Julia Vining
Work Experience:
Art Sales & Marketing Intern May 2017 - Sept 2017
Chiton & Chadwick; Old Greenwich, CT
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Worked within art sales & acquisitions sector of Chilton & Chadwick
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Researched emerging artists to select new artists to represent. Marketed these artists, created cohesive gallery shows, handled pieces, and communicated with buyers
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Reviewed local art shows, created press releases, interviewed artists represented by the firm
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Redesigned company's online fine arts boutique and created a social media presence for arts sector
Design Intern May 2016 - Jan 2017
Schiller Projects; New York, NY
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Assisted in surveying and drafting structures, preparing plans, elevations and renderings
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Adapted blueprints for marketing purposes, designed presentations, promotional materials, and assisted in the re-design of company’s website
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Managed orders and coordinated move-ins. Also worked as liaison between our firm, contractors, design agents, and clients
Gallery Intern Aug 2014- Present
Van-Every/Smith Galleries; Davidson, NC
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Aided in the installation, maintenance and deconstruction of exhibitions
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Coordinated receptions, artist lectures, and other special events
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Created lesson plans and other programming for visiting elementary through high school students
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Greet patrons and answer questions about gallery shows, and gave tours of the gallery
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Worked with Davidson College’s private art collection and cataloged pieces using MDID software
Featured Bodies of Work
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Anthropoda, Senior Capstone Show at the Smith Gallery, April 2018
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Ordered Chaos : Series of paintings, collages, digital work that focuses on the effect of the bombardment of mass media on neurological processes, 2016
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Glitched! : Series of drawings based on images of urban life that have been distorted by digital manipulation, 2015-2016
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Uncle Sam Project : Painted a life-sized statue for Emma Willard School, exhibited on the streets of Troy. Part of a city-wide project that raised money for the Troy Business Improvement District to fund renovations of the downtown area, 2013
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Pages of the Mind : A series of oil and photo transfer pieces that were based upon interviews conducted with my personal mentosrs. These interviews were then interpreted as a an image Works done in oil and photo transfer on canvas, 2012-2013
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Entomology : In-depth study of insects, compilation of drawings and oil paintings working from life, 2010 - 2013
Awards and Publications
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Featured artist on R.A.R.E. Art Labs
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Work published in 5 issues of Davidson College's Art & Literary magazine, Libertas, 2015-2018
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Rising Senior Show at Davidson College's Smith Gallery, Summer 2017
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Featured in Student Show - Select at Van-Every/Smith Galleries, 2015-2017
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Winner of Painting Category, 2017
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Winner of Drawing Category, 2016
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Honorable mention, 2015
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Nominated for the Congressional Art Exhibit Contest, 2013
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College of St. Rose High School Juried Art Exhibition – Chosen among 800 Capital Region High School students to exhibit at the Esther Massery Gallery, 2012
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Art featured in Troy, NY Fence Show Select, 2008 - 2013.
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Winner of Painting Category 2017 at Davidson College Student Show
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Cover artwork for Emma Willard's 2013 Revels program, 2013
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Scholastic Art and Writing Awards; Silver medal and Honorable Mention in the painting category, 2011, 2012 and 2013
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Artwork featured in school’s literary and art publication, ‘Triangle’, 2011, 2012
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Illustrated a published Children's Book, Clayton the Rainbow Zebra, 2011
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Grand Prize Winner of Stealing Picasso Contest sponsored by The Clark Museum and The Times Union Newspaper, 2010
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Winner of Times Union Christmas Card Contest, work featured in Times Union Newspaper, 2010, 2011
Education
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Davidson College:
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Works on Paper
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Sculpture
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Advanced Drawing
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Advanced Printmaking
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Advanced Painting
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Junior Advanced Study
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Contemporary Art History
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Senior Capstone Course
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Independent Study in Painting and Design
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Parsons School of Design:
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Architectural Design Studio I
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Interior Design Expanded: Soft Interiors
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History of Architecture
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Collaborations: Urban Interventions
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