EDUCATION
2022 – 2023 MA in English Literature and Culture, University of Amsterdam, NL
2014-2016 Post-Graduate Studio & Fellowship, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL, 1 of 10 selected out of 772
2011-2012 Post-Masters Diploma Fellowship in Art, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, France.
2010-2011 Professional Artist’s Project Development Program, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden.
2009-2010 Fulbright Fellowship for Artistic Research in Performance Art, Live Art & Performance Studies MA,
Theater Academy of Helsinki, Finland.
2004-2008 Bachelor Degree of Humanities & Arts in Fine Arts & Creative Writing, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
PUBLIC ART EXHIBITIONS
2023 Flood Theater, Commissioned Outdoor Public Artwork, NNJCF Bergen Arts, Project of NJEPA and NJ Council for the Arts, Oradell, Aug 27-Nov 20
2021 Transversal Threads, Huygens Institute for Dutch History, Semi Permanent
2019 Transversal Scepters: Nature of Transit, Video Installation, Newark Penn Station, NJ, Oct 10 – Dec 31
Transversal Scepters: Union Market Feast, Research Performance, Union Market, Washington D.C., Oct 17
Transversal Scepters: Feast Forum, Research Performance, Zutphen Prison with TAAK, NL, April 17
2018 Transversal Scepters | Curtilage, Installation, The Yard, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Dec 2 – Feb 28
2017 BlindPaths, Installation, Marriot’s Way, Norwich, United Kingdom, October 1- 31
2009-10 We Share, Series of Performances at Deaconess Institute for the mentally ill elderly in collaboration with Dr.Artistic Research Kirsi Heimonen, Helsinki, Finland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS – SCREENINGS – PERFORMANCES
2022 Future of Justice, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Dec 12 2021 – Jan 30 2022
2019 Prison Talks, juliacks- Transversal Scepters, Screening, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem, NL, May 18
2018 The Blind Rooms, Exhibition, Lightwell gallery at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, Oct 8–Nov 2
Supercedents, Exhibition, Ornis A. Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, March 15-17
Codicil Screenings: Juliacks, Screening, W139, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Aug 9
Architecture of an Atom, Presentation, ArtBook at Museum of Modern Art PS1, New York, New York
2017 Innardz of an Uprise, Exhibition, Ornis A. Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2016 Architecture of an Atom, Screening, Museum of Modern Art PS1, New York, New York
2015 Meeting 4D / Architecture of an Atom, Silberkuppe, Berlin, Germany (w/ Catherine Biocca,) April 4 – 25
Juliacks -Architecture of an Atom, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland, 19 February – 15 March
Architecture d’un Atome de Juliacks, Musee d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France (publication) March 20 – 22
2013 Performance Av Juliacks, The SuperSurrealism, Moderna Museet, Malmö, Sweden, (publication,) January 20
Winnipeg Whistles Infinite, Performance exhibition in resonance with the Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art, Néon-Diffuseur D’art Contemporain, Lyon, FR
30 Years of Video Pool, Screening, Winnipeg Cinemateque, Winnipeg, Canada
2012 Swell, Atomic Centre, Winnipeg, Canada. (w/ K. Amshoff) November 9 -11
2011 Ptarmigan presents Invisible Forces Premier, Orion Cinema & Ptarmigan, Helsinki, FI, Tallin, ES, April 23
Cinemastallation, Blackbox at the Royal Art Academy, Stockholm, Sweden, April 1-30
2009 The Library of Imagined Memories, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 1-30
2006 The Tale of Old Lady Merrell, Tai+Lee Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 1-30
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2020-24 Mondriaan Fonds, Grant for Established Talent, the Netherlands
2022 Mondriaan Fonds & Fonds Kwadraat, Web Development Grant, the Netherlands
2022- Mondriaan Fonds, TAAK & Restorative Justice, Project Development Grant , the Netherlands
2021 Mondriaan Fonds, Corona Bridge Funds, the Netherlands
2020 Amarte Fonds, Project Subsidies, the Netherlands
2019-21 Amsterdam Funds for Art, Project Subsidies for Transversal Scepters, the Netherlands
2020-21 US Citizen Diplomacy Funds, Citizen Diplomacy Grant, Media Literacy & the Future of Justice, USA
2018 Best American Comics Anthology, Notable Comic Of The Year, New York, USA
2017 Mondriaan Fonds, Bijdrage Praktijkverdieping, Netherlands
37PK, Artist in Residency program, Haarlem, Netherlands (February 1 – April 30)
2017 Notable Comic of the Year, Best American Comics Anthology, New York, USA
2016 New Jersey State Council On the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship in Painting, New Jersey, USA
2014 LA BOX, Studio, Fellowship & Grant, École Nationale Superieure des Arts, France,
2012-2015 Néon, Partnership & Co-production of transmedia project, Lyon, FR
2012 Culture Project, Women Center Stage Headlining Grant Theatrical Production, New York, NY
2011 Film Centrum, Technology scholarship for film production, Stockholm, SE
2010 Lois Roth Award, Grant for Artistic Fulbright Project, Helsinki, FI
2008 Small Press Expo, Ignatz Award Nomination “Most Outstanding Mini-Comic,” Baltimore MD
FESTIVALS
2021 Glower, directed & wrote theatrical play, Other Futures Festival, Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, NL
Envisioning Other Futures, Live Stream Reading, VondelICS, Other Futures Festival, Amsterdam, NL
2020 The Future of Justitia, directed & wrote theatrical play, Jardin Rouge Festival, Rode Bioscoop, Amsterdam, NL
2018 Director’s Weekend, theatrical performance, Women Center Stage Theater Festival, New York City, NY
2017 Juliacks-Architecture of an Atom, screening & presentation, Toronto Comics Arts Festival, Toronto, CAN
Alt Comics 10, reading, Toronto Comics Arts Festival, Toronto, CAN
////Antecedents, film installation exhibition, Haarlemselente, De Waag, Haarlem, NL
2015 The Whole Shabang-Architecture of an Atom, film screening, Crack Comics Festival, Rome, IT
2014 Swell, co-created full theatrical production, Comic Book Theater Festival, Brick Theater, Brooklyn, NY
Emergence (collaboration,) exhibition, Tribeca Film Institute’s interactive iPlayground, New York, NY
Emergence (collaboration,) exhibition, TFI & Cineglobe Film Festival at CERN, Geneva, CH
2013 Gotland & the Infinite Whistle, Official Selection, Cine-Rebis Film Festival, Porto, Portugal, London, UK
Line Describing your Mom, screening, Antimatter Media Arts, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria, CAN
Gotland and the Infinite Whistle, screening, Official Selection, LISFE Film Festival, Leiden, The Netherlands
2012 Swell, Co-Created Headlining Theatrical Production of Culture Project’s Women Center Stage, NY, NY
Juliacks, Screening, Feira Leica International Comics Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
Juliacks, Screening & Performance, Kiasma Museum, Helsinki Comics Festival, Helsinki, FI
Invisible Forces, Screening, Art goes Kapakka Festival, Helsinki, Finland
Gotland and the Infinite Whistle, Screening, Zinebi Film Festival, Bilbao, Spain
Gotland and the Infinite Whistle, Screening, Kulturhuset, International Comics Festival, Stockholm, SE
2011 Invisible Forces, Screening, Crack Fumetti Dirompenti Festival, Rome, Italy
Directors Weekend, co-created Performance, Culture Project Women Center Stage Festival, New York, NY
2010 Moving Through, performance, Performance Studies International Conference, Toronto, Canada
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Amarte Wonderland, De Krakeling, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2020 2020, Rozenstraat Art Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016 Potlatch, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. (curated by Ian Kiaer) (catalogue)
Our Comics Ourselves, Interference Archive, Brooklyn, New York
Maahantulotarinoiden piirtäjät (Entry Stories), Å-Fest, Porvoo, Finland
Winterschool of Discontent, West Gallery, Den Hague, Netherlands
2015 Lumpen Release, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, Illinois
Fourmillements, la Mairie du 7eme arrondissement, Lyon, France
2014 Bruce ate my HW, Essex Flowers, New York, New York
That’s my resume, Catalyst Gallery, Beacon, New York
Winnipeg Video Pool Presents An Evening of Wanderings, Screening, Ace Art, Winnipeg, Canada
2012 CDD, 360 mètres 3 Centre d’art, Lyon, France.
Boom Zero: JULIACKS, Néon Diffuseur d’Art Contemporaine, Lyon, France.
Do Anything, Space 4 Art, San Diego, California (curated by C. Kardembikis)
Amager Whistle, Alt_CPH, Fabrik of Art and Design, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 Invisible Sunglasses, Synchronicity Space, Los Angeles, California
Komixblender, The Wild Project, New York, New York
Video Rover II, NurtureArt, Brooklyn, New York
Konst By The Book, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
JULIACKS/VANJALINDBERG/MARIKATRIOLI, Mejan Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2010 Int. Mind, Imaginary Playground, MUU Galleria, Helsinki, Finland
Shapeshifting Station, Printmaking In Festival, City Art Museum, Pärnu, Estonia
Pori Live Art Generator, Generaattorigalleria, Pori, Finland
Goat Helper, Show Cave, Los Angeles, California
2009 Spectacles of Insanity, Porin Juhlaviikot, Gallery 3H+K, Pori, Finland
Moving Through, Nights of Live Art, Theatre Academy, Helsinki, Finland
Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite, Syncronicity Space, Los Angeles, California
Future Ink, BQE Eye Level Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2008 Release, SPACE Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Removing Protection, American Shorts Season Finale, New Hazlett Theater, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sylvania, 709 Penn Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Curator)
May Day, Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2007 Printed Matter 2, Giant Robot New York, New York City, New York
2006 Many Happy Returns, High Energy Constructs Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Unicorn Mountain, Three Rivers Arts Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2005 Live Video Art Karaoke, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
PRESS (Reviews/Articles/Catalogues/Interviews)
2023 – “Impact van Kunst,” Interview with Amsterdam Law Hub Podcast. https://spoti.fi/3Zh3Wyv
2019 -”Hoe ziet de gevangenis er in de toekomst uit? Zutphense gedetineerden bepalen dat zelf,” Seubring, Jelle.
29 April, 2019. Lokaal Gelderland Http://www.shorturl.at/imsHYb (dutch)
-“De-bordering comics culture: Multilingual publishing in the Finnish field of comics,” Kaurenen, Ralf. Book: The Aesthetics and Politics of Linguistic Borders. Multilingualism in Northern European Literatures. Edited by Heidi Grönstrand, Markus Huss & Ralf Kauranen. Published by Routledge.
2018 -”Hunting Eggs,” Martin, Charles. 17 Oct 2018. The Oklahoma Gazette. Print & Web. https://bit.ly/2RkZYly
-”Where I’m Coming From,” English, Austin. 30 Jan 2018. The Comics Journal. Web. https://bit.ly/2EayPOZ
-”The Pool is Now Our Prison” Lanari, Austin. 14 May 2018. Blog: Your Chicken Enemy. Web.
2017 -“Dostojewkischer Kosmos ‘Architecture of an Atom’” 10 Nov 2017. Art-Magazin. Web.
-“Juliacks” Aug 21, 2017, Interview with Process Party Podcast. Online: http://bit.ly/2jvaibo
-“Tapijten over een duistere geschiedenis” 17 March 2017. Het Parool. Newspaper. In Print.
2016 -“On The Scene: Our Comics, Ourselves Illuminates The History of Comics Diversity.” The Comics Beat 29 Jan
-“Eindexamen Expositie; de Ateliers – Potlatch” Hendrix, Niek. 18 May 2016. Lost Painters. Web.
2015 -“In allen vier Dimensionen unterwegs – Medienkunst aus Amsterdam” TAZ Newspaper, March 16, 2015, Page 39. Online and in Print http://bit.ly/1dGPKaQ
2014 -“7 Outstanding Comics and Cartoon Books of 2014.” PrintMag. N.p., 23 Dec. 2014. Web.
-“ THE NEW YORK COMICS AND PICTURE-STORY SYMPOSIUM: JULIACKS” The Rumpus, September 2nd, 2014. Online. New York, NY. http://bit.ly/2cyInHd
-“Film-makers challenged to make science compelling” BBC news. Collaborative installation featured. Apr 11, 2014. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26938150
2012 -“Reviews Swell/Invisible Forces.” The Comics Journal. Nov 28, 2012. http://bit.ly/2cJ1n3F
-“Moving Into a Black-and-White World Where Graphic Texture Trumps Dialogue.” The New York Times 22 Mar. 2012: C6. Print. Web. http://nyti.ms/2dpXm6M
-“From Page to Stage: The Making of Swell.” The Huffington Post, 13 Mar. 2012.
-“Graphic Novel Evolves into Stage Journey of Grief,” Winnipeg Free Press. Nov 9 2012.
-“Drawing the Soul, an interview with Juliacks,” UTNE Reader. September/October 2012
-“Interview Week: JULIACKS,” IMPOSE Magazine. June 12 2012. Online Magazine.
-Interview on CKUW’s 95.9 show, “Eats your Arts and Vegetables,” Nov 22nd, 2012. Winnipeg, CAN.
2009 -“Immersion: The Comics of Juliacks” 13 April 2009. http://highlowcomics.blogspot.com
2006 -“Going Down To Chinatown.” Entertainment Today 38 Nov. 2006: 6.