Julie Malen

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

Education

2014               MFA Candidate, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2009               BFA Ceramics, Kansas City Art Institute,Kansas City, MO
2006               Study abroad, International Ceramics Studio- Kecskemet, Hungary

Residencies

2012

Special Artists Group, International Ceramics Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary

Vermont Studio Center, 4-week session, Johnson, VT

2011-2009

Charlotte Street Foundation’s Urban Culture Project Studio Residency Program for Visual Artists, pARTnership Place , Kansas City, MO
2009

Project Network, Guldagergård -International Ceramics Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark

Exhibitions

2012

Kansas City Flatfile, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO                                     XOXO Salon Show, Spray Booth Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2011

Urban Suburban IV: Let There Be Light, Epstien Gallery,  Kansas City, KS             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

Scholarships/ Grants

2012

Graduate School Assistantship, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Inspiration Grant Recipient, ArtsKC, Kansas City, MO

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

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

Publications
2011

Where the Wild Things Are, by Jonah Criswell, Review, Inc., June 2011
Three Moods, Many Talents, by Dana Self, The Kansas City Star, Thurs., June 2, 2011, Pg. 19
2010

KCAI Alums Celebrate Three-Dimensional Space at the Belger, by Chris Packham, Pitch Weekly, Nov. 2010

2009

Undergraduate Showcase, Ceramics  Monthly, Sept. 2009, Volume 57, Number 7, pp. 29, 3

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
2012-2008

Designer of Awards, Art of the Car Concours, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO- design and produce ceramic and wooden awards for winning entries annually

2009- 2007

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