Julie Malen

Julie Malen
juliemalen@yahoo.com
www.juliemalen.wordpress.com

Education
2005-2009         BFA Ceramics, Kansas City Art Institute: A Four-Year College of Art and Design, Kansas City, MO

Education
2005-2009     BFA Ceramics, Kansas City Art Institute: A Four-Year College of Art and Design Kansas City, MO

Experience

2009- 2010  Resident Artist, Charlotte Street Foundation’s Urban Culture Project Studio Residency Program for Visual and Performing Artists, Kansas City, MO
2009             Project Network Participant, Guldagergaard International    Ceramics Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark

2007- 2009     Collection Manager, Ken Ferguson Teaching Collection, Ceramics Department, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
• handle inventory, new acquisitions, and condition reports of 600 object collection

• responsible for curating shows for students and public events

2009     Teaching Assistant, Pre-College ArtLab (PCAL) Ceramics Workshop with instructor Teri Frame, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

2008     Designer of Awards, Art of the Car Concourse, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

Private Commission, Q Hotel and Spa (a green hotel), Kansas City,MO

Exhibitions
2010   Cumulus II, an Urban Culture Project Studio Residency Focus Exhibition, Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Cumulus I, an Urban Culture Project Studio Residency Focus Exhibition, Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2009 Project Network, Apple House Gallery, Skaelskor, Denmark
Object Lessons: Recent Works from the KCAI Ceramics Program, Free Hand Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Annual BFA Exhibition, H and R Block Artspace, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
• Honorable Mention

Senior Ceramics Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Ceramics Department, Kansas City,MO
Undergraduate College Student Exhibition, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
2008     Knock, Knock Installation, Vanderslice Hall, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Fall Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Spring Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

2007     Fall Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
First Friday Open Studio Pottery Exhibition, Archival Designs, Kansas City, MO
Spring Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

2006     Fall Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

2005     Solo Show, Krueger Pottery, St. Louis, MO

Scholarships/ Grants
2009               Magic Sock Fund recipient, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
McKeown Special Project Award recipient, Ceramics Department,  Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
• applied for and was granted funds to purchase sculpture materials for Bachelor of Fine Arts installation and exhibition

Windgate Fellowship Award, finalist
• one of two graduating seniors from the Kansas City Art Institute nominated to apply for a $15,000 project grant
2008     Partners Scholarship recipient, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
• awarded a two week summer workshop scholarship in torch-worked glass

2005-2009     Full Tuition Scholarship recipient (4 years), Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

2005     Da Vinci Scholarship recipient, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, MO
Best in Show, National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) K-12 Exhibition Baltimore, MD
Collections 2009     John and Maxine Belger Private Collection, Kansas City, MO
2007     Ken Ferguson Teaching Collection, Ceramics Department, Kansas City Art Institute Kansas City, MO

Publications
2009      Undergraduate Showcase, Ceramics  Monthly, Sept. 2009, Volume 57, Number 7, pp. 29, 33

Internships
2008     Preparations, Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, MO
• worked with art preparator Nathan Shay
• built crates for shipping framed Jasper Johns prints from the Belger private collection
• assisted de-installation of Terry Winters: Works from the John and Maxine Belger Foundation
• assisted installation of Inspiration: African-American Quilts from the Collection of Maude Wahlman, Interpretation: Silver Screen Quilts by Sun Smith-Foret
Award Designer, Kansas City Filmmaker’s Jubilee, Kansas City, MO
• designed and crafted twenty trophies for winning entries at the film festival
2007     Studio Assistant, Archival Designs, A custom tile and pottery studio, Kansas City, MO
• fabricated, glazed, and mounted ceramics tiles for studio pottery owners

Volunteer

2009     Docent, Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, MO
•greeting gatrons and giving private tours of the exhibitions

Jennifer Angus: Small Wonder, Secrets of a Collector, Belger Arts Center Kansas City, MO     • helped fabricate installation as part of an installation team

Stairway to Heaven: From Chinese Streets to Monuments and Skyskrapers, H and R Block  Artspace, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO