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Joanne Julian
Joanne Julian is an Armenian/American artist who is known for her many pieces that root in deep Asian culture. She is known for her consistent pattern in her art which includes: energy with grace, dramatic, beguiling but also complex. Julian is also seen as a modern American master of haboku, also known as, "flung ink" style in Zen Buddhism. Just as Julian creates large works on paper, this stems from the way that monks used to create art through meditation, making rapid strokes onto paper. Many of Julian's different pieces of work represent the same type of style.

Social Media: Website: http://www.joannejulian.com/ Instagram: @joannejulianstudio Facebook: @JoanneJulian

Life and Education
Joanne Julian was born in Los Angeles, California and was raised in the San Fernando Valley for the majority of her life by her first generation, conservative Armenian parents. Growing up with fairly strict parents taught Julian the concept of succeeding through structure and discipline to learn of proper behavior, excelling in school and hard work. In her education, Julian independently earned the status of having completed two BA's and an MA through California State University of Northridge in just five years. Julian also has the pleasure of having five grandchildren who are Japanese, which played a huge role in her art pieces and choices.

Career
Through her journey, Julian explored her art through doing physical activities such as dancing, running and swimming, as it allowed her to feel the ethereal space around her. Since earning several degrees in painting, Julian kicked off her career teaching at College of the Canyons in Valencia, therefore after also becoming Chair of the fine arts department and Gallery Director. Besides her time in Valencia, Julian lectured as a guest at multiple popular locations such as Art Center College of Design, Glendale College, and University of California, Los Angeles. With all of these accomplishments, Julian has also been a part of 20 solo exhibitions and over 60 group exhibitions nationally. For example, her most recent solo exhibition was in 2019, was a showing of a film about Julian herself, named "Joanne Julian: New Work" at the Vita Art Center in Ventura, California.

In an interview, Julian mentions having four Japanese godchildren who play a large role in her artwork. Considering all of her art is Asian culture based, from a young age, she also peaked interest in gardening and nature. This led to her discover of natural beauty in her own eyes, by creating masterpieces of Zen. These pieces can include palm trees, botanicals, ravens, fish, insects, water, skies, stars and galaxies. In addition, although not Buddhist herself, Julian uses the hoboku style to include many variations in ink of traditional Zen circles, also shown in other abstract forms. Her current exhibitions show subject matter that would be studied by scientists; anything that is earth-bound or space works.

Notable Exhibitions

 * 1972: Nine Printmakers from Nine Colleges, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
 * 1975: 5th Annual Print and Drawing Exhibition, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
 * 1980: Figurative Art, Baum-Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
 * 1985: Palms, San Diego Museum of Natural History, San Diego, CA
 * 1987: Joanne Julian - Paintings and Drawings, Thomas Babeor Gallery La Jolla, CA
 * 1999: Joanne Julian - New Images: An Homage to Teshigahara, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA
 * 2008: Joanne Julian: Counterpoints, California State University Northridge, CA
 * 2015: Garden Portraits, Valley Performing Arts Center, CSUN, Northridge, CA
 * 2017: Joanne Julian: Defying Darkness, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
 * 2019: Joanne Julian: New Work, VITA Art Center, Ventura, CA

Artwork
Joanne Julian's Artworks and Image Gallery