Julia Coash
Bacardi Limited Biennal at the Bermuda National GalleryBacardi Limited Biennial 2002Artists featured in the Bermuda National Gallery's BiennialsBacardi Ltd.Biennial 1994Biennial 1996Bacardi Biennial 1998Bacardi Ltd Biennial 2000

Julia Coash Sabat 10

Sabat 10

Oil on Canvas,
20 x 16 inches
(cat. 10)

Julia Coash American, born September 28, 1956


julia coash
artist statement
My paintings are abstractions inspired by my response to cultural artifacts. I choose forms whose poetic qualities allow a wide range of subjective associations. My background in cultural anthropology informs these works as I explore how distillation of these objects may evoke a wide range of subjective associations. In my "Sabat" paintings, the form was inspired by my memories of burning palm crates, an everyday sight from the streets of Cairo.

education
1991-94 Master of Fine Arts, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
1985-87 University of California, Davis, California, Painting and Printmaking
1979-81 Master of Science in Education. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
1974-78 Bachelor of Arts, Ethnographic Photography. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois.
1974 Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Photography, Metalsmithing and Spanish
1974 Instituto Brasil - Estados, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Portuguese

solo exhibitions
1985 Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
1986 Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
1987 Yuba College Gallery, Woodland, CA
1988 Design House, Davis, CA
1991 Piedmont Virginia Community College, harlottesville, VA
1992 McGuffey Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
1993 University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA
1994 Eric Dean Gallery, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN
Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
1995 Chatham Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Kinetic Gallery, Louisville, KY
McGuffey Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
1997 Ewart Hall Gallery, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Brownsboro Gallery, Louisville, KY
1999 Ewart Hall Gallery, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
2001 Burnaby Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda
2001 Art Centre at Dockyard, Bermuda

selected group exhibitions
1982 Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
Bellarmine College Gallery, Louisville, KY
1983 Liberty Bank and Lousiville Art Center, Louisville, KY
1985 Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
1989 Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, VA
McGuffey Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
1990 McGuffey Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
1991 Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC
McGuffey Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA
1992 Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC
Zirkle Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
1993 Zirkle Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
1994 Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Second Street Gallery Traveling Exhibition, beginning Charlottesville, VA
1995 Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
1996 Connecticut Women's Caucus for the Arts, CT
Brownsboro Gallery, Louisville, KY
1998 Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville, KY
1999 Galerie Eterso, Paris, France
Knott Gallery, Bradford College, Haverhill, MA
Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2001 Burnaby Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda
Art Centre at Dockyard, Bermuda
2002 Art Centre at Dockyard, Bermuda