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Julia Shepley is included in two Boston Sculptors Gallery 30th Anniversary exhibits:
- Boston Sculptors Gallery, July 13 - August 14, 2022
Receptions: Saturday July 16,2-5pm & Friday, Aug 5, 5-8:30pm -
Highfield Hall and Gardens, July 12 - August 21, 2022
Reception: Monday, Aug 1, 4-6 pm
56 Highfield Dr., Falmouth, MA, (508) 495-1878
Her recent solo exhibition Carry was reviewed in Sculpture Magazine and a record of the Drawn
to Touch exhibit at Catamount Arts, Saint Johnsbury VT is recorded here:
Material Drawing - Drawn to Touch discussion with curator Katherine French
Link to video of show here: Julia Shepley, "Carry"
Recent Exhibitions
- Piano Craft Gallery, Material Drawing Redux with Audrey Goldstein, Julia Shepley & Michelle Samour, in conjunction with Debra Weisberg, Holding the Center Still, March 4 - March 27, 2022
- Webinar: Drawing to Touch: Expanded Drawing Practices, Tuesday March 15, 6:30-7:30 PM
- Review: B. Amore, Debra Weisberg & "Material Drawing Redux", Sculpture Magazine, March 22, 2022
- The Gold Standard of Textile and Fiber Art, February 5-23, 2020
Westbeth Gallery, 55 Bethune Street, New York, NY
Curated by Lauren Whitley, senior curator, Department of Textile and Fashion Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA - RING, Jan 29- Sunday, Feb 23, 2020
Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston MA - Julia Shepley: Strata, May 8 - June 9, 2019
Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA
An exhibition of new work that highlights her trademark process: the stratification of material, imagery and mark-making to give the illusion of depth and transience. - The Boston Printmakers 2019 North American Print Biennial, Aug 26 - Sep 29, 2019
Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA - Opposites Attract, Jan 30 - Feb 24, 2019
Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA - Julia Shepley: Linger & Shift with poetry by Audrey Henderson, Sep 4 - Oct 1, 2018
Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston MA
Recent Articles & Reviews
- Julia Shepley, The residency as catalyst, The Boston Printmakers, June 23, 2020
- Elizabeth Michelman, Poems, Plaster & Paper: More Than Words at Simmons, Artscope Magazine, 2018
- Doug Holder, Poets/ Artists Ponder 'Breath and Matter', Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene, 2018
- Focus on Julia Shepley, Boston Sculptors Gallery
- Keith Powers, Julia Shepley presents thought-provoking series of small works at Montserrat, Beverly Citizen / Wicked Local
- Cate McQuaid, Sculptures with dynamism, The Boston Globe
- Alicia Faxon, New Sculpture: Defying Gravity, Art New England
- Jane Ingram Allen, Julia Shepley: Boston Sculptors, Sculpture Magazine
- Cate McQuaid, Drawn to go beyond pen and paper, The Boston Globe