JULIA BLAND (American, b. 1986) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She received her MFA from The Yale School of Art in 2012 and her BFA from RISD in 2008. Residencies include The Macdowell Colony (New Windsor, NY), Yaddo (Saratoga Springs, NY), Lighthouse Works (Fishers Islands, NY), The Sharpe-Walentas Space Program (Brooklyn, NY), The Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild (Woodstock, NY), and The Shandaken Project: Storm King (New Windsor, NY). She has received awards including Milton and Sally Avery Fellowship from Yaddo, Carol Scholsberg Memorial Prize, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust Travel Fellowship. Solo exhibitions include The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (Ridgefield, CT), Tayloe Piggott Gallery (Jackson Hole, WY), Derek Eller Gallery (New York, NY), ANDREW RAFACZ (Chicago, IL), The Lighthouse Works (Fishers Island, NY), Helena Anrather (New York, NY), Miller Contemporary & Stellar Projects (New York, NY), and On Stellar Rays (New York, NY). Group exhibitions include the Everson Museum (Syracuse, NY), Chambers Fine Art (Beijing, China), Institut Suedois (Paris, France), The Landing (New York, NY), The Everson Museum (Syracuse, NY), Derek Eller Gallery (New York, NY), Yossi Milo (New York, NY), TSA (Philadelphia, PA), September Gallery (Hudson, NY), Dimensions Variable (Miami, FL), and On Stellar Rays (New York, NY). Art fairs include: Art Basel, Derek Eller Gallery (Miami, FL), The Armory Show, Derek Eller Gallery (New York, NY), NADA, ANDREW RAFACZ (New York, NY), Untitled Art Fair, ANDREW RAFACZ (Miami, FL), and NADA, Helena Anrather Gallery (Miami, FL). Bland has been reviewed and featured in many publications, including: The New York Times, Artsy, Artnet, ArteFuse, Artemorbida, The Brooklyn Rail, Mousse Magazine, Observer, and Hyperallergic. Her work is included in numerous public and private collections.

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Julia Bland, Three Doors, 2022, oil paint, fabric dye, canvas, and linen, 18.75 x 18.75 in.
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Julia Bland, Mountain Pass, 2023, linen, canvas, fabric dye, oil paint, 19 x 19 in.
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Julia Bland, Morning Song, 2023, linen, fabric dye, oil paint, 19 x 19 in.
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Julia Bland, First Leaves, 2022, linen, fabric dye, oil paint, 11 x 11 in.
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Julia Bland, Winter Branches, 2022, linen, fabric dye, ink, oil paint, 10.75 x 10.5 in.
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Julia Bland, Rain, 2019, burnt canvas, hand woven textile, linen and wool threads, ink, and oil paint, 64 x 61.5 in.
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Julia Bland, Fair Sister, 2019, burnt canvas, linen threads, charcoal, ink, and oil paint, 60 x 60 in.
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Julia Bland, Brave Sister, 2019, burnt canvas, hand woven textile, linen and wool threads, ink, oil paint, 60.5 x 60.5 in.
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Julia Bland, Thunder, 2019, canvas, silk, linen and wool threads, fabric dye, oil paint, 66 x 64 in.
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Julia Bland, Cut By Rivers, 2019, hand woven textile, hand dyed linen and silk, canvas, wool and linen threads, oil paint, 106 x 76 in.
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Julia Bland, Pointers, 2018, hand dyed silk and wool, natural indigo, canvas, hand woven textile, oil paint, linen and wool threads, wax, 105 x 70 in.
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Julia Bland, Tower, 2019, linen threads, ink, oil paint, 16.5 x 12.75 in.
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Julia Bland, Red Path, 2019, hand woven textile, canvas, hand dyed silk, oil paint 16.5 x 12.75 in.
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Julia Bland, Gather, 2019, canvas, hand dyed silk, linen thread, ink, graphite, oil paint, 16.5 x 12.75 in.
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Julia Bland, Mountain, Soar, 2019, linen and wool threads, ink, wax, oil paint, 19.125 x 15.5 in.
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Julia Bland, Red Peak, 2019, hand woven textiles, wool and linen threads, wax, oil paint, 15.75 x 12.5 in.
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Julia Bland, Eclipse, 2019, oil paint on felt, 19.125 x 16.25 in.
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Julia Bland, Thunder, 2019, hand dyed silk and wool, natural indigo, canvas, hand woven textile, oil paint, linen and wool threads, wax, 15.75 x 12.125 in.
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Julia Bland, Flight, 2019, linen threads and ink, 14.75 x 12.25 in.
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Julia Bland, v, 2019, linen threads, ink, oil paint, 14.375 x 14.375 in.

Gallery Exhibitions

Selected Press