Julia Schwartz
(b. 1957, Pomona, California)
Lives and works in El Cerrito, California

EDUCATION
MD, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
BS, University of California, Irvine

SOLO AND TWO–PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020
in the memory of Elijah McClain: Julia Schwartz and Track 16 fundraising, Track 16, online
2019
in, for, to, in search of (but not from), Antioch University Library, Culver City
2018
tenderly cradled and lavishly flung, Visitor Welcome Center, Los Angeles
2017
imaginary vacation on an imaginary lake, Galerie Cerulean, online
LIGHT FLIGHT, curated by Bethanie Irons, PLEAT Gallery, online
2012
trading maps for stars, Bleicher Gallery La Brea, Los Angeles
2011
the hollow sea, Bleicher Gallery La Brea, Los Angeles
2010
flesh and bone, Bleicher Golightly, Santa Monica
2008
nest, Tracy Park Gallery, Malibu

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024

Folds, Project ARTspace, NY NY

Among Friends, Metaphor Projects, Brooklyn, NY

2023

HOLIDAY, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY

BODY HIGH, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY

2022

Spectrum, fundraiser for planned parenthood, Bridgeport CT
Collect For Choice: BOW Fundraiser for the Brigid Alliance online
flower shop, Smoke the Moon, Santa Fe, New Mexico

2021

High Desert High, Smoke the Moon, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Chrysalis Metamorphosis, Smoke the Moon, Santa Fe, New Mexico
occurring or situated between stars, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY

2020
So Far, La Loma Projects, Los Angeles
The World is Never Still, The Binder of Women, online
DRIVE-BY-ART, organized by Warren Neidich, Renee Petropoulos, Michael Slenske, and Anuradha Vikram, various locations, Los Angeles
If Everything is an Outrage: The Binder of Women, Track 16, Los Angeles
2019
HOLIDAY, LABSpace Hillsdale, New York
A Store Show, ODD ARK, Los Angeles
The Binder of Women, BOW II, The Pit, Glendale
Among Friends, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center, New York
That Not Said, 515, Los Angeles
Dreamhouse Vs. Punkhouse (plus Cat House), organized by Kristin Calabrese, Joshua Aster, and Torie Zalben, Serious Topics, Los Angeles
Dream Weavers, co-curated by Katie Kirk and Sage Dawson of STNDRD, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
Democracy Shop at Frieze LA, organized Artists 4 Democracy, Paramount Studios, Los Angeles
Re:Union, curated by Jorin Bossen, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles
2018
BIG Show, LABspace, Hillsdale, New York
Sloan Projects and Lost Art LA, Santa Monica
SuperPak, organized by Artists for Democracy, Paper Chase Press, Los Angeles
LA Looking, LAVA Projects, Los Angeles
I swear it was just… there, Dalton Warehouse, Los Angeles
Near To You, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, New York
2017
Night Divides the Day, PØST: Kamikaze Series, Los Angeles
Wrong II, PØST, Los Angeles
Black Mirror, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles
The Only Way Out Is In, Citrus College, Glendora, California
Introductions, Trestle Gallery, New York City
2016
Dig for Fire, Eastside International (ESX), Los Angeles
The Night Opens//La Nuit S’Ouvre, BLAM, Los Angeles
Book Happening, Sloan Projects, Santa Monica
Southern California/Baja Biennial, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego
Insomnia, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, New York
2015
States of Being, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California
Within the Cave, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles
Pulp Painting, Studio Apothiki, Paphos, Cyprus
Going Big, Central Booking, New York City
After Eden, Durden and Ray, Culver City
From the Barricades, curated by ARTRA, Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin
Telephone Game, Prohibition Gallery, Los Angeles
FAMILY TIES, 500X Gallery, Dallas
MAS 8: San Diego, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego
Walking the Grid, Galerie Cerulean, online
2014
MAS ATTACK 7, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica
Shed Skin, LACC, Los Angeles
Aqua Art Fair, with John Wolf Fine Art, Miami Beach
SECOND FAMILY, 2 Rivington, New York City
MAS ATTACK 6, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California
Thanks For the Mammaries, organized by Bettina Hubby, For your Art, Los Angeles
Not-Knowing, JAUS. Los Angeles
DIY, Bushwick Open Studios, New York City
2013 
Beingless States, the project room, Galerie Cerulean, online
Beasts and Bodies, Schema Projects, Brooklyn
MAS ATTACK 2, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance
The Ghost in You, ASC Projects/Gallery 304, New York City
What I Like About You, Parallel Art Space, Brooklyn NY
States of Being, Curating Contemporary, online
Millennial Abstractions, Marin Community Foundation, Novato, California
White Soup and Weighty Air, JAUS, Los Angeles
International Painting Show, Appels Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2012
Caesura, Annenberg Beach House, Santa Monica
Turbulence, George Lawson Gallery, Culver City
Appels Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2011
Soft Machine, organized by Bleicher Golightly Gallery on view at University of Southern California
Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica
DEEP, Orange County Center For Contemporary Art (OCCCA), Santa Ana, California
One Night Stand: Walpurgisnacht, organized by Michael Arata and Doug Harvey, Beacon Arts Building, Inglewood
Anachronous Mind Tree, Bleicher La Brea, Los Angeles
Marine Art Salon, Santa Monica
2009
nature and nurture, Bleicher Golightly Gallery, Santa Monica
12 X 12 show, BECA gallery, New Orleans
2007
Anima Rising, Gochis Galleries, Los Angeles

CURATORIAL
2020
Julia Schwartz and Track 16 Fundraising in honor of Elijah McClain
2017
Night Divides The Day, PØST, Los Angeles
Black Mirror, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles
2015
States of Being, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California
2014
Place Made Visible, DIY BOS, New York City
2013
States of Being, Curating Contemporary, online

PRESS
2020
Maziar, Paul. “An Interview with Julia Schwartz,” AICA, August 25
”Julia Schwartz and Track 16 host an online fundraising event in the memory of Elijah McClain,” LA Art Party, August
”Julia Schwartz, Bad Company, 2020,” DRIVE-BY-ART, May
Davis, Genie. “The Binder of Women at Track 16,” Art and Cake, March 24
2018
Hackett, Mary Addison. “TEXTING: Julia Schwartz at LA Visitor Welcome Center,” Two Coats of Paint, August 12
Dambrot, Shana Nys. “Art galleries with names that remind us of summer, “ LA Weekly, July 20
Heitzman, Lorraine. “Julia Schwartz at Visitor Welcome Center,” Art and Cake, July 27
”Check out Julia Schwartz’s Artwork,” VoyageLA, May 14
De la Roca, Rocio. “Six Artists Explore Portraiture in Pelham Art Center Exhibition,” ArtsNews and ArtsWestchester, February 19
2017
Johnson, Jacqueline Bell. ”Black Mirror at Charlie James,” Art and Cake, April 30
Miss Rosen. “Black Mirror explores our dystopian world,” MANDATORY: Crave Art and Miss Rosen Presents, April 17
Zellen, Jodie and Genie Davis. Nancy Buchanan/Black Mirror, ArtScene, April
Hagman, George, editor. Art, Creativity and Psychoanalysis: Perspectives from Analyst-Artists, Routledge
Gleason, Mat. “Interview with Julia Schwartz,” Coagula Art Journal Issue #115, February
2016
Scott Gleeson. "States of Reckoning: An Interview with Julia Schwartz," Peripheral Vision: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the Visual Arts, Issue No. 3, 2016.
”Studio Visit with Julia Schwartz,” Pleat Gallery, May
Johnson, Jacqueline Bell. “Drawing Lines: The Only Way Out is In”, Art and Cake, May 9
Hodara, Susan. “While You Were Sleeping, They Made Art,” New York Times, February 14
”The Late-Night Works of Artists with Insomnia,” Westchester County Business Journal and ArtsWestchester, February
2015
Dambrot, Shana Nys. “Within The Cave at Durden and Ray,” HuffPost, December 6
Wood, Eve. “Pick of the week: States of Being,” Artillery, October 8
”The List,” L.A. Confidential, Summer Issue
”Negative Space,” Post Road Magazine, Issue 28, Spring/Summer 2015
“Julia Schwartz: Fresh Faces in Art: Eight LA Artists You Should Know,” Fabrik, Issue 27, January
2014
Montgomery, Sean. ”20 Questions for Julia Schwartz,” Ithaca MOMA, November 9
Greene, Terry. "Colour, Paint, and Painting," Just Another Painter
2013
”states of being,” Beautiful/Decay, October
”Julia Schwartz,” Forget Good, Issue 13, September
“Artist Interview: Julia Schwartz,” with Phillip Mellen, Ahtcast, April 17
”Julia Schwartz,” New Collectors, Basak Malone LLC, pub
2012
Bleicher, Airom. Trading Maps for Stars, catalog
Breen, Susan. mother-musing.com
Hartigan, Phillip. “Best of the Best,” Praeterita
Fitzpatrick, Kyle Raymond. laimyours.com
2011
”Julia Schwartz,”curated by Anne Ellegood, New American Paintings, No. 97, Pacific Edition
”Haiku Review,” HuffPo
Baker, Brett. “Top Ten Picks,” HuffPo
Kussatz, Simone. “Julia Schwartz at Bleicher Gallery La Brea,” Whitehot Magazine, August
Brennan, Valerie. “Julia Schwartz,” Studio Critical, June 7
”Julia Schwartz: Interview,” Painters’ Table, June
Harnish, Tracey. ”Julia Schwartz interview,” LA Art Diary
"Julia Schwartz at Bleicher Gallery", ArtWeekLA.com
Harnish, Tracey and Courtney Reid. The Hollow Sea, catalog
”Julia Schwartz,” International Survey, directory
2010
”7 Rings, Artist's Game of Telephone,” HuffPo
Dambrot, Shana Nys. Marine Works-001-185, Year One, catalog
Dambrot, Shana Nys. Flesh and Bone, catalog
”Flesh and Bone Closing Reception,” Artslant, May
”Top Picks,” Flavorpill, May

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018
”Conversation with Annie Lapin,” Figure/Ground, Jan 21
2017
”Ginny Casey: Built From Broke at Mier Gallery,” Painters’ Table, June 17
2015
”A Conversation with David Lloyd,” Figure/Ground, February 13
”A Conversation with David McDonald,” Figure/Ground, April 7
”A Conversation with Mona Simpson,” Figure/Ground, January 23
2014
”A Conversation with Sharon Butler,” Figure/Ground, September 19
”A Conversation with Aimee Bender,” Figure/Ground, August 8
”A Conversation with James Siena,” Figure/Ground, March 10
”A Conversation with Kristin Calabrese,” Figure/Ground, February 10
2013
”A Conversation with Nicole Holofcener,” Figure/Ground, October 17
”A Conversation with Mark Dutcher,” Figure/Ground, August 10
”A Conversation with John Lees,” Figure/Ground, July 24
”Interview with Kevin Appel,” Figure/Ground, June 20
”Interview with Farrell Brickhouse,” Figure/Ground, June 10
”Interview with Don Porcaro,” Figure/Ground, May 20
”Interview with Gregory Euclide,” Figure/Ground, May 10
”Interview with Rebecca Campbell,” Figure/Ground, May 1
”Interview with Charles Garabedian,” Figure/Ground, April 18
”Interview with Brett Baker,” Figure/Ground, March 6
”Interview with Jennifer Wynne Reeves,” Figure/Ground, March 1
”Interview with Katherine Bradford,” Figure/Ground, February 1
2012
”Interview with Leslie Wayne,” Figure/Ground, December 20
”Interview with Maya Lujan,” Figure/Ground, December 13
”Interview with Joy Garnett,” Figure/Ground, December 2
”Interview with Lisa Adams,” Figure/Ground, November 26
”Interview with Ward Schumaker,” Figure/Ground, November 21

LECTURES
2014-2009
"Art and Social Media," panel discussion, California State University, Long Beach, 2014
"The New Center presents: The Organizing Principles: an art exhibition and performance," The New Center, 2011
“The Organizing Principles: art and process” Connection in a My Space World: Embracing Culture And Creativity In Psychoanalytic Thought, 2011
“Aesthetic Gesture in the Arts, Self Experience, and Psychoanalysis: Connection in a My Space World: Embracing Culture And Creativity In Psychoanalytic Thought,” 2011
“Art, Creativity and Self Psychology: Aesthetic Gesture in the Arts, Self Experience and Psychoanalysis,” AIMED Creativity and Madness Conference, 2010
“Art, Creativity, and Self-Psychology: Aesthetic Gesture in the Arts, Self-Experience, and Psychoanalysis,” 32nd Annual Conference on The Psychology of The Self, 2009

AWARDS, HONORS, AND AFFILIATIONS
Member, The Binder of Women, 2019
Foundation Prize in Painting and Drawing, Peripheral Vision Arts, 2016
Member, Advisory Board of Fine Art Complex 1101 in Tempe, Arizona, 2015-present
Member, Durden + Ray, Los Angeles, 2015
Blogger, Huffington Post, 2013-2014
Arts Editor, Figure/Ground, 2012-2017
Competition Winner, New American Paintings, No. 97, Pacific Edition, 2011