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Julia Vogl

{{short description|American sculptor}}

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| birth_place = Washington, D.C.

| nationality = {{USA}}, {{UK}}

| known_for = Sculpture, Public Art

| training = Oberlin College, Slade School of Fine Art

| movement = Social sculpture, public art, installation art, urban art

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| awards = Listed by the American for the Arts Year in Review top projects 2011, Audrey Whykeham Prize, Nancy Balfour Trust Scholarship, Aesthetica Creative Works Competition 2012, Catlin Art Prize Winner 2012

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Julia Vogl is an artist originally from Washington, D.C. who lives and works in London, England. She is a social sculptor,{{Cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/culture/arts/2018/03/21/how-you-can-become-part-of-a-massive-public-art-project-on-the-boston-common-this-spring|title=How you can become part of a massive public art project on the Boston Common this spring|date=2018-03-21|work=Boston.com|access-date=2018-03-26|language=en-US}} and primarily makes public art.{{Cite news|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/business/hull-paint-manufacturer-partners-artist-1283252|title=Hull paint manufacturer partners with artist to celebrate City of Culture volunteers|date=March 5, 2018|work=Hull Daily Mail|access-date=March 26, 2018}} Through a process of community engagement, her works build bright color into existing architectural landmarks, revealing local cultural values.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/16273|title=TEDxLSHTM {{!}} TED|website=www.ted.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-01}}

Personal life

Julia Vogl is the daughter of Frank Vogl, co-founder of Transparency International.- https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014SfUfAAK/frank-vogl She graduated from the Washington International School; earned her BFA at Oberlin College in 2007, and an MFA at Slade School of Fine Art, part of University College London, in 2011.{{cite web | url=https://issuu.com/oberlin/docs/winter_2018_19_oberlin_alumni_magaz/12 | title=Oberlin Alumni Magazine Winter 2018–19 by Oberlin College & Conservatory - Issuu | date=10 January 2019 }} Currently she is a Lecturer and visiting Printmaker at Winchester School of Art, Southampton University, UK.{{cite web | url=https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/657lvh/ms-julia-vogl | title=Ms Julia Vogl | University of Southampton }} She is a member of the Artists Bondhttps://www.artistsbond.co.uk/11artistsbondreport2021.pdf and the Royal Society of Sculptors.https://sculptors.org.uk/artists/julia-vogl

Works

On January 11, 2009, she was funded by The Brooklyn Arts Council to create an installation in Fort Greene Park entitled Leaves of Fort Greene.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/art/art18|title=Art in the Parks Current Exhibitions : New York City Department of Parks & Recreation : NYC Parks|website=www.nycgovparks.org|language=en|access-date=2018-03-29}}

While attending the Slade School of Art in London she completed two other major public art works. The first was entitled "Colouring the Invisible," at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SEESS).{{Cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/|title=UCL - School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies|website=University College London|date=7 August 2017 |language=en|access-date=2018-03-26}} The second was a work entitled "£1 000 000 | 1 000 opinions (where would you allocate £1 000 000 of public spending?)".{{Cite news|url=https://www.americansforthearts.org/by-program/networks-and-councils/public-art-network/public-art-year-in-review-database/%C2%A31000000-1000-opinions-where-would-you-allocate-%C2%A31000000-of-public-spending|title=£1,000,000 {{!}} 1,000 opinions (where would you allocate £1,000,000 of public spending?)|date=2014-05-15|work=Americans for the Arts|access-date=2018-03-29|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/jun/24/summer-student-shows-tomorrow-imagination-triumphs|title=This summer's degree shows: in the art of tomorrow, imagination triumphs|last=Jones|first=Jonathan|date=2011-06-24|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-05-01}}

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In 2012, Vogl received the Catlin Art Prize.{{Cite news|url=https://chloenelkin.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/the-eyes-have-it-catlin-art-prize-exhibition-2012/|title=The Eyes Have It: Catlin Art Prize Exhibition 2012|date=2012-05-04|work=chloenelkin|access-date=2018-03-29|language=en-US}} She also received an Arts Council England Grant to make a public art project in Peckham, entitled HOME.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1052136299/home-project-2012|title=HOME PROJECT 2012|website=Kickstarter|date=14 October 2016 |language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-29}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/home-a-public-art-project-peckham/|title=Aesthetica Magazine - HOME: A Public Art Project for Peckham|work=Aesthetica Magazine|access-date=2018-05-01|language=en-GB}}

During 2013, Vogl was involved in a participatory artwork at the Discovery Museum Newcastle upon Tyne. The medium of the piece was recycled plastic bottles.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/arts/preview-late-shows-ouseburn-valley-4392824|title=Preview: The Late Shows, Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle|last=Whetstone|first=David|date=2013-05-16|work=journallive|access-date=2018-03-29|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art433736|title=Museums at Night 2013: Julia Vogl on bottles and social sculpture in Newcastle {{!}} Culture24|website=www.culture24.org.uk|access-date=2018-03-29}} Her work in Newcastle was the result of a Museums At Night competition{{Cite news|url=http://www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/arts/art-lovers-vote-bring-julia-4395303|title=Art lovers vote to bring Julia Vogl to Discovery Museum|last=Hodgson|first=Barbara|date=2013-03-12|work=journallive|access-date=2018-03-29|language=en}} that matched ten contemporary artists with ten museums for the weekend of May 16–18, 2013.{{Cite web|url=http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art423102|title=The 2013 Connect10 Vote: Results revealed as more than 30,000 people vote in the Museums at Night competition {{!}} Culture24|website=www.culture24.org.uk|access-date=2018-03-29}}

Vogl created an installation called "Tyson's Tiles" in Washington, D.C., 2015.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/03/17/this-artist-has-big-plans-to-turn-tysons-corner-into-a-real-community/|title=The Surprisingly Simple Plan to Make Tysons Corner into a Community Oasis {{!}} Washingtonian|date=2015-03-17|work=Washingtonian|access-date=2018-05-01|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/06/25/tysons-tiles/|title=Behind the Scenes: Tysons Tiles {{!}} Washingtonian|date=2015-06-25|work=Washingtonian|access-date=2018-05-01|language=en-US}} The public artwork consisted of ground murals that incorporated information gathered through community engagement of over a thousand participants. The project aimed to raise awareness of public art.{{Cite news|url=http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/julia-vogl-tysons-tiles-tysons-virginia/|title=Aesthetica Magazine - Julia Vogl: Tysons Tiles, Tysons, Virginia|work=Aesthetica Magazine|access-date=2018-05-01|language=en-GB}}

From 2013 to 2016, Vogl created Social Protest, an interactive book reflecting 457 protests from 8 countries and 31 cities collected in 2013, published via kickstarter in 2016.- https://clarencewardartlibrary.tumblr.com/post/152728950907/oberlin-alum-makes-art-book-installationpublic The book was designed by Michael Lum.{{cite web | url=https://fadmagazine.com/2016/11/06/225818/ | title=Social Protest: Julia Vogl on why art can change the world | date=6 November 2016 }}

Vogl co-founded the London Brain Project with neuroscientists Louise Weiss, George Pitts and Michelle Downes, in 2013-2018.{{cite web | url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09730737/persons-with-significant-control | title=LONDON BRAIN PROJECT Ltd persons with significant control - Find and update company information - GOV.UK }} They facilitated workshops and exhibitions between scientists, artists, and people living with neurological conditions, to break stereotypes of these conditions for the wider public. The conditions included: Epilepsy, Tourettes, Anxiety, Dementia and Brain injury in Childhood.{{cite magazine | url=http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/17/the-london-brain-project | title=Epilepsy myths busted at art exhibit (Wired UK) | magazine=Wired UK }}https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/big-picture-beyond-seizures

https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/london-brain-project-moves-beyond-anxiety

https://fms-mag.com/creative-london-julia-vogl-public-artist/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=AsVx-UKL48M

In 2018, the Jewish Arts Collaborative recruited Vogl to create "Pathways to Freedom,"{{Cite news|url=http://www.jartsboston.org/event/pathways-exhibit/|title=Pathways to Freedom Installation|work=Jewish Arts Collaborative|access-date=2018-04-09|language=en-US}} a project that included a process of interviewing people in Boston about the ways that they felt free, as well as a graphical representation of these opinions. Individual participants received custom buttons related to their answers,{{Cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/culture/arts/2018/03/21/how-you-can-become-part-of-a-massive-public-art-project-on-the-boston-common-this-spring|title=How you can become part of a massive public art project on the Boston Common this spring|date=2018-03-21|work=Boston.com|access-date=2018-03-26|language=en-US}} which also influenced an artwork installed at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Boston Common from April 25 to May 14, 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2018/03/23/encountering-pathways-common/mkl6qI5a5jS3mWCNli5IWJ/story.html|title=Encountering 'Pathways' on the Common - The Boston Globe|work=BostonGlobe.com|access-date=2018-04-09}}{{Cite web|url=http://thebostonsun.com/2018/05/04/pathways-to-freedom-brightens-up-boston-common-monument/|title=Pathways to Freedom Brightens up Boston Common Monument {{!}} The Boston Sun|website=thebostonsun.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-13}}

Public art commissions

  • 2021-2025: Eve’s Eden

An artwork exploring Eve and Adam and the Garden of Eden. Made in collaboration with Gabriella Willenz funded by the Graduate Theological Union, Jewish Arts Collaborative, American Jewish University- Bruce Geller Memorial Word Prize 2021, and Asylum Arts.{{cite web | url=https://jartsboston.org/event_series/the-eve-and-adam-project/ | title=The Eve & Adam Project | work=Jewish Arts Collaborative | date=10 December 2021 }} {{cite web | url=https://www.jewishboston.com/read/art-dvar-bereishit/ | title=Art d'Var: Bereishit }}{{cite web | url=https://www.gtu.edu/events/eve-adam-project-part-two | title=The Eve & Adam Project: Part Two | date=3 January 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.aju.edu/institute-jewish-creativity/digital-word-2021 | title=Word Grant 2021 | American Jewish University }}

  • 2023: Home on the Hill

Royal Borough of Kingston and the Greater London Authority-New Malden Partnership.{{cite web | url=https://www.newmaldenpartnership.com/post/home-on-the-hill | title=Home on the Hill | date=11 October 2023 }}

  • 2022: Smashing Play

Delaware Contemporary Art Center, Wilmington DL{{cite web | url=https://www.decontemporary.org/smashing-play | title=Smashing Play }}

Working with community and Children's Art Museum, {{cite web | url=https://www.mutualart.com/Exhibition/Julia-Vogl--Smashing-Play/57A58FFFFDE04475 | title=Julia Vogl: Smashing Play | Exhibitions | MutualArt }}

Wilmington DL

  • 2019-2023: Colouring Adult Eczema

Collaboration with artist Peter Hudson and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Supported by Wellcome Trust. Touring sculpture across the UK, Glasgow to Nottingham.{{cite web | url=https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/public-engagement/stories-engagement/colouring-adult-eczema-getting-under-skin | title=Colouring Adult Eczema: Getting Under the Skin | Stories of engagement | LSHTM }}{{cite web | url=https://www.nottinghamhospitalscharity.org.uk/news/eczema-inspired-sculpture-arrives-at-qmc | title=Eczema-inspired sculpture arrives at QMC }}{{cite web | url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/events/listings/index.html/event/12449 | title=University of Glasgow - University events - Event listings }}

  • 2020: Our Neighborhood Rolls

Mural commissioned by the Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History in Kingston, NY.{{cite web | url=https://www.rehercenter.org/ongoing-events/ | title=Community Events | Kingston NY | Hudson Valley | Ulster County }}

  • 2019: ITV ident

Sculpture commissioned for ITV, now known as ITVX.https://www.itv.com/itvcreates/articles/julia-vogl

  • 2018: LDN WMN Project

Commissioned by the Tate and Greater London Authority celebrating 100 years of suffrage.{{cite web | url=https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/arts-and-culture/current-culture-projects/ldn-wmn-series-public-artworks | title=LDN WMN: A series of public artworks | London City Hall }}

  • 2018: Scandalous Blue, Who are You?

Commissioned by Hull City of Culture and Humber Street Gallery to celebrate volunteers.{{cite web | url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/business/hull-paint-manufacturer-partners-artist-1283252 | title=How Crown Paints is celebrating City of Culture volunteers | date=5 March 2018 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.hu17.net/2017/10/04/role-of-hull-2017-volunteers-to-be-celebrated-through-art/ | title=Role of Hull 2017 Volunteers to be Celebrated Through Art | date=4 October 2017 }}

  • 2018: Pathways to Freedom

6000 square foot floor mural reflecting views on immigration and freedom in Boston Common, commissioned by , Jewish Arts Collaborative and Boston Common. {{cite web | url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2018/04/27/pathways-to-freedom-boston-common | title=On the Boston Common, A Colorful Exploration of Freedom and Immigration | date=27 April 2018 }}

  • 2017: Leaves

Commissioned by Barts Health NHS Trust and Vital Arts for the Bereavement Suite at Whipps Cross University Hospital.{{cite web | url=https://www.vitalarts.org.uk/st-bartholomews-hospital/juliavogl | title=Julia Vogl }}

  • 2016: Singing on Paddington Street

Permanent glass sculpture commissioned by , Galliard Homes, O’Shea LTD, Westminster City Council.{{cite web | url=https://weberindustries.com/projects/singing-on-paddington-street | title=Singing on Paddington Street }}

  • 2015: Tysons Tiles

Temporary 5000 square foot floor mural commissioned by Fairfax Arts Council.{{cite web | url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/06/25/tysons-tiles/ | title=Behind the Scenes: Tysons Tiles - Washingtonian | date=25 June 2015 }}

  • 2015: Jungle of Concrete

Mural at the Chinese International School, Hong Kong.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39alJrtbmsk | title=Artist in Residence Julia Vogl 2015 | website=YouTube | date=27 January 2016 }}

  • 2014: Plotting Values

Commission with 700 students at Bow School, commissioned by Bow Arts Trust and Clifford Chance.https://www.bow-school.org.uk/docs/Spring_2015_final_PDF_HR.PDF

  • 2013: Collect. Select. String. Hoist

Commissioned sculpture by the Newcastle Discovery Museum, Museums at Night Connect 10 initiative.{{cite web | url=https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/resources/view/33810/ | title=Artist Julia Vogl's Connect10 installation at the Discovery in Newcastle | Co-Curate }}

  • 2013: Future Memorial

Permanent sculpture in Bristol's Arnos Vale Cemetery.{{cite web | url=https://pressroom.prlog.org/arnosvale/ | title=Arnos Vale Cemetery - Latest News - arnosvale | PRLog }}

  • 2012: Home Project

1000 locals' views on home installation, supported by Peckham Square, Arts Council England, and Southwark Council, and Kickstarter {{cite web | url=https://fadmagazine.com/2012/07/25/home-is-a-public-art-project-for-peckham-by-julia-vogl/ | title=HOME, is a public art project for Peckham by Julia Vogl | date=25 July 2012 }}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.juliavogl.com Julia Vogl]
  • [http://futurememorialproject.tumblr.com/ Future Memorial, A social sculpture by Julia Vogl in collaboration with Arnos Vale Cemetery Trust and visitors to the historic site in Bristol, between July 2014 - July 2015]

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