Julia Jalowiec
Bio/CV: Julia Jalowiec is a queer artist born in Dallas, TX. She holds an MFA (2022) from Columbia University in NYC and a BFA (2018) from Southern Methodist University. In 2019, she was named a Mercedes-Benz Financial Emerging Artist and was in residence at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin. She was a 2020 Nasher Sculpture Center artist grant recipient. Her work has been exhibited at The Jewish Museum (NYC), Half Gallery (NYC), ChaShaMa (NYC), the Amarillo Museum of Art, Site131, RO2 Gallery, and more. She will be in residence at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture 2023.
Artist Statement: Julia Jalowiec opens a portal to environments and humanity through her installations. For Jalowiec, subjects and spaces exude distinct energy that is felt by the viewer and is important in the encounter of the work. Through these experiences, Julia explores the lines of relationships, whether by socio-political constructs, familial bonds, or friendship. In a life filled with her own illness and the loss of those around her, Julia’s work employs both humor and the grotesque as a way to meditate on her own mortality.
Selected Solo Exhibitions: 2023 “Fuck Mean People”, PRP Gallery, Dallas, TX
“So I don’t forget”, The Carillon Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
2019 Mercedes-Benz Emerging Artist Studio Show, Berlin, Germany
2017 “Humanity, Portraits from Paris to Dallas in Sculpture, Prints, and Paintings” Dallas Farmers Market, Dallas, TX “Works in Wood and Iron”, Doolin Gallery, SMU, Dallas, TX 2017 “Rachofsky Gift Shop”, Doolin Gallery, SMU, Dallas, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2022 “Last Laugh”, University of Texas@Dallas, Dallas, TX “New2York”, Edward Mooney House, New York, NY “Rising Star Edition”, Oak Cliff, TX
“Otherwise”, Half Gallery, New York, NY Columbia Summer Show, New York, NY “Deep-Focus”, RIVAA, New York, NY “In Response- Jonas Mekas”, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY Columbia MFA Thesis show, Wallach Gallery, New York, NY
2021 “Art 52nd Street”, International Online Exhibition based in Cheongju, South Korea and in collaboration with Chungbuk National University, Columbia University School of the Arts, Fine Art Skopje, Macedonia, Monroe Community College, New York University, Parsons School Of Design, Rochester Institute of Technology, The Art Students League NY
Columbia “Better Late than Never” Summer Show, ChaShaMa, New York, NY
Columbia MFA exhibition, Lenfest Center for the Arts, New York, NY
2020 Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX
"Making Day-to-Day Reality", Carillon Gallery in collaboration with Smolny University (St. Petersburg, Russia) and Bard College (NYC), Ft. Worth, TX
2019 “Thingness”, Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX
“Chaos”, Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX
“Sandwiches by Famous Artists”, NY Sub, Dallas, TX
2018 “BURNING RING OF FIRE, 20 Years of Cast Iron Sculpture in Tucumcari, NM”, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX “Clay and Things”, SITE 131, Dallas, TX
“Experiencing Perspectives”, Mercedes Benz, Fort Worth, TX ”New Texas Talent”, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX “BFA Qualifying Show”, Pollock Gallery, SMU, Dallas, TX “Experiencing Perspectives”, Mercedes Benz, Fort Worth, TX Group Exhibition, Lovefield Airport, Dallas, TX
Fellowships, Residencies, Awards and Apprenticeships: 2022 Helen Hartley Mead Platt Award Joan Sovern Award
Andrew Fisher Fellowship
Choy Family Fellowship Brandeis University, Guest artist/speaker
Columbia University, Ceramics Fellow
2020 Nasher Sculpture Center Grant Award Winner
2019 Künstlerhaus Bethanien Artist in Residence, Berlin, Germany Mercedes-Benz Emerging Artist, Berlin, Germany 2017 Engaged Learning Art Fellowship, Paris, France & Dallas, TX
Invitational Iron Pour Symposium Art Assistant Keen Foundry, Houston, TX Sculptural Apprenticeship with sculptor, Deborah Ballard Dallas, TX
Social: @juliajalowiec