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My name is Julia Forrest and I am a Brooklyn based artist. I graduated from Hartford Art school with a BFA in photography. Surrounded by the constant creativity in NY and only a subway ride away from any museum or gallery, I constantly involve myself in the art world. I work mostly in film and print all images myself in a darkroom I built within my apartment. My own art has always been my top priority in life and in this digital world, I will continue to work with old processing. Anything can simply be done in photoshop, I prefer to take the camera, a tool of showing reality, and experiment with what I can do in front of the lens. I create surreal environments, tricking the camera into what it sees.
Solo Exhibitions: 2010 Siblings, Sparrowtree, Brooklyn, NY Illusion, chashama gallery, New York, NY Illusion, Beehive Salon, Brooklyn, NY
Group Exhibitions: 2010 GLAAD, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY Curate NYC, toured the following locations: -Rush Gallery, Chelsea, NY -Essex Street Market, Lower East Side, NY -La Marqueta, East Harlem, NY -St. George Yankees Minor League Stadium, Staten Island, NY PSYCHOPOMP, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ Simulation: R.E.M, D'Mai Urban Spa, Brooklyn, NY Atlantic Ave Art Walk, Catalina, Brooklyn, NY Breukelen Rebuilt, Breukelen, Brooklyn, NY The Great Pop Up Art Sale, Dumbo Art Center, Brooklyn, NY 2009 My Long Island, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY BFA Senior Thesis Photography Exhibition, Silpe Gallery, West Hartford, CT Goldfarb, Joseloff Gallery, West Hartford, CT 2008 Sicily Photography, Silpe Gallery, West Hartford, CT A Passion for Pixels, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY Usdan Faculty Show, Usdan for the Creative and Performing Arts,Wheatley Heights, NY 2007 Free Play, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY 2006 SQURL Art Exhibition, Silpe Gallery, West Hartford, CT 2005 Foundations Exhibition, Silpe Gallery, West Hartford, CT Gallery North Art Exhibit, Gallery North, Setauket, NY 2004 Nita Elder Scholarship Art Exhibit, South Bay Art Association, Bellport, NY Creative Expressions Artists Showcase, Ward Melville Gallery and Cultural Center, Stonybrook, NY 2003 Mixed Media Exhibit, Baffa Art Gallery, Sayville, NY
Education: 2005-2009 Hartford Art School, West Hartford, CT Bachelor of Photography, GPA- 3.64, Magnum Cum Laude, Presidents List, Deans List
Work Experience: 2010-present Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn NY Photography Instructor (Maya/ Supervisor) -teach a basic photography class focusing on digital, pinhole, and darkroom photography. Ages 12-14. -lessons include how to take professional quality images on a point and shoot digital camera, how to build your own working pinhole camera, and the development/printing process.
2009-2010 ROCKSTAR GAMES, New York, NY Photography and Video Capture Artist (Lazlow/Supervisor) -responsible for taking screen captures of gameplay for use both in print and online campaigns -conceive of and execute the best-looking scenes and shots possible in a 3D environment -using editing programs such as Avid and ACDSee
2006-2009 USDAN FOR THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS, Wheatly Heights, NY Digital Photography Instructor (Lori Sklar/Instructor) -taught two classes monday-friday, ages 10-12 and 14-16 -lessons on how to use your camera, composition, lighting studio, photoshop workflow, and printing. -matted and hung student work for a gallery show at the end of the summer Usdan.com Photography Editor -photographed students daily enjoying the art facility and working on projects. -edited, prepared, uploaded and arranged photographs on the website to impress future students.
2007-2008 HARTFORD ART SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT, West Hartford, CT Photography Technician for the Digital Lab and B&W and Color Darkrooms (Christine Dalenta/Technician) -prepared darkroom chemical setup, inkjet printers, and color darkroom for student use -maintained all lighting and printing equipment to hand out to students -assisted students with darkroom printing, adobe photoshop, and inkjet printing
2005-2008 THE ART LEAUGE OF LONG ISLAND Huntington, NY Assistant Instructor for Introductory Art Classes (Laura Emiliani/Instructor) -taught a wide range of art classes, ages 3-16 -classes specialized in sculpture, ceramics, drawing, painting, illustration, and architecture -constantly prepared lesson plans with new project ideas. Never repeated the same project
2007 UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD West Hartford, CT Publicity and Events Manager -organized, planned and put on all concerts and events for the university of hartford -compile, review and negotiate contract terms and language in performance agreements -maintained detailed status accounts and records of show confirmations, expenses, and deposits.
Skills: Black and White: 35mm and medium format camera, RC/Fiber Color: 35mm camera, photographic color theory, C-printing Large Format 4x5: Studio, Zone System and Field Large Format 8x10 Digital: Photoshop workflow, Lightroom, HDR Non Silver Processes: Platinum/ Palladium Commercial Lighting: Studio, strobe, flood, ambient, tungsten, florescent` History of Photography: 1834 (Talbot & Daguerre) to late 20th century Junior Seminar- Criticizing Photographs, Terry Barrett Senior Seminar: BFA Exhibition & Professional Practices Koopman Chair with Jerry Spagnoli/ Aziz + Cucher Travel Photography: Sicily (Spring 2008)
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