ABOUT THE ARTIST

Julia Jenkins is a painter specializing in imaginative realism and fantasy art. She has exhibited her work in numerous exhibitions and galleries in Hawaii, New York, California and Minneapolis, including shows at Haven Gallery and Modern Eden. She has studied extensively at ateliers across the United States and France, as well as a residency in Tetuoan, Morocco. Julia has also painted numerous murals in New York City, as well as murals for hospitals across the US with the nonprofit Splashes of Hope.

You can find her on Instagram at @juliajenkins_


Selected Exhibitions

2024 Modern Eden Gallery “Boreal” Group Show, San Francisco, CA

2023 Reboli Gallery Holiday Show, Stony Brook, NY

2023 Haven Gallery “Little Big VIII” Group Show, Northport, NY

2023 Haven Gallery "Art of Antiquity" Group Show, Northport, NY

2023 Modern Eden Gallery "Harvest" Group Show, San Francisco, CA

2023 Haven Gallery "Pre-Raphaelites" Group Show, Northport, NY

2023 Mills Pond Gallery Juried Figurative Works Show, Long Island NY

2022 Resident Artists Exhibition, Green Olive Arts Gallery, Tetuoan, Morocco

2021 Breakout, Atelier Flowerfield Gallery, Long Island, NY

2020 Juried Artists Exhibition, Atelier Flowerfield Gallery, Long Island, NY

2020 Quarantine Exhibition, Atelier Flowerfield Gallery, Long Island, NY

2019 Small Works Show, Studio Pintura Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2019 Deck The Halls, Gallery North, Setauket, NY

2019 Mourning Glory, Rogue Buddha Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2019 Salon Exhibition, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2019 Summer Group Show, Studio Pintura Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2019 Unaccepted, Chicago Fire Arts, Minneapolis, MN

2019 Mythic, FE Gallery, Sacramento, CA

2019 Studio Pintura Exhibiting member, Minneapolis, MN

2019 Atelier Flowerfield Invitational, St. James, NY

2018 Deck The Halls, Gallery North, Setauket, NY

2018 Dúchas, Queens College, Queens, NY

2018 Cowork Maui Group Exhibition, Haiku, HI

2017 3rd Annual Figures & Faces Exhibition, Fusion Arts Gallery, Palm Springs, CA

2017 Banyan Tree Art Fair, Lahaina, HI

2017 Exhibiting member of Lahaina Arts Society, Lahaina HI

2017 Maui Open Studios, the Sacred Garden, Makawao, HI

2017 Happenings, Tree House Gallery, Haiku, HI

2016 Fine Arts Invitational, Fine Arts Building, SUNY, New Paltz, NY

Selected Awards

2023 Honorable Mention at Mill Pond Gallery Juried Figurative Show

2022 Residency Grantee at Green Olive Arts, Tetouán, Morocco

2020 Grantee for study at Atelier Flowerfield

2020 Scholarship for study in France Residency at Studio Escalier Fellowship

2018 Honorable Mention, 3rd Annual Figures & Faces Exhibition, Fusion Arts Gallery Palm Springs, CA

2016 Dean’s Award, Fine Arts Invitational, Fine Arts Building, SUNY, New Paltz, NY

Education

2020 Fellowship Student at Atelier Flowerfield through Fall 2021

2020 Studio Escalier, Residency at the Louvre, Paris, France

2019 The Atelier, Minneapolis, MN

2018 Studio Escalier, Residency at Argenton-Chateau, France

2018 Long Island Academy of Fine Art

2018 Student of Semyon Bilmes, Maui, HI

2017 The Art Mentoring Program with Kristy Gordon

2016 Portrait Painting workshop at the Hui No’eau with Kristy Gordon

2016 BA in Journalism and Graphic Design from SUNY New Paltz, NY