Julia Wachtel

Julia Wachtel (/wɒkˈtɛl/; born 1956) is a contemporary American painter.[1] Wachtel's early work included mixed media installation, now primarily working as a painter. In the 1980s, Wachtel was represented by the seminal East Village gallery, Gallery Nature Morte,[2] and is often associated with The Pictures Generation artists.[3]

Julia Wachtel
Wachtel in front of her painting "Sunday Afternoon."
Born (1956-07-24) July 24, 1956
New York City, New York
NationalityAmerican
EducationMiddlebury College
School of Visual Arts, New York City
Known forPainting, Mixed media
Websitejuliawachtel.com

Biography

Wachtel attended Middlebury College where she earned a B.A. She spent one year at The School of Visual Arts in New York City, studying with Vito Acconci, Joseph Kosuth, Joan Jonas, amongst others. She then studied at the Whitney Independent Study Program.[4] Wachtel was the production manager of the UK edition of Vanity Fair for ten years.[5][6]

Solo exhibitions
  • 2019 HELPP, at Mary Boone Gallery, New York.[7]
  • 2018 Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York.[8]
  • 2014 Kunsthalle Bergen, Norway.[9]
  • 2014 Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York.[10]
  • 2013 Post Culture at Vilma Gold Gallery, London.[11]
  • 1993 Julia Wachtel at American Fine Arts, New York.[12]

Collections

Wachtel's work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art,[1] the Cleveland Museum of Art,[13] The Museum of Modern Art,[14] The Brooklyn Museum,[15] and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.[16]

References
  1. "Julia Wachtel". www.whitney.org.
  2. "Portrait Julia Wachtel". www.spikeartmagazine.com.
  3. https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/09/julia-wachtel-artist
  4. https://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/julia-wachtel-empowerment-elizabeth-dee-gallery
  5. "Julia Wachtel Appropriates Nostalgic Cartoons for "HELPP" Exhibition".
  6. "Julia Wachtel". March 2018.
  7. "Julia Wachtel".
  8. "Michael Wilson on Julia Wachtel".
  9. "Julia Wachtel at Vilma Gold, by Gabriel Coxhead / ArtReview".
  10. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/19/arts/art-in-review-003093.html
  11. "just the two of us". Cleveland Museum of Art. 30 October 2018.
  12. "Julia Wachtel". www.moma.org.
  13. "Julia Wachtel". www.brooklynmuseum.org.
  14. "Julia Wachtel". www.moca.org.
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