JULIA BLAND (American, b. 1986) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She received her MFA from 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 Island, NY), Sharpe-Walentas Space Program (Brooklyn, NY), Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild (Woodstock, NY), and Shandaken Project: Storm King (New Windsor, NY). She has received awards including a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, a Milton and Sally Avery Fellowship from Yaddo, a Carol Schlosberg Memorial Prize, and a Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust Travel Fellowship. Solo exhibitions include The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (Ridgefield, CT), Derek Eller Gallery (New York, NY), Maya Frodeman Gallery (Jackson Hole, WY), ANDREW RAFACZ (Chicago, IL), 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 Hughes Memorial Library (Cornwall, CT) BravinLee, South Street Seaport (Brooklyn, NY), Concord Art (Concord, MA), the Shepherd (Detroit, MI), Derek Eller Gallery (New York, NY), Kasmin Gallery (New York, NY), The Everson Museum (Syracuse, NY), Chambers Fine Art (Beijing, China), Institut Suédois (Paris, France), The Landing (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 Aspen Art Fair, 74th Arts, curated by Wendy Cromwell (Aspen, CO), Art Basel, Derek Eller Gallery (Miami, FL), NADA Miami, ANDREW RAFACZ (Miami, FL), EXPO CHICAGO, ANDREW RAFACZ (Chicago, IL), Dallas Art Fair, Derek Eller Gallery (Dallas, TX), The Armory Show, Derek Eller Gallery (New York, NY), NADA NY, The Landing (New York, NY), Frieze New York Viewing Room, Derek Eller Gallery (New York, NY), Untitled Art Fair, ANDREW RAFACZ (Miami, FL), and NADA Miami, Helena Anrather Gallery (Miami, FL). Bland has been reviewed and featured in many publications, including The New York Times, Artsy, W Magazine, Art in America, Art Media Agency, Surface Design Association, Artnet, ArteFuse, ArteMorbida, The Brooklyn Rail, Mousse Magazine, the Observer, and Hyperallergic. Her work is included in numerous public and private collections.