JULIA WAY
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      • VIDEO WORK 2020
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      • PLEIN AIR WORKS 2016-2018
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BIO
Julia Way is a multi-media artist and educator. Way’s videos, installation work, and watercolor paintings seek contemplation in the moving spaces between the self and surroundings. She lives and works in Elkins Park, PA.

She has exhibited at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Anna Zorina Gallery, Marginal Utility Gallery, Borrelli’s Chestnut Hill Gallery, Montgomery County Community College Fine Arts Center, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Winterthur Museum, Wayne Art Center, the Henry Gallery at Penn State Great Valley, Black Rock Center for the Arts in Maryland, Abington Art Center, Painted Bride Gallery, Pii Gallery, Art Gallery Le Logge in Assisi, Italy and the Pennsylvania State Capitol Building. In 2018 she was Artist-in-Residence at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts. She is a Signature Member of the Philadelphia Watercolor Society.

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I breathe in.

The invisibility of the air infuses my body and the realization hits me – interaction with the elemental forces around me define my body’s current living state as I use the Earth for my survival every minute of my life. In reciprocity, I contemplate the connections and perceived boundaries between the inside and the outside and I am moved to make art.
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SOLO AND SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Ecotactical: Earth Day at 50, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA 2020

Meditations
, Borrelli's Chestnut Hill Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2018

Night & Day, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA, 2018

Intimate Landscapes, St. John's Creative Art Series, Melrose Park, PA, 2017

Watercolor Ecosystems, Elcy’s Cafe, Glenside, PA, 2016

Featured Artist, Sweet Mabel Folk Art & Fine Craft Gallery, Narberth, PA, 2016


SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Art in the Open, Schuylkill Banks Park, Philadelphia, PA, 2022

​Ebb & Flow: The Work of Artessa Alliance, Pii Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2021

Assisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Art Gallery Le Logge, Piazza del Comune, Assisi, Italy 2021

Woodmere 79th Annual Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Chestnut Hill, PA 2021 

Apart:Together, Artessa Alliance Biennial, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA, 2021

Annual Juried Exhibition Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA, 2021

Action Verbs>Action Words, Automat Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2020 

B.A.S.E., Anna Zorina Gallery, New York, NY, 2020

Exercises in Ineffability 02, Marginal Utility Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2020

Alternatives20, Operating Systems Exhibitions, Philadelphia, PA 2020 


Reflection(s), Anne Bryan Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2019

Marginalized, MamaCITA Exhibition, Montgomery County Community College Fine Arts Center, Blue Bell, PA 2019

Process, MamaCITA Biennial Exhibition, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA, 2019

118th Annual Works on Paper International Exhibition, Philadelphia Watercolor Society, Wayne Art Center, PA, 2018

Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition, Black Rock Center for the Arts, MD, 2018 and 2019

On Location: Artists at Brandywine, Chadds Ford Historical Society, PA, 2018

Drawn to Nature, John James Audubon Center, Mill Grove, PA, 2018

Brandywine Valley Plein Air Gala, Winterthur Museum, Wilmington, DE, 2017

117th Annual Works on Paper International Exhibition, Philadelphia Watercolor Society, Wallingford, PA, 2017

MamaCITA10, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA, 2016

Simplicity, Penn Charter Triennial Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, 2016

Beyond the Classroom, The Henry Gallery, Penn State Great Valley, Malvern, PA, 2015

Re.Collection, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA, 2015

The Road to Here, Bee Squared Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2014

MamaCITA Exhibition, Pennsylvania State Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA, 2013

Begin: Hope, Faith, Resilience, The Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA, 2013


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Arcadia University, Adjunct Professor, Studio Art Foundations I & II, Drawing II. 2021-present

Abington Art Center, Drawing, Watercolor and Plein Air Painting Instructor, 2015-present

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Teaching Assistant, Printmaking and Time-Based Media, 2019

Abington School District, Art, English, English as a Second Language Teacher, 2004-2015    

Tyler School of Art, Pre-College 2D Design Instructor, 2003      
       

EDUCATION

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, MFA, Visual Arts, 2020

Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Master of Education in Art, 2005  

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Post Baccalaureate Program, Painting, 2002

The Florence Academy of Art, Intensive Drawing Program, 1999

Georgetown University, Bachelor of Arts, English and Fine Arts, 1997
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AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

​Visual Arts Residency, Arte Studio Ginestrelle, Assisi, Italy 2021

Fine Arts Venture Fund Recipient, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 2020

Signature Member of the Philadelphia Watercolor Society
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Cheap Joe's Art Stuff Award at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition, 2019

Portfolio Merit Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2018-2020

Cheltenham Center for the Arts Artist in Residence 2017

Chestnut Hill Annual Plein Air Competition, Honorable Mention 2017

Cheltenham Center for the Arts Member Show, Honorable Mention 2015

Abington Art Center Juried Member Show, Director's Award 2014


CURATION

Summer Outdoor Art Installation Series, High School Park, Elkins Park, PA 2020-present

Body(No)Body: PAFA MFA Program + Brodsky Center at PAFA, Young Space, 2020
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PRESS

Assisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition Catalogue, September 2021

Natural Selections: ‘Ecotactical’ Exhibit Opens on Sept. 21 Tina Plokarz, Montgomery Media, September 2020

Citing School’s Response to BLM Protests, PAFA Students Boycott Annual Show Art Forum, September 2020

In Protest of School’s Actions During Black Lives Matter Demonstrations, Students Boycott Annual Show Hyperallergic, 2020
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Dream Drives: Creative Haven at Abington Art Center, Meisha Johnson, CBS3, November 3, 2017

Featured Artist, MamaCITA  March 31, 2016 

Abington Teachers to Talk at National Art Conference, Misha Arnosky, Abington Patch, September 26, 2013

First Friday Feature. Make Teach Repeat, a Blog by Diana Trout, December 6, 2013




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  • WORKS
    • VIDEO >
      • APART:TOGETHER 2021
      • VIDEO WORK 2020
      • DISINTEGRATION SERIES 2019
    • PAINTING >
      • ASSISI RESIDENCY
      • SURFACE OBSERVATIONS 2019
      • CCA RESIDENCY 2018
      • PLEIN AIR WORKS 2016-2018
    • INSTALLATION >
      • FOR THE FUTURE 2020
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT