Julia Hechtman
work résumé jhechtman(at)gmail(dot)com
EDUCATION
2001
MFA emphasis in Photography, Film and Video, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Art and Design Fellowship, 1999-2000
1991
BFA emphasis in Photography, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
EXHIBITIONS
2009
Video Zone IV, Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Based on a True Story, devening projects + editions, Chicago, Illinois
2008
This is Boston Not LA, LaMontagne Gallery, South Boston, Massachusetts
Landshifter, The Artist's Foundation, South Boston, Massachusetts
52nd London Film Festival, BFI Southbank, London, England
First Impressions, NADA Video Nights, New Art Dealers Alliance, New York, New York
Landscape, Hallway Bathroom Gallery, San Francisco, California
Moab Video Project, MAC21, Moab, Utah
Paper Love, devening projects + editions, Chicago, Illinois
Considering the Monuments: Video Art from the East Coast, The Urban Culture Project, Kansas City, Missouri
Julia Hechtman: Small Miracles, Gallery 210, St. Louis, Missouri
devening projects + editions, NEXT Art Fair, Chicago, Illinois
Crossed Country, Sherman Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Roam, California Occidental Museum of Art, Chicago, Illinois
2007
One by One: an Exhibition of Buttons, Lloyd Dobler Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
A Landscape Show, Samson Projects, Boston, Massachusetts
Raise High the Roofbeams, Rainbo Club, Chicago, Illinois
Girl On Guy, A+D Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Artwork Made On Site, Armory Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Forestaurant, City Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
I Will (Never) Make It Too, D21, Leipzig, Germany
Karlsruhe, Germany
The Imminent Failure Show, Ice Capades, Chicago, Illinois
Magic Lantern, Providence, Rhode Island
Go Between, devening projects + editions, Chicago, Illinois
Really Rad Videos, Lloyd Dobler Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Spring Break, Roots and Culture, Chicago, Illinois
Coma, Coma Space, Chicago, Illinois
Chicago-New Mexico Exchange, Schneider Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Kissy Kiss, Dean Jensen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2006
Strange Magic, 40,000, Chicago, Illinois
From the Ground Up: Linking Art and Nature, Linda Ross Contemporary, Detroit, Michigan
5,000,000 Tons of Pure Energy, Three Seasons Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Wherever, devening projects + editions, Chicago, Illinois
The Stray Show, 40,000, Chicago, Illinois
Within Arms Length, Suburban: Normal, Illinois State University, Bloomington, Illinois
2005
Photography II: Double Exposure, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, Illinois
Love Hangover, NOVA Art Fair, Chicago, Illinois
2004
Almost White, Suitable Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Fear and Anger, The Magic Lantern, Providence, Rhode Island
Salon Style, Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
The Best of Discount Cinema Revisited, Luv Office, Chicago, Illinois
The Hechtman Room, Slop Art,University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
2003
Oh-Kay?, Dogmatic, Chicago, Illinois
Nature Delivers: Urban Gardening and Beyond, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, Illinois
Supermarket 2003, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
St. Mary’s College, South Bend, Indiana
Center of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri
The Best of Discount Cinema, The Law Office, Chicago, Illinois
2002
Julia M. Hechtman and Deva Maitland, Joymore Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
The Stray Show, Dogmatic Franchise, Chicago, Illinois
Landformed, Apt 1R Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Reconfiguring Pop, G2 Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Thrill II, Joymore Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Lingo, ONI Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Young Art, Museo de las Americas, Puerto Rico
Video with Head Phones, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, Illinois
Bite Me, Mordant Multiples, Kansas City, Missouri
2001
Faculty Show, North Park University Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Portraits, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, Indiana
ILL, The Great Space, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Aurora Film Festival, Houston, Texas
Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 400, Chicago, Illinois
uicmfa@wood, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Apocalypse Noir, Allegheny College, Penelec Gallery, Meadville, Pennsylvania
2000
Collections/Re-Collections, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon
Twenty Dollars, a video, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Body Double, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
Supermarket 2000, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
The Pump House Regional Arts Center, LaCrosse, Wisconsin
Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Off Site, Great Space, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
By the Palette, For the Palate, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Chasing the Ideal, Moreau Gallery, Notre Dame, Indiana
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
2009
Artist in Residence, Nes Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
2008
Panelist, Sherman Gallery, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Visiting Artist Lecture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2007
Founder and Co-Director, Proof Gallery, South Boston, Massachusetts
Artist in Residence, Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, Michigan
Distributed Artist, Video Data Bank, Chicago, Illinois
Artist in Residence, Sydney Olympic Park Residency, Sydney, Australia
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2006
Faculty Enrichment Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Visiting Artist Lecture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Visiting Artist Lecture, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Visiting Artist Lecture, Illinois State University, Bloomington, Illinois
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2005
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland
Visiting Artist, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas
2004
Admissions Department Recruiter, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Studio Assistant for Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
2002
Juror for “Women in the Director’s Chair,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois