Julie Elkins 959 Myers
Street Apt. D Richmond, VA. 23230
EDUCATION
Virginia Commonwealth
University, Richmond, VA.
BFA,
August, 2003. Concentration in Ceramics and Metalsmithing.
CONTINUED EDUCATION
Florida Keys Community
College, Key
West, FL.
Resident Artist and Studio Technician. Fall
2012.
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC.
“Printmaking and Clay” with Laura Jean
McLauglin. Spring 2004.
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC.
Gemstone setting, metalsmithing instruction with
David Butler. Summer 2002.
COLLECTIONS
Mint Museum, Charlotte, North
Carolina.
Fuller Craft Museum, Boston, Massachusetts.
The Kamm Teapot
Foundation, Sparta, North Carolina.
Arthur Goldberg
Collection, Boston Massachusetts.
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Sherrie Gallerie, Columbus, Ohio.
2006-Present.
AWARDS/GRANTS
Florida Keys Council of
the Arts, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural
Affairs, the Florida Council on the Arts and Culture and private donations.
“Artists in Schools
Grant”. August, 2012.
Bobby Kadis Award. Full Scholarship in Ceramics.
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC. May, 2004.
Peachtree Award. Scholarship in Crafts.
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
2002.
Allan Eastman Founders
Fund. Scholarship in Ceramics.
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,
VA. May 2001.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
“
Misadventures” Sherrie Gallerie,
Columbus, OH. October 2012.
“Julie
Elkins: New Work” Eric Shindler Gallery,
Richmond, VA. September 2009.
“Remembering
to Remember”, Sherrie Gallerie,
Columbus, OH. March 2009.
“Brick
by Brick”, Quirk Gallery, Richmond,
VA. October 2005.
“New
Works”, Hershey Center for the Arts,
Richmond, VA. March 2005.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2013
“Teatime:
Annual National Invitational” Clay Art
Center, Port Chester, NY.
2012
“SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, and
Functional Art) Chicago” Sherrie
Gallerie, Chicago IL.
“Fairytales,
Fantasy, and Fear” Mint Museum,
Charlotte, NC.
“Generosity
of Spirit” Penland School of Crafts
Benefit ” The Signature Gallery, Atlanta,
GA.
2011
“Fighting
Rainbows” Eric Shindler Gallery,
Richmond, VA.
2010
“50th
Anniversary Celebration” Eric Shindler
Gallery, Richmond, VA.
“SOFA (Sculpture, Objects and Functional
Art) Chicago” Sherrie Gallerie,
Chicago, IL.
“Emergence”
(NCECA Gallery Tour) Bahdeebahdu Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2009
“Home
Sweet Home” Pelham Art Center,
Pelham, NY.
“Midnight
Snack” Ghostprint Gallery, Richmond,
VA.
“SOFA (Sculpture, Objects and Functional
Art) Chicago” Sherrie Gallerie,
Chicago, IL.
“Group
Exhibition” Eric Shindler Gallery,
Richmond, VA.
“Teapots,
Steep in Thought” Morgan Contemporary
Glass Gallery, Pittsburg, PA.
2008
“Adaptation”,
Center for Emerging Visual Artists,
Philadelphia, PA. March.
“Plant
Zero @ Artspace”, Artspace Gallery,
Richmond, VA.
“SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, and
Functional Art) Chicago” Sherrie
Gallerie, Chicago, IL.
“The
Amazing Ceramics on Gist Street! (NCECA
Gallery Tour)”James Simon Sculpture
Studio, Pittsburgh, PA.
2007
“SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, and
Functional Art) Chicago” Sherrie
Gallerie, Chicago IL.
“Grand
Opening” VisArts Center, Rockville,
MA.
2006
“SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, and
Functional Art) Chicago” Sherrie
Gallerie, Chicago IL.
“The
Curious Teapot”, Craft Alliance, St.
Louis, MO.
2005
“SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, and
Functional Art) Chicago” Ferrin Gallery,
Chicago, IL.
2004
“The
Object and Its Place”, Penland Gallery,
Penland, NC.
“Teapots:
Object to Subject”, Craft Alliance,
St. Louis, MO.
“100
Teapots 2”, Baltimore Clayworks,
Baltimore, MD.
2003
“SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, and
Functional Art) Chicago” Ferrin Gallery,
Chicago, IL.
PUBLICATIONS
Starr,
Ann. “Porcelain of the Possessed” Starr Review. Starr-review.blogspot.com.
Nov, 2012.
Upfront,
“Sherrie Gallerie Exhibition”, Ceramics Monthly.April, 2009. 17.
Kaizaad
Kotwal, “The Many Faces of Clay: Dazzling, Dizzying, Dynamic- Ceramic Sculptors on the Cutting Edge”, Short North Gazette,
December, 2008.
Bird
Cox, “Medium”, Brick Weekly, July 10, 2008, 5.
Potpourri,
“Steeped in Richmond”, Richmond Home Magazine, Fall, 2006,
24.
Upfront,
“Juried Exhibition of Teapots”, Ceramics Monthly, February, 2004, 22.
Mike
Giuliano, “Clayworks’ tempestuous return to ‘Teapots’”,
The Columbia Flier, January 29, 2004, 35.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2013-2014
Visual Arts Center. Richmond, VA.
Ceramics
Instructor for youth and adults. Creativity instructor for outreach programs
including work with youth, autistic youth, elderly, adults with traumatic brain
injuries, adults with Alzheimer’s disease. Video and Theatre Instructor for
youth.
Boys and Girls Clubs, Richmond, VA.
Art Instructor
and Youth Mentor.
Art 180,
Richmond, VA.
Program
Leader for Atlas teen leadership
theater program.
Program
leader for Atlas teen leadership
mural program at the RVA Street Art festival.
Program
leader at ROSMY (Richmond
Organization for Sexual Minority Youth) mural.
2013
Art 180,
Richmond, VA.
Program
Leader at Franklin Military Academy.
Art on Wheels and All the Saints Theater Company, Richmond, VA.
Resident
Artist: Theatre program at the Hilliard House Shelter for Women.
2011-2012:
Boys and Girls Club, Key West, FL.
Resident
Artist and Art Studio Coordinator.
2010-2011:
Boys and Girls Club, Richmond, VA.
Art
Coordinator and Youth Mentor.
Art 180,
Richmond, VA.
Program
Assistant at Boushall Middle School.
Program
Assistant at Broadrock Elementary.
Visual Arts Center. Richmond, VA.
Ceramics
Instructor “Artventure”.
2007:
John Tyler Community College. Chester, VA.
Ceramics
Instructor.
2005-present:
Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond, VA.
Visiting
Artist workshops.
All The Saints Theater Co. Richmond, VA.
Event
Coordinator and Company Member.
2003:
Penland School of Crafts. Penland, NC.
Assistant
Ceramics instructor with Sergei Isupov.
