Julie Cowan
Education
/ BA University of Pennsylvania, Comparative Literature
One Person Exhibitions
/ 2022 Propositions: Art about Abraham Lincoln/Inside Out, Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, IL
/ 2020 Life Outside, Solo Show, Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, IL
/ 2017 Portraits and Architecture, Solo Show, Vivid Gallery, Winnetka, IL
/ 2017 Invisible Portraits, Solo Show, The Saw Room, Evanston, IL
/ 2016 Architecture and Portraits, Solos Show, Evanston Library, Evanston, IL
/ 2015 Faces and Architecture, Solo Show, Burrison Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
/ 2014 Print Show, Solo Show, Wilmette Library, Wilmette, IL
/ 2004 Drawings with Paint, Solo Show, Old Town Art Center, Chicago, IL
/ 1992 Drawings, Solo Show, South Shore Bank, Chicago, IL
/ 1991 Drawings, Solo Show, The Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA
/ 1991 Drawings, Solo Show, 1800 Gallery West, Chicago, IL
Group Shows
/ 2022 New Work, Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, IL
/ 2018 Mystified, Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, IL
/ 2018 Evanston Made, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, also 2017
/ 2018 Nasty Women Evanston, 1100 Florence, Evanston, IL, also 2017
/ 2018 The Bedroom Artist, Dittmar Gallery, Evanston, IL, also 2017
/ 2018 National Juried Printmaking Exhibit, Silberman Art Gallery, Rockville MD
/ 2018 Inside/Outside, Spertus Museum Gallery, Chicago, IL
/ 2017 What’s Your Story, Noyes Gallery, Evanston, IL
/ 2016 Women’s Art Exhibition, Koehnline Museum, Des Plaines, IL, also 2015, 2010 and 2009
/ 2014 OVERHE(a)R(e), Chicago IL and London UK
/ 2013 Boundaries: Pushing, Inventing, and Coexisting, Indiana University, Gary, IN
/ 2013 Group Show, Ground Floor Gallery, Nashville, TN
/ 2013 Group Show, Asheville Bookworks Gallery, Asheville, NC
/ 2013 Explorations, Newberry Library, Chicago, IL, also 2011
/ 2013 Artlink National Print Exhibition, Auer Center for Arts, Fort Wayne, IN
/ 2013 Two Person Print Show, Café Selmarie, Chicago, IL
/ 2013 Print Exhibition, Spudnik Printing Coop, Chicago, IL
/ 2011 Line Dancing: A Drawing Show, Evanston, IL
/ 2011 Self Portrait Show, Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL
/ 2009 Architectural Spaces, The Lodi Project, Raleigh NC
/ 2006 Watercolor ’06, Norris Art Center, St. Charles, IL
/ 2002 Juried Show, La Grange Art League, La Grange, IL
/ 1998 Biennial Exhbition, The Print Club of Albany, Albany, NY
/ 1997 Nature Show, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
/ 1997 Midwest Print Exhibition, Chicago, IL
Related Experience
2011 – Present
/ artruck Public Art Event. Founder and director.
- Community Engagement Award, Design Evanston. 2015
- Mayor’s Art Award, Evanston. 2016
2015
/ “Coloring Architecture: Interiors.” Author and illustrator.
/ Benchmark. Chicago Community Trust. Project designer/leader.
2007
/ archKIDecture. Educational arts program for kids. Founder and designer.
- BuildIt! Museum Exhibit. Designer and developer.
- Chicago Children’s Museum, Skyline Exhibit. Advisor.
- “Teaching Architecture to Kids,” Nexus Journal, Author.
/ Evanston Arts Council Grant, City of Evanston
May 2001, May 2002, May 2003
/ Community Arts Grants, Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Chicago
June 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992