Julia Kunin

Julia Kunin is an American sculpture and video artist. She was born in Vermont, and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Her work is inspired by organic forms, undersea creatures, and interior spaces, with a focus on the female body.[1] Her work has included ceramic art with luster glazes.[2][3] She graduated from Rutgers University (M.F.A.) in 1993 and Wellesley College (B.A.) in 1984, and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.[4] Her work has been featured in ARTnews,[5] House and Garden, The Brooklyn Rail,[6] and in Harmony Hammond's book Lesbian Art in America (Rizzoli, 2000).

Kunin is the recipient of many honors and awards, including a Fulbright in 2013.[7] She has participated in many artist residencies and fellowship programs, including Macdowell Colony in Peterborough, NH;[8] the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, in New York state; and Yaddo, in Saratoga Springs, NY.[9]

Kunin has been featured in numerous exhibits nationally and internationally, with shows in Mother Gallery in NYC in 2022 with Yevgeniya Baras,[10] a group show at LACMA in Los Angeles in 2022, as well as in Miami at the Mindy Solomon Gallery in 2022. She has had solo shows at the McClain Gallery in Houston in 2021,[11] in NYC in 2020 at the Kate Werble Gallery and at Sandra Gering Inc in 2015,[12][non-primary source needed] Barry Whistler Gallery in Dallas in 2013, Greenberg Van Doren in 2012,[13] and the Deutsches Leder Museum in Offenbach, Germany in 2002. She had a two-person exhibition with Jackie Gendel at Jeff Bailey Gallery in 2014.

References

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  1. ^ "Feminist Art Base: Julia Kunin". Brooklyn Museum: Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art.
  2. ^ Jovanovic, Rozalia (August 15, 2023). "Objectified: Glenn Adamson On Julia Kunin's Ceramics". Art & Object. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  3. ^ Adamson, Glenn (2022-09-28). "Sculpture: An Art of Craft and Storytelling". ARTnews: Art in America. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  4. ^ McGill, Douglas C. (September 2, 1984). "PERSONAL ART AND THE SKOWHEGAN EXPERIENCE". New York Times. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  5. ^ Wei, Lilly (15 January 2014). "Claytime! Ceramics Finds Its Place in the Art-World Mainstream". ARTnews. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  6. ^ "JULIA KUNIN with Maria Elena González". The Brooklyn Rail. 19 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Julia Kunin". Fulbright Scholar Program.
  8. ^ "Julia Kunin - Artist". MacDowell. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Mad Moments: Julia Kunin". Museum of Arts and Design (MAD). Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Art We Saw This Fall". The New York Times. 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  11. ^ Welsh, Doug (March 13, 2023). "Review: "Mara Held and Julia Kunin: Kaleidoscope Eyes" at McClain Gallery". Glasstire: Texas visual art. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  12. ^ "Julia Kunin. Les Guérillères". Meer. 2015-03-12. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  13. ^ "Julia Kunin". Van Doren Waxter.
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