BIO
Julie Renfro is a mixed media artist whose work reflects her love of excessive ornament, mixed textural elements, and the meditative beauty and wonderment of obsessive detail. Her mother Muriel was a quilter, her father Marty an architect, and both have deeply influenced her work.
Julie has found new inspiration in experimenting with textile art, working with a variety of media that includes canvas, batik and quilting fabrics, repurposed decorator fabrics, machine embroidery, hand stitching, acrylic paint and mediums, and craft materials. She lives and works in Ann Arbor, MI, with her husband Mike Sivak.
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Education
ArtCenter College of Design, graduated with Honors, B.F.A. in Illustration and Fine Art
Shows
2017 Doors of Perception, Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI
2015 The Collage Show, The Hatch Gallery, Hamtramck, MI
2014 If You Build it They Will Come, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
2012 Grammar of the Elite, The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
2011 Reclaim, Revere, Regard, Klemm Gallery, Siena Heights University, Adrian, MI
2010 Wordage, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
2009 The Creators: Self-Portraits, Brown and Juanita Ford Gallery, Detroit, MI
2009 Shrines and Altars, The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
2009 From a Different Perspective, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
2009 Women Image Women, The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
2008 Voices, The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
2008 Step Right Up, The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
2007 State of the Union, The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
2007 Insatiable, Biegas Gallery, Detroit, MI
2006 DAM Box Show, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
2006 Humor Show, The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
Installations
2016 (July) Fortune Favors the Brave, The Aquarium Gallery, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI