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

Hyperallergic, Aug 30, 2022. Lyndsay Knecht, “Peeling Back the Psychological Layers of 1980s Sticker Books.”

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.”

Crystal Bridges Museum, Sept 2021. Curatorial essay by Alejo Benedetti, Associate Curator, Contemporary Art.

52 Critical Painters, Nov 2019. Kevin Smith, Artist Feature.

Peripheral Vision Press, Aug 2018. Essay by Lisa Volpe, Assistant Curator of Photography at MFA Houston

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."