Julia Jacquette

{{Short description|American artist}}

Julia Jacquette (born 1964) is an American artist primarily based in New York City and Amsterdam.[http://explore.rkd.nl/explore/artists/293295 Julia Jacquette] in the RKD She grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.{{Cite web|url=http://www.askart.com/artist/Julia_Jacquette/134948/Julia_Jacquette.aspx|title=Julia Jacquette - Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Julia Jacquette|website=www.askart.com|access-date=2019-04-23}} Jacquette earned degrees from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (1986), and Hunter College in New York City (1989–92).{{Cite web |last=nmwaadmin |date=2011-07-18 |title=Living out Desire through Julia Jacquette’s Work {{!}} Broad Strokes Blog |url=https://nmwa.org/blog/nmwa-exhibitions/living-out-desire-through-julia-jacquettes-work/ |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=NMWA |language=en-US}}

Jacquette's work has been shown widely at galleries and museums around the world, including Holly Solomon Gallery in New York City; David Klein Gallery in Birmingham, Mich.; the Museum of Modern Art in New York; and Galerie Oliver Schweden in Munich, Germany.[http://www.gwarlingo.com/2012/liquor-perfume-hair-joan-wickersham-talks-with-painter-julia-jacquette/ Interview with Jacquette] by writer Joan Wickersham Her work is featured in several prestigious collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York City; the National Museum of Women in the Arts; the Rhode Island School of Design Museum in Providence, R.I.; the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia; and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.[http://www.juliajacquette.net/ Julia Jacquette] official website

She is a member of the board of directors of the MacDowell art colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire.[http://artbusinessnews.com/2013/07/anatomy-of-an-art-colony/ Anatomy of an art colony] in Art Business News

In 2017, Unrequited and Acts of Play, a retrospective exhibit, was mounted at the Wellin Museum in Clinton, New York. The exhibit featured site-specific murals, a variety of paintings, and a series of gouache drawings.{{cite web|title=Julia Jacquette: Unrequited and Acts of Play|url=https://www.hamilton.edu/wellin/exhibitions/detail/julia-jacquette-unrequited-and-acts-of-play-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1|publisher=Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College|accessdate=30 March 2018}}

Jacquette has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design and Princeton University, and currently teaches at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC.{{Cite web|url=http://www.juliajacquette.net/|title=Julia Jacquette|website=Julia Jacquette|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-23}}

Her first major monograph is Unrequited and Acts of Play, which describes and shows artistic explorations about the challenges of navigating the contemporary media landscape. Her first graphic memoir is Playground of My Mind, which is about her childhood in Manhattan in the 1960s and 1970s.{{Cite web|url=https://news.fitnyc.edu/event/fit-author-talks-julia-jacquette/|title=FIT Author Talks: Julia Jacquette|date=2018-11-06|website=FIT Newsroom|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-23}}