Julie Püttgen

Department of Art and Art History ¥ Sewanee: The University of the South ¥ SPO, 735 University Avenue ¥ Sewanee, TN 37383

jputtgen@sewanee.edu ¥ Office: (931) 598 1256 ¥ Cell: (404) 583 1804 ¥ www.turtlenosedsnake.com ¥ www.unlessanduntil.info

Education

Georgia State University

M.F.A. in Drawing, Painting and Printmaking, 2003. Primary focus on painting and installation work.

Yale University

B.A., Studio Art, 1994. Concentration in Photography.

Solo Shows and Collaborative Works

2009

× Solo Show. Material, Memphis, TN.

× Cloudmapping: Paintings by Julie Püttgen, in conjunction with Unless & Until, a Collaborative Project by JS van Buskirk, James R. Carlson, Matt Gilbert, and Julie Püttgen. University Gallery, Sewanee: The University of the South, Sewanee, TN.

2007

× Internet Mandala Project and Animal Voids. McIlheny Gallery, Okaloosa-Walton College, Niceville, FL.

2006

× Volcano Series. Ruby Green Contemporary Art, Nashville, TN.

2005

× Intuitive Landscape: Recent Paintings. City Issue, Atlanta, GA.

2003

× An Infinite Variety of Similar Things. Artist book collaboration with poet JS van Buskirk.

× Becoming the City That Planted Trees. Youth Art Connection Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

× Internet Mandala Project. GSU Gallery II, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.

2002

× Coming Soon. With Stuff and Nonsense: Vinyl lettering on downtown Atlanta shopfronts.

× 100 Names Project (Phase II). Gallery II, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.

2001

× Pilgrim Pictures/Yale-China Centennial Celebration. Yale-China Association, New Haven, CT.

× 100 Names Project (Phase I). 60 Site-specific shrines installed around downtown Atlanta.

2000

× The Vashita Project. Group processional street performances around Vashita the Sacred Cow.

1994

× Alumni Artists Series: Shikoku 88. The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, GA.

× Shikoku 88: Photographs of a Japanese Pilgrimage. Maya's Room, New Haven, CT.

Selected Group Shows

2009

× All Small Redux. Dalton Galleries, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA.

2008

× Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep. University Gallery, Sewanee: The University of the South, Sewanee, TN.

× Southern Gothic Now. Curated by Clayton Colvin. Space 301, Mobile, AL.

× Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep. Paper Museum, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.

× Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep. Stephen F. Austin State University Galleries, Nacogdoches, TX.

2007

× Cine Capellini 2007, Cine Capellini screenings, New York, NY.

× Dead Flowers Screening, Eyedrum Art and Music Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

× NurtureArt New 07, CUE Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY.

× Emerging Artists Show. Spruill Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA.

× Ladylike? Women Artists Working in the South. Madison-Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA.

2006

× pink days, azure nights. Dalton Galleries, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA.

× Beyond Words. University Art Gallery, Sewanee: The University of the South. Sewanee, TN.

2005

× Finding Vanished Atlanta. With Shelter at Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA.

2004

× Finding Indra’s Net. with Visions and Encounters, Yale School of Art Gallery, New Haven, CT.

× Works on Paper. Temple Gallery, Decatur, GA.

× Tender Landscape. Curated by Lisa Alembik. Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA.

2003

× Atlanta Biennial. Curated by Franklin Sirmans. The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center.

2002

× Group Photography Show. Youngblood Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

× Collusion. Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA.

× All Small. Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA.

× Fresh. NoNo. Atlanta, GA.

× Not for Sale. TUBE ArtSpot, Atlanta, GA.

× Software: The Vagina Show. TUBE ArtSpot, Atlanta, GA.

2001

× What’s so Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding? TUBE ArtSpot, Atlanta, GA.

× Random Channels. Eyedrum Art and Music Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

× Our Visions/Our Voices: Current Works by Atlanta Women Artists. Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

× Georgia Works on Paper. Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA.

× Feminine Images of God. Individual Visual Artists’ Coalition (IVAC)/Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA.

Selected Writings

2006

× Interview with Cindy Loehr, Ratsalad DeLuxe, February.

2005

× Review of Atlanta Biennial, Ratsalad DeLuxe, June.

× “Our Night in the Panty Hideaway Unit,” with Kristin Gorell. Ratsalad DeLuxe, February.

2004

× “Kalimera Blue,” Ratsalad DeLuxe, September.

× “On Vampires and the Pleasure of Painting,” with Paul Galloway. Ratsalad DeLuxe, April.

× “Shared Magic: The Lights Out Show,” Eyedrum in Print #4, January.

2002

×        “Coming Soon: Space Reclaimed,” Atlanta Indymedia (www.indymedia.atlanta.org), May 21.

Selected Publications about My Work

×        Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep exhibition catalogue.  Sewanee: The University of the South

× Finding Vanished Atlanta included in Re/Constructing Atlanta: A Contemporary Continuum. Cathy Byrd, ed.

Atlanta, Ernest G. Welch School of Art And Design Gallery, Georgia State University, 2008. pp. 46-47.

× Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep reviewed in Atlanta Creative Loafing, 9/10/08

× Outside the Lines: Paper, Scissors Meet Like Never Before. Review of Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep by Jerry Cullum, Atlanta Journal Constitution, 10/2/08

× All Small Redux reviewed in Atlanta Creative Loafing, 2/24/09

×        Diana McClintock, “Emerging Artists 2007,” Art Papers, September-October 2007, p.58-59.

×        Jennifer Brett, “View Spruill Works for Bold Statements,” Atlanta Journal Constitution, 05/25/07

×        Beyond Words exhibition catalogue, Sewanee: The University of the South

×        “Burp,” published in online journal Drain, Spring 2006 issue (www.drainmag.org).

×        David Maddox, “Igneous Art,” Nashville Scene, 6/1/06

×        Jerry Cullum, “Warped Patterns Tickle the Senses,” AJC Access Atlanta, 05/26/05.

×        Richard Gess, Review of 2003 Atlanta Biennial, Artpapers, July/August, p.34.

× Catalogue of 2003 Atlanta Biennial, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center.

×        Lila King, “Reciprocal Art,” 2 community radio broadcast reviews of Becoming the City that Planted Trees on WRFG Atlanta. Radio Rock Stars (www.radiorockstars.com), April and June.

×        Published From the Heart, “Becoming the City that Nourished Innovative Art,” guerilla insert, Creative Loafing, 4/16/03.

×        Felicia Feaster, “Good Things Come in Small Packages,” Creative Loafing, 7/3/02.

×        Felicia Feaster, “Fresh Pork: Socially Conscious Pranksters Liven Up the Scene,” Creative Loafing, 5/29/02.

×        Denny Lee, “New York Online: How to Be a Boulevardier,” New York Times, 9/29/01.

× Groundwords. Published in Flaneur, NY online literary magazine, www.flaneur.org.

×        Kathy Janich, “Women’s Fest Pairs Arts, Activism,” in Atlanta Journal Constitution, 2/6/01.

×        Kourtney Eidam, “Girls Kick Ass in the Arts,” Creative Loafing, 2/3/01.

Curatorial and Community Art Work

2008-2009

× Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep [See above for tour sites]. Cut-paper work by artists from Switzerland and North America on the theme of human interaction with natural and man-made environments. Touring exhibition with sponsorship from Pro Helvetia Swiss Cultural Affairs, the Tennessee Arts Council, Kuehne + Nagel Transport, Sewanee: The University of the South, and the Swiss Consulate General in Atlanta.

2004-2007

× Editor, designer and publisher of Ratsalad DeLuxe, a quasi-quarterly online arts journal.

2007

× Moonshine Maggie’s Mural. Moonshine Maggie’s, Monteagle, TN. Collaborative mural with Intermediate Painting class.

2003

× As Seen By Teens. Youth Art Connection Gallery, Atlanta, GA and Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA.

2002

× Four Seasons Mural. GSU Child Development Center, Atlanta, GA. Collaborative mural with 2D design students.

× Not For Sale. TUBE ArtSpot, Atlanta, GA. Exhibition of local and national artists and organizations whose work in some way defies or subverts the model of art as a commodity.

× Stuff & Nonsense. Core member of Atlanta artists’ collective, dedicated to humor in highlighting the excesses of consumer culture and suggesting possible alternatives.

2001

× Seen and Heard: The Atlanta Women's Arts Festival. Co-Curator, Our Visions / Our Voices: Current Works by Atlanta Women Artists. Solicited submissions, secured exhibition space at Barbara Archer Gallery, wrote grant applications, juried show, publicized events, and organized an all-night quilting bee for the opening night.

Work Experience

2006 to present

× Sewanee: The University of the South. Sewanee, TN

Assistant Professor of Art, Department of Art & Art History. Teach drawing and painting classes, and interdisciplinary Junior and Senior Seminars to Art majors in all fields. Co-curator of visiting exhibitions in Nabit Gallery.

2005-2006

× Savannah College of Art and Design-Atlanta. Atlanta, GA

Professor of Foundations and Painting. Taught drawing, design, and color theory classes for students in undergraduate programs. Advised students in graduate painting program.

2005

× Boys’ and Girls’ Club Youth Art Connection Gallery. Atlanta, GA

Tech CREATIVE Visiting Artist. Consulting artist in new media and digital imaging course.

2003-2005

× The Marist School. Atlanta, GA

Visual Arts Instructor. Taught drawing, design, painting, darkroom and digital photography; AP Studio Art; and digital design classes. Co-moderator of nationally recognized Rapier magazine.

2003

× Georgia State University School of Art and Design. Atlanta, GA

Adjunct Instructor. Invited by faculty to teach a special-topics book arts class, emphasizing binding styles and sequential content in the design of artists’ books.

2002

× Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA

As Seen by Teens Photography Instructor. Taught and designed youth digital photography course. Artist Mentor, Family History Art Book Project. Paired with at-risk 9-year olds to create handmade family history books.

× City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs. Atlanta, GA

Written Project Coordinator, ArtsReach Program. Worked with high school students on oral history of Atlanta’s inner-city Pittsburgh neighborhood.

2001-2003

× Georgia State University School of Art and Design. Atlanta, GA

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Fall 2001-Spring 2003 Taught and designed Drawing and 2D design classes.

Graduate Research Assistant, Fall 2000 – Spring 2001. Worked with Gallery Director to install and organize exhibits. Edited catalogue for Larry Walker: Four Decades retrospective.

2001

× City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs. Atlanta, GA

Artist Mentor, ArtsCool Program. Designed and taught mixed-media studio course for teen apprentices.

2000-2001

× Chastain Art Center. Atlanta, GA

Painting Instructor. Designed and taught classes for adult students.

1996-1999

× English Forest Sangha

Anagarikaa (Eight-Precept Novice Nun). Lived and trained in monastic communities in England in the Thai Buddhist forest tradition.

1996

× City Art Centre. Dublin, Ireland

Administrative Assistant, Education Department. Assisted with programming for inner-city community arts center, including ACT II integrated disability arts project.

1994-1996

× Yale-China Association, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Yale-China Association Teaching Fellow. Two-year teaching and cultural exchange fellowship in Hong Kong. Designed and taught literature and writing seminars. Co-taught American Culture and Society lecture class. Extensive travel in Asian countries.

1991-1994

× Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT

Research Intern, Department of Prints, Drawings and Photographs. Catalogued recent acquisitions and researched attributions for works in the Department’s collections.

Grants, Residencies, and Fellowships

2009

× University of the South Faculty research Grant. Support for exhibition preparation, artist’s residency, and travel to Ladakh, India to study Himalayan Buddhist art.

× Hambidge Center. Artist’s residency.

2008

× Vermont Studio Center. Artist’s residency in Painting.

× University of the South Faculty research Grant. Workshop, residency, and materials support for current projects in painting and book arts.

× University of the South Center for Teaching Grant. Attended one-week Teaching Encaustic workshop at R&F Paints in Kingston, NY

2007

× University of the South Faculty research Grant. Researched historical and contemporary cut-paper art in Switzerland. Made studio visits to five artists whose work is included in the Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep exhibition.

× Tennessee Arts Council Art Builds Communities Grant. Additional funding to assist with bringing Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep to rural Tennessee.

× Pro-Helvetia Grant. Swiss culture abroad grant to assist with Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep. Secured with and supplemented by assistance from the Swiss Consulate General in Atlanta.

1993

× Chase Coggins Memorial Fellowship. For “wandering the wilderness with artistic, scientific, or philosophical intent.” Completed and photographed one round of the 88-temple Buddhist pilgrimage on Shikoku Island, Japan.

Other Skills

× Languages: Native bilingual French speaker; proficient in German; varying degrees of skill in Italian, Mandarin and Pali

× Bookbinder

× Webmaster