About

Statement

The last few decades Julie Scott has divided her time and creativity as a fine artist, editorial illustrator and graphic designer.​Her current work is inspired by the process of layering marks. The marks coalesce into a community of forms that can become figurative, representative and may create patterns or morph into abstraction. The mark and the line tell her what to do and what steps to take next, if she’s listening. The direction in her representative work is driven by exploration of iconic shapes and images, overlooked beauty in common objects, detritus, and perceived nuisances in life. All a constant expansion of themes she’s carried in her mind's eye throughout her career as an artist. Scott’s studio is located in a refurbished antique English-style barn in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts. She works in a few mediums: oil, acrylic, watercolor, beeswax, one-of-a-kind monotypes and limited edition drypoint etchings created on a large press located in her studio.​

Resume / CV

JULIE SCOTTpainter/printmaker/illustrator Born 1957Salt Lake City, Utah Education 1980-84California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA Tufts University, Medford, MASchool of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA BFAPainting/Printmaking Solo Exhibitions/Painting and Printmaking 2023 Alford Studio BarnSpace, Alford, MA; The Conduit Series + The Grub Series 2022 Alford Studio BarnSpace, Alford, MA; The Cracker Series 2021 Alford Studio BarnSpace, Alford, MA; The Clam Series 2020 Alford Studio BarnSpace, Alford, MA; The Clam Series2019 Alford Studio BarnSpace, Alford, MA; The Clam Series2018 Six Depot, West Stockbridge, MA; The Clam Series2017 Alford Studio BarnSpace, Alford, MA; Clams, Crackers & Furballs1991 Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA1989 Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID 1988 Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CASun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID 1987 Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID 1981 Images Gallery, Sun Valley, ID1980 Images Gallery, Sun Valley, ID Selected Group Exhibitions2018 Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA; Matereality2012 PS Project Space, New York, NY; Hullabaloo Collective: Joie de Vivre2006 Meeting House, New Marlborough, MA 1993 Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA1992 Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK;North West Tales: Contemporary Narrative Painting (traveled)1990 Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO Stewart-Schneider Gallery, Boise, IDPalm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA;NW x SW: Painted Fictions (traveled)Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID; Centennial Biennial1989 Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C.; Art for Collectors: Talent in the 80s Prichard Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow; Field and Stream (traveled) The Herrett Museum, Twin Falls, ID; Centennial Edition II1988 Missoula Museum of the Arts, Missoula, MT; Invitational 1987 Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID; The 5th Idaho Biennial 1984 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Juried SMFA ShowUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; National Smallworks Awards2006 Association of Partners for Public Lands; Media Award for The Little Creek 1989 Idaho Commission on the Arts; Fellowship Award for Artistic Excellence 1989 Federal Reserve Board; Collector’s Purchase1987 Boise Art Museum; Award of Distinction - PurchaseIABC/Los Angeles Design Award, with Linda Warren; Design and Illustration Selected Client List/ Editorial IllustrationThe Atlantic Outside Magazine Playboy MagazineBackpacker Magazine Utne ReaderPowder Magazine Northern Lights Magazine Saturday Review MicrosoftMattel Corporation DDB NeedhamWhittle Communications Cal TechUniversity of Southern California Selected Publishers/ Book Illustration Simon & SchusterSt. Martin’s Press Norton Doubleday William Morrow Rodale Press Running Press Carnegie-Mellon Princeton PressWestern National Parks Association