Born- 1970-Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works in Salt Lake City, UT and Santa Fe, NM
Education
2008 MFA Claremont Graduate University
2004 Post Baccalaureate- Art Education, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
2003 BA Linguistics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Minor: Art Studio
1996 BS Applied Art and Design, Graphic Design Concentration,
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Phoneme House Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2008 Something is Said East Gallery, Claremont CA
2007 Voice Over Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest CA
2006 Language Documentation from the Hills and Valleys Exhibit/208, Albuquerque NM
2003 Bird Song Book Store, Albuquerque NM
2002 Letters Box Gallery, Santa Fe NM
Installations & Video
2011 Two Point Laugh Track- LGEYHO, Salt Lake Art Center, Site Specific Installation, Salt Lake City UT
2008 Projections on Lake, Pasadena CA
2007 Space Race (VAFB) Installation Gallery, Claremont CA
2007 The Sapphire City (MGM) Atrium, Claremont CA
Two Person Exhibitions
2002 Lexicon (with Charles Fresquez) Albuquerque Contemporary Art Center [AC]2, Albuquerque NM
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 Utah Ties Juried Art Exhibition- Central Utah Art Center, Ephraim UT Juried by Max Presneill
2011 To Dream... Recital Stage Set- The Mundi Project, Vieve Gore Concert Hall, Salt Lake City UT
2011 The Human Interference Project, Metamatic Research Initiative, Online Exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2011 Art Prize- sponsored by the Women’s City Club, Grand Rapids, MI. Curated by Michele Bosak
2011 New Mexorado Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM. Juried by Libby Lumpkin
2011 6th Inviting Exhibition, Gallery Iang- Namseoul University, Seoul, Korea
2010 For Roland Bunny Gunner Gallery, Pomona CA (catalog)
2010 Faculty Exhibit Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT
2009 Brad Metcalf Gallery, Salt Lake City UT
2009 Wild Horse Winery, Paso Robles CA
2009 Cache Valley Parade of Homes, Smithfield UT
2009 The 210 Show, Project_210 Pasadena CA
2009 Holladay Art Show, Holladay City Hall, Holladay UT
2009 Box, Paper, Scissors, Kayo Gallery Salt Lake City UT
2008 Brad Metcalf Gallery, Salt Lake City UT
2008 Faculty Exhibit Westminster College, Salt Lake City UT
2008 888 at 8 Spiro Arts, Park City UT
2008 LA Art Show Barker Hangar, Santa Monica CA- curated by Karl Benjamin (catalog)
2007 Exhibitionists East Gallery, Claremont CA
2006 T-Rex Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont CA
2006 Buzz Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont CA
2004 Graduating Student Exhibition Masley Gallery, Albuquerque NM
2002 Ten Artists Box Gallery, Santa Fe NM
2002 Art Gallery University of New Mexico Book Store, Albuquerque NM
2000 Artery/ A Synthesis of Word and Form Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque NM
1998 ASA Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM
1997 Gallery 825, Los Angeles CA
1997 La Jolla Gallery, La Jolla CA
1997 City of Brea Gallery, Brea CA
1997 Central Coast Surfboards, San Luis Obispo CA
Bibliography
New American Paintings Western Edition #96, Page 74, October/ November 2011
Becherer, Joseph “ArtPrize exhibition center review: Women’s City Club is well worth the short walk” The Grand Rapids Press, September 27, 2011
Kaczmarczyk, Jeffrey “Just 24 hours left for artists to sign up for ArtPrize 2011, the world’s largest art prize”, The GR Press, June 15, 2011
Sheehan, Gavin, "House Gallery" CityWeekly.net, February 16, 2011
Durham, Laura, "Gallery Spotlight: The House has Found a Home. Julie Dunker's gallery comes of age in a new downtown location" 15Bytes: artistof utah ezine, November 2010 p. 4
Rossiter, Shawn, “PasteUps: South Side Rising: More Artistic Development on Salt Lake’s South Side,” 15Bytes: artistofutah ezine, December 2009, p. 3
Staker, Brian, “The Livingroom Grand Opening,” Salt Lake City Weekly, December 3, 2009, p. 24
Litterboxmagazine.com, August 31, 2009, Cover
“Claremont Students Singled Out for LA Art Show” The Flame, Spring 2008, Vol. 8 number 3 p. 18
Shellings, Jessica. “’Voice Over’ Local artist’s paintings on display at Maturango Museum”, The Daily Independent, August 24, 2007, cover
Conceptions Southwest 2002, volume 25 p. 83
Garriott-Stejskal, Richard. “Lexicon: Shows the work of two new artists”, Albuquerque
Arts, August 2002, p. 16
Lee, Jeffrey. “The Writing on the Wall, Lexicon at [AC]2”, Alibi, July 25-31, 2002, p.16
Carver, Jon. “Julie Dunker: Letters”, The: Santa Fe’s Monthly Magazine of the Arts,
April 2002, p. 40
Cline, Lynn. “Discovering the secret lives of letters; Beyond form there is meaning”,
Santa Fe New Mexican “Pasatiempo” March 8-14, 2002, p. 23- 24.
Recognition
2007 General Fellowship: Claremont Graduate University, CA
2003 Best of Show: The Fine Art of Living Well; 3rd Annual National Juried Art Exhibition Eldorado KS. Juror: David Kohan
Juror
2006 Art is Elementary New Mexico State Fair, Albuquerque NM
2006 Primary Colors APS Montgomery Complex, Albuquerque NM
2003 Art in the Schools Masley Gallery, University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM
Work History
December 2009- Current Owner. House Gallery, Salt Lake City UT
September 2008- December 2010 Adjunct Instructor. Westminster College, Salt Lake City UT
Courses taught: Art 101- Beginning Drawing, Art 103- Beginning Painting
September 2007- May 2008 Graduate Teaching Assistant for David Amico.
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont CA
January 2007- May 2007- Graduate Teaching Assistant for Adam Davis. Beginning Ceramics, Scripps College,
Claremont CA
July 2005- August 2006- Elementary Itinerant Art Teacher. Fine Arts Department, Albuquerque Public Schools,
Albuquerque NM
June 2004- August 2005- Art Teacher/ Business Owner. Art For Kids, Albuquerque NM
January 2003- May 2005- Teacher. Serendipity Day School, Albuquerque NM
January 2004- May 2004- Student Teacher. Dolores Gonzales Elementary School, Albuquerque NM
August 2003- December 2003- Student Teacher. West Mesa High School, Albuquerque NM
January 2000- November 2001- Substitute Teacher. Rio Rancho Public Schools, Rio Rancho NM
