JULIE ALPERT
JULIE ALPERT
EDUCATION
2008 MFA Painting and Drawing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2002 BA Painting with Honors, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 TBD solo, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, CA (upcoming November)
2022 Sticker Book, Ahha Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
2021 Altars, Keepsakes, Squiggles and Bows, Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, AR
2020 Jumble, w/ Andy Arkley, Oklahoma Science Museum, OKC
2019 LIGHT TRICKS, w/ Andy Arkley, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM
2018 Exhibitionism, PLEAT Gallery online
2018 Finishing Touches, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM
2017 Desert Daze, w/ Andy Arkley, Bridge Productions, Seattle, WA
2016 Garbled Love Letters, Bridge Productions, Seattle, WA
2015 Backdrop, Seattle Art Fair commission at MadArt, Seattle, WA
2015 Splat!, Archer Gallery at Clark College, Vancouver, WA
2015 Vacation Slideshow, animation w/ Andy Arkley, Violet Strays
2014 Lookalikes, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014 Stacked and Piled, Portland Center Stage, Portland, OR
2013 Julie Alpert | New Black Pattern Watercolors, Forterra, Seattle, WA
2013 Boundary, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012 Tableau Vivant, Gallery4Culture, Seattle, WA
2012 Zigzags, Stripes, and Shadows, The Telephone Room Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2011 FLAT & BRIGHT, w/ Andy Arkley, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011 Motivation Graph, The Living Room, Seattle, WA
2010 Backyards, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009 Co-mingling, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
2008 MFA Exhibition, Sandpoint Gallery, Seattle, WA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 The Experience, Ahha Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
2019 Interior/Exterior, Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA
2017 Art on Paper: The 44th Exhibition, The Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, NC
2016 Seattle Art Fair, Bridge Productions Booth, Seattle WA
2015 COLOR FORMS, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
2015 Julie and Julia, Curating Contemporary, curated by Julie Alexander
2015 Bellingham National Juried Exhibition, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
2014 Borderlands, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013 TAGtics, Quartair Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands
2013 Neddy Award Exhibition, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
2012 SOIL at SeaTac, SeaTac Airport, WA
2012 LxWxH, art subscription July issue, Seattle, WA
2012 Red Current, Roq La Rue, Seattle, WA
2011 Between Cornice and Cantilever, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
2010 Xanadu: A Stately Pleasure Dome, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 Then and Now, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2010 Introductions, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 New Members Show, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009 Land(e)scape, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 Oliver Herring’s Task, presented by the Frye, Seattle Central Library, Seattle, WA
2008 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 Coupling VI: Flashforward, collab w/ Whiting Tennis, Ouch My Eye, Seattle, WA
2008 School of Art Open House, Juried by Billy Howard, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 Small + Flat, Juried by Greg Bell, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007 Over the Line: Second Year MFA, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2025 SeaTac Airport, Public Art Commission, SeaTac, WA (upcoming 2025)
2025 Amazon Spheres Understory Residency, Seattle, WA (upcoming 2025)
2024 Shunpike Storefronts, Seattle, WA
2023 I-Park residency, East Haddam, CT
2021 Washington State Arts Commission Roster, Olympia, WA
2021 OVAC Creative Project Grant, Oklahoma City, OK
2020 Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, OK
2019 Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, OK
2017 Peripheral Vision Magazine, Issue 8 Publication Fellowship, Dallas, TX
2017 ArtMaze Magazine, Anniversary Issue 5, Top 13 juried artists, London
2017 Hammersley Foundation Grant, Albuquerque, NM
2017 Artist Trust Fellowship, Seattle, WA
2017 Roswell Artist-in-Residence Fellowship, Roswell, NM
2016 Sound Transit Public Art Roster, Seattle, WA
2016 MacArthur Foundation, MacDowell Travel Grant
2016 Pollock-Krasner Foundation, MacDowell Stipend Grant
2016 MacDowell Residency, Jan-Feb, Peterborough, NH
2015 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency, Sept, Amherst, VA
2015 MadArt, commissioned by Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
2015 Clark College, Artist-in-Residence, Vancouver, WA
2014 MacDowell Residency, Milton and Sally Avery Fellowship, Peterborough, NH
2014 New Foundation Residency Program Grant, Seattle, WA
2014 Pacific Northwest Art Awards Nominee, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
2013 CityArts Art Walk Award, Seattle, WA
2013 Neddy Award Finalist, Seattle, WA
2013 Brink Award Nominee, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012 GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
2012 Pollock-Krasner Award, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY
2009 GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2023 Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Collage Workshop, Tulsa, OK
2023 Western Oregon University, Artist Talk, Monmouth, OR
2022 Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Artist Talk, Minn, MN
2022 Crystal Bridges Museum, Gallery Talk, Bentonville, AR
2022 Crystal Bridges Museum, Teen and Adult Collage Workshops, Bentonville, AR
2022 Clark College, Artist Talk, Vancouver, WA
2021 Crystal Bridges Museum, Gallery Talk, Bentonville, AR
2020 University of Tulsa, Studio Visit, Tulsa, OK
2018 Seattle Art Museum, SAM REMIX Workshop, Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA
2018 New Mexico State University, Artist Talk, Las Cruces, NM
2018 Roswell Museum and Art Center, Artist Talk, Roswell, NM
2016 Cornish College of the Arts, Guest Lecture, Writing for Artist Grants and Residencies, Seattle, WA
2016 Gage Academy, Artist Toolkit Lecture: Applying to Residencies, Seattle, WA
2016 University of Washington, Artist Talk, Collage: Combining Fragments Class, Seattle, WA
2016 MacDowell, ConVal High School Studio Visit, Peterborough, NH
2015 Cornish College of the Arts, Studio Visit, Seattle, WA
2015 MadArt, Aritst talk for the Seattle Art Fair Commission, Seattle, WA
2015 Gage Academy, Artist Toolkit Lecture: Artist-Run Galleries, Seattle, WA
2015 Artist-in-Residence Workshops, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
2015 Seattle Art Museum, SAM REMIX Workshop, Seattle, WA
2015 Wing Luke Museum, YouthCAN Artist Talk and Workshop, Seattle, WA
2015 Seattle University, Artist Talk, Color and Design Course, Seattle, WA
2015 Cornish College of the Arts, Artist Talk, Senior Studios/Professional Practices, Seattle, WA
2014 MacDowell, ConVal High School studio visit, Peterborough, NH
2013 University of Washington, Artist Talk, Certificate in Fibers Program, Seattle, WA
2013 Seattle Art Museum, SAM REMIX workshop, Seattle, WA
2013 University of Washington, Artist Talk, Issues in Contemporary Art Course, Seattle, WA
2012 Olympic Sculpture Park, SAM REMIX, Sketching workshop, Seattle, WA
2012 SAM Sketches, Saturday Sketching Workshop, Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA
2011 SOIL Gallery, “FLAT & BRIGHT” Artist Talk, Seattle, WA
COLLECTIONS/COMMISSIONS
Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell, NM
Facebook, Seattle, WA
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Pullman, WA
Ledger Coworking, Bentonville, AR
King County Public Art Collection, Seattle, WA
Kunst Rijnstate, Arnhem, NL
Office of Arts and Culture, Seattle Public Utilities Portable Works Collection, Seattle, WA
Port of Seattle, SeaTac Airport Commission, WA (scheduled for 2025)
Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, OK
University of Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
Washington State Arts Commission, North Hill Elementary, Des Moines, WA
Private collections across the US
SELECTED PRESS
Art Focus, Spring 2022. Elizabeth Wenger, “Winking and Nodding: The Installations of Julie Alpert.”
Tulsa World, Mar 4, 2022. Stephen Pingry, “Married artists complement each other.”
52 Critical Painters, Nov 2019. Kevin Smith, Artist Feature.
ArtMaze Mag, Nov 2, 2017. Megan St.Clair, “Fantastical theater meets fine art within the installations of Julie Alpert.”
New Mexico Magazine, Oct 2017. Kate Nelson, “Artful Lodgers.”
New American Paintings, Apr 5, 2016. Erin Langner, “Gallery On The Edges.”
REDEFINE Magazine, Aug 25, 2015. Vivian Hua, “Julie Alpert Artist Interview: Following Forms.”
The Stranger, July 31, 2015. Jen Graves, “Julie Alpert and the Local Art Backdrop to the Seattle Art Fair.”
Clark College Independent, Apr 28, 2015. Elizabeth Perry, “Splat!: Artist Leaves Her Mark.”
The Stranger, Sept 25, 2013. Jen Graves, “Facing Painting.”
Art Nerd Seattle, Sept 11, 2013. Elissa Favero, “Falling into Patterns with Julie Alpert.”
New American Paintings Blog, Apr 22, 2013. Erin Langner, "Painting Restraint: Julie Alpert's Boundary at SOIL."
Another Bouncing Ball. Aug 4, 2009. Regina Hackett, "5 Top Seattle Shows Opening Thursday."