Julia Kunin (b. 1961) is an artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. Her work explores

themes including queerness, the body, and the natural world. She earned a B.A. from

Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA) and an M.F.A. from The Mason Gross School of the Arts,

Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ). Recent solo exhibitions include Mechanical Ballet

at Kate Werble Gallery (New York, NY) in 2021 and Rainbow Dream Machine at McClain

Gallery (Houston, TX) in 2020-21. Recent group exhibitions include: Wild Chambers (two

person show with Yevgeniya Baras) at Mother Gallery (New York, NY), Cosmic Geometries,

curated by Hilma’s Ghost, at EFA Gallery (New York, NY) in 2022, Fur Cup at Underdonk

(Brooklyn, NY) in 2019, Raw Design at the Museum of Craft and Design (San Francisco, CA)

in 2018, and Said by Her at Lesley Heller Gallery (New York, NY) in 2018. Kunin was a

Fulbright Scholar to Hungary in 2013. In 2010 She received a Trust for Mutual

Understanding Grant to Hungary. In 2008 she received a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

and a residency at Art Omi. In 2007 she received the John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry

Artist Residency. Fellowships include those at The MacDowell Colony, The Marie Walsh

Sharpe Art Foundation, CEC Artslink grant to The Republic of Georgia, an Artist Residency

in Wiesbaden, Germany, Yaddo, The Millay Colony, Vermont Studio Center, The Core

Program in Houston, TX, and Skowhegan. Julia Kunin currently has a series of ceramic

lamps at Ralph Pucci International (New York, NY). In 2022 she contributed artist interviews

to Two Coats of Paint. She is also a member of the board of FIRE, The LGBTQ Fire Island

artist residency. Her work was recently acquired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,

LACMA.

Julia Kunin Green Clock, 2015 Ceramic 12 x 9 x 2 1/2 in 30.5 x 22.9 x 6.3 cm

Julia Kunin Chambered Rainbow, 2016 Ceramic 18 x 13 x 3 1/2 in 45.7 x 33 x 8.9 cm

Julia Kunin Psychedelic Body, 2016 Ceramic 40 x 10 x 6 in 101.6 x 25.4 x 15.2 cm