Julie L. Green

Julie L. Green (born 1961) is an artist known for making paintings about food, fashion, and capital punishment. Half of each year is spent on The Last Supper, an ongoing series of 750 plates to date, illustrating final meals of U.S. death row inmates.[1]

Julie L. Green
Born
Julie L. Green

1961
Yokosuka, Japan
Alma materThe University of Kansas
OccupationArtist
Spouse(s)Clay Lohmann

Biography

Green was born in Yokosuka, Japan. She has a BFA (1983) and MFA (1996) from The University of Kansas. She is currently a professor at Oregon State University. Green is married to artist Clay Lohmann.[2] Her recent solo exhibitions included Texas State University.[3]

Exhibition reviews

Green’s work has been featured in Oregon Artswatch, Ceramics Monthly and other publications.[4][5][6] The Last Supper book, published by The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR, includes images of 500 plates.

Awards

A recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant, Green won the 2015 ArtPrize 3-D Juried Award and a 2016 Oregon Arts Commission Fellow.[7][8][9] Green is a 2017 Hallie Ford Fellow through The Ford Family Foundation.[10]

References
  1. Johnson, Kirk (2013). "'The Last Supper,' by Julie Green, at Arts Center in Oregon". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  2. "Julie Green". Oregon State University. Oregon State University. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. Zech, Brandon. "Julie Green at Texas State University". Glasstire. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  4. Kook-Anderson, Grace. "Julie Green: Yielding to the capricious outcome". Oregon Artswatch.
  5. van Wagtendonk, Anya. "Painter immortalizes last meals of 600 prisoners put to death". PBS. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  6. Fizell, Megan (2011). "Last Supper" (PDF). Ceramics Monthly (September 2011): 42–45. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  7. Foundation, Joan Mitchell. "Joan Mitchell Foundation » Artist Programs » Artist Grants". joanmitchellfoundation.org. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
  8. "ArtPrize Announces the Winners of $500,000 in Awards". www.artprize.org. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
  9. "Julie Green | Oregon Arts Commission". www.oregonartscommission.org. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
  10. "Julie Green | The Ford Family Foundation". www.tfff.org. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
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