Education
2013
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2012
MFA, Yale University New Haven, CT (Painting and Printmaking)
2008
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI, (Painting)
Solo Exhibitions
2025
Woven in the Reeds, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
2024
Rivers on the Inside, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2023-2024
Embers, Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY
2022
Dream of Falling, curated by Camille Obering, Guesthouse, Jackson Hole, WY
2021
Some Love Holds Water, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2019
The Half That Ties, The Half That Breaks, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018
Ways To Cross, The Lighthouse Works, Fisher’s Island, NY
Underbelly, Helena Anrather Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Things To Say At Night, Miller Contemporary & Stellar Projects, New York, NY
2015
If You Want To Be Free, On Stellar Rays, New York, NY
2009
What’s It Mean Love To You?, Bab Boujeloud, The World Sacred Music Festival, Fez, Morocco
Group Exhibitions
2024
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Crossings, Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
2023
Geotex, Geometric Abstraction in Textile Art, Jeff Lincoln Art + Design, Southampton, NY
Come A Little Closer, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
2022
Now I am a lake, curated by Rose Nestler, Public Gallery, London, UK
LONGING – Woven Strands, Woven Stories, The Swedish Institute, Paris, France
Thaw: Winter Group Show, The Landing, Los Angeles, CA
2021-2022:
AbStranded: Fiber and Abstraction in Contemporary Art, The Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
2020
Julia Bland & Michelle Segre, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY (2 person)
2019
Even Thread Has Speech, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Nature as Measure, curated by Candice Madey, Chambers, Beijing, China
Four, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
2018
Geometry, TSA, Philadelphia, PA
Still Life, September Gallery, Hudson, NY
2017
A Thread Of Execution, Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL
2016
Persuasive Percussion, On Stellar Rays, New York, NY
Intertwined, NYU Institute of Fine Arts, New York, NY
Good Old New Place, Cuevas Tilleard Gallery, New York, NY
Soft Symmetry, Phoebe, Baltimore, MD
The Tide Is High, The Silvermine Art Center, Governor’s Island, NY
The Swerve, Ortega y Gasset, Brooklyn, NY
Deep Superficial Perceptions, CES Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015
The Landscape Changes 30 Times, Anahita Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2014
Hard as You Can, Right at the Middle, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, NY (2 person)
Equations of Sight-Similarity, On Stellar Rays, New York, NY
Painting Wall (Janus at 8:16), Touch Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2013
Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Industry City, New York, NY
Breaking Night, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
2012
Deep Cuts, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, NY
No Longer Presidents, but Profits, Delicious Spectacle, Washington DC
Centaurs and Satyrs, Asya Geisbergy Gallery, New York, NY
Eyes Off The Flag, Motus Fort, Tokyo, Japan
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2020
NYFA/NYSCA Fellow
2018
Macdowell Colony, Residency
Shandanken: Storm King, Residency
2017
The Lighthouse Works, Residency
2016
Yaddo, Residency
Milton and Sally Avery Fellow
2015
The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program
2014
The Rema Hort Mann Foundation, Emerging Artist Grant Nominee
Woodstock Byrdcliff Colony, Residency
The Pollock Krasner Fellow
2013
Yaddo, Residency
2012
Carol Scholsberg Memorial Prize for Excellence in Painting
2008
Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust Travel Fellowship
Florence Leif Award for Excellence in Painting
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
Adamson, Glenn. "2024 Was The Year of the Art World's High Fiber Diet." Art In America, December 12, 2024.
Haddad, Natalie, "8 Art Shows to See in New York City This May," Hyperallergic, May 1, 2024.
Collins-Fernandez, Gaby, "Julia Bland: Rivers on the Inside," The Brooklyn Rail, April 30, 2024.
2022
Byng, Malaika, “The Commission”, Crafts Magazine, March 2022.
2021
Steinhauer, Jillian, “3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now”, The New York Times, September 22, 2021.
Rosaria Roseo, Maria, “Julia Bland” ArteMorbida, 2021.
2020
Cohen, Alina. “9 Must-See Shows in New York This March” Artsy, March 3, 2020.
Johnson, Paddy. “Lower East Side’s Best Art Exhibitions Bring Us Brave New Subgenres of Abstraction” Observer, February 27, 2020.
Goldstein, Caroline. “Editors Picks: 11 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week” artnet, February 3, 2020.
Stratton, Shannon. “Even Thread (Has) a Speech.” Lenore Tawney, Mirror of the Universe, edited by Karen Patterson and The John Michael Kohler Arts Center, University of Chicago Press, 2020.
2019
Voon, Claire. “Julia Bland: The Half That Ties, The Half That Breaks” The Brooklyn Rail, November 2019.
Wolkoff, Julia. “7 Artists Weaving New Tapestry Traditions” Artsy, June 13, 2019.
Jorda, Eliza. “Our New Common Ground: The Uncommon Art Residency Program” Whitewall, March 26, 2019.
2018
Coscone, Sarah. “In The Studio with Julia Bland” artnet, December 6, 2018.
Carrigan, Margaret. “From Snakes and White T-Shirts to Vinyl LP’s: 6 Artist Reveal the Good Luck Charms That Keep Them Inspired”, artnet, May 21, 2018.
Yau, John. “When Paintings Are Stitched, Unstitched, Twisted, and Knotted” Hyperallergic, April 8, 2018.
2017
Schwendener, Martha. “What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week” The New York Times, October 18, 2017.
Phillips, Thavma, “Julia Bland, A Mixed Media Artist That Takes You On A Journey” Artefuse, October 24, 2017.
Barcio, Phillip. “The Story of Abstract Textile Design” IdeelArt, March 10, 2017.
Indrisek, Scott.“10 Must-See Booths at the Armory Show” Blouin Artinfo, March 3, 2017.
2016
Martin, Lucy. “The Armory Show Gallery Picks: Day One” ElephantMag, March 3, 2016. Montross, Sarah. “Northeast: Juror’s Selections” New American Paintings, Issue #122, Feb/Mar 2016.
Buhmann, Stephanie. ”Persuasive Percussion” The Villager, July 2016.
Beckenstein, Joyce. ”New York: Julia Bland-On Stellar Rays” Sculpture Magazine, April 2016.
2015
”Julia Bland: Reviews in Brief” Modern Painters, December 2015. Wolkoff, Julia. ”Julia Bland” Art in America, December 2015.
Indrisek, Scott. “Julia Bland: 5 Must See Gallery Shows in New York” ArtInfo, October 2015. ”Julia Bland: The Lookout”, Art in America, October 2015.
Ebony, David. “Julia Bland: David Ebony’s Top 10 New York Gallery Shows”, artnet, September 2015.
Halle, Howard. “Julia Bland: The top five New York art shows this week”, Time Out New York, September 2015.
Kincheloe, Megan Liu. ”Julia Bland: Selected Shows Opening in New York”, ArtCritical, September 2015.
Kaoru, Yanase. “Where To Go in The New York Art Scene: Visiting The New Mecca of Art in Bushwick”, Artscape.jp, February 1, 2015.
2014
Gavin, Francesca. ”What not to miss at Art Basel Miami”, Dazed Digital, December 2014. Groth, Micahel. “NADA Miami Beach Keeps It Casual”, Hyperallergic, December, 2014. Mcpherson, Heather Leigh. “Miami, Part II: Heather Leigh Mcpherson Reports on NADA”, Two Coats of Paint, December 2014.
Hamer, Katy. “Check Out Miami’s Nada Fair”, Vulture, December 2014.
“Goings on About Town: Art, Equations of Sight-Similarity”, The New Yorker, February 2014. Duray, Dan. ”Twelve Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before Jan 13”, The New York Observer/GalleristNy, January 2014.
Hedayya, Mostafa. “10 Artists to Watch from Bushwick Open Studios.” Hyperallergic, June 5, 2014.
”Equations of Sight-Similarity at On Stellar Rays, New York”, Mousse Magazine, January 2014. Surface, Susan. “Textiles, Texture and Paint at 1717 Troutman”, Arts In Bushwick, June 2014.
2012
Gorky’s Granddaughter, Artist Interview, October 2012.
Fisher, Jane. “Not Your Grandmother’s Art Show”, Out of Order Magazine, February 2012.
Selected Public Collections
Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY