Julia O'Connell



 

JULIA HIGGINS O'CONNELL
 
Julia Higgins O'Connell by way of  the Bay Area of California and Cape Cod, has studied with numerous sculptors and painters and now focuses primarily on clay and bronze sculptures from solar powered fountains to figurative work.  She incorporates decorative designs in functional, decorative ware and garden sculpture.    Julia wood fires many of her pieces using a special process that entails stoking a specially made kiln with wood 24/7 for 3 to 7 days.  She is an avid mushroom "hunter" and currently serves as the Correspondence Secretary of the southwestern Pennsylvania Mushroom Club.  Julia sees art as a medium for promoting social change, through self awareness and a greater appreciation of the beauty within and around us in our environment.

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Email: juliarts@hotmail.com                           

Education:  studied with numerous artists throughout US
  1992-93  Bicycle trip Asia and Europe
  1987        BSN Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford, NJ
  1980       BS University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

Exhibitions:
  2010      “Evolution of Images” Studio on Slough Rd. Brewster, Ma.
  2009      “Living Arts”  Finger Lakes Native Plant Society, Ithaca, NY
                 Bioneers Conference, Pittsburgh, Pa.
                 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pa.
  2008     “Art and Technology” Pittsburgh Technology Council,  Pa.
  2007     Community School of Music and Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY
                “Fingerlakes Harvest” Second Floor Studio, T-Burg, NY
                 Penland Art Auction, Penland, NC
                 Museum of the Earth (PRI) Art Auction , Ithaca NY
  2006     Community School of Music and Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY
                 Cornell University Ceramics Department, Ithaca, NY
  2005     College of Marin Gallery, Kentfield, Ca.
                 East Bay Open Studios, El Cerrito, Ca.
  2004    “Faces of the Fallen” College of Marin, Kentfield, Ca.
                “The Missing Students Project” San Francisco, Ca.
  2002      Falmouth Artists Guild, Falmouth, Mass.
  2003      East Bay Open Studios, Laney College, Oakland, Ca.  

Commissions
  2007   Portrait Sculpture,  Brooktondale NY
  2007  “Buddha Mother” sculptures,  Ithaca NY
  2006   Portrait Sculpture,  NY,NY
  2005   Solar Powered Bronze Fountain, Kensington, Ca.
  2004   Portrait Sculpture,  Danny Dancer, Alameda, Ca.           
  2003   Watercolor Painting, Berkeley, Ca.  
  2002   Watercolor Painting, Cotuit, MA.

Workshop  Instructor
   2010  Paper clay for the classroom, Fox Chapel Public Schools, PA.
   2007  Miniature clay faces, Compos Mentis, Trumansburg, NY

Awards 
   1999  First Place Pen and Ink Drawing, Barnstable County Fair, Ma.

  
Cape Cod  Contemporary Fine Art / Modern / Abstract /Prints and Paintings