Born 1979, raised in Ijamsville, Maryland
Lives and works in New York, NY

Solo and Collaborative Exhibitions

2010 G Fine Art, Washington, DC
2010 Possumhaw Plant Electrics: Carnegie Center, New Albany, IN
2010 Works by Julia Oldham: Anchor Art Space, Anacortes, WA
2009 The Timber: Art in General, New York, NY
2009 Balmy: Espaço3, Lisbon, Portugal
2009 Bramble Standoff: Media Niche at the Fine Arts Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2007 Spiders and Insects: Macalester College Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2006 12 x 12 Exhibition: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2005 Traces and Bearings: with Kate Baird Gallery 405, Springfield, MO
2005 Habitat: Thesis Exhibition with Kate Baird, Midway Studios, Chicago, IL
2005 Fight or Flight: with Alison Ruttan, Three Arts Club, Chicago, IL
2002 Shift: Gallery H, Washington, DC

Group Exhibitions and Screenings

2011 Bronx Museum AIM Biennial: New York, NY (upcoming)
2010 Visions in a Nunnery: The Nunnery at Bow Arts Trust, London, UK
2010 Young Curators, New Ideas III: PPOW Gallery, New York, NY
2010 T minus 20: Christopher Henry Gallery, New York, NY
2010 You and Me Living Today (anatomically modern explorers): Gallery Four, Baltimore, MD
2010 Bagasbas Beach International Eco Arts Festival, Daet, Camarines Norte, Philippines
2010 Videopolis Film Festival, Baltimore, MD
2010 Science Fair: Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
2010 Made in Red Hook: Lucky Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 The Moving Index curated by Stamatina Gregory (online): The Art Office, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Brooklyn is Burning curated by Andres Bedoya and Sarvia Jasso: MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY
2010 Portable Caves with HKJB: 5-22 46th Avenue, Long Island City, NY
2010 Sensing Motion: FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), Liverpool, UK (part of the moves10: Framing Motion festival)
2009 Soft Science: Human Animal at the Antimatter Film Festival, Victoria, BC, Canada
2009 Washington Project for the Arts Experimental Media Series: Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; Phillips Collection, Washington, DC; Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2009 FilmNight 3.0: Extra Lives: Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
2009 Lessons in the Sky: A Filmic Tribute to Audubon: Dia Art Foundation at The Hispanic Society of America, New York, NY
2009 Emerging Artists Auction: Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
2009 Transmodern Festival: Gallery Four, Baltimore, MD
2009 17 Days: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2009 Pavilhao 28 at the Psychiatric Hospital Julio de Matos with Atelier EA+ Lisbon, Portugal
2009 Artist Run Chicago: with Livebox at Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2009 Sound Symposium: UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Dearly, Madly: Howard House, Seattle, WA
2008 Archaeology of Wonder: Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
2008 Filmideo: Redsaw Gallery, Newark, NJ
2008 Red Hook Open Studios: Monarch Luggage Factory, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Around the Coyote Video Lounge, curated by Livebox: Artropolis, Chicago, IL
2008 Centennial Video Special: Crawl Space, Seattle, WA
2008 Wild Life/Wildlife: Mount Ida College Gallery, Newton, MA
2007 Bridge Art Fair: Miami, FL with Livebox Gallery
2007 Emerging Video Artists: Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, Nashville, TN
2007 Notions of Wilderness: Kasia Kay Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 INPORT, International Video-Performance Art Festival: Tallinn, Estonia
2005 Juried Show, Juried by Mark Dion: Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
2005 Are You With Me? with Charlie Morris and Lawrence Jennings: Medusa Art Parlor, San Antonio, TX
2005 Research and Development: Little Black Pearl, Chicago, IL
2005 Winter Salon: Midway Studios, Chicago, IL
2004 Narrative Purgatory: Franke Institute, Chicago, IL
2004 11 Pack: 4Art, Inc., Chicago, IL
2004 Winter Salon: Midway Studios, Chicago, IL
2002 New Talent: Boyden Gallery, St. Mary's College, MD

Awards and Residencies

2010 Artist in the Marketplace at the Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY
2009 Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest Residency, Clermont, KY
2009 Blue Mountain Center Residency, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
2009 New Commissions, Art in General, New York, NY
2008 Timber Residency, Marshalltown, IA
2007 Artadia, The Fund for Art and Dialogue
2006 Community Arts Assistance Program Grant: City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs

Publications/Compilations

2009 Soft Science: The Human Animal DVD Anthology, distributed by Video Data Bank, Chicago, IL
2009 The Timber catalog, Art in General, New York, NY
2007 Aspect Magazine, Volume 9: Performance, Boston, MA

Press

2010 Cotter, Holland, "Young Curators, New Ideas III", New York Times, August 20
2010 Levy, Michele, "New Curators: A Sequel", ArtSlant, July 31
2010 Drumm, Perrin, "Young Curators, New Ideas III", sunFiltered at the Sundance Channel, July 21
2010 Heilenman, Diane, "Julia Oldham's insect videos have legs", Louisville Courier-Journal, Arts, May 9
2010 Peng, Qi, "Exclusive Assassination: Julia Oldham," Examiner.com, January 18
2009 Goetzman, Keith, "Dance Like a Bug," Utne Reader, Arts Blog, December 21
2009 Brás & Resende, "Churr-churr Ziz Ziz Ziz", Magnética Magazine, Volume 13, December, p. 58-59
2009 Jerousek-Smith, Madeleine. "A Bug's Dance", The University of Chicago Magazine, November-December
2009 Chatterson, Kris. "Downtown May 2009," KCLOG, May 31
2009 Chatterson, Kris. "Red Hook Brooklyn May 2009", KCLOG, May 24
2009 Covit, Dana. "Transmodern in Retrospect", Radar Redux, April 19
2009 Ayala, Bruno. "Julia Oldham apresenta "Balmy" no Espaço3", Janela Urbana, March 24
2009 Leorne, Ana. "Internacionalização da vídeo-arte de Julia Oldham começa por Lisboa", Rascunho, March 23
2009 Video interview with Art in General, Art in General Production Notes, April 4
2009 Hackett, Regina."'Dearly Madly': Romance as the End of the Road", March 25, Another Bouncing Ball, Seattle, WA
2009 Hobart, Erika. "Julia Oldham", Seattle Weekly, Arts Section, March 28
2009 Parsons, Laura. "Nice Niche: Art Sparks in the Stacks", The Hook, February 2
2009 "Archeology of Wonder Closing Reception", Real Hartford, January 4
2008 Hoffman, Hank. "Diverse 'Archeology of Wonder' show at Real Art Ways", Connecticut Art Scene, December 10
2008 Symkus, Ed. "Into the 'Wild'", Wicked Local, April 1
2007 Ramos, Sam. "Gallery Shorts", F News, May Edition
2006 "A Closer Look: Recent Graduate Work", Tableau, Spring/Summer, Volume 8, Number 1, p. 15

Lectures and Panel Discussions

2009 Panel discussion with Nina Horisaki-Christens and Amy Berkov at Art in General, New York, NY
2009 Lecture in conjunction with "Balmy" screening, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2009 Panel discussion at "Archaeology of Wonder" closing, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
2007 Visiting Artist Lecture, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
2006 12 x 12 Artist Lecture, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

Education

2003-2005 MFA: University of Chicago
1997-2001 BA, Art History: Saint Mary's College of Maryland