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 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 a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, 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), Derek Eller Gallery (New York, NY), Tayloe Piggott Gallery (Jackson Hole, WY), 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 BravinLee, Southport Seaport (Brooklyn, NY), Derek Eller (New York, NY), DC Moore Gallery (New York, NY), The Bunker Art Space (West Palm Beach, FL), Institut Suedois (Paris, France), The Landing (New York, NY), The Everson Museum (Syracuse, NY), John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan, MI), Chambers Fine Art (Beijing, China), Yossi Milo (New York, NY), and many more. Art fairs include: Art Basel, Derek Eller Gallery (Miami, FL), NADA Miami, ANDREW RAFACZ (Miami, FL), EXPO CHICAGO, ANDREW RAFACZ (Chicago, IL), NADA NY, ANDREW RAFACZ (New York, NY), The Armory Show, Derek Eller Gallery (New York, NY), Untitled Art Fair, ANDREW RAFACZ (Miami, FL), and NADA Miami, Derek Eller, (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, Crafts Magazine, Surface Design Association, Art in America, Modern Painters, The New York Observer, and Hyperallergic. She is represented by ANDREW RAFACZ (Chicago, IL) and Derek Eller Gallery (New York, NY). 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