Julie Speed
| Julie Speed | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1951 (age 63–64) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Contemporary art |
Julie Speed (born 1951) is an American artist living in Marfa, Texas. Born in Chicago, she moved to Austin, Texas in 1978.
Her work appears as the cover art on Shawn Colvin's A Few Small Repairs, and was selected for use on 2004 Texas Book Festival events materials.
Style and technique
Speed paints surreal scenes in a realistic style with oil and gouache.[1] Her collages incorporate scientific illustrations and architectural drawings.[2] In collaboration with her husband and Flatbed Press in Austin, Texas, she creates limited edition etchings.[3]
Awards
Speed was named the Texas State Two Dimensional Visual Artist for 2014 by the Texas Legislature.[4]
Solo exhibitions
- November 2011-January 2012 Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, New York[2]
- 2010 Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, New York[1]
- 2008 Julie Speed, George Billis Gallery, New York, New York
- 2008 Julie Speed, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, California
- 2007 Talking Room, Galleri Urbane, Marfa, Texas
- 2007 Bible Studies, Westby Gallery, Rowan University, New Jersey
- 2006 Heads, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, Texas
- 2006 Bible Studies, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, Texas
- 2005 Bible Studies, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, Texas
- 2005 Bible Studies, Flatbed Press, Austin, Texas
- 2005 Bible Studies, Galleri Urbane, Marfa, Texas
- 2005 Julie Speed, Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, New York
- 2004 Julie Speed, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas
- 2004 Julie Speed: Squares, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, Texas
- 2003 The Murder of Kassimer Malevich, Etherington Fine Art, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts
- 2003 Alters of My Ancestors, Art House, Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin Texas
- 2003 Alters of My Ancestors, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas
- 2002 Alters of My Ancestors, Pillsbury and Peters Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
- 2002 Alters of My Ancestors, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas
- 2002 Pillsbury and Peters, Dallas, Texas
- 2000 McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, Texas
- 2000 Queen of My Room: A Survey of Work by Julie Speed, 1989-1999, Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, Texas
- 2000 Queen of My Room: A Survey of Work by Julie Speed, 1989-1999, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas
- 2000 Queen of My Room: A Survey of Work by Julie Speed, 1989-1999, South Texas Institute for the Arts, Corpus Christi, Texas
- 1999 Queen of My Room: A Survey of Work by Julie Speed, 1989-1999, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
- 1997 McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, Texas
- 1997 Allene LaPides Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- 1996 Allene LaPides Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- 1995 Davidson Gallery, Seattle, Washington
- 1995 Tarrytown Gallery, Austin, Texas
- 1994 Carrington-Gallagher Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
- 1994 Ron Hall Gallery, Dallas, Texas
- 1993 Jansen-Perez Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
- 1992 Tarrytown Gallery, Austin, Texas
- 1991 Guerilla Gallery, Austin, Texas
- 1990 Scott-Allan Gallery, New York, New York
- 1989 Joy Horwitch Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
- 1989 J.B. Tollett Gallery, Austin, Texas
Public collections
- San Antonio Museum of Art
- Austin Museum of Art
- Art Museum of South Texas
- Art Museum of Southeast Texas
Selected publications and media
- Paintings, Constructions, and Works on Paper, 2004, University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-70272-1. Includes color plates of 100 works, essays by art historians Elizabeth Ferrer and Edmund P. Pilsbury, and selected excerpts from "Books of Conversation" where Speed answers questions from the museum-goers.[3]
- Texas Monthly Talks. Interview with Evan Smith for KLRU-TV, Austin, Texas[5][6]
- "Behind the veil: visions of third eyes, dismembered body parts, monkeys and more appear to Julie Speed - and she paints them", 2005, Southwest Art.[7]
- Speed: art, 2003-2009, 2009, University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71994-1. Includes color plates of Speed's works, fiction by A. M. Homes, essay by art historian Elizabeth Ferrer, and essay by Julie Speed.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gladstone, Valerie (April 2010). "Julie Speed: Gerald Peters". ARTnews 109 (5): 114–115.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Molarsky, Mona (February 2012). "Julie Speed". ARTnews 111 (2): 110.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Speed, Julie (2004). Julie Speed Paintings, Constructions, and Works on Paper. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-70272-1.
- ↑ "Current State Artists". Texas Commission on the Arts. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ↑ Texas Monthly Talks#Season two Texas Monthly Talks, Season Two. Interview with Evan Smith for KLRU-TV, Austin, Texas
- ↑ "Local artist lives her lifelong dream in Austin.". Austin Now. KLRU. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ↑ "Behind the Veil: Visions of Third Eyes, Dismembered Body Parts, Monkeys and More Appear to Julie Speed - and She Paints them". Southwest Art 34 (8): 86–89. January 2005.
- ↑ Speed, Julie (2009). Speed: art 2003-2009. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71994-1.
External links
- Official website
- bigbendnow.com/2013/04/marfa%E2%80%99s-julie-speed-named-2014-texas-distinguished-artist/
- www.austinchronicle.com/books/2004-05-28/212912/
- la.indymedia.org/news/2006/02/148112.php
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