
Julie A. Lopez is a visual artist and photographer whose work explores memory, perception, and personal narrative through layered imagery. Working primarily in photography, her practice combines blended imagery and narrative elements that blur the line between observation and memory.
Group Exhibitions & Presentations
2026 A Show of Hands, Blue Sky Online Gallery, Portland, OR
2025 Mundo de las Mujeres, Milagro Zócalo, Portland, OR
2024 Hanging in the Balance, Satellite Art Show, Miami Beach
2023 Love, Bigfoot (Work in Progress Presentation + Artist Talk), Milagro Zócalo, Portland, OR
2023 On The Ledge, Honey Latte Café, Portland, OR
2019 Art Hop, Second Saturday, Art & Soul Artist Residency, Grapevine Bistro, Truth or Consequences, NM
2018 Pacific Northwest Viewing Drawers, Blue Sky Gallery | Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Portland, OR
2017 ¡Viva! – Latino/a Visions, Seattle Center Armory, Seattle, WA
2017 Longshot 2017, Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA
2016 Female Photographers of Etsy International Exhibition, Janice Mason Art Museum, Cadiz, KY
2014 Out With a Bang, Corridor Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014 Portraiture: Through The Lens, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
2013 Art on the Fence, collaborative, public art project, Edmonds, WA
2013 Black & White: Mastering the Art of Photography, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
2013 Icon, Hanson Scott Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013 Longshot 2013, Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA
2013 CoCA Explosion, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
2013 Edmonds Art Festival, Juried Gallery, Edmonds, WA
2010 Magnolia Art Show, Seattle, WA
Solo Exhibitions
2005 Q Cafe, Seattle, WA
1996 Little Wing Gallery, Portland, OR
1994 Bluecoats Gallery, Liverpool, England
Grants & Awards
2023 Milagro Latino Art Fund, Portland, OR
2013 Photographer's Forum 33rd Annual Spring Photography Contest, Honorable Mention
2013 Exposed, Japantown 2013, Seattle, WA, Honorable Mention
2010 Magnolia Juried Art Show, 2nd Place Judges’ Choice
1997 Silver Gamma Award, Best Cover, Habitat World, Magazine Association of Georgia
Cinematic Work
2026 Love, Bigfoot (short narrative film, in festival circulation)
Original story, co-screenwriter, executive producer
Residencies
2019 Art & Soul Artist Residency, Truth or Consequences, NM
Publications
2013 F-Stop: A Photography Magazine, Issue #61: Cities
2013 Vassar: The Alumnae Quarterly, Spring/Summer 2013, Vol. 109, Issue 2
2012 Spindrift 2012 Art & Literary Journal, Shoreline Community College, pp. 25, 45, 88
2011 Method Press Issue 02: A Funny Story. Summer 2011. p. 4
2001 Habitat for Humanity, One Family at a Time: 25 Years of Building Houses and Hope
Smallwood & Stewart, Inc., New York, ISBN: 0-917841-99-9
1999 Habitat World. Magazine. Cover image. Feb. 1999
1996 Habitat World. Magazine. Cover image. Dec. 1996
1995 Architecture. Magazine. Habitat for Humanity, pp. 133–134
Education
2013 ArtsNow Edge Program for Visual Artists, Edmonds, WA
1988 BFA, Professional Photography, Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, CA
Media & Features
2012 “Iphoneography”, Advertising and Promotion Etsy Team Blog, February 23, 2012
2011 “Interview with Photographer Julie Lopez”, Creative Artists Blog, By Emily Goodwin
August 1, 2011
2011 Design on a Dime, HGTV, Photograph featured on air and website, Air date: December 10, 2011