b. 1980 Washington, DC. Lives and works in Seattle, WA

EDUCATION
2008 MFA Painting and Drawing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2002 BA Painting with Honors, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES 
2025 SeaTac Airport, Public Art Commission, SeaTac, WA (in progress)
2025 Amazon Spheres Understory Residency, Seattle, WA (upcoming)
2023 I-Park Residency, East Haddam, CT
2021 Washington State Arts Commission Public Art Roster, 2021-2025, Olympia, WA
2021 Washington State Arts Commission purchase, North Hill Elementary, Des Moines, WA
2021 Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Artist Projects Grant, Oklahoma City, OK
2020 Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, OK
2019 Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, OK
2018 Seattle Public Utilities Collection purchase, Seattle, WA
2017 Peripheral Vision Press Publication Fellow, Dallas, TX
2017 ArtMaze Magazine, Featured Artist, London
2017 Hammersley Foundation Materials Grant, Albuquerque, NM
2017 Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program, Roswell, NM
2017 Artist Trust Fellowship, Seattle, WA
2016 Sound Transit Public Art Roster, Seattle, WA
2016 MacArthur Foundation, MacDowell Travel Grant
2016 Pollock-Krasner Foundation, MacDowell Stipend Grant
2016 MacDowell Residency, Peterborough, NH
2015 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency, Amherst, VA
2015 MadArt, Artist-in-Residence, commissioned by Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
2015 Clark College, Visiting Artist, Vancouver, WA
2014 MacDowell Residency, Milton and Sally Avery Fellow, Peterborough, NH
2014 New Foundation, Residency Program Grant, Seattle, WA
2014 Pacific Northwest Art Awards Nominee, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
2013 King County Portable Works Collection purchase, Seattle, WA
2013 CityArts Artwalk Award, Seattle, WA
2013 Neddy Award Finalist, Seattle, WA
2013 Brink Award Nominee, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012 GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
2012 Pollock-Krasner Award, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY
2009 GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA

SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 Strange Magic, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, SLO, CA (on view thru Mar 2nd)
2022 Sticker Book, ahha, Tulsa, OK
2021 Altars, Keepsakes, Squiggles and Bows, Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, AR
2020 JUMBLE, collaboration w/ Andy Arkley, Science Museum Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
2019 Facebook Offices Commission, Seattle, WA
2019 LIGHT TRICKS, New Mexico State University, two-person show w/ Andy Arkley, Las Cruces, NM
2018 Exhibitionism, two-person show w/ Juliette Dominati, PLEAT Gallery
2018 Finishing Touches, Roswell Museum, Roswell, NM
2017 Desert Daze, collaboration w/ Andy Arkley, Bridge Productions, Seattle, WA
2016 Garbled Love Letters, Bridge Productions, Seattle, WA
2015 Backdrop, Seattle Art Fair commission at MadArt, Seattle, WA
2015 Splat!, Archer Gallery at Clark College, Vancouver, WA
2015 Vacation Slideshow, animation w/ Andy Arkley, Violet Strays
2014 Look-alikes, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014 Stacked and Piled, Portland Center Stage, Portland, OR
2013 Julie Alpert | New Black Pattern Watercolors, Forterra, Seattle, WA
2013 Boundary, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012 Tableau Vivant, Gallery 4Culture, Seattle, WA
2012 Zigzags, Stripes, and Shadows, The Telephone Room Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2011 FLAT & BRIGHT, collaboration w/ Andy Arkley, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011 Motivation Graph, The Living Room, Seattle, WA
2010 Backyards, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009 Co-mingling, two-year installation, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
2008 Play: Intuitively Altered Spaces, Form/Space Atelier, Seattle, WA
2008 MFA Exhibition, Sandpoint Gallery, Seattle, WA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Seattle Art Fair, Judith Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA
2024 Mad Studio, MadArt, Seattle, WA
2024 San Francisco Art Fair, Judith Rinehart Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2024 Shunpike Storefronts, Amazon Campus, Seattle, WA
2020 The Experience, ahha, Tulsa, OK
2020 Drowned Neon Rose, I Like Your Work Podcast juried online exhibition
2019 INTERIOR/EXTERIOR, Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA
2017 Sustaining New Patronage: A Brainstorming Project, Bridge Productions, Seattle, WA
2017 Beyond the Gift of Time: RAiR at 50, Roswell Museum, Roswell, NM
2017 RAiR Current Artists, Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell, NM
2017 Art on Paper: The 44th Exhibition, Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, NC
2016 Seattle Art Fair, Bridge Productions, Seattle, WA
2016 TECTONIC, Bridge Productions, Seattle, WA
2015 Color Forms, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
2015 OUT OF SIGHT at King Street Station, Seattle, WA
2015 Julie and Julia, Curating Contemporary, curated by Julie Alexander
2015 Bellingham National Juried Exhibition, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
2014 Borderlands, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013 TAGtics, Quartair Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands
2013 Neddy Award Exhibition, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
2013 ONN/OF: a light festival, Seattle, WA
2012 LxWxH Outside the Box, LxWxH Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012 City Arts Fest Culture Club, Seattle, WA
2012 Short Run Small Press Fest, Seattle, WA
2012 SOIL at Sea-Tac, Sea-Tac International Airport, WA
2012 LxWxH, art subscription July issue, Seattle, WA
2012 Red Current, Roq La Rue, Seattle, WA
2012 Strange Coupling 2012, Object Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011 Strange Coupling benefit auction, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2011 Short Run Small Press Fest, Vera Project, Seattle, WA
2011 NEPO 5K Don't Run, Seattle, WA
2011 Gallery 206, Occidental Square Park, Seattle, WA
2011 Between Cornice and Cantilever, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
2010 Vs the Matador, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 e4c 2010-2011 cycle of electronic media, collaboration w/ Andy Arkley, Gallery 4Culture, Seattle, WA
2010 SOIL at ACT window installation, Sept-Dec collaboration w/ Chauney Peck, ACT Theatre, Seattle, WA
2010 SOIL at ACT window installation, May-Aug collaboration w/ Kiki MacInnis, ACT Theatre, Seattle, WA
2010 Xanadu: A Stately Pleasure Dome, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 Then and Now, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2010 5x5 Juried Exhibition, selected by Ford Crull, Grey Gallery and Lounge, Seattle, WA
2010 You're So Cool, collaboration w/ Erin Shafkind, OHGE Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 Introductions, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 Drum of the Draw, Grey Gallery and Lounge, Seattle, WA
2010 New Members Show, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009 Kirkland Arts Center REDUX Challenge Invitational, Kirkland, WA
2009 Land(e)scape, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 Oliver Herring’s Task, presented by the Frye, Seattle Central Library, Seattle, WA
2008 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 Coupling VI: Flashforward, collaboration w/ Whiting Tennis, Ouch My Eye, Seattle, WA
2008 School of Art Open House, Juried by Billy Howard, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 Sandpoint Open Studios, Sandpoint Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 Flashback, Strange Coupling Benefit Auction, Sandpoint Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 Small + Flat, Juried by Greg Bell, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007 Over the Line: Second Year MFA, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007 Sandpoint Open Studios, Sandpoint Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007 Works in Progress: First Year MFA, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA

TEACHING
2016 Gage Academy, Contemporary Sculpture, Seattle, WA
2016 Cornish College of the Arts, substitute teaching: Senior Seminar, Sophomore Painting 1, Foundations Drawing and Sculpture, Seattle, WA
2016 Cornish College of the Arts, Installation Intensive, Seattle, WA
2016 Cornish College of the Arts, Pre-college Foundations, Seattle, WA
2015 Gage Academy, Contemporary Sculpture, Seattle, WA
2015 Cornish College of the Arts, Installation Intensive, Seattle, WA
2015 Cornish College of the Arts, Pre-college Foundations, Seattle, WA
2014 Cornish College of the Arts, Foundations Department (substitute), Seattle, WA
2014 Gage Academy, Everyday Objects in Papier-Mache, Seattle, WA
2014 Cornish College of the Arts, Installation Intensive, Seattle, WA
2014 Cornish College of the Arts, Pre-college Foundations, Seattle, WA
2014 Gage Academy, Abstracted Still Life Painting, Seattle, WA
2013 Gage Academy, Pattern Pattern Everywhere, Seattle, WA
2013 Cornish College of the Arts, Installation Intensive, Seattle, WA
2013 Cornish College of the Arts, Pre-college Foundations, Seattle, WA
2013 Gage Academy, Exquisite Corpse Collage, Seattle, WA
2012 Private Instruction to teens, Seattle, WA
2012 Gage Academy, Altered Books Summer Workshop, Seattle, WA
2012 Gage Academy, The Incredible Line: Self Portraits, Seattle, WA
2012 Gage Academy, Contemporary Still Life Workshop, Seattle, WA
2011 Gage Academy, Altered Books Summer Workshop, Seattle, WA
2011 Gage Academy, Urban Landscapes, Seattle, WA
2008 University of Washington, Teaching Assistant, Advanced Painting: The Landscape, Seattle, WA
2007 University of Washington, Teaching Assistant, Issues and Influences in Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
2007 University of Washington, Introduction to Drawing, Seattle, WA
2007 University of Washington, Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Drawing, Seattle, WA
2001 Camp Micah, Art Director, Bridgton, ME

LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2024 San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, Artist Talk, SLO, CA
2024 New Artists / New Collectors, Panel Talk, Seattle Art Fair, Seattle WA
2023 Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Collage Workshop, Tulsa, OK
2023 Western Oregon University, Artist Talk, Monmouth, OR
2022 Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Artist Talk, Minneapolis, MN
2022 Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Adult Collage Workshop, Bentonville, AR
2022 Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Teen Collage Workshop, Bentonville, AR
2022 Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Gallery Talk, Bentonville, AR
2022 Clark College, Archer Gallery, Artist Talk, Vancouver, WA
2021 Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Gallery Talk, Bentonville, AR
2020 University of Tulsa, Studio Visit, Tulsa, OK
2018 Artist Trust, Panelist, The Business of Being an Artist, Seattle, WA
2018 Seattle Art Museum, SAM Remix, Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA
2018 New Mexico State University, Artist Lecture, Las Cruces, NM
2018 Roswell Museum and Art Center, Artist Lecture, Roswell, NM
2016 Cornish College of the Arts, Writing for Artist Grants and Residencies, Seattle, WA
2016 Gage Academy, Artist Toolkit Lecture: Applying to Residencies, Seattle, WA
2016 University of Washington, Guest Lecturer, Collage: Combining Fragments Course, Seattle, WA
2016 MacDowell, ConVal High School studio visit, Peterborough, NH
2015 Cornish College of the Arts, Studio Visit, Seattle, WA
2015 MadArt, Backdrop Lecture, Seattle, WA
2015 Gage Academy, Artist Toolkit Lecture: Artist-Run Galleries, Seattle, WA
2015 Clark College, Artist-in-Residence workshops and lecture, Vancouver, WA
2015 Seattle Art Museum, SAM REMIX, Seattle, WA
2015 Wing Luke Museum, YouthCAN Lecturer/Workshop, Seattle, WA
2015 Seattle University, Guest Lecturer, Color and Design Course, Seattle, WA
2015 Cornish College of the Arts, Guest Lecturer, Senior Studios/Professional Practices, Seattle, WA
2014 MacDowell, ConVal High School studio visit, Peterborough, NH
2013 University of Washington, Guest Lecturer, Certificate in Fibers Program, Seattle, WA
2013 Seattle Art Museum, SAM REMIX, Seattle, WA
2013 University of Washington, Guest Lecturer, Issues in Contemporary Art Course, Seattle, WA
2012 Seattle Art Museum, SAM Remix, Olympic Sculpture Park, Sketching workshop, Seattle, WA
2012 Seattle Art Museum, Olympic Sculpture Park, SAM Sketches, Seattle, WA
2011 SOIL Gallery, “FLAT & BRIGHT” Artist Talk, Seattle, WA
2010 SOIL Gallery, “Vs the Matador” Artist Talk, Seattle, WA
2010 SOIL Gallery, “Xandadu: A Stately Pleasure Dome” Artist Talk, Seattle, WA
2010  Kirkland Arts Center, BruTube Presentation, "All's Fair in Love and War”, Kirkland, WA

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2024 - present Represented by J Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016 - 2018 Represented by Bridge Productions, Seattle, WA
2013  - 2017 Artist Assistant to Katy Stone
2009 - 2014 SOIL Artist-Run Gallery member

COLLECTIONS/COMMISSIONS
Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell, NM
Facebook Offices, Seattle, WA
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, Pullman, WA
King County Public Art Collection, Seattle, WA
Kunst Rijnstate, Arnhem, NL
Ledger, Bentonville, AR
Office of Arts & Culture, Seattle Public Utilities Collection, Seattle, WA
SeaTac Airport, Public Art Commission, SeaTac, WA (scheduled 2025)
University of Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
Washington State Art Collection, North Hill Elementary, Des Moines, WA
Private collections in Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Washington

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Public Display Art, Nov 23, 2024. Amanda Manitach, A Look at the Art History of SEA
Hyperallergic, Aug 30, 2022. Lyndsay Knecht, Peeling Back the Psychological Layers of 1980s Sticker Books
Art Focus, Spring 2022. Elizabeth Wenger, Winking and Nodding: The Installations of Julie Alpert
Tulsa World, Mar 2022. Stephen Pingry, Married local artists complement each other
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Sept 2021. Exhibition Essay by Alejo Benedetti, Associate Curator Contemporary Art
Flash Flood Print, Sept 2020. Print collaboration interview
Hola Gwapa, June 2020. Artist feature and interview
52 Critical Painters, Nov 2019. Kevin Smith, Julie Alpert
Peripheral Vision Press, May 2018. Essay by Lisa Volpe, Houston MFA Assistant Curator Photography
ArtMaze Mag, Nov 2, 2017. Megan St.Clair, Fantastical theater meets fine art within the installations of Julie Alpert
New Mexico Magazine, Oct 2017. Kate Nelson, Artful Lodgers
New American Paintings, Apr 5, 2016. Erin Langner, Gallery On The Edges
The Stranger, Mar 12, 2016. Sarra Scherb, TECTONIC, the Debut Show at Sharon Arnold's New Georgetown Space, Bridge Productions, is Now Open
Virginia Quarterly Review, Mar 6, 2016. Danica Novgorodoff, Problem Solving at the MacDowell Colony
REDEFINE MAG, Aug 25, 2015. Vivian Hua, Julie Alpert Artist Interview: Following Forms
The Stranger, July 31, 2015. Jen Graves, Julie Alpert and the Local Art Fair Backdrop to Seattle Art Fair
The Stranger, July 28, 2015. The Stranger Suggests: Julie Alpert Backdrop
The Seattle Times, July 28, 2015. Seattle Art Fair: Paul Allen idea lures wheeler-dealers of art world
City Arts Magazine, July 13, 2015. The Spits at Chop Suey, Jim Gaffigan at McCaw Hall, Julie Alpert at MadArt
Clark College Independent, Apr 28, 2015. Elizabeth Perry, Splat!: Artist Leaves Her Mark
365 Artists 365 Days, Jan 10, 2015. Featured Artist
City Arts Magazine, Oct 31, 2014. Amanda Manitach, Sketchbook Porn: Julie Alpert
Art Nerd Seattle, June 27, 2014. Jeremy Buben, Julie Alpert’s Look-alikes at SOIL
Art Nerd Seattle, Dec 5, 2013. Sharon Arnold, Dear Diary: Julie Alpert
The Stranger, Sept 25, 2013. Jen Graves, Facing Painting
Art Nerd Seattle, Sept 11, 2013. Elissa Favero, Falling into Patterns with Julie Alpert
New American Paintings Blog, Apr 22, 2013. Erin Langner, Painting Restraint: Julie Alpert's Boundary at SOIL
SHIFT Japan Online, Apr 4, 2013. Satsuki Miyanishi, JULIE ALPERT BOUNDARY
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The Stranger A&P, Dec 5, 2012. Jen Graves, Things You Could Buy Right Now
The Stranger Slog, Nov 30, 2012. Jen Graves, Good Job Whatshertits (Julie Alpert)
Seattle Met Online, Nov 1, 2012. The Top 10 Things to Do This Weekend:Nov 1-4
City Arts Online, Nov 1, 2012. Amanda Manitach, Q&A with Julie Alpert: Tableau Vivant
City Arts Online, Oct 19, 2012. Amanda Manitach, Culture Club: Seven Installations
KPLU 88.5, May 7, 2012. Jennifer Wing, Getting Creative with a Very Small Space
New American Paintings Blog, Mar 17, 2011. Erin Langner, Letting Go of the Weight: Painting at SOIL
ASSEMBLY JOURNAL, Jan 31, 2011. Featured Artist.
Living Room Gallery Blog, Jan 12, 2011. Amanda Manitach, Julie Alpert: A Brief Questionnaire
The Stranger Slog, Dec 3, 2010. Jen Graves, Last Night's ArtWalk Was Great. Tomorrow Looks Good for Art Too
Getting to Know You Better, Nov 5, 2010. Susanna Bluhm Callahan, Julie Alpert's Little Paintings
City Arts Blog, Mar 25, 2010. Erin Shafkind, Illustrated Studio Tours Part II: Julie Alpert
The Examiner, Jan 12, 2010. Molly Norris, Julie Alpert's 'Untangledtown' at SOIL
Another Bouncing Ball, Aug 27, 2009. Regina Hackett, Seattle Exhibits Worth Seeing, Closing Saturday
Another Bouncing Ball. Aug 4, 2009. Regina Hackett, 5 Top Seattle Shows Opening Thursday
Seattle City Arts Magazine, Mar 2009. Featured Artist
Kirkland Reporter. January 12, 2009. Artist completes staircase installation at KAC
City Arts Magazine, Sept 2008. Thomas May, Fall Arts Preview
The Stranger, Jul 8, 2008. Jen Graves, The Art of Doing What You’re Told: Torture, Rape, and Making Noise at the Library
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Seattle P.I., May 22, 2008. Regina Hackett, Henry Gallery exhibit is a strong showing from 2008 UW master's degree class
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