JULIACKS  Curriculum Vitae   pdf

1986: Born in Torrance, CA. Lives and Works in Europe and the United States.

Education

2012:
           École Nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENBA)
           Post-diplôme Art (Post-Graduate Program) Dir. Jean-Pierre Rehm
2011:
           Royal Academy of Fine Art, Sweden (KKH)
           Professional Artist's Development Program in the Printmaking Department
2010:
           Theater Academy of Helsinki (TEAK)
           Live Arts and Performance Studies
           Fulbright Fellowship in Performance Art
2008:
           Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
           Bachelor of Humanities and Arts in Creative Writing and Art.
2007
           University of Melbourne, Creative Arts Study Abroad, Spring.
2005:
           Goethe Institute, Intermediate level German, Study Abroad, Summer.

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2011
           Cinemastallation, Blackbox at the Royal Art Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
2009
           The Library of Imagined Memories, The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. With Amy Johnson. Curated by Penny Lodge.
2007
           Thee Coyote: Antelope Eater, The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. With Ben Bigelow.
2006
           The Tale of Old Lady Merrell, Tai+Lee Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.

Selected Performances & Exhibitions

2011:
           Invisible Sunglasses, Synchronicity Space Los Angeles, CA.
           JULIACKS/VANJA LINDBERG/MARIKA TRIOLI & ARTHUR SUMMEREDER, Mejan Galleri Stockholm, Sweden.
           Invisible Forces, Crack Dirompienti Festival, Rome, Italy.
           be weakness, Delicatessen Zeeburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Curated by Juliacks.
           Ptarmigan Opening, Ptarmigan, Tallinn, Estonia. Presented by Ptarmigan, curated by Juliacks.
           Invisible Forces Premier, Orion Cinema, Helsinki, Finland. Presented by Ptarmigan, curated by Juliacks.
           Invisible Prom, Oksasenkatu 11, Helsinki, Finland. Presented by Ptarmigan, curated by Juliacks.
           Cabbage Music, Arclight Studio, Stockholm, Sweden.
           Women Center Stage Culture Project, The Living Theatre, New York, NY. With Kathleen Amshoff.

2010:
           Komixblender, The Wild Project, New York, NY. Curated by Juliacks.
           Bound and Gagged, Secret Headquarters, Los Angeles, CA.
           Goat Helper, Show Cave, Los Angeles, CA.
           Moving Through, Performance Studies International Conference, Toronto, Canada.
           Kutikuti Exhibition, Crack Fumetti Dirompenti, Rome, Italy. With Kutikuti Collective.
           Pori Live Art Generator, Generaattorigalleria, Pori, Finland.
           Imaginary Playground, MUU Galleria, Helsinki, Finland.
           Printmaking In Festival, City Art Museum, Pärnu, Estonia.
2009:
           Porin Juhlaviikot, Gallery 3H+K, Pori, Finland.
           Nights of Live Art, Theatre Academy, Helsinki, Finland.
           Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite, Syncronicity Space, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Ben Bigelow.
           Future Ink, BQE Eye Level Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
           Spirit Quest, DANCEism, Los Angeles, CA. With collective InnerTube.
2008:
           Sylvannia, 709 Penn Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. Curated by JULIACKS.
           MAY DAY, Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.
           Egg Ceremony, Play Ground Festival, Chosky Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA.
           Transit, Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.
2007:
           Printed Matter 2, Giant Robot New York, New York, NY.
           Release, SPACE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. Organized by JULIACKS.
           Unicorn Mountain's Jaggerbush Junction, Market Square, Pittsburgh, PA.
           Unicorn Mountain: JULIACKS et al. American Shorts Season Finale, New Hazlett Theater, Pittsburgh, Pa. October 29th, 2007.
           Show, Numina Gallery, Princeton, NJ.
2006:
           Thee Coyote: Antelope Eater, Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. December.
           Maybell Explorer, Many Happy Returns, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA. Sound by Ben Bigelow. October 25th Performance.
           Thee Coyote Performance, Unknown Theater, Los Angeles, CA with Ben Bigelow.
           Unicorn Mountain, Three Rivers Arts Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.
2005:
           Live Video Art Karaoke, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA. May.
           The Muster, participant in a project by Allison Smith and assistant to artist Patrick Meagher, Governor's Island, New York.

Publications

2012:
          Comics of The Queen is Dead, In Watermelon Sugar , The Graphic Canon, Seven Stories Press, New York, NY. (upcoming)
          Chp 12 of FF & the IF, Insect Bath Anthology, Sparkplug Comics, Portland, OR. (upcoming)
2011:
          Swell, Printed and Bound in the Project Program at the Royal Art Academy of Stockholm, Sweden. Fine Art edition of 110.
          Invisible Forces :: Näkymättömiä Voimia, Inner Tube Books, Based in Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden.
          Chapter Two of FF & the IF, Institute of Extra Terrestial Sexuality, Encyclopedia Destructica, Pittsburgh, PA.
2010:
          Marraskuu, Kutikuti magazine Issue 18, Kutikuti, Helsinki, Finland.
          Plut, Plut Collective, Stockholm, Sweden. With Emelie Östergren, Austin English, Joakim Ojanen, Hanna Gustavsson & Clara Johansson.
          Monterey!, County Line Press, Pittsburgh, PA. With Anne Marie Rooney.
          Quiet Human Contact, mini comic by J. Hankiewicz, A. English, Onsmith, S. Calnan and I., Chicago, IL.
          Invisible Forces pt 2, Kutikuti magazine Issue 15, Kutikuti, Helsinki, Finland.
2009:
          Invisible Forces part one, Kutikuti Magazine Issue 14, Kutikuti, Helsinki, Finland.
          The Rock That Never Sleeps, Sparkplug Comicbooks, Portland, OR.
          The Early Tremors of Rody Plane, The Flying Destructicate, Encyclopedia Destructica, Pittsburgh, PA.
2008:
           Elephant Terror, The New Yinzer, Fall Issue, Pittsburgh, PA.
           Goodbye, Windy Corner, volume 2. Sparkplug Comics. Portland, OR.
2007:
           Egg Ceremony, Article Art and the Imaginative Promise Issue #3, San Francisco, CA.
           Swell part 1, published with a SURG grant. Pittsburgh, PA.
2006:
           Antelope Eater, Thee Coyote Mini Comic. Funded in part with a SOA grant.
           Grumbleguts, Monsters Got Nards. Unicorn Mountain & Encyclopedia Destructica. Pittsburgh, PA.
           Like Lace, Unicorn Mountain Issue #2. A Comic and Music Anthology. Pittsburgh, PA.
           The Tale of Old Lady Merrell. 68 p. color graphic novella. Published with SURG grant. Pittsburgh, PA.
           May I feel said he. Self published mini comic illustrating e.e. cummings poem. Pittsburgh, PA.

Awards/Grants/Residencies

2012:
          Post-diplôme grant and residency.
          Film Centrum Technology Scholarship for film, The Infinite Whistle.
2011:
          Project Student grant to print Swell.
2010:
          Earl Roth Endowment Award given to complete Invisible Forces // Näkymättömiä Voimia.
          Four month Artist in Residence at Villa Eläintarha in Helsinki, Finland.
2009:
          Fulbright Grant Fellowship
          F.I.N.E. Artist Residency at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.
2008:
          Ignatz Award nomination for Outstanding Mini Comic “Swell”
          Marjorie Glassburn Francis Award to publish: “Swell Part Two.”
          Award for Artistic Excellence for Egg Ceremony at the Meeting of the Minds Conference.
          School of Art Grant for multimedia performance Egg Ceremony
          Small Undergraduate Research Grant for Egg Ceremony
2007:
          Mortar Board Member.
          Samuel Rosenberg Memorial Scholarship Art Award
          Small Undergraduate Research Grant given to publish Swell part one: Open Faced Sandwich.
2006:
          Presentation Award to Perform at High Energy Constructs in Los Angeles.
          School of Art grant for Thee Coyote: Antelope Eater: Performance Installation
          Elizabeth Jones Award in Humanities and Arts
          Small Undergraduate Research Grant, given to publish The Tale of Old Lady Merrell.
          John L. Porter Art Award

Conferences/Presentations

2011:
          LAPSody Conference, Presentation on "Performance art in Narrative: Stories in Performance Art, Helsinki, Finland.
2010:
          Seminarie : ATAK, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden.
          America in Living Color, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
2009:
           Small Press Festival, Panelist on “Art and Small Press,” Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.
          Creative Arts Opportunities Conference, Panelist for the School of Art of CMU, Pittsburgh, PA.
          American Voices, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
2008:
          Small Press Expo, Panelist on “Page as Canvas.” Bethesda, MD.
          Meeting of the Minds, Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh, PA.
2006:
           Meeting of the Minds, Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh, PA.

Performance roles for other artists

2008:
          Stomach Trouble Principal role. Video Art Created by Michelle Fried.
          The Great Melt Principal role. Video Art Created by Ben Bigelow.
2005:
          Pimp My Heart Principal role. Video Art created by Takehito Etani.

Job Experience

For Employment Resume please email me: Juliacks (at) gmail.com