Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
contact :: julie.henson@gmail.com
education
2011 M.F.A., Fine Arts, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2005 B.A., Sculpture & Art History, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
solo exhibitions
2021
Character Studies - Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art, Buffalo, NY
2020
A Dramatic Pause - curated by Emily Ebba Reynolds at SPRING/BREAK New York, New York, NY
2019
Stardust - The Neon Museum, Las Vegas, NV
2018
Model Behavior - Yes Ma'am Projects, Denver, CO
2017
Total Knockout - Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Parallel Horizons - Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
selected group exhibitions
2022
Celebrity - Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles, CA
2021
Bodies - TAL, Los Angeles, CA
Intersecting Selves - Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles, CA
Twice Removed - Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Other Fictions - Rule Gallery, Denver, CO
Glass Case of Emotion - Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2020
Mirror Gazing - The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
Not Quite the End - PLAY/GROUND, Buffalo, NY
2019
Holding Space - Big Pictures, Los Angeles, CA
A Store Show - Odd Ark, Los Angeles, CA
Crosscurrents - with Alan Chin, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2018
Sweet Cheeks - Big Pictures LA, Los Angeles, CA
Radiant - Big City Forum, Los Angeles, CA
All Hands on Deck - Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA
No Twilight, No Dawn: Anthea Hamilton, Julie Henson, Rallou Panagiotou - Ibid Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Purification - The Order, Los Angeles, CA
Takeover - Alterspace, San Francisco, CA
EXPAT - R/SF Projects, San Francisco, CA
Bakers Dozen VI - Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Mixed Bag - Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC
2016
We the People - Werkartz, Los Angeles, CA
Tailgate - three person show at BBQLA, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Triple Take - three person show at Alter Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Flowers for Tony - Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2014
Dead Ringer - three person show at Fowler Arts, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Step Right In - Visual Arts Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Sense and Sensibility - Mount San Antonio College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Reverse Rehearsals - Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Tear it Out Part II - California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
A Series of Unfortunate Events - Either/And and The National Media Museum, Bradford UK
Tear it Out Part I - Issues, Oakland, CA
Portals - two person exhibition at Factory Outlet Gallery, Mokelumne Hill, CA
2011
Spread the Word - Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Bay Area Currents - Pro Arts, Oakland, CA
MFA Thesis Exhibition - California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
24th Annual Barclay Simpson Award Exhibition - Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
2010
Boom - Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
At Times I Think and at Times I Am - PLAySPACE Gallery, San Francisco, CA
BlindSighted - NOMA Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Night/Light Juried Film Exhibition - California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2009
Reorientation III - Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC
1000 Days - Scion Installation L.A., Los Angeles, CA
2008
Fresh - Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, SC
Ratio - Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, SC
2007
The Other Side - Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, SC
Alone - Modernisme Gallery, Charleston, SC
Bloodlines: Family in Practice and in Name - Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, GA
The Changing Face of Charleston - The City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC
2006
Reorientation - Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC
2005
Accessibility, Sumter, SC
Young Contemporaries - Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC
awards, nominations, & residencies
2021 - Joan Mitchell Fellowship Nominee
2019 - The Neon Museum Las Vegas 2019 Artist in Residence
2019 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson Artist in Residence
2017 - Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant Nominee
2016 - CES Gallery Residency Finalist
2012 - Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Outdoor Sculpture Project Finalist
2011 - Susan and Barclay Simpson Award Recipient
2010 - Night/Light Film Juried Prize Winner
2010 - All College Honors Honorable Mention
2005 - Laura M. Bragg Award
selected press & publications
December 2021 - BICA Artist Talk: Christina Catherine Martinez & Julie Henson
November 2021 - Variable West - Power Exhibited Through Sexualized Desire: Julie Henson Interviewed
August 2021 - Elephant Magazine - Now You See Me: The Artists Questioning the Construction of the Self
September 2020 - The Steidz Magazine #6 - Julie Henson: American Glam
September 2020 - Buffalo Rising - Play/Ground 2020
March 2020 - BTR Today - Art Uncovered: SPRING/BREAK 2020 Podcast
March 2020 - Print Club Ltd. - New York City Art Fair Highlights
September 2019 - The Neon Museum - NeonAIR Julie Henson Offers New Perspective on Old Signs
August 2019 - Las Vegas Review Journal - Neon-Inspired Artist to Leave Mark on Las Vegas Museum
August 2019 - Las Vegas Weekly - Neon Museum Resident Artist Gets Deep Into Vegas’ Fabric
June 2018 - Model Behavior Catalog, with essay by Emily Ebba Reynolds
July 2017 - Takeover: Artwork and Thoughts on Being Female or Gender Queer from 36 Artists and 1 Curator
June 2017 - ArtSlant - Artist Migrations from SF to LA are Shaping West Coast Aesthetics and Identity
March 2017 - Charleston City Paper - On the Eve of its Move to a New Space, Redux Looks Back on 15 Years
January 2017 - Elephant Magazine - Preview: Art Los Angeles Contemporary
January 2017 - Artforum Critic's Pick - "We the People" at Werkartz
November 2016 - Fabrik Magazine Issue 33 - Artists You Should Know
October 2016 - LA Weekly - 5 Art Shows to See in LA This Week
September 2016 - Hyperallergic - Tailgate Preview
October 2015 - Blunderbuss Magazine - Parallel Horizons
August 2011 - Route 9 Literary Journal Issue 3 - Invincible Coyote
June 2009 - Beautiful/Decay Book 1: Supernaturalism
May 2009 - Scion Installation L.A. Exhibition on DailyServing.com
March 2009 - Feature on DailyServing.com