Julia Wachtel (/wɒkˈtɛl/; born 1956) is a contemporary American painter.[1] Wachtel's early work included mixed media installation, now primarily working as a painter. Wachtel is often associated with The Pictures Generation artists.[2]

Julia Wachtel
Born (1956-07-24) July 24, 1956 (age 68)
NationalityAmerican
EducationMiddlebury College
School of Visual Arts, New York City
Known forPainting, Mixed media
Websitejuliawachtel.com

Biography

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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.[citation needed] She then studied at the Whitney Independent Study Program.[3] Wachtel was the production manager of the UK edition of Vanity Fair for ten years.[4][5]

Solo exhibitions

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Collections

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Wachtel's work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art,[1] 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]

References

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