JULIA ANNE COASH
Studio: Acme Artworks, 953 S. Clay St. Louisville, KY
Phone: 203-444-6471, E-mail: jcoash928@gmail.com
Web Site: www.juliaacoash.com
EDUCATION
1991-94 Master of Fine Arts
Concentration: Painting and Drawing
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
1979-81 Master of Science in Education, Department of Higher Education
Teaching Concentration: Studio Art and Art History
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
1974-78 Bachelor of Arts, Ethnographic Photography, President's Scholar Degree Program
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
TEACHING
2019-2023 Albertus Magnus College (online adjunct, retired from full time, 2019)
2004-2019 Albertus Magnus College Co-Chair, Professor - Studio Art and Art History, Art Dept.
2000-2003 Bermuda College, Paget, Bermuda
Senior Lecturer, Studio Art and Art History (equivalent to Assistant Professor US)
1995-99 The American University in Cairo, Egypt, Assistant Professor, Painting and Drawing
MAJOR SOLO, TWO AND THREE - PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2019-24 “Light Cycle”, Germantown Mill Lofts Gallery, Louisville, KY
2018 “Trash Towers”, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT
“Well Being”, Alternative Space, Yale West Campus, CWOS, New Haven, CT
2017 “Material/Immaterial”, Pegasus Gallery, Middlesex Community College, Middletown, CT
“Ghost Vines”, Niche Gallery, Middlesex Community College, Middletown, CT
“One Planet, One Home”, Kehler Lidell Gallery, Westville, CT
2016 Erector Square, City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT
2015 & 2016 Silk Road Gallery, New Haven, CT
Erector Square, City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT
2014 Alternative Space, City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT
2013 “Rum Jungle”, Masterworks Museum of Art, Bermuda
“Julia Coash and Jerome Nevins - New Work”, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT
Alternative Space, City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT
2012 City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT
2011 City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT
2010 City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT
2007 “Painter’s Projects”, Seton Art Gallery, University of New Haven, New Haven, CT
“Invitational Exhibition”, Ely Slade House for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
2002 & 2003 Art Centre at Dockyard, Bermuda
2001 Burnaby Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda
1999 Ewart Gallery, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
1997 Ewart Gallery, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Brownsboro, Gallery, Louisville, KY
1995 Chatham Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Kinetic Gallery, Louisville, KY
McGuffey Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
1994 Eric Dean Gallery, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 “H20, 21c Museum Hotel Louisville, KY (Jan. 25 – Aug. 1, ‘24) Curator - Rebecca Norton
2023 “H20”, Painting Center, New York, New York, Curator - Shazzi Thomas
“New Painting”, Site-Brooklyn, Brooklyn New York, Juror- Rachel Gugelberger
“Signs of Life”, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
“Five Points – Small Works”, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT, Juror- Melanie Carr
“Sustainability Compass”, Common Gallery, Louisville, KY, Curator – Rebecca Norton
2022 “Kleinhelter Gallery Winter Show”, New Albany, IN
“Waterstep Invitational”, Shapin-Nichols Art Foundation Gallery, Louisville, KY
“LVA Benefit Auction”, Louisville, KY
“Celebrating Color”, RIWS, Providence, RI
“Unwanted Gift”, Acme Gallery, Louisville, KY
2021 “(Un)Natural Boundaries and Borders”, Silverwood Pk Gallery, St Anthony, MN, Juror: Katayoun Amjadi.
“Drawing Challenge XVIII”, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
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“Drawing Challenge XVII”, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
https://www.jasonmccoyinc.com/drawing-challenge#/challenge-xvii
“Drawing Challenge XVII”, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
https://www.jasonmccoyinc.com/drawing-challenge#/challenge-xxi
Stonecoast Review Literary and Arts Journal, #14
“What Now”, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT,
2019 “Ear to the Ground”, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT, Curator J. Torres
“Kleinhelter Gallery Winter Show”, New Albany, IN
Albertus Magnus Faculty Show, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
2018 “State of Abstraction”, Washington Art Association and Gallery, Litchfield Co, CT
“Movement”, Bruce S. Kershner Gallery, Fairfield, CT
“Marvin Sweet Memorial Exhibition”, Gorse Mill, Needham, MA
Artspace, CWOS Group Exhibition”, New Haven, CT
2017 “The Power of Color”, Bruce S. Kershner Gallery, Fairfield, CT
“In Grace We Trust”, Ely Slade Center for Contemporary Art
“One Earth/One Home, Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT
“Nasty Women”, Institute Library, New Haven, CT
“Annual Juried Photography Show”, Art League of New Britain, New Britain, CT
Artspace, City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT
2016 “All In”, Sumner McNight Crosby Gallery, New Haven Arts Council, New Haven, CT
“Traduzindo Cor”, New Haven Arts Council, Whitney Center Gallery, New Haven, CT
“Game On”, Artspace, City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT
2015 “Sound and Vision”, Institute Library, New Haven, CT
“Journey”, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT
“Dwellings”, Artspace, City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT
2014 "Matter", Linda Matney Gallery, Williamsburg, VA
"Rendezvous", New Haven Arts Council, New Haven, CT
Artspace, City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT
2013 "Cultivate", Swanson Contemporary, Louisville, Kentucky
2011 “Black, White, Read All Over”, Wilton Library, Wilton Ct
Artspace, City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT
2010 "Going Green”, San Diego Women’s Caucus for the Arts
“Red Alert”, New Haven Arts Council, New Haven, CT
Artspace, City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT
2009 “Index I”, Artspace - City-Wide Open Studios Exhibition, New Haven, CT
“West Cove Invitational”, City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT
Members Group Show, Westport Art Center, Westport CT
2008 “Painting as Presence”, Juror - William Bailey, Honorable Mention
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Midwest National Abstract Art Exhibition IV, GPAC, Indianapolis, IN
Members Group Show, Westport Art Center, Westport CT
2007 Artspace, City-Wide Open Studios New Haven, CT
Members Group Show, Westport Art Center, Westport CT
2006 Artspace, City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT
“Elementum II”, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT
Arts and Literature Laboratories, Members and Friends Exhibition, ALL, New Haven, CT
Art Institute and Gallery, Salisbury, MD, Honorable Mention
“In Motion”, Fredricksburg Art Center, VA Museum of Art Affiliate, Fredricksburg, VA
2005 Artspace, City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT
Cambridge Art Association, Annual Juried Exhibition, Cambridge, MA
2003 Bermuda Society for the Arts, Hamilton, Bermuda
2002 Bermuda Biennial, Bermuda National Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda
Art Centre at Dockyard, Bermuda
2001 Burnaby Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda
Art Centre at Dockyard, Bermuda
1999 Galerie Eterso, Paris, France
Knott Gallery, Bradford College, Haverhill, MA
Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
CURRENT GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
Painting Center, New York, New York
PUBLICATIONS
“The Language of Creation - Recent Work by Marvin Sweet”
Ceramic Arts and Perception Magazine, Sydney Australia, Fall 2007
“Free Spirits: Paintings by Gerhard Altenburg”, Egypt Today Magazine, 1998
“The Lost Church of Faras: Paintings by Hassan Ali Ahmed”, Egypt Today Magazine,1996
“Bridges: Paintings by Nazli Madkour”, Egypt Today Magazine, 1996
“Memories of the Desert: Photographs by Shahira Fawzy”Egypt Today Magazine, 1996
CITATIONS
“Walking Down the Silk Road”, Yale Daily News, Dec. 4, 2015
“Five Paths Lead to Silk Road”, by David Selpuveda, New Haven Independent, Dec., 2015
“Rum Jungle-Recent Paintings by Julia A. Coash”, Bermuda Sun, July 3, 2013
“The Y-Xing Effect” by Marvin Sweet, Foreign Languages Press, 2006
“New Burnaby Showcase” by Lilla Zuill, Bermuda Sun, June 6, 2001
“Getting in the Frame”, Royal Gazette, Bermuda, June 6, 2001
“Show Traces the Evolution of Colour Use in Art” by Patricia Calnan,
Mid-Ocean News, Bermuda, Sept. 19, 2001
“Julia’s Crash Course”, Bermuda National Gallery Magazine, Oct. 2001
“Summer's Saving Graces” by Michael Welzenbach, The Washington Post,
Washington D.C. Aug. 17, 1991
RELATED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2022 Workshop: “Atmospheric Perspective in Abstraction",
Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, IN
2014 "Oi Zoi Oi - Lecture on Sabbatical Research in SE Asia, Albertus Magnus College
2013 Artist Residency, Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art
Guest Lecturer, Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art
Workshop: “Demystifying Abstraction”, Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art
2008 Artist Residency, Provincetown Community Compact - Dune Shack, Provincetown, MA
2008 Juror - Artspace, Artists in Residence, Open Studios, New Haven, CT
2007 Juror - NH High Schools Exhibition,
Ely Slade House, Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
Guest Lecturer - “Orientalism”, AMC North Shore Alumni Association, Branford, CT
2006 Juror - Milford Art Center, “Modern – Post Modern”, Milford, CT
2002 Co-Curator - “Art: New Genre, New Directions”, Bermuda National Gallery
Juror - “Forms in Space”, Bermuda Society for the Arts, Hamilton, Bermuda
Exhibitions Committee, Bermuda National Gallery
2002 Guest Lecturer - Bermuda National Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda
2001 Curator - “Focus on Colour: Colour in Art, 1870 – Present”, Bermuda National Gallery
2001 Curator, “New Work: Kok Wan Lee & Dominic Paiva”, Edinburgh Gallery,
Society for the Arts, Hamilton, Bermuda
Juror - Fall Members’ Exhibition, Art Centre, Dockyard, Bermuda
Juror - Bermuda Society for the Arts, Edinburgh Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda
1998-99 Juror - The American University Advertising Award for the Middle East
Juror - Fulbright Applications, Cairo, Egypt
1997 Guest Lecturer - “Decoding Visual Images in Advertising”
Workshop for International Association of Students in Economics and Management, AUC
1994 Guest Lecturer - Humanities Colloquium, Dean Gallery, Wabash Coll., Crawfordsville, IN
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
KMAC, Louisville, KY
American Alliance for Museums
Louisville Visual Art
Yale Art Galleries