CURRICULUM VITAE
Julia McLain, (b. 1953, USA)
www.juliamclain.com | 972-302-2914
EDUCATION
. University of Texas, Arlington, Four Years: Fine Arts, 1977
. Sketch Pad Studio, Arlington TX, Apprentice: Don Ivan Punchatz, 1973-1976
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
. 2019 "Winter Garden" The Basement Lounge, Ft. Worth, TX
. 2013 "Junk Drawer Series" Presented by RO2 Art at The Magnolia Theater, Dallas, TX
. 2011 “The Work of Julia McLain” Mercantile Coffee House: Presented by The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
DUO EXHIBITIONS
. 2018 “Under the Cosmic Canopy”, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Ft. Worth, TX
. 2012 “Flights of Fancy”, Addison Visitor’s Center: Presented by RO2 Art, Addison, TX
. 2009 “Duel Personalities”, Mary Tomas Gallery, Dallas TX
. 2008 “Cracked”, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas TX
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
. 2018 "Vertical" The Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Ft. Worth, TX
. 2018 Administration Bldg. UTD, Dallas, TX
. 2018 “Lake-Palooza”, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
. 2017 “Chaos”, RO2 Art, Dallas, TX
. 2016 “Non Pixelated”, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
. 2016 “Chaos”, RO2 Art, Dallas, TX
. 2016 “Big & Small Exhibit”, The Small Gallery, Dallas, TX
. 2015 “Salon Style”, RO2 Art, Dallas, TX
. 2015 “Day of the Dead”, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
. 2015 “Chaos”, RO2 Art, Dallas, TX
. 2015 “Fresh Faces”, The Small Gallery, Dallas, TX
. 2014 “Cowboys & Indians”, The Small Gallery, Dallas, TX
. 2014 “Chaos,” RO2 Art, Dallas, TX
. 2014 “Dallas Prints”, Curated by Matt Bagley” RO2 Art, Dallas, TX
. 2014 “Dallas Art Fair 2014”, RO2 Art, Dallas, TX
. 2014 “El Corazon”, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
. 2014 “Collaging Installation”, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
. 2014 “Group Show”, Magnolia Theater, Dallas, TX
. 2013 “Chaos”, RO2 Art, Dallas, TX
. 2013 “Texas Art Now”, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
. 2012 “Botany of Desire”, Rudolph Blume Fine Art / Art Scan Gallery, Houston TX
. 2012 “Color Crash”, Art Hotel, Dallas, TX
. 2012 “H’art Attack”, Art Hotel, Dallas, TX
. 2012 “Cosmic Carnival”, Art Hotel, Dallas, TX
. 2012 “El Corazon”, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
. 2012 “Trans”, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
. 2011 “Group Show”, Oxide Gallery, Denton, TX
. 2011 “El Corazón”, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas TX
. 2011 “Art Tour No More”, Brad Abrams: Glassworks Studio, Dallas TX
. 2011 “30th Anniversary Show”, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas TX
. 2011 “Loteria”, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas TX
. 2011 “Botany of Desire”, Art Barn: University of Texas Dallas, Dallas TX
. 2011 “Melt Down”, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
. 2010 “Fictional”, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas TX
. 2010 “Fresh Faces”, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas TX
. 2010 “Outside the Lines”, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas TX
. 2010 “Hecho in Dallas”, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas TX
. 2010 “El Corazon”, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas TX
. 2010 “Borders,” The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
. 2009 “El Corazon”, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas TX
. 2009 “Magic Mirrors and Alter Egos”, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas Texas
. 2008 “Membership Show”, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
. 2007 “Salon Du Fit”, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas TX
. 2007 “El Corazon”, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas TX
. 2006 “El Corazon,” Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas TX
DOCUMENTARY
. 2017 “Lady Lavender - Documentary” About Julia McLain,
University of TX and Art History Department,
Film Department: Directed by Jo-X Cruz, Produced by Ursula Abdala,
Director of Photography Sierra Clark, Sound Joseph Ruiz, Boom Operator Michael Brown,
https://vimeo.com/216953021
COLLECTIONS
. Works held in private collections in Dallas, TX
. Private collection, Bettendorf, IA
. Private collection, Fort Worth, TX
. Private collection, Hazlet, NJ
. Private collection, Los Angeles, CA
. Private collection, Roseburg, OR
. Private collection, San Antonio, TX
. Private collection, Sunnyvale, TX
. Private collection, Paris, France
LECTURES
. 2014 Panel speaker, “Collaging Installation”, Curated by David McCullough, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
. 2011 Panel speaker, “Botany of Desire”, Curated by Greg Metz, University of TX, Dallas, TX
. 1984 Guest co-lecturer: Visiting Syracuse University Students at Texas Christian University, Arranged by Don Ivan
Punchatz, Fort Worth, TX
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHIES
http://www.juliamclain.com/reviews.html
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
. Jordan Roth, “Julia McLain: Junk Drawer”, RO2 Art, Sept. 19, 2013,
http://www.ro2art.com/julia-mclain---junk-drawer.html
. Jordan Roth, “Ro2 Art Presents: Julia McLain: Junk Drawer”, Glasstire, June 23, 2013,
http://glasstire.com/events/2013/09/02/julia-mclain-junk-drawer/
. Mayor Todd Meier, "Wonderland: Flights of Fancy", Addison, TX, June 1, 2012,
http://addison2012.hck2-interactive.net/events/wonderland-flights-fancy-art-exhibit-6
. Addison Talent Magazine, "Julia McLain", Addison Talent, Jan. 1, 2012,
http://www.addisontexas.net/about_addison/ArtExhibit.asp
. Art & Seek Writer, “Flights of Fancy: Daniel Birdsong & Julia McLain”, Art & Seek, June 6, 2012,
http://www.artandseek.org/event.php?id=50370
. Michael L. Haynes, “Female Artist Interpret Love in a Provocative Exhibition”, Examiner,
Feb. 16, 2012,
. J.R. Compton, “Julia McLain Under th’ Big Top”, Dallas Arts Review, 2012,
http://www.dallasartsrevue.com/art-crit/Here_Lately/ArtHereLately-013
. Jordan Roth, “Flights of Fancy”, RO2 Art, Sept. 19 2012,
http://ro2visitaddison.weebly.com/julia-mclain---bio.html
. J.R. Compton, “Julia McLain Meltdown”, Dallas Arts Review, 2011,
http://www.dallasartsrevue.com/art-crit/Here_Lately/ArtHereLately-012.html
. Glass tire Writer, “Julia McLain: Cutism”, Glasstire, Aug. 13, 2011,
http://glasstire.com/events/2011/08/09/julia-mclain-cutism/
. Classical 101 Writer, “The Mac: Julia McLain”, WRR101, Aug. 13, 2011,
http://www.wrr101.com/default.asp?cid=6162&id=241
. Jenny Block, “Julia McLain’s Peace and War”, Dallas Observer, Aug. 15, 2011,
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/mixmaster/2011/08/julia_mclain_peace_and_war_acr.php
. Arthash Writer, “The McKinney Avenue Contemporary Announces Julia McLain At Mercantile
Coffee House as Part of the Partnership between the Mac and the Mercantile Coffee House”,
ArtHash, Aug. 1, 2011,
http://www.arthash.com/2011/08/the-mckinney-avenuecontemporary-announces-julia-mclain
. J.R. Compton, “Julia McLain Yummy #1”, Dallas Arts Review, March 26, 2011,
http://www.dallasartsrevue.com/art-crit/Here_Lately/ArtH
. J.R. Compton, “Julia McLain Howdy Do Ma’am”, Dallas Arts Review, Aug. 21, 2010,
http://www.dallasartsrevue.com/art-crit/Here_Lately/ArtHereLately-09.html
. J.R. Compton, “Fictional”, Dallas Arts Review, 2010,
. McKinney Avenue Contemporary Writer, “Cracked: Two Chicks’ Eggsabition”, American Towns,
March 17, 2008,
http://www.americantowns.com/tx/dallas/news/julia-mclain-at-mercantile-coffee-house-6269067
. Enrique Fernandez Cervantes, “Cracked: Two Chicks’ Eggsabition”, Bath House Cultural Center,
March 15, 2008
. Art Groups Writer, “Cracked: Two Chicks’ Eggsabition”, Art News DFW, March 13, 2008,
. Newsroom Solutions, “Bath House Exhibit Features Whimsical Look at the Egg”, ArkLaTex,
(blog) March 12, 2008, arklatexhomepage.com/content/fulltext/?sid=780bb13a9591d13bd3d2d691c
. J.R. Compton, “Outside What Lines”, Dallas Arts Review, May 28, 2005,
http://www.dallasartsrevue.com/shows/OTL/OTL-05.shtml
. José Cruz, “x=y?”, x-factory-e.blogspot, (blog) Aug. 1, 2008
x-factory-e.blogspot/200_08_01_archive.html
. José Cruz, “x=y?”, x-factory-e.blogspot, (blog) May 23, 2008
x-factory-e.blogspot//search/label/The%20X-oerience
. Phlegmfatale, “Fatale Abstraction”, (blog) March 16, 2008,
http://phlegmfatale.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html artgroupsdfw.com/nucleus
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
. 2018 “Under the Cosmic Canopy”, Designed my installation and show layout, Fort Worth Community Arts Center
Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
. 2014 “Collaging Installation”, Designed my installation, Curator: David McCullough, Bath House
Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
. 2008 “Cracked” Co-Designed Exhibit /Installation with Ann Huey, Curator: Enrique Fernandez
Cervantes, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas TX