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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Green was born in [[Yokosuka, Kanagawa|Yokosuka]] in September 1961. She died on 12 October 2021 from ovarian cancer.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CU8fdKaPpJI/</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=15 October 2021|title=Shortly before her death, artist Julie Green concludes 21-year project depicting the final suppers of US death row inmates|url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/10/15/an-end-to-the-art-of-first-and-last-meals|access-date=21 October 2021|website=The Art Newspaper - International art news and events}}</ref> She earned a BFA (1983) and MFA (1996) from [[The University of Kansas]] in [[Lawrence, Kansas|Lawrence]].
Green was born in [[Yokosuka, Kanagawa|Yokosuka]] in September 1961. She earned a BFA (1983) and MFA (1996) from [[The University of Kansas]] in [[Lawrence, Kansas|Lawrence]].


Green was a professor at [[Oregon State University]] and married artist Clay Lohmann.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/julie-green|title=Julie Green|website=Oregon State University|publisher=Oregon State University|accessdate=25 November 2017}}</ref>
Green was a professor at [[Oregon State University]] and married artist Clay Lohmann.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/julie-green|title=Julie Green|website=Oregon State University|publisher=Oregon State University|accessdate=25 November 2017}}</ref>


Green's solo exhibitions included "The Last Supper" at [https://www.bellevuearts.org/exhibitions/current/the-last-supper Bellevue Museum of Art,] Texas State University.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://glasstire.com/2017/09/29/julie-green-at-texas-state-university/|title=Julie Green at Texas State University|last1=Zech|first1=Brandon |website=Glasstire|accessdate=25 November 2017}}</ref>
Green's solo exhibitions included "The Last Supper" at [https://www.bellevuearts.org/exhibitions/current/the-last-supper Bellevue Museum of Art,] Texas State University.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://glasstire.com/2017/09/29/julie-green-at-texas-state-university/|title=Julie Green at Texas State University|last1=Zech|first1=Brandon |website=Glasstire|accessdate=25 November 2017}}</ref>

She died on 12 October 2021 from ovarian cancer.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CU8fdKaPpJI/</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=15 October 2021|title=Shortly before her death, artist Julie Green concludes 21-year project depicting the final suppers of US death row inmates|url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/10/15/an-end-to-the-art-of-first-and-last-meals|access-date=21 October 2021|website=The Art Newspaper - International art news and events}}</ref>


== Exhibition reviews ==
== Exhibition reviews ==

Revision as of 04:43, 22 October 2021

Julie L. Green
The Last Supper
Born1961
Yokosuka, Japan
Died12 October 2021 (aged 60)
Alma materThe University of Kansas
OccupationArtist
SpouseClay Lohmann

Julie L. Green (1961 – 12 October 2021) was an artist known for making paintings about food, fashion, and capital punishment. Half of each year was spent on her work, The Last Supper, a series of 1000 plates to date, illustrating final meals of U.S. death row inmates.

Biography

Green was born in Yokosuka in September 1961. She earned a BFA (1983) and MFA (1996) from The University of Kansas in Lawrence.

Green was a professor at Oregon State University and married artist Clay Lohmann.[1]

Green's solo exhibitions included "The Last Supper" at Bellevue Museum of Art, Texas State University.[2]

She died on 12 October 2021 from ovarian cancer.[3][4]

Exhibition reviews

Green’s work has been featured in Oregon Artswatch, Ceramics Monthly and other publications.[5][6][7] The Last Supper book, published by The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR, includes images of 500 plates.[8]

After previously focusing on the last meals of death row inmates, Green released a series of paintings and documents relating to death row prisoners' first meals after exoneration. The series was done with the help of Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law’s Center on Wrongful Convictions.[9][10]

Awards

A recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant, Green won the 2015 ArtPrize 3-D Juried Award and a 2016 Oregon Arts Commission Fellow.[11][12][13] Green was a 2017 Hallie Ford Fellow through The Ford Family Foundation.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Julie Green". Oregon State University. Oregon State University. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. ^ Zech, Brandon. "Julie Green at Texas State University". Glasstire. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/CU8fdKaPpJI/
  4. ^ "Shortly before her death, artist Julie Green concludes 21-year project depicting the final suppers of US death row inmates". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  5. ^ Kook-Anderson, Grace. "Julie Green: Yielding to the capricious outcome". Oregon Artswatch.
  6. ^ van Wagtendonk, Anya. "Painter immortalizes last meals of 600 prisoners put to death". PBS. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  7. ^ Fizell, Megan (2011). "Last Supper" (PDF). Ceramics Monthly (September 2011): 42–45. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  8. ^ Johnson, Kirk (2013). "'The Last Supper,' by Julie Green, at Arts Center in Oregon". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  9. ^ Hartke, Kristen (17 December 2018). "Art Series Captures Taste And Color Of Prisoners' First Meal After Exoneration". NPR. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  10. ^ Commisso, Erica (21 January 2019). "'First Meal': Artist Explores Prisoner Exoneration Through Food Artist Julie Green turns exonerated prisoners' first meals into poignant pieces of art". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  11. ^ Foundation, Joan Mitchell. "Joan Mitchell Foundation » Artist Programs » Artist Grants". joanmitchellfoundation.org. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  12. ^ "ArtPrize Announces the Winners of $500,000 in Awards". www.artprize.org. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Julie Green | Oregon Arts Commission". www.oregonartscommission.org. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  14. ^ "Julie Green | The Ford Family Foundation". www.tfff.org. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
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