Julia García | Slow Burn
New York
March 29 – May 11, 2024
Julia García (b. 1992, Pompano Beach, FL, USA) uses a collage-like application of acrylic and ink onto wet raw canvas as a reflection of her childhood growing up near the Everglades, where the natural flow of the wetlands has been slowly corralled and shaped by urban development. This relationship between material flow, time, and permeability is underpinned by the dominance of water’s role in García’s process. From paintings of scantily clad female hunters to fabricated scenes of domestic Americana, García’s work asks questions about the propagation of fantasy through image and the complexities of the human relationship to the environment. García received her BFA from the School of Visual Art in 2014 and her MFA in 2016 from the Hoffberger School of Painting at Maryland Institute College of Art. García had her first institutional solo exhibition in 2023 at NW9 in Cologne, Germany. Other solo exhibitions have been held at Gaa, New York, NY; Night Club Gallery, St.Paul, MN; KDR305, Miami, FL; King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia; Lazarus Center, Baltimore, MD; and Galerie Fran Reus, Palmade Mallorca, Spain. García has been included in recent group exhibitions at Hair + Nails, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Gaa, New York, NY, USA; and Night Club Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
BORN
1992, Pompano Beach, Florida, USA
SELECTED SOLO + TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025
Hair + Nails, Minneapolis, MN, USA (Upcoming)
2024
Poor Dog Bright, Katia David Rosenthal, Miami, FL, USA
Slow Burn, Gaa Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2023
Plainwater, Galerie Fran Reus, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Sawgrass, Night Club Gallery, St. Paul, MN, USA
2019
Information Lines, Permanent Installation, King Abdullah University of Scienceand Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
2015
Blue Raspberry, Lazarus Center, Baltimore MD, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
HEAT, Hair +Nails at Easy Does It, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2023
CHIMERA, Hair + Nails, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Interventions, Nightclub Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Emanate, Gaa Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2022
Sagittarius, Nightclub Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2020
Systems Approach, Young Space, Online Exhibition, (co-curated by Alex Paik and Kate Mothes)
Cloud 9, Flatiron Project Space, New York, NY, USA
2019
Women in Spaces: Past/Present, FX Collaborative, New York, NY, USA
2018
Artist in Residence Exhibition, Moriumius Gallery, Ogatsu Japan
2016
Summer Show, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore MD, USA
Niether/Or, Riggs Leidy Gallery, Baltimore, MD, USA
Amacord, SVA Flatiron Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Pagina, Libreria Cascianelli, Rome, Italy (curated by Peter Hristoff)
2014
Primavera Romana Inaugural Exhibition, Antica Liberia, Rome, Italy (curated by Tom Huhn & Peter Hristoff)
SELECTED, AWARDS, GRANTS, + FELLOWSHIPS
2019
King Abdulluh University of Science and Technology Artist in Residence, Thawal, Saudi Arabia
2018
MORIUMIUS Lusail Artist Summer Session in Residence, Ogastu, Japan
EDUCATION
MFA, Hoffberger School of Painting at Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2016
BFA , School of Visual Art, New York, NY, USA, 2014
SELECTED PRESS
Mn Artists, Emmy Smith, New Alphabet of Shapes, Feb. 6
No. 167, Midwest Issue, New American Paintings
The Vulture, Jerry Saltz, The Best New York Art Shows of 2022
SUNDERZINE, Inaugural Issue, March 2020
Shanghai Literary Review, Inaugural Issue Summer 2017
Interview with Young Space Blog
For the 2024 edition of the Dallas Art Fair, Gaa Gallery is pleased to present works by Alyssa Klauer, Andrej Dúbravský, Anina Major, Autumn Wallace, + Julia Garcia. The fair runs April 4 - 7, with a VIP First Look and Foundation Preview Thursday, April 4, and public days Friday and Saturday, April 5 and 6, from 11 am - 7 pm and Sunday, April 7, from 11 am - 5 pm. The gallery's booth is #B12, and the fair will take place at Fashion Industry Gallery, 1807 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75201.
Gaa Gallery is pleased to present Slow Burn, a solo exhibition of new works by Julia Garcia. The exhibition features a series of paintings and works on paper that examine the power structures of nostalgia and desire. The exhibition opens on Friday, March 29 with a reception from 6 to 8 pm. Slow Burn is Garcia's first solo show with the gallery and in New York City and will be on view through May 4.
Gaa Gallery is pleased to present Emanate, featuring Julia Garcia, Jen Hitchings, Manal Kara, and Calli Moore. Opening on May 18, the exhibition will be on view at the gallery's New York location through June 24.
