B I O G R A P H Y
Julianne French received her MFA in painting from The New York Academy of Art, the Graduate School of Figurative Art in New York City and her BFA in painting and art history from Jacksonville University.
French has received awards including the Memphis Wood Excellence in Teaching Award given by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Jacksonville, a Gilder Lehrman grant to study American history at Yale University, and two Art Ventures Individual Artist Grants from the Community Foundation in Northeast Florida.
Her work has been shown in over 60 exhibits including the Portico Library in Manchester, UK, the CICA Museum in South Korea, the Art House in Chicago, and the Jacksonville International Airport.
French has had work auctioned at Sotheby’s in New York City and has works in the public collections of the University Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana and the Siena Art Institute in Italy.
E X H I B I T I O N S
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2017
ICON: Drawings by Julianne French, Deerwood Campus Gallery, Florida State College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
2015
Featured Artist: Julianne French, Concourse Gallery, Jacksonville International
Airport, Jacksonville, FL
New Drawings, 8-Count Studios Gallery, Rialto Theatre, Tampa, FL
2014
Ruin, Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, Jacksonville, FL
Art in the Branch, Community First Credit Union, Fleming Island, FL
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2017
Penumbra: The Space Between Light and Dark featuring work by Julianne French, Debra Mixon Holliday and Masha Sardari, Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach, Ponte Vedra Beach,FL
2016
Architecture and the Built World: Julianne French, Alexandra Sorokolit Frankel and Bryce Speed, Ormond Memorial Museum of Art and Gardens, Ormond Beach, FL
~ G R O U P ~
2023
Flowers, Trees and Roots: The Wild World of Plants, View: Center for Arts and Culture, Old Forge, NY
Small Matters, 437Co Art Gallery, Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO
2022
International Exhibition on Animals in Art 2022, Louisiana State University, School of Veterinary Medicine Library, Baton Rouge, LA
The Internal Journey of the Artist, FemArt Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
Jacksonville Past and Present: Celebrating Jacksonville's Bicentennial, Main Library Gallery, Downtown Jacksonville Public Library, Jacksonville, FL
2021
Imagination Squared: A Creative Response to our Times, Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Art Ventures 30th Anniversary, The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville, FL
2016
Take Home A Nude, Sotheby's, New York, NY
Art YellowBook International Exhibition Summer 2016, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA Museum), Gimpo Si, South Korea
Inspired Lines: Drawing Biennial 2016, Appleton Museum of Art, College of Central Florida, Ocala, FL
Sublime Ambition: The Gothic in Literature and Art, Portico Library Gallery, The Portico Library, Manchester, England, UK
2015
SNAP to GRID, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Resurrected: The Early Works, Satellite Contemporary, Las Vegas, NV
A Sense of Place 2015: National Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
South by Southlight, South Gallery, Center for the Arts, Florida State College of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Art by America, 2015 Juried Exhibition: A National Review of Two-Dimensional Contemporary Art, The Art House, Chicago, IL
Structurally Speaking, Main Street Arts Gallery, Cliffton Springs, NY
The Light Inside the Bell Jar, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, GA
Alumni Association of the New York Academy of Art Exhibition (AANYAA), Studio 7, Bernardsville, NY
Thank You For Applying, Gallery 252, Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington, D.C.
35th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Heuser Art Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Shadows and Light, Hogan Gallery, Jacksonville, FL (received second place award for art)
Armstrong National 2-D Competition Exhibition, Armstrong Fine Arts Gallery, Armstrong State University, Savannah, GA
Southlight Gallery Artist, 2015/16, Southlight Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
2014
Unmonumental Project, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Everything Paper, UNO Art Gallery, University of Nebraska at Omaha, NE
The Art of Darkness: Inspired by the Paranormal, Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, Fridley, MN
Having a Wonderful Time!, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
2013
Deck the Walls, Wilkinson Gallery, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Five by Five, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
First Coast Portfolio, Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL
2012
Five by Five, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Folio Weekly Invitational Artist Exhibition, Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, FL
Wish You Were Here 11, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
What Those Who Teach Can Do, The Art Institute of Jacksonville, FL
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, University of Central Florida Art Gallery, Orlando, FL (received second place award for artwork)
14th Annual Postcards From the Edge, A Benefit for Visual Aids, Cheim & Read Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Deck the Walls, Wilkinson Gallery, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Wrap it Up, Lee Gallery, Florida Museum for Women Artists, Deland, FL
Master’s Mystery Art Show, Ritz Carlton, Miami, FL
Drawing Connections, Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy (art in permanent collection)
Wish You Were Here 10, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
6x6x2011: Global, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
International Postcard Show and Exchange, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK
2010
First Coast Portfolio, Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL
Holiday Show, Lab Gallery, Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL
Downtown Art Walk, Lab Gallery, Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art, FL
Mixed-Media, Lab Gallery, Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art, FL
The Method to My Madness, The Art Center II, Jacksonville, FL
Winter Show, Avondale Artworks, Jacksonville, FL
2009
Group Show, Gallery 1037, Jacksonville, FL
Opening, Avondale Artworks, Jacksonville, FL
Drawdown, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Education Gallery, Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL
Anything Goes, Art and Soul Gallery, Women's Center, Jacksonville, FL
Mini-Collection, Art Center, Jacksonville, FL
3rd Annual Summer Exhibition (online exhibitor), curated by Eric Fischl, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2005
Recent Paintings, World Fine Art Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY
MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York Academy of Art Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Live on Five, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2003
Handmade, Florida Craftsmen Annual Juried Show, University Gallery, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL
Senior Exhibition, Alexander Brest Museum, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
2002
Fall Student Exhibition, Alexander Brest Museum, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
2001
31st Annual Glass Art Society Conference Student Exhibition: At the Crossroads of Art, History, and Technology, Corning, NY
NCUR Presenter Art Exhibition, The National Conference on Undergraduate Research, the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Fall Student Exhibition, Alexander Brest Museum, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
2000
Fall Student Exhibition, Alexander Brest Museum, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
Summer Exhibition, Penland School of Arts and Crafts, Ashville, NC
C O L L E C T I O N S
CORPORATE AND PUBLIC
University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, Jacksonville, Florida
Community First Credit Union Headquarters, Jacksonville, Florida
PRIVATE
My original art is located in private homes in several cities in the following states/countries:
England; Canada; New York; Illinois; North Carolina; Colorado; California; New Mexico; Ohio; Utah; Texas; Florida; Virginia; New Hampshire; Minnesota; New Jersey; Rhode Island; Louisiana; Georgia
A W A R D S
Individual Artist Grant, Art Ventures Endowment Fund, Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, Jacksonville, FL (2014-2015)
Individual Artist Grant, Art Ventures Endowment Fund, Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, Jacksonville, FL (2011-2012)
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society Graduate Fellowship to attend the New York Academy of Art, New York, NY (2003-2004)
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
2021
Matthews, Meredith T. "A Creative Continuum: Chronicling Three Decades of Art Ventures." Arbus Magazine, Jan/Feb 2021.
2017
Fisher, Patrick M. "STEAM over STEM - 10 Questions with Visual Artist and Arts Educator Julianne French." 3 Feb. 2017, http://www.patrickmfisher.com/blog/steam-over-stem-10-questions-with-visual-artist-and-arts-educator-julianne-french1671970
2016
Art Yellow Book International, 2 page spread, CICA MUSEUM: Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
2015
Rice, Robin. "Julianne French." ArtVoices Magazine, vol. 43, 2015, pp.
The Light Inside the Bell Jar: Exhibit Creates Dialogue About Women and Mental Illness, by Anna Chandler, Connect Savannah: The News, Arts and Entertainment Weekly, 5/6/2015
Studio Visit Magazine: A Juried Selection of International Visual Artists, Volume 30, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
East Coast Ink, Literary and Arts Magazine: Issue 005: Bones. Boston, MA
Andrew Leslie, Philip. "Featured Artist: Julianne French." Interview by Phillip Andrew Leslie. 8-Count Productions, 10 Dec. 2015, https://8counttampa.wordpress.com/2015/12/10/featured-artist-julianne-french/
Armstrong National 2-D Competition Exhibition Art Catalogue, Armstrong Fine Arts Gallery, Armstrong State University, Savannah, GA
2014
Art Notes: 10 Area Artists Receive Grants from the Community Foundation, by Charlie Patton, Florida Times Union, 11/21/2014
Unmonumental Project, Art Catalogue, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Beautiful Decay: Artist Julianne French in solo exhibit at Manuscript Museum in Jacksonville, Nassau News Leader, 7/18/2014
2012
Four Paintings by Julianne French, Superstition Review, The Online Literary Magazine at Arizona State University
2011
Arts Unleashed: Be on the Look Out for Julianne French, by Natalia Gonzalez, I Want a Buzz, Entertainment Resource Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 4, 4/2011
2010
Teachers’ Art on Exhibit at Museum of Contemporary Art, by Charlie Patton, Florida Times Union, 12/5/2010