figure Painting: Location, Chicago, Highland Pk Art Center, IL
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Highly Personal,
Isis Gallery, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN |
2008 |
New, Three: Kansas City Art Institute Faculty,
H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO |
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Intersections,
Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO |
2007 |
Paper
Now,
Ispace Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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It’s Only Natural,
H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO |
2006 |
Featured Artist, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, -scope Miami 2006,
Miami, FL |
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Collect All Four,
Byron
Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO |
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Oh,
You Beautiful Doll,
Andrea
Meislin Gallery, New York, NY |
2005 |
Sinister,
Tarble
Museum of Fine Art, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL |
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25th
Anniversary Bookplate Show,
Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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Five Presses,
Arvada
Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO |
2004 |
Summer
Love,
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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The
Artist as Collector,
Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN |
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Annual Remarkable Women Show,
Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI |
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Holiday,
Big Cat Gallery, New York, NY |
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Scope New York 2004,
Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY |
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A Sharp Eye: An Art Dealer’s 40 Year Journey,
Evanston Art Center, IL |
2003 |
Emergence: Women Artists in the New Millennium,
Northern Indiana Arts, Assn., Munster, IN |
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Cold Comfort,
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN |
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Zolla/Lieberman
Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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Luscious Too,
Zolla/Lieberman
Gallery, Chicago, IL |
2002 |
Jean
Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL |
2001 |
Welcome to My Dollhouse,
Zolla/Lieberman
Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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Luscious,
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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Just Install It,
collaboration, Arena Gallery, Chicago, IL |
2000 |
Out of Afar(m)
and Whoa! La
Giaconda, set design and live video installation for Whoa! La
Giaconda, Merce Cunningham Studios, New York, NY |
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Selected
Bibliography: |
2015 |
Art Ltd., "Julie Farstad:
Orange Skies, Pink Morning: by Robin Dluzen, Jan / Feb, 2016, pg. 31
Chicago Tribune, Pick of the Week, Arts & Entertainment, Sect. 4, p.3.
Nov. 26, 2015, illustrated |
2011 |
ereview.org, Feminine Fancies, by Tara Kloeppell, March 26,
2011 |
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The
Kansas City Star, Traditional Meets Modern, by Dana Self, Fine
Arts Sect., p.18, March 3, 2011 |
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The
Kansas City Star, A good ‘FIT’ at Review Studio by Nick
Malewski, January 27, 2011 |
2010 |
ereview.org, Julie Farstad: Post-philosophy, A profile of a painter with many
talents to choose from
Janell Meador, September 17, 2010 |
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Chicagoartmagazine.com, Phyllis Bramson’s Painters at The Art Center in Highland Park,
Robin Dluzen, September 11, 2010
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Presentmagazine.com, Presenting: Julie Farstad and Peter Warren, Janell Meador,
August 3, 2010 |
2008 |
Manhattan Arts International,
http://manhattanhartherstory.blogspot.com, Renee Phillips, 7/30/10 |
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“Women to Watch”: An Exhibition of Underrepresented Artists |
2007 |
Chicago Tribune,
Alan Artner, June 15, 2007 |
2006 |
Oh, You Beautiful Doll,
catalog, curated by Douglas F. Maxwell |
2002 -2004 |
mouthtomouth magazine, Co-Publisher,
Co-Editor |
2003 |
Chicago Tribune
Alan Artner,, section 7C, p. 29 October 24, 2003 |
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Chicago Sun-Times,
Margaret Hawkins, Weekend Plus, section p. 24, November 7, 2003 |
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Chicago Reader,
Fred Camper, Section 1, p. 39, November 14, 2003 |
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Word for Word,
interview with Maria Tomasula, mouthtomouth magazine, September
2003 |
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Sticky,
exhibition catalog, interview by Kristen Brooke Schleifer, June 2002 |
2002 |
New American Paintings,
Number 41, juror Bill Arnung, curator, MIT List Visual Arts Center |
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