Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Julian lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Contact - julianmjohnson9@gmail.com
EDUCATION
B.A. Studio Art, Wesleyan University (2019)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
“Skinny Boy Lookin’ Like a Deer in Headlights” at Real Art Ways - Hartford, CT (2020)
"Hi, How Are You?" at Lifeline Shanghai for World Suicide Prevention Day - Shanghai, China (2018)
"I Country, I Uncountry" at the Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies, Wesleyan University - Middletown, CT (2017-18)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
“19th Annual Small Works Show” at 440 Gallery - Brooklyn, NY (2023)
“Mayfly” at Incubator Studio Gallery - Brooklyn, NY (2023)
“Artists Village” at NFT NYC - New York, NY (2023)
“Immersion Site” at Carrie Able Gallery - Brooklyn, NY (2021)
“Afterlight” at Field Projects Gallery - New York, NY (2021)
“Works Created in the Lockdown Period” at Williamsburg Art & Historical Center - Brooklyn, NY (2020-21)
“Personal Narrative” at Midwest Center for Photography - Wichita, KS (2020)
“Light” at The SE Center for Photography - Greenville, SC (2020)
“Refuge” at 440 Gallery - Brooklyn, NY (2020)
“Togethering: Picturing the COVID-19 Pandemic” at Houston Center for Photography - Houston, TX (2020)
“Creative Distancing” at Art Museum of South Texas - Corpus Christi, TX (2020)
“Until We Meet Again” at treat gallery - New York City, NY (2020)
“Senior Thesis Exhibition” at Zilkha Gallery - Middletown, CT (2019)
“New Talents 2019” at Belgrade Photo Month - Belgrade, Serbia (2019)
“Too Tired Project Slideshow Exhibition” at Leica Gallery - Warsaw, Poland (2019)
"Travelers" at Blank Wall Gallery - Athens, Greece (2018)
"About Me" at the Millepiani - Rome, Italy (2018)
"The Mask" at the Millepiani - Rome, Italy (2018)
"The 14th People's Gallery Exhibition" at Austin City Hall - Austin, TX (2018)
"Objectified" at the CICA Museum - Gimpo, South Korea (2018)
"We Shot Rock Stars and Lived by the Rock & Roll" at AC Gallery - Los Angeles, CA (2017)
"Metamorphosis" at Davidson Art Center - Middletown, CT (2017)
"Walls, Fences, and Doors: Obstacle or Opportunity" at Spectrum Gallery - Centerbrook, CT (2017)
"The 13th People's Gallery Exhibition" at Austin City Hall - Austin, TX (2017)
"Equal Protection of Laws: America's Fourteenth Amendment" at The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine - Augusta, ME (2016)
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Real Art Award - Hartford, CT (2019)
College of the Environment Research Fellowships - Middletown, CT (2016-18)
Wesleyan Center for the Arts Creative Campus Initiative - Middletown, CT (2017)
Davenport Study Grant - Middletown, CT (2017)
RESIDENCIES
Treinta y Dos - Mexico City, Mexico (2023)
Spread Art - Detroit, MI (2016)
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
“Digital Renaissance: From Creation to Collection” - Palazzo Michiel, Venice, Italy (2022)
Artist Talk, Real Art Ways - Hartford, CT (2020)
Artist Talk, Spread Art - Detroit, MI (2016)
PUBLICATIONS
“What We’ve Found: COVID-19” - Ain’t Bad (2020)
“Hi, How Are You?” - Fragmentary (2018)
“Smoke City” - Loosen Art (2018)
"Enthusiasm” - F-Stop Magazine, Issue #78 (2016)
“Wonder-Full” - F-Stop Magazine, Issue #75 (2016)
