Julia Wachtel Explained

Julia Wachtel
Birth Date:	24 July 1956
Birth Place:	New York City, New York
Nationality:	American
Field:	Painting, Mixed media
Training:	Middlebury College School of Visual Arts, New York City

Julia Wachtel (; born 1956) is a contemporary American painter. Wachtel's early work included mixed media installation, now primarily working as a painter. Wachtel is often associated with The Pictures Generation artists.^[1]

Biography

Wachtel attended Middlebury College where she earned a B.A. She spent one year at The School of Visual Arts in New York City, studying with Vito Acconci, Joseph Kosuth, Joan Jonas, amongst others. She then studied at the Whitney Independent Study Program.^[2] Wachtel was the production manager of the UK edition of Vanity Fair for ten years.^{[3] [4]}

Solo exhibitions

• 2019 HELPP, at Mary Boone Gallery, New York.^[5]
• 2018 Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York.^[6]
• 2014 Kunsthalle Bergen, Norway.^[7]
• 2014 Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York.^[8]
• 2013 Post Culture at Vilma Gold Gallery, London.^[9]
• 1993 Julia Wachtel at American Fine Arts, New York.^[10]

Collections

Wachtel's work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art,^[11] the Cleveland Museum of Art,^[12] The Museum of Modern Art,^[13] The Brooklyn Museum,^[14] and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.^[15]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Portrait Julia Wachtel. www.spikeartmagazine.com.
2. Web site: Julia Wachtel. www.maryboonegallery.com.
3. Web site: Why Julia Wachtel's Art Features Kim Jong Un and Hillary Clinton. Vanity Fair. 18 September 2015.
4. Web site: Critically Thinking. 21 May 2015.
5. Web site: Julia Wachtel Appropriates Nostalgic Cartoons for "HELPP" Exhibition. 18 March 2019.
6. Web site: Julia Wachtel. March 2018.
7. Julia Wachtel. Frieze. 15 December 2014. 168. Noble. Kathy.
8. Web site: Michael Wilson on Julia Wachtel.
9. Web site: Julia Wachtel at Vilma Gold, by Gabriel Coxhead / ArtReview.
10. News: Art in Review. The New York Times. 19 February 1993. Smith. Roberta.
11. Web site: Julia Wachtel. www.whitney.org.
12. Web site: just the two of us. 30 October 2018. Cleveland Museum of Art.
13. Web site: Julia Wachtel. www.moma.org.
14. Web site: Julia Wachtel. www.brooklynmuseum.org.
15. Web site: Julia Wachtel. www.moca.org.