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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

© 2026 Julie A. Lopez

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