Julia Kunin
b'Julia Kunin (b. 1961) is an artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. Her work explores\\nthemes including queerness, the body, and the natural world. She earned a B.A. from\\nWellesley College (Wellesley, MA) and an M.F.A. from The Mason Gross School of the Arts,\\nRutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ). Recent solo exhibitions include Mechanical Ballet\\nat Kate Werble Gallery (New York, NY) in 2021 and Rainbow Dream Machine at McClain\\nGallery (Houston, TX) in 2020-21. Recent group exhibitions include: Wild Chambers (two\\nperson show with Yevgeniya Baras) at Mother Gallery (New York, NY), Cosmic Geometries,\\ncurated by Hilma\\u2019s Ghost, at EFA Gallery (New York, NY) in 2022, Fur Cup at Underdonk\\n(Brooklyn, NY) in 2019, Raw Design at the Museum of Craft and Design (San Francisco, CA)\\nin 2018, and Said by Her at Lesley Heller Gallery (New York, NY) in 2018. Kunin was a\\nFulbright Scholar to Hungary in 2013. In 2010 She received a Trust for Mutual\\nUnderstanding Grant to Hungary. In 2008 she received a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant\\nand a residency at Art Omi. In 2007 she received the John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry\\nArtist Residency. Fellowships include those at The MacDowell Colony, The Marie Walsh\\nSharpe Art Foundation, CEC Artslink grant to The Republic of Georgia, an Artist Residency\\nin Wiesbaden, Germany, Yaddo, The Millay Colony, Vermont Studio Center, The Core\\nProgram in Houston, TX, and Skowhegan. Julia Kunin currently has a series of ceramic\\nlamps at Ralph Pucci International (New York, NY). In 2022 she contributed artist interviews\\nto Two Coats of Paint. She is also a member of the board of FIRE, The LGBTQ Fire Island\\nartist residency. Her work was recently acquired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,\\nLACMA.\\n\\nJulia Kunin Green Clock, 2015 Ceramic 12 x 9 x 2 1/2 in 30.5 x 22.9 x 6.3 cm\\n\\nJulia Kunin Chambered Rainbow, 2016 Ceramic 18 x 13 x 3 1/2 in 45.7 x 33 x 8.9 cm\\n\\nJulia Kunin Psychedelic Body, 2016 Ceramic 40 x 10 x 6 in 101.6 x 25.4 x 15.2 cm'