Julia Vining

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Work Experience: 

 

Art Sales & Marketing Intern                                                                                                           May 2017 - Sept 2017

Chiton & Chadwick; Old Greenwich, CT

• Worked within art sales & acquisitions sector of Chilton & Chadwick

• Researched emerging artists to select new artists to represent. Marketed these artists, created cohesive gallery shows, handled pieces, and communicated with buyers

• Reviewed local art shows, created press releases, interviewed artists represented by the firm

• Redesigned company's online fine arts boutique and created a social media presence for arts sector

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Design Intern                                                                                                                                        May 2016 - Jan 2017

Schiller Projects; New York, NY

• Assisted in surveying and drafting structures, preparing plans, elevations and renderings

• Adapted blueprints for marketing purposes, designed presentations, promotional materials, and assisted in the re-design of company’s website

• 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

• Aided in the installation, maintenance and deconstruction of exhibitions

• Coordinated receptions, artist lectures, and other special events

• Created lesson plans and other programming for visiting elementary through high school students

• Greet patrons and answer questions about gallery shows, and gave tours of the gallery

• Worked with Davidson College’s private art collection and cataloged pieces using MDID software

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Featured Bodies of Work

• Anthropoda, Senior Capstone Show at the Smith Gallery, April 2018

• Ordered Chaos : Series of paintings, collages, digital work that focuses on the effect of  the bombardment of mass media on neurological processes, 2016

• Glitched! : Series of drawings based on images of urban life that have been distorted by digital manipulation, 2015-2016

• 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

• 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

• Entomology : In-depth study of insects, compilation of drawings and oil paintings working from life, 2010 - 2013

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Awards and Publications​

• Featured artist on R.A.R.E. Art Labs

• Work published in 5 issues of Davidson College's Art & Literary magazine, Libertas, 2015-2018

• Rising Senior Show at Davidson College's Smith Gallery, Summer 2017

• Featured in Student Show - Select at Van-Every/Smith Galleries, 2015-2017

  • Winner of Painting Category, 2017

  • Winner of Drawing Category, 2016

  • Honorable mention, 2015

• Nominated for the Congressional Art Exhibit Contest, 2013

• 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

• Art featured in Troy, NY Fence Show Select, 2008 - 2013.

• Winner of Painting Category 2017 at Davidson College Student Show 

• Cover artwork for Emma Willard's 2013 Revels program, 2013

• Scholastic Art and Writing Awards; Silver medal and Honorable Mention in the painting category, 2011, 2012 and 2013

• Artwork featured in school’s literary and art publication, ‘Triangle’, 2011, 2012

• Illustrated a published Children's Book, Clayton the Rainbow Zebra, 2011

• Grand Prize Winner of Stealing Picasso Contest sponsored by The Clark Museum and The Times Union Newspaper, 2010

• Winner of Times Union Christmas Card Contest, work featured in Times Union Newspaper, 2010, 2011

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Education​

• Davidson College:

  • Works on Paper

  • Sculpture

  • Advanced Drawing

  • Advanced Printmaking

  • Advanced Painting

  • Junior Advanced Study​

  • Contemporary Art History

  • Senior Capstone Course

  • Independent Study in Painting and Design

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• Parsons School of Design:

  • Architectural Design Studio I​

  • Interior Design Expanded: Soft Interiors

  • History of Architecture

  • Collaborations: Urban Interventions