Julie Malen

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

Education
2005-2009     BFA Ceramics, Kansas City Art Institute,Kansas City, MO
2006                Study abroad, International Ceramics Studio- Kecskemeeet,    Hungary

Residencies
2009- 2011        Resident Artist,  Charlotte Street Foundation’s Urban Culture Project Studio Residency Program for Visual Artists, pARTnership Place , Kansas City, MO
2009            Project Network Participant, Guldagergård -International Ceramics Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark

Exhibitions

2011            New Work by Julie Malen and Calder Kamin, Kansas City Artists   Coalition- Underground Gallery, Kansas City, MO
The Dining Room Project, Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, MO
KCAI CPS Instructor Exhibition,  KCAI Crossroads Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2010    KCAI in 3D, Belger Art Center, Kansas City, MO
Rivermarket Regional Exhibition, Kansas City Artists Coalition,    Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Flat File, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Network 2010, Museum of International Ceramic Art- Grimmerhus, Middelfart, Denmark
Cumulus Part I & II: an Urban Culture Project Studio Residency Focus Exhibition, Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2009   Project Network, Apple House Gallery, Skaelskor, Denmark
Craft in America Process, 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 , 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            Unearthed, Solo Exhibition, Kruger Pottery, St. Louis, MO

Experience
2011            Panelist, High School Ceramics: A Path to the Future, Nantional Conference on Education in the Ceramic Arts, Tampa, FL

2010-present        Continuing Education Instructor, Figure Sculpting in Clay, Kansas City Art Institue- Northland ,Kansas City, MO

2010            Panelist, Professional Practice Lecture Series, Topic: Artist Residencies, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

Experience Cont’d
2008-2010        Designer of Awards, Art of the Car Concourse, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO- design and produce ceramic and wooden awards for winning entries annually

2007- 2009       Collection Manager, Ken Ferguson Teaching Collection, Ceramics Department Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

2008          Private Commission, Q Hotel and Spa (a green hotel), Kansas City, MO- designed and produced ceramic planters for each guest room

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
Windgate Fellowship Award finalist

2008            Partners Scholarship recipient, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

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

Public Collections
2009            John and Maxine Belger Private Collection, Kansas City, MO
Ken Ferguson Teaching Collection, Ceramics Department, Kansas City Art Institute, 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, 3

Internships
2008            Art Preparator, Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, MO

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