Julie Weitz

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Julie Weitz
Born1979 (age 43–44)
Chicago
Nationality American
Education University of Texas at Austin (BFA)
Alma mater University of Wisconsin–Madison (MFA)
Website www.julieweitz.com

Julie Weitz (born in 1979 in Chicago) is an American visual artist from Los Angeles. Weitz was trained as a painter and taught painting at the University of South Florida for eight years. [1] [2] She began to experiment with video in 2010. Her recent work concerns the experience of the self in the modern world, where virtual and embodied experiences mingle. [1] Besides digital editing tools, Weitz has used various physical materials to create videos, including paint, smoke, prefabricated sculpture, and the human body. She has also collaborated with musicians, including Paul Reller and Benjamin Wynn. [3] [1]

Weitz's interactive installation Touch Museum (Young Projects Gallery, 2015) garnered national attention, with features in Artforum, [4] the Los Angeles Times, [1] Gizmodo, [5] and on radio station KCRW. [6] The installation was explicitly designed to trigger physical sensations in the viewer using the methods of Autonomous sensory meridian response. Tactile stimuli (egg foam carpeting, velvet walls), auditory stimuli (whispered binaural readings from Henri Bergson), and visual stimuli (layered videos reflected in mirrors, coloured smoke) combined to blur the boundaries between perception and reality creating a sense of "euphoric discombobulation." [4]

Weitz has described her use of physical props and pigments in her videos as an "anti-CGI aesthetic" inspired by the 1970s Sci-Fi. [1]

Weitz has had solo exhibitions at Young Projects (Los Angeles), Eastern Star Gallery (Los Angeles), Chimento Contemporary (Los Angeles, California), Cunthaus (Tampa, Florida), and The Suburban (Oak Park, Illinois).

In 2013, she moved to Los Angeles. Before her move, Weitz was a tenured professor at the University of South Florida.

As of 2018, she teaches in Los Angeles and is a regular author at Contemporary Art Review, Los Angeles. [7]

Exhibitions

Weitz has exhibited her work in numerous group and solo shows around the United States. Her recent exhibitions include:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Vankin, Deborah (2016-01-03). "Julie Weitz's 'Touch Museum' tweaks time and space". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  2. ↑ Julie Weitz Retrieved on 12 Mar 2018
  3. ↑ "Julie Weitz Featured with Iva Gueorguieva in Electric Work exhibition "Vertical Hold"". University of South Florida. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  4. 1 2 Berardini, Andrew (March 2016). "Julie Weitz". Artforum. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  5. ↑ Walker, Alissa. "Watching These Videos May Make You Feel as Good as Doing Drugs". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  6. ↑ Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter (2016-01-07). "Video Evolution at Young Projects" . Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  7. ↑ JULIE WEITZ Retrieved on 12 Mar 2018
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Julie Weitz, PAST EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS Retrieved on 12 Mar 2018
  9. ↑ "Touch Museum 2.0". Art Week. November 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "JULIE WEITZ @ AGENCY – LA – DEC 13 – JAN 3". The Untitled Magazine. 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  11. ↑ Simek, Peter (21 May 2014). "Primordial Mirror – Video Premiere by Julie". D Magazine. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "Julie Weitz and Kamrooz Aram". The Chicago Reader. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  13. ↑ Foumberg, Jason (2013-07-09). "By Appointment Only: Viewing Art Privately in Chicago". Art in America. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
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