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Artist: Julia Turner, Double Wing Pendant,
Double Wing Pendant
Artist: Julia Turner, "Blue Recess" Pendant,
"Blue Recess" Pendant
Exhibition: WOOD
Artist: Julia Turner, Scope Brooch #1 (detail),
Scope Brooch #1 (detail)
Artist: Julia Turner, Ebony Brooch,
Ebony Brooch
Exhibition: Sayumi Yokouchi / Julia Turner
Artist: Julia Turner, Wood and gold ring,
Wood and gold ring
Artist: Julia Turner, Wood and gold pendant,
Wood and gold pendant
Artist: Julia Turner, Enamel Earrings,
Enamel Earrings
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Julia Turner

Julia Turner

VELVET DA VINCI SHOWS

100 Brooches -- Brooches by U.S. and international artists based on the book, 500 Brooches

200 RINGS -- Rings from 200 International Artists

CHESS -- Contemporary Chessmen by International Makers

COLLECT -- The New Art Fair in London for Contemporary Objects

Fifty Years in the Making -- The Bay Area Metal Arts Guild 1951-2001

New West Coast Design: Jewelry + Metalwork

Rock, Paper, Scissors -- 10th Anniversary Exhibition

Sayumi Yokouchi / Julia Turner -- New Jewelry

Summer Exhibtion -- Group Show Inspired by Summer

Sweden + USA -- Touring group show from Sweden and the US

The De Patta Project -- New jewelry made with old stones acquired from the estate of Margaret De Patta (1903-1964)

The Earring Show

THE ENAMEL SHOW -- Celebrating 500 Enameled Objects by Lark Books

THE NECKLACE SHOW

Tiaras Will Be Worn -- Contemporary Tiaras by International Artists

WOOD -- Jewelry by Twenty-Six International Artists

COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE

USA

EDUCATION

Miami University, Master of Fine Arts, Oxford, Ohio, 1995

University of Wisconsin, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Madison, Wisconsin, 1993

Instituto Lorenzo de'Medici, Florence, Italy, 1990-91

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

The De Patta Project, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA, 2012

Zwischen Den Jahren (Between the Years), Galerie Pilartz, Cologne, Germany, 2009

Stimulus, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA, 2009

The Enamel Show, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA, 2009

Crossing/Querverbindung. Atelier Martina Dempf in der Remise, Berlin, Germany, 2008

Solo Exhibition. Artist in Residence, Jakob Bengel Stiftung/University of Applied Arts Trier, Idar-Oberstein, Germany, 2008

Metal Has Memory. Alloy Gallery, Newport, Rhode Island, 2008

West Meets West. Blue Coat, Liverpool, England, 2008

Out of the Shell. Jewelry of and about pearls, Loupe Gallery, Montclair, New Jersey, 2008

New West Coast Design. Velvet Da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, 2008

From Minimal To Bling: Contemporary Studio Jewelry. Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA, 2007

Metal Works North. Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah, CA, 2007

The Earring Show. Curated from the book 500 Earrings from Lark Books. Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2007

Hand Jive. Exhibition of rings at Taboo Studio, San Diego, California, 2007

Sayumi Yokouchi and Julia Turner: New Jewelry. Velvet Da Vinci gallery, San Francisco, 2006

8th International Juried Enamel Exhibition. Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, 2006

Contemporary Enamels. Taboo Studio, San Diego, California, 2005

California Art Metal Now. Blue Room Gallery, San Francisco, California, 2005

Cocktails at 5, Gowns at 8. Sculpture to Wear, Los Angeles, 2005

Beachstone Dispersal. Shaw jewelry, Northeast Harbor, Maine, 2005

Invitational jewelry exhibition. Art Forms Gallery, Red Bank, New Jersey, 2005

Educators/Educated: Jewelry and Metalsmithing in Ohio. Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio. Curated by Gail Brown, 2004

Metal Arts Guild 2004 Exhibition. Collectors Gallery, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, 2004

Taboo Studio, San Diego, California. Spring Exhibition, 2004

100 Brooches, Group Exhibition, Velvet da Vinci, 2005, traveling through 2006

200 Rings, Group Exhibition, Velvet da Vinci, 2004, traveling through 2005

Collect, Velvet da Vinci at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2004

Schmuck 2004. Internationale Handwerksmesse Muenchen. Munich, Germany, 2004

Collect. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Represented by Velvet da Vinci Gallery, 2004

Hammered and Forged: Twenty-five Years of Miami Metalsmiths. Miami Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio, 2003

Current Directions: Studio Art Jewelry. Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, 2003

Beyond the Mines: The Art of Gold. Traveling exhibition curated by Michael Monroe, 2003

The Art of California Gold. Crocker Museum, Sacramento, California, 2003

Valuables: Jewelry in the New Millennium. Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, California, 2003

CHESS. Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, California. International traveling exhibition, The Vennel Gallery, Irvine, Scotland, The Gallery, Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire, Wales, 2003, The Crafts Council Shop, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, The John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Thomas Mann I/O Gallery, 2003-2004

Material Explorations: Wearable Objects of Non-Traditional Materials. Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, New York, 2002

Fifty Years in the Making: The Bay Area Metal Arts Guild 1951-2001. Velvet Da Vinci, 2002

New Jewelry by Julia Turner, Solo exhibition. Miami University, Robert E. and Martha Hull Lee Gallery, Oxford, Ohio, 2001

Transformation: Contemporary Works in Small Metals and Jewelry, the Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder's Prize Exhibition. Society For Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA, 2001

Full Circle. Collectors Gallery, Oakland Museum, Oakland, California. Juror's award, 2001

101 Rings. Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, 2001

Julia Turner: New Work, Solo Exhibition, Velvet da Vinci, 2000

Sweden + USA, Group Exhibition, Galleri Metallum,Stockholm, Sweden, 2000

Schmuckwerkstaat, Chain Reaction, Group Exhibition, Arau, Switzerland, 2000

Structure and Ornament, Invitational Exhibition, Taboo Studio, San Diego, CA, 2000

Velvet da Vinci, Sweden + USA, Group Exhibition, 1999

TEACHING

Faculty, Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts, San Francisco, California, 1999 to 2007

Lecturer and Jewelry and Metalsmithing Area Head, San Francisco State University, 1997-2003

Lecturer, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California, 1995-97.

LECTURES & WORKSHOPS

Revere Academy Masters Symposium, "Cold Connections: Taking it Up a Notch" and "Skimming the Surface", 2004

Beginning Jewelry. One-week workshop, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, California, 2004

"Fabrication Fundamentals." One-week course, Craftsummer, Miami University, Oxford,

Ohio, 2002

Visiting Artist Lecture, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 2001

"Fabrication Fundamentals." One-week workshop at the Mendocino Art Center in Mendocino, California, 2000

Panel Member, national meeting of the Art Jewelry Forum, 2000

"Cold Connections and Surface Techniques." Two-day workshop at Half Moon Bay High School, Half Moon Bay, California, 1998

"Jewelry in the Art Classroom." Workshop at the annual conference of the National Art Education Association, San Francisco, California, 1997

"Surface Techniques for Jewelry." Two-day workshop at the Mendocino Art Center in Mendocino, California, 1997

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

The Art of Jewelry: Wood. Lark Books

Review, "Sayumi Yokouchi and Julia Turner; New Work". By Jennifer Cross Gans.

Metalsmith Magazine, Spring 2007

500 Earrings. Lark Books

New Directions In Jewellery II. Beccy Clarke, Indigo Clarke, Black Dog Publishing

500 Necklaces. Lark Books, 2006

500 Bracelets. Lark Books, 2005

500 Brooches. Lark Books, 2005

1000 Rings. Lark books. Arch Gregory, 2004, Minimal Rings.

Observations: The Work of Julia Turner. Metalsmith vol.21, no.1, spring 2001: 42-43, 2001

Review of 1000 Souvenirs, (exhibition by Sandra Enterline), Metalsmith, vol. 20 Spring 2000

Introduction. Sweden + USA (exhibition catalogue). Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco, California 1999

"Teaching in Europe: Munich, Prague, Pforzheim, Padova", Guildletter (Publication of the Metal Arts Guild), December 1998-March 1999 (four-part article)

Review, Fundamentals of Metalsmithing, by Tim McCreight, Guildletter, August 1998

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Conference core committee member, SNAG 2003 San Francisco

President, Metal Arts Guild, San Francisco

Member, Society of North American Goldsmiths





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