About the Artist: Julie R. Filatoff

Education

• Bachelor of Arts Degree—Major in General Art with an emphasis on Display and Exhibition Design; Minor in Marketing with an emphasis on Retail Systems, California State University, Long Beach
• Courses in Graphic Design, Creativity, Writing, and Presentation Skills, University of California, Irvine
• Various Mixed-Media, Fiber, and Book Arts Courses, 2000–Present

Exhibitions

• Portable Magic: The Art of the Book, State Capitol Rotunda Gallery, Santa Fe, September-December 2017
• Fiber Arts Fiesta, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 2017
• Santa Fe Sojourn (artist’s books), University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas, January-February 2016
• Book Arts Group Show, State Capitol Rotunda Gallery, Santa Fe, September-December 2015
• Book Arts Group Show, State Capitol Rotunda Gallery, Santa Fe, September-December 2013
• Fiber Arts Fiesta, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 2013
• This is a Quilt (SAQA Traveling Trunk Show), 2011-2012
• Fiber Arts Fiesta, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 2011
• Book Arts Group Show, State Capitol Rotunda Gallery, Santa Fe, September-December 2011
• Timeless New Mexico (art quilts), State Capitol Rotunda Gallery, Santa Fe, April-August 2011
• Bias: Going Against the Grain (art quilts), Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, December-March, 2010
• Articulate Threads (art quilts), South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, December 2010
• Northern New Mexico Quilt Guild Quilt Fiesta, Santa Fe, New Mexico—Special Judge’s Award (Christine Brown, Editor of American Quilter Magazine), 2nd Place, Art Quilts, 3rd Place, Miscellaneous, October 2010
• Fall Fiber & Fashion, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, New Mexico, October 2010
• Good, Good, Good, Good Fibrations, Wooden Cow Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 2010
• A Fiber Arts Medley, Convento Gallery at Plaza de Española, Española, New Mexico, May/June 2010
• It’s Wild! (art quilts), Mesa Public Library, Los Alamos, New Mexico, May 2010
• Finding Solace (art quilts), Branigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico, April/May 2010
• Uncommon Threads (art quilts), First Unitarian Church, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 2010
• Let’s Celebrate (art quilts), Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, New Mexico, February-March 2010
• Light Fantastic (art quilts), Branigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico, August 2009
• Group Show (art quilts), Joe’s Diner, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June–September 2009
• Fiber Arts Fiesta, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 2009
• Recess (art quilts), Santa Fe Public Library Gallery, New Mexico, March 2009
• Fiber Artists (art quilts), Johnson’s Gallery of Madrid, New Mexico, December 2008
• Northern New Mexico Quilt Guild Quilt Fiesta, Santa Fe, New Mexico—1st Place, Small Wallhangings, October 2008
• Seams Unusual (art quilts), Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, New Mexico, June–July 2008
• Fabrications (art quilts), New Mexico State Capitol Rotunda Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, April–August 2008
• Fine Furnishings Show (art quilts), Providence, Rhode Island, October 2007
• President’s Challenge—“Bugs, Butterflies, and Beetles, Oh My!” Art Quilt at the Santa Fe (New Mexico) County Fair, 3rd Place, Viewers’ Choice, August 2007
• Fiber Arts Fiesta, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 2007
• Northern New Mexico Quilt Guild Quilt Fiesta, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 2006
• Piecemakers Quilt Show, Los Alamos, New Mexico, October 2006
• 2006 Santa Fe (New Mexico) County Fair—2nd Place, Pieced Wallhangings
• Fiber Arts Fiesta, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 2005
• Santa Fe (New Mexico) County Fair—1st Place, Appliquéd Wallhangings, August 2005
• Quiltalogues (to benefit the Santa Fe, New Mexico, Rape Crisis Center), November 2005
• Colors of Enchantment (art quilts), University of New Mexico at Los Alamos, January 2005
• Northern New Mexico Quilt Guild Quilt Fiesta, Santa Fe, New Mexico—1st Place, Predominantly Pieced Wallhangings, October 2004
• Piecemakers Quilt Show, Los Alamos, New Mexico, October 2004

Affiliations

• Santa Fe Book Arts Group—Member, Webmaster, Former Board Member
• Northern New Mexico Quilt Guild (NNMQG), Santa Fe—Member; Former 2nd Vice President, Former Newsletter Editor, Former Webmaster, Former Biennial Quilt Fiesta Publicity Co-Chair

Teaching

• Santa Fe Book Arts Group—Featured Teacher, Origami Pocket Book, July 2013
• Santa Fe Book Arts Group—Salons on Various Techniques (ongoing), Including Monoprinting, Art Journaling, and Star Bookbinding
• Santa Fe Quilting—Various Techniques
• Sewing Center of Santa Fe—Free-Motion Quilting and Various Techniques
• Lecture to the Northern New Mexico Quilt Guiild, “Color for Quilters,” October 2008
• Lecture to the Los Alamos Piecemakers, “Color for Quilters,” February 2007

Publications

• New Mexico: Unfolded, New Mexico Region of Studio Art Quilt Associates (also graphic designer)
• 1000 Quilt Inspirations: Colorful and Creative Designs for Traditional, Modern, and Art Quilts by Sandra Sider, 2015, Quarry Books
• “Escape from everyday life: Art quilt retreats for fiber artists,” SAQA Journal, Spring 2015
• “Featured Artist: Holly Altman,” SAQA Journal, Winter 2015
• Quilter’s World Magazine, December 2010
• Art Quilting Studio Magazine, Spring 2010
• “Art Gallery in a Box,” SAQA Journal, Spring 2009

Contact: julie@jirafstudio.com