Julie Blackmon

ABOUT   IMAGES

BIRTHPLACE

Education 

Springfield, Missouri, 1966

Missouri State Univeristy 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022
Up Around the Bend, Robert Mann Gallery, NY

2020
Talent Show, Robert Mann Gallery, NY
Fever Dreams, Fotografiska New York, NY

2019
Midwest Materials, Brick City Gallery, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO

2018
Midwest Materials, special exhibition presented by Robert Mann Gallery in Bentonville, AR
Fake Weather, Robert Klein Gallery, MA

2017
Fake Weather, Robert Mann Gallery, NY
Julie Blackmon: The Everyday Fantastic, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, NH

2016
Down Time, Fahey/Klein Gallery, CA

2014
Free Range, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY

2013
Homegrown, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Undertow, G.Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA

2012
Day Tripping, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA
Julie Blackmon, Pool Art Center Gallery, Drury University, Springfield, MO
Fantastic Realities: Photography by Julie Blackmon, The Baum Gallery, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AZ
Julie Blackmon: Other Tales from Home, The Everson Museum of Art. Syracuse, NY
Summer Mischief: Large Scale Works by Julie Blackmon, Photoeye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
New Work, Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Power of Now and Other Tales from Home, Houston Center of Photography, Houston, TX

2010
Line-Up, Robert Mann Gallery, New York
Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA
Julie Blackmon, Pool Art Center Gallery, Drury University, Springfield, MO
Fantastic Realities: Photography by Julie Blackmon, The Baum Gallery, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AZ

2009
Domestic Vacations, Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Domestic Vacations, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
New Photographs, Gail Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA

2008
Domestic Vacations, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY
Domestic Vacations, Gail Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
Domestic Vacations, Photoeye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Domestic Vacations, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL

2007
Domestic Vacations, Gail Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
Suspicious Origins, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY

2006
Domestic Vacations, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Julie Blackmon, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
Julie Blackmon, Photoeye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Good Girl Art Gallery, Springfield, MO
Arts Center of the Ozarks, Fayettville, AR

2005
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
Relativity, Pool Art Center, Drury University, Springfield, MO

2003
Mind Games, Randy Bacon Photography, Springfield, MO
Mind Games, Discovery Center of Springfield, Springfield, MO

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023
Summer Lovin’, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
Dear Mom,  Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
Together…, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, AR

2022
Celebrating Women’s History Month, Robert Mann Gallery, NY
From the Archives: Rare & Sold Out photographs, Catherine Edelman Gallery, River North, IL

2021
The Dog Days of Summer, Robert Mann Gallery, NY
Pop Rocks, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
A Lot to Give, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
Highlights from the Photography Collection, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO

2020
The Art of Gifting, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
Examining the American Dream, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
Fact and Fiction in Contemporary Photography, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
Sanctuary, Robert Klein Gallery, South End, Boston, MA
Be Mine, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA

2019
Tread Lightly, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
Photo Finish, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA

2018
Adubon, Then and Now, Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover DE

2017
Birds of a Feather, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY

2016
Back at the Water's Edge, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY

2014
State of the Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AK
Framed & Ready, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL 2012
What I Was Thinking: 25 Year Anniversary,"Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
New Artists | New Works, The Photographers’ Gallery, London, UK

2011
At The Water's Edge, Robert Mann Gallery, New York
Still.Life, Jennifer Schwartz Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2010
Constructed Spaces: Contemporary Color Photography, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
Hide in Seek: Picturing Childhood, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Proof, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL\

2008
Presumed Innocent, DeCordova Museum, Boston, MA
Pure Pleasure, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
Photo Electric, Claire Oliver Fine Art, New York, NY

2007
KIDS, Brown University, Providence, RI
Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY

2006
Chick Flick, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
American Eden, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY
Domestic Diaries, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Family Pack, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO

2005
Group Portrait, Boston University, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
Selections from Photographers' Showcase, Photoeye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2004
Current Works, Society For Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO
MPP, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
PhotoSpiva, Joplin, MO

2003
Good Girl Art, Springfield, MO

AWARDS

2008
American Photo's Emerging Photographer of 2008

2006
Critical Mass Book Award Winner, for Domestic Vacations
Santa Fe Center for Photography Project Competition, 1st Place, for Domestic Vacations
Photospiva, 1st Place, for body of work, Domestic Vacations

2005
Photospiva, 1st Place, for body of work, Mind Games
B&W Magazine, Merit Award, Single Image Contest
Nominated by Geo Magazine for Unicef Award 2005, for Mind Games

2004
Santa Fe Center for Photography Project Competition, Honorable Mention for Mind Games
Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO, Current Works Contest, Merit Award for Mind Games

COLLECTIONS

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
JP Morgan Chase Art Collection
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Microsoft Art Collection, Redmond, WA
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Midwest Photographers’ Project, Chicago, IL
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA  
Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark
The West Collection, Oaks, PA
Walt Disney Corporation

Monographs