julietkarelsen@yahoo.com
Born: New York City, NY
Education
Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (teaching fellow)
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Bingham Fellowship (full scholarship)
Study at The Art Students League of New York, NYC, NY
Bachelor of Arts, Comparative Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Study Abroad, Institute de la Sorbonne, Paris France
Residencies
2023 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
2023 Artist in Residence, Children’s Museum and Theater of Maine, Portland, Maine
2019 Pickwick Independent Press, Portland, Maine (currently)
2016 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
2015 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
1992 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT
1990 Les Cerqueux-sous-Passavant Summer Art School, study with Ted Seth Jacobs, Les Cerqueux-sous-Passavant, France
Selected One, Two and Four Person Exhibitions
2025 Schaeffer’s Gate 5, Oslo, Norway (solo - upcoming)
2023 SPACE Gallery (Window), Heptagonals, Portland, Maine (solo)
2022 Maine Jewish Museum, a flower expected everywhere…[Emily Dickinson], two person show with Jocelyn Lee
2021 SPEEDWELL projects, Witchgrass, with Hilary Irons, Karen Gelardi and Josephine Chase, Portland, Maine
2021 SPACE Gallery: (SPACE Case), Bee Flowers, Portland, Maine (solo)
2019-2020 @ 93 Main Street window - in what became the Paul J Schupf Art Center, Heptagonal Spring, (Summer, Fall and Winter), Waterville, Maine (solo)
2019 Speedwell Projects, Universal Forest, Portland, Maine (solo)
2018 3S Artspace, Rock/Paper/Scissors, Portsmouth, New Hampshire (solo)
2017 Common Street Arts, Into the Forest: Flora, Fauna, Lichen, Moss, two person show with Barbara Sullivan, Waterville, Maine
2017 The University of Maine at Farmington, Juliet’s Room, Farmington Maine (solo)
2016 Speedwell Projects, Groundless, Portland, Maine (solo)
2016 The Jewish Museum, Lichens, Portland, Maine (solo)
2016 Engine Gallery, Findings, two person show with Greta Rybus, Biddeford, Maine,
2016 Railroad Square Cinema, White Hawk Project (benefit), Waterville, Maine (solo)
2011 Isaac Dyer Gallery, Gorham, Maine (solo)
2005 The University of Maine at Farmington, Farmington, Maine (solo)
2000 Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
1997 The Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1996 The University of Maine at Farmington, Farmington, Maine (solo)
1995 The Lakes Gallery, South Casco, Maine (solo)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024, BravinLee Programs, The Golden Thread: A Fiber Art Exhibition, off site exhibition space at South Street Seaport, New York City, NY
2024 The Parsonage, Searsport, Maine, (solo installation)
2024 Waterfall Arts, I’ve Been Wrong Before, curated by Annika Earley
2024 The Emery Center, The Thinking Hand, curated by Ann Bartges, Farmington, Maine
2023 Mechanics Hall, CarmXn: Transcending Borders (curated by Edwin Cahill of Hogfish Artist Residency,) Portland, Maine
2023 Caldbeck Gallery, Shaped/On the Wall (curated by Barbara Sullivan), Rockland, Maine
2023 Zero Station, Excerpts, Portland, Maine
2023 Cynthia Wirings Gallery, Blue Hill, Maine
2022 BUOY, ARTPM 2022 (YEAR 13,) Kittery, Maine
2021 Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Concurrence, [ON]now Exhibition, Rockland, Maine
2021 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Block Party, New York City, NY
2021 The Emery Community Arts Center, Palette of the Forest, Farmington, Maine
2021 Flex Space, Reimagining the Real, Farmington, Maine
2021 Portland Public Library, Critters: Mythical, Real and Imagined, Portland, Maine
2021 Maine Jewish Museum, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Artists, Portland, Maine
2021 Cynthia Winings Gallery, Blue Hill, Maine
2020 BravinLee Programs, The Essential Artist, New York City, NY
2020 Cynthia Winings Gallery, Blue Hill, Maine
2020 Portland Public Library, Pickwick Press 2020
2019 BravinLee programs, Ho Hum All Ye Faithful, New York City, NY
2019 Speedwell Projects, 10,000 plus Hours, Portland, Maine
2019 Cynthia Winings Gallery, Blue Hill, Maine
2019 Greenhut Galleries, Man-Made: A State of Nature, Portland, Maine
2019 TATTER, Blue Tiny Pricks, Brooklyn, New York
2018 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Book Art Festival, New York City, NY
2018 Cynthia Winings Gallery, Blue Hill, Maine
2017 Cynthia Winings Gallery, Blue Hill, Maine
2017 Speedwell Projects, WE ARE AMERICAN BEAUTY - The Other Inaugural Ball, Portland, Maine
2015 Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, White Hawk Project (benefit), Brooklyn, NY
2015 Mayo Street Arts, Ghosts III, curated by Abby Shahn, Portland, Maine.
2013 Common Street Arts, Ghosts II, curated by Abby Shahn, Waterville, Maine
2013 The University of Maine at Farmington, Ghosts I, curated by Abby Shahn
2011-2012 Painters, Players and Poets, traveling exhibit throughout Maine
2010 The Aguilar Branch of the NY Public Library, The Last Book, curated by Luis Camnitzer
2010 The Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine
2009 The Zentralbibliothek Zurich, The Last Book, Switzerland, curated Luis Camnitzer
2009 The National Library of Argentina, The Last Book, curated by Luis Camnitzer
2008 The Museum of the National Library of Spain, The Last Book, Madrid, curated by L.Camnitzer
2008 The Drawing Center, slide registry, NYC, New York (2004-2008)
2007 The Boston Drawing Project (2007-2010)
2007 The University of Maine at Farmington Art Gallery
2006 University of Maine at Farmington Art Gallery
2004 Clark House Gallery, Bangor, Maine
2004 The Chocolate Church, Bath, Maine
2004 The University of Maine at Farmington Art Gallery
2000 The Cultural Center, Columbus, Ohio
2000 Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
1999 Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky, Ohio
1999 Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
1999 Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1998 David Beitzel Gallery, New York City, NY
1998 Davidson and Daughters Contemporary Art, Portland, Maine
1997 Gallery Two, Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Show, Chicago., Illinois
1993 Maine Coast Artists Biennial, Rockport, Maine
1991 The Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
Curatorial
2020 - 2024 SPEEDWELL Projects, Curatorial Committee and Vice President of the Board of Directors
2021 SPEEDWELL Projects, Artists Studio Visit Series videos
2021 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Alumni, Maine Jewish Museum, Portland, Maine
2018 Reverence to the Thread, Portland Public Library, Portland, Maine
Links
Union of Maine Visual Artists; Summer 2021, Alan Crichton, https://maineartsjournal.com/alan-crichton-fifteen-artists-from-the-skowhegan-school-of-painting-and-sculpture/
The Chart: http://thechart.me/darkness-and-desire-alison-hildreth-juliet-karelsen/
Union of Maine Visual Artists: http://maineartsjournal.com/juliet-karelsen-origin-stories/
Speedwell Projects: https://www.speedwellprojects.com/juliet-karelsen/
Cynthia Winings Gallery: https://www.cynthiawiningsgallery.com
Booklets
Limahuli (postcard booklet) to benefit The National Tropical Botanical Garden of Limahuli on the Hawaiian Island of Kaua'i. 2014
Osa (postcard booklet) to benefit The White Hawk Project - a land preservation organization in Costa Rica, 2012
Joyous Cosmology? A Cosmic Coloring Book, 2013
Translations (postcard booklet) 2010
Selected Bibliography
The New York Times, Textile Brings New Life to an 18th Century Building, by Hilarie Sheets, May 2024; Hyperallergic, Fiber Art is the Binding Thread at This Manhattan Show, by Rhea Nayyar, May, 2024, Art Spiel, The Golden Thread – BravinLee Offsite at the Seaport, by Melissa Stern, May 2024; untapped new york, Fiber Art Takes Over Historic Seaport Building Never Open to the Public, by Emmalyn Meyer, May, 2024; Colossal, Through the Work of More than 60 Artists, ‘The Golden Thread’ Traces the Rise of Textiles in Contemporary Art, by Kate Mothes, May 2024; The Golden Thread: New Adventures in Textile Art, essay by Christian Viveros-Faune, May 2024; Portland Press Herald, Two Tucked Away Portland Galleries Have Shows to Lure You, July 2023, by Jorge Arango; Maine Home and Design, Profile - A Small World After All, January/February 2023, by Katy Kelleher, The Hand Magazine, Issue 34, 2021; Portland Press Herald, Natural and Human Worlds Collide in Witchgrass, October 2021, by Jorge Arango/ https://www.pressherald.com/2021/10/10/art-review-natural-and-human-worlds-collide-in-witchgrass; Portland Phoenix, Witchgrass Looks Differently at Nature, September 2021, by Edgar Allen Beem; Portland Press Herald, Skowhegan School Influence, Adventurousness on Display, May 2021 by Jorge Arango https://www.pressherald.com/2021/05/23/art-review-skowhegan-schools-influence-adventurousness-on-display; Union of Maine Visual Artists Journal, Summer 2021, 15 Artists from the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, by Alan Crichton; Portland Phoenix, Art Seen: Skowhegan School at the Maine Jewish Museum, May 2021 by Edgar Allen Beem, https://portlandphoenix.me/art-seen-skowhegan-school-at-the-maine-jewish-museum; Art New England, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Artists, May/June 2021, by Carl Little; Portland Press Herald, The Jewels of the Forest Recreated in Speedwell Show, January 2019, by Bob Keyes; The Chart, On Darkness and Desire: Alison Hildreth and Juliet Karelsen in Conversation, Vol.4, No. 2: Winter 2019; Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly, April 2018; Portland Press Herald, October 2017, review by Dan Kany; Art New England, Jan/Feb 2017, review by Carl Little; Sun Journal, Feb 2017; Harpers Magazine, May 2004, Readings Section; Portland Press Herald, August 2016, by Bob Keyes; Art New England, May 2004, by Carl Little; The Kennebec Journal, November 2003, by Lyn Ascrizzi; The Columbus Dispatch, 2001, by Jeanne Fryer Kohles; Columbus Alive, February 2000, by Melissa Starker: The Franklin Journal, 1999, by Ann Geller; Art New England, January 1997, by ShirleyJacks; Art New England, August 1995 by Alan Crichton; Portland Press Herald, May 1995 by Ken Greenleaf