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Joanne Julian
Joanne Julian
Born	Joanne Julian; May 20, 1941; Los Angeles,California, U.S.A
Nationality	American
Education	California State University, Northridge, Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design
Known for	Artist and College Professor at California State University, Northridge, College of the Canyons
Style	Life drawing, painting, and mono-printing
Website	www.joannejulian.com

Early life

Joanne Julian was born in Los Angeles, California. She grew up in Sherman Oaks alongside her sister and parents after her Armenian grandparents immigrated to the United States around 1917 to escape the Armenian Massacres. Her mother grew up in a Catholic orphanage after her father's death, and her mother worked long hours, where she later transferred the discipline she learned in the orphanage to her children. Growing up, her mother made sure that Joanne Julian and her sister would have cultural enrichment by taking them to ballet, piano, and art lessons. She gained her love for gardens from her father, who she would help and spend time with him in his garden growing up. At age six, Julian had in mind to become an artist after her mother would take her to the "Miss Jean's" art workshop on Saturdays. She had eye surgery at a young age due to being born with Strabismus in her right eye. After the surgery was performed to look "normal," she could not see correctly from it, leaving her blind in her right eye. Later in life, Joanne Julian went through a tough time when diagnosed with breast cancer, like her mother. She was not only worried about herself but, at the time, her tenth-year-old daughter Suzi Topalian, who she raised alone. Her artwork shifted from colorful and bright to dark and colorless portraits. Her colleagues would support her through chemo, radiation, and surgery by making meals for her and her daughter to eat. They decided to make a cookbook that had all the recipes for every dinner given to them to raise money for a scholarship for a disabled student at the university. After being a survivor of breast cancer, she got run over by a car, breaking both her legs and not being able to walk for a year.

Education

Joanne Julian attended San Fernando Valley College, now known as California State University, Northridge, majoring in Printmaking and Sculpting with a minor in Literature and Spanish to have more of an opportunity to secure a job such as teaching as a backup. After achieving a Graduates Degree and a Master of Arts degree at CSUN, Joanne taught for five years and saved her money to get an MFA in painting at Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design. When applying for a teaching position, her strategy was to apply to all colleges available with a syllabus, cover letter, and art piece, receiving five job openings. Joanne was a respected professor, dean, and gallery director at the College of Canyon.

Artistic Career/Work

Joanne likes structure and order when she achieves her works, such as a bouquet or rows and unlikely objects combined/paired. She creates drawings and paints, where she shares that because of her interest in gardening, she would develop pieces where nature would be involved, such as plants, animals, and organic material, even from the sky/outer space. She studied and traveled in Asia, has four Japanese godchildren, and is a Japanese woodblock prints collector, which is when she started to spend time drawing her Zen circles. Often there is a boundary between science and spirituality, with facts and beliefs viewed as opposites. Joanne Julian learned and found a way to work with both to create art. Her latest exhibition involves the study of science, all plants, creatures, and materials. Where she uses a technique named haboku, "flung ink," a brush gesture used by Buddhist monks when creating Zen circles, a symbol of enlightenment. This method involves channeling one's spiritual energy with every stroke and not focusing on making something perfect. While Buddhist use ink during this process, and Julian is not one, she uses Acrylic and Prismacolor pencils.

Gallery

Paintings by Joanne Julian

Exhibitions


GROUP EXHIBITIONS from 2000's	SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITION from 2000's
2019 Holiday Group Show, Tufenkian Fine Arts, Glendale, CA Rec-ol-lec-tion, VITA Art Center, Ventura, CA Unlikely Conversations: Selections from the University Art Collection, California State University, Northridge, CA Forest Bathing, The Loft at Liz's, Los Angeles, CA The Imaginary: art commingling realism and imagination, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA 2018 Visions of Elysium, Inland Empire Museum of Art, Upland, CA 2017 Soluble Power, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA 2015 The Drawing Show, The Loft at Liz's, Los Angeles, CA LIFE100, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA 2006 Drawn to Scale, Spokane Falls College, WA 2004 Faculty Exhibition, College of the Canyons, Valencia, CA 2001 Intersections (New Large Scale Scrolls) California State University, Northridge, CA 2000 Group Exhibition, College of the Canyons, Valencia, CA	2019 Joanne Julian: New Work, VITA Art Center, Ventura, CA Monumentalis: Works on Paper, Garo Z. Antreasian and Joanne Julian, Tufenkian Fine Arts, Glendale, CA 2017 Joanne Julian: Defying Darkness, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA 2015 Garden Portraits, Valley Performing Arts Center, CSUN, Northridge, CA 2008 Joanne Julian: Counterpoints, California State University Northridge, CA

Contact Information

Phone #: 818-763-2029

Gmail: joanne@joannejulian.com

Instagram: @joannejulianstudio

Facebook: @ Joanne Julian

References

“Art & Life with Joanne Julian - Voyage LA Magazine: La City Guide.” Voyage LA Magazine | LA City Guide, 24 Oct. 2019, http://voyagela.com/interview/art-life-joanne-julian/.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0Tag-8QT3E&t=362s
Joanne Julian Studio, http://www.joannejulian.com/.
“On Exhibit: Defying Darkness at the Carnegie Art Museum - VC Reporter: Times Media Group.” VC Reporter | Times Media Group, 5 Apr. 2017, https://vcreporter.com/2017/04/on-exhibit-defying-darkness-at-the-carnegie-art-museum/.
Rubin, David S. “Joanne Julian at Vita Art Center.” Art and Cake, 21 Sept. 2019, https://artandcakela.com/2019/09/21/joanne-julian-at-vita-art-center/#jp-carousel-41078.
Schifman, Karen, et al. “In the Studio: With Joanne Julian.” Artful Amphora, 28 Feb. 2017, https://artfulamphora.com/2017/02/studio-joanne-julian/.
Visual Art Source, https://www.visualartsource.com/index.php?page=editorial&pcID=36&aID=3916.