CV
Education
1986 BFA Painting and Art History, The University of Texas, Austin, TX
Recent SOLO Exhibitions
2024 Direct Daylight, Amélie du Chalard, New York, NY
2023 Julie Wolfe, HPGRP Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2022 Opposing Forces, HEMPHILL Artworks, Washington, DC
2021 Arranging Proximity, Bond Millen Gallery (formerly Page Bond Gallery), Richmond, VA
2020 Wildfires and Dreamfields, HEMPHILL Artworks, Washington, DC
2019 Under Their Gaze, We Become Creatures, HEMPHILL Artworks, Washington, DC
2018 Before and After Now, Bond Millen Gallery (formerly Page Bond Gallery), Richmond, VA
2017 Quest for a Third Paradise, American University Museum, Washington, DC
2016 Julie Wolfe: The Language of the Birds, HEMPHILL Artworks, Washington, DC
2015 Green Room 11, Kunstraum Tapir, Berlin, Germany
Julie Wolfe: Green Room, HEMPHILL Artworks, Washington, DC
SELECTED GROUP Exhibitions
2023 Lanconica Biennial, Radvila Palace Museum of Art and Pamenkalnio, Vilnius, Lithiania
2021 OPEN on K, HEMPHILL Artworks, Washington, DC
New Prints 2021 / Summer, International Print Center New York, New York, NY
The Color of Light: Utopian Abstractions, Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia [traveled to L’ancienne évêché,
Uzes, France; Le Réservoir, Sète, France]
2020 Unbound 2020, Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA
2020 Natura, Amelie Maison d’Art, Paris, France
2019 Full Bleed, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Overlooked, Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art (formerly Greater Reston Arts Center), Reston, VA
2018 Creative Energy for Peace, United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY
Oh, What a World! What a World!, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
2017 System Adjustment, AGA LAB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
U.S. Department of State, United States Embassy, Bratislava, Slovakia
2014 Body Boundaries, Radiator Arts, Long Island City, NY
Total View, Kunstraum Tapir, Berlin, Germany
Curio, Heiner Contemporary, Washington, DC
REPRESENT, HEMPHILL Artworks, Washington, DC
Artist-Citizen, HEMPHILL Artworks, Washington, DC
Colors Per la Planeta, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France [traveled to Namur, Belgium; Strasbourg, Germany;
Venice, Italy; Vienna, Austria; and Tokyo, Japan]
2011 D.C. Fine Art Photography Fair, HEMPHILL Artworks, Washington, DC
U.S. Department of State, United States Embassy, Sofia, Bulgaria
2009 Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State, United States Embassy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State, United States Embassy, Paris, France
Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State, UNESCO, Paris, France
2006 Botanical Treasures of Lewis and Clark, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2005 Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Corcoran College of Art & Design, Washington, DC
1997 Group exhibition (juror: Audrey Flack), Chuck Levitan Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Tapestry showcase, The National Textile Museum, Washington DC
1994 Virgins, Whores, Witches and Saints, La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Allen Memorial Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC
Capital One, McLean, VA
Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Courtauld Institute of Art Library, London, UK
George Eastman House Library, Rochester NY
Georgetown University Library Art Collection, Washington, DC
Hogan Lovells, LLP, Washington, DC
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Martin Luther King Memorial Museum Library, Washington DC
Meta Open Arts, Washington, DC
Metropolitan Museum of Art Library, New York, NY
Microsoft Art Collections
Museum of Modern Art Library, New York, NY
MUUS Collection Library, Tenafly, NJ
National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Sidley Austin, LLP, Washington, DC
UNESCO Residence Collection, Paris, France
United States Embassy, Sofia, Bulgaria; Paris, France; Quito, Ecuador
World Bank Headquarters, Washington, DC
Public Art CoMMISSIONS
2025 Venus Ozone, The World Bank
2023 Meta Offices, Washington, DC
2017 Bioscope, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Meta, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
Periodicals & Media Coverage
2019 Mark Jenkins, “In the Galleries: At Three Venues, Modernist Art That Looks to the Past,”
The Washington Post, November 8.
Mark Jenkins, “In the Galleries: An Exhibition That Draws Attention to Overlooked Issues,”
The Washington Post, August 23.
Kaylee Dugan, “Taking Rorschach Tests with Julie Wolfe,” Brightest Young Things.
2018 “Systems of Color with Julie Wolfe,” Sci-art Magazine.
Cover image, Crazyhorse 94 (Fall).
2017 Claire Voon, “Abstracting the Data of the Natural World with Colorful Geometries,” Hyperallergic, March 1.
Mark Jenkins, “In the Galleries: Remapping the Boundaries of Drawing,” The Washington Post, March 3.
2016 Holly Mazar-Fox, “Compelling Color,” DC Magazine.
Tina Coplan, “Point of Reference,” Home and Design Magazine.
Kristin Capps, “Julie Wolfe, Language of the Birds,” Washington City Paper.
2015 McKenna, William, “Green Room: Julie Wolfe”, BBC World News America.
Mark Jenkins, “Water Colors Leave a Mark,” The Washington Post, December 4.
2014 Bunyard, Jesc, “Julie Wolfe’s Cycles of Life”, Rooms13, London, UK
2013 Stephen May, “Reviews: Julie Wolfe,” ARTnews Magazine, Summer Issue.
Other PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025–26 Collaboration, Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
2023–present Founder, Apophenia Press, independent book publisher.
2017–present Contributing Editor, The Studio Visit [remote].
Selected RESIDENCIES
2019 Mass MOCA, North Adams, MA
2018 Mass MOCA, North Adams, MA
AGA Lab, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2017 AGA Lab, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Two Coats of Paint, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Takt Academy, Berlin, Germany
2012 UNESCO Sustainable Energy, Andorra
2011 Art in the Embassies/Sincha Satcha Foundation, Quito, Ecuador
ARTIST BOOKS
Apophenia: Exquisite Corpse (forthcoming, Apophenia Press, 2025).
The Beholder (Apophenia Press, 2024).
Apophenia (Apophenia Press, 2023).
Cradling the Singing Bird (PAN & The Dream, 2022).
Wonderland: The Optical Unconscious, Limited Edition (2022).
Wildfires & Dreamfields, Limited Edition (2020).
Under Their Gaze, We Become Creatures, Limited Edition Folio (2020).
Dream Sequel: Seeing Again, Limited Edition (2019).
Dream Sequel Observatory, Limited Edition (2018).
Landview Effect: Travel Guide Series, Limited Edition (2017).