Julie Comnick
Prescott, AZ
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Education

MFA 2001 Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana. Painting.
BA 1995 The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington. Studio Art and Humanities.
  1994 E.F. International Language School, Barcelona, Spain

Awards

2001 Montana State University Foundation Graduate Achievement Award
Award of Excellence in a Master's Program
Narration: Emblem and Sequence in Contemporary Art
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut, First Place
Juror: Robert Taplin
1999 The End: Northwest Biennial Competition
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, Honorable Mention
Juror: Fred Wilson
1998 Montana State University Presidential Scholarship

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2006 Exhuming the Omitted
Yavapai College Gallery, Yavapai College, Prescott, Arizona
2004 Communion with Vacancy
Fine Arts Center Gallery, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois
In Absentia
Zg Gallery, Chciago, Illinois
2003 Featured Teaching Artist Exhibition
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
2002 Within Earshot
Zg Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Julie Comnick, Paintings (Narration: Emblem and Sequence in Contemporary Art)
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut
2001 Julie Comnick, Paintings
Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington
Body Language: Drawings
Gallery II, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington
Forecast in Hindsight
MFA Thesis Exhibit, Helen E. Copeland Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
2000 Julie Comnick, Drawings
Emerson Cultural Center, Weaver Room and Lobby, Bozeman, Montana
1999 Evolution Impotence
The Exit Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
1997 Enter to Win
Oculus Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1996 Full Hookups
Oculus Gallery, Seattle, Washington

Selected Group Exhibitions

2005 Conquered Mind, Awakened Spirit: The Visionary Paths
Caladan Gallery
2004 Beth Allison Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2003 War Stories
A Shenere Velt Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Portrait-Investigation of Self: England/America Print Exchange Exhibition
Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Camberwell School of Art, London, England; The London Institute, London, England; University of West England, Bristol, England
Compendium
Zg Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2002 "I see London, I see France . . ."
A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
All-Media International Invitational 2002
Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska
Wild Life: The Other Tradition
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida
2001 Narration: Emblem and Sequence in Contemporary Art
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut
2000 Scene / Unseen: National Art Exhibition
Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico
Art on the Plains: 3rd Annual Regional Juried Exhibition
Plains Art museum, Fargo, North Dakota
What is Drawing now?
Weber State University, Ogden, Utah
An Argument for Drawing
Art Museum of Missoula, Missoula, Montana
1999 The End: Northwest Biennial Competition
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
Art Equinox 1999
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, Montana

Gallery Representation

2002-present Zg Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Selected Bibliography

2005 Sundell, Ivy. Living Artists
Evanston, IL: Crow Woods Publishing, 2005, pp. 12-13 and 54-55
2003 New American Paintings: Midwestern Competition
September 2003, Volume 8, Number 47, pp. 34-37
2002 Dialogue Magazine, Rearview Mirror
September/October 2002, Volume 25, Number 3, p. 31
Review by John Brunetti
The Chicago Reader, Critic's Choice
August 2, 2002, Volume 31, Number 44, Section Two, p. 23
Review by Fred Camper
2000 New American Paintings: The MFA Annual 2000
June 2000, Volume 5, pp. 30-33

Teaching Experience

2004-present Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona Studio
Arts Faculty
2004 Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois (2002-2004)
Gallery 37 Downtown Summer Program, Chicago, Illinois
Brickton Art Center, Park Ridge, Illinois
2002 Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, Illinois
Instructor
1998-2001 Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
Graduate Teaching Assistantship

Related Professional Experience

2004 Chicago Historical Society
Exhibits Preparator
9/2002-8/2003 The Chicago Conservation Center, Chicago, Illinois
Assistant Claims Conservator
9/2001-2/2002 The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois
Exhibits Preparator
1996-1998 Oculus Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Co-founder of Cooperative Art Gallery

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