Julia Harrison

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I've been making things for even longer than I can remember, and my parents have the archival evidence to prove it:  salt-clay dachshunds, construction paper brooches, spool-and-tape sandals, Barbie clothes and stuffed animals crafted from Dad's neckties.  Announcing that I needed some privacy, I'd shut the door to my room and spend silent hours hunched over whatever tools and materials I could get my hands on, trying to figure everything out.
    Even after decades of doing it, transforming an idea into reality is still a powerful experience for me, a kind of alchemy.  And although I do still spend a lot of time alone in a silent room, trying to figure things out, I also get the satisfaction of sharing my solutions with clients and viewers, and of watching my students achieve their own alchemical moments.   
EDUCATION
2004   MFA (Metals),  University of Washington, Seattle WA
2002   MA (Applied Anthropology), Macquarie University, Sydney AUST
1999   Dip.Cons (Metal Conservation), West Dean College, Chichester UK
1996   BA (English, Anthropology), Macalester College, St. Paul MN  

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010   Sweet Travel, Fresh Flours, Seattle WA
2007   Choose the Mountain, curator Suzie Ganch, Quirk Gallery, Richmond VA
2006   A Lingering Sweetness, KOBO at Higo, Seattle WA
          Rhizome: New Bamboo Jewelry, KOBO at Higo, Seattle WA
2004   Lover’s Portrait, curator Curtis Steiner, Souvenir, Seattle WA 

COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland OR
University of Arkansas, Little Rock AK

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014   Knock on Wood: 2014 Biennial, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue WA
          The Earring Show II, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco CA
          A Cut Above, curators MalPina Chan and June Sekiguchi, Lakeshore Living, Seattle WA
          The Meaning of Wood, curator Suze Woolf, Minnaert Gallery, Olympia WA
          Yuma Symposium Presenters, Yuma Art Center, Yuma AZ
2013   Contemporary Jewelry Collection, Penland Gallery, Penland NC
          Crossing Borders, North Seattle Community College Art Gallery, Seattle WA
          Contemporary Makers, curator Rebbecca Tomas, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
          Contemporary Makers, curator Amy Reeves, Tacoma Metal Arts Center, Tacoma WA
2012   Body Language, invitational curated by Suzanne Ramljak, Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA
          Sticks and Stones, Wharton Esherick Museum, Paoli PA
          WOOD, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco CA
          Out on a Limb: Contemporary Wood Jewelry, curated by Lena Vigna, Racine Art Museum, Racine WI
          The Art of Seduction, curated by Gail M Brown, Rouse Gallery, Howard Community College, Columbia MD
2011   Piece Progressions, online exhibition curated by Miriam Rowe, Crafthaus.ning
          10x10x10xTieton, Grand Tieton Events, Tieton WA
          75 Gifts for 75 Years, curated by Namita Wiggers, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland OR
          Art by Attrition (as organizer/exhibitor), KOBO at Higo, Seattle WA           
          Love Tokens Artist Collective, invitational curated by Jennifer Stenhouse, Habitude, Seattle WA
          Pratt Scholarship Art, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue WA
2010   PONCHO and Pathways Recipients, Pratt Gallery, Seattle WA 
          Anatomy Lessons, invitational curated by Jane Groover, Taboo Studio, San Diego CA
          Extreme Beauty, invitational curated by Kim Cridler, Glassell School of Art, Houston TX  
2009   Signs of Life, invitational curated by Karen Lorene, Facere Gallery, Seattle WA  
2008   500 Handmade Books (juried publication), edited by Marthe LeVan, Lark Books, Asheville NC
2007   Christmas Show, Electrum, London UK
          Wood You?, invitational curated by Kath Libbert, Kath Libbert Gallery, Saltaire UK
          New Instructors, curated by Kathryn Gremley, Penland Gallery, Penland NC
2006   Exhibition in Print (juried publication), Metalsmith Magazine, US
          100 Brooches, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle WA

TEACHING
2014   Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 3 days, Snow Farm, Williamsburg MA
          Continuing Hand Carving, 6 sessions, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
          Stir it Up:  Carving Spoons by Hand, 2 days, Arbutus Folk School, Olympia WA
          Wood Veneer for Jewelry, 2 days, 92nd St Y, New York NY
          Beginning Hand Carving, 6 sessions, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
          Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 1 day, Phoenix Center for the Arts, Phoenix AZ
          Set in Wood, 6 sessions, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
2013   Jewelry from Found Wood, 1 day, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
          More Jewelry That Grows on Trees (veneer jewelry), 2 days, Multnomah Arts Center, Portland OR
          Beginning Hand Carving, 6 sessions, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
          Branching Out (wood jewelry), 2 weeks, Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
          Carving demonstration, Central Washington University, Ellensburg WA
          More Jewelry That Grows on Trees (veneer jewelry), 2 days, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle WA
          4 Artists Teach Their Specialties (wood jewelry), 2 sessions, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle WA
          Beginning Hand Carving, 6 sessions, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
2012   Beginning Hand Carving, 6 sessions, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
          Hammered Metal Earrings, 1 session, South Seattle Community College Continuing Ed., Seattle WA
          Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 2 days, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
          Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 2 days, Multnomah Arts Center, Portland OR
          Explorations, wood jewelry for middle school students, 1 week, Centrum, Port Townsend WA
2011   Strength in Numbers (chain and chainmail), 2 days, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
          Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 2 days, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
          Kitchen Table Jewelry (low-tech jewelry), 4 sessions, UW Experimental College, Seattle WA
2010   Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 2 days, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA   
          Wood Jewelry, teen week, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA     
          Jewelry for grades 6-8, 8 sessions, Chinese Information and Services Center, Seattle WA
          Advanced Wood Jewelry, 8 sessions, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
2009   Wood jewelry and carving intensive, 2 days, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
          Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 2 days, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
          Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 2 days, 92nd St Y,  New York NY
2007   Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 1 week, Penland School of Craft, Penland NC

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2014   Comprehensive Flameworking, Sally Prasch, Snow Farm, Williamsburg MA
2013   Beginning Flameworking - Borosilicate, Jessica Landau, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
2011   Instructor Retreat, Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC
          Vacuum Veneering and Bending, Hank Holzer, 1 day workshop, Woodcraft, Seattle WA
          What's in an Image (jewelry), Lucy Sarneel, 4 day master class, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
2010   Introduction to Coldworking (glass), Rebecca Chernow, 2 day workshop, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
          Glass with Passion (casting, blowing), Róisín de Buitléar, 3 week workshop, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA
          Casting for Jewelry, Jennifer Stenhouse, 8 session workshop, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
          Figure Sculpting, Jeannie Ferraro, 4 session workshop, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
          Kiln Casting I (glass), Susan Balshor, 8 session workshop, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
          Chip Carving I (wood), Audrey Baugh, 1 session workshop, Woodcraft, Seattle WA
2004   Beadmaking I, Larry Brickman, 2 day workshop, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA          
          Glass Fusing I, Patty Gray and Delores Taylor, 8 weeks, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
2003   Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, San Francisco CA 
1999   Glass Engraving, Tracey Sheppard, 2 weekends, West Dean College, West Dean UK  
          Plique-a-Jour Enameling (as studio assistant), Valeri Timofeev, Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
1998   Blacksmithing I, Andrew Smith, 6 session workshop, West Dean College, West Dean UK
          Bent-Willow Chairmaking, Clifton Monteith, 2 week residential workshop, Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
1997   Enameling I, Sydney Scherr, 2 week residential workshop, Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
                
AWARDS
2014 - 15 Prequalified Emerging Artist Roster for Cited Projects, Office of Arts and Culture, Seattle WA
2013   CENTRUM Artist Residency, Port Townsend WA
2012   Grants for Artist Projects (GAP), Artist Trust, Seattle WA
          Wharton Esherick Annual Woodworkers Competition, 2nd Place and Members’ Choice, Paoli PA
          Sprout 7, 2nd Place funding for "SweetMap: Asian King County," Seattle WA
2011   4Culture Heritage Special Projects funding for "SweetMap: Asian King County"
2010   Pilchuck Glass School Sue Bradford Hauberg Full Scholarship, Stanwood WA 
2009   Pratt/PONCHO Fellowship, Seattle WA
2006   Award for New & Innovative Work, American Bamboo Society USA
          Patricia Babb Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC
          Artist-in Residence, Helen Whiteley Research Center, Friday Harbor WA
2003   University of WA Graduate School Medal Design Commission, Seattle WA

PUBLIC TALKS
2014   "Never Far From the Tree," Yuma Symposium, Yuma AZ
          “A World of Sweets in WA State,” Humanities WA Speakers Bureau, multiple locations
2013   “Identity through Objects,” University of Washington School of Art, Seattle WA
          "Only What You Can Carry," Central Washington University Department of Art, Ellensburg WA
          “A World of Sweets in WA State,” Humanities WA Speakers Bureau, multiple locations
2012   “The Conversation” talk show guest, KUOW Public Radio, Seattle WA
          "Only What You Can Carry," Seattle Metals Guild Symposium, Seattle WA
          “A World of Sweets in WA State,” Humanities WA Speakers Bureau, multiple locations
          "Modernizing Mochi: From Divine Mirror to Frozen Treat," Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle WA
          "A Sugar-coated History? Japanese Seattle as seen through SweetMap," KOBO at Higo, Seattle WA
2011   Mini-residency hosted by Mandy Greer, The Project Room, Seattle WA
2010   PONCHO Scholars, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
2009   Signs of Life participants, Facere Gallery, Seattle WA
          Visiting Artist lecture, Arizona State University, Phoenix AZ
2006   A Lingering Sweetness Artist lecture, KOBO at Higo, Seattle WA 

PRESS 
2011   Featured Member, Crafthaus, 24 June 2011
2007  "Body parts Sculpted in Wood" by Mark Fraudenfelder, Boingboing.net
         "Bamboo Shoots to Make its Mark", American Craft
         "Wood You? Review", The ACJ's Findings
         "Five questions for...Julia Harrison", Leeds MetroLife 
2006  "
Cultural anthropologist tells Japantown's bittersweet history through candy" by Florangela Davila, Seattle Times 

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