Julie Meridian is a self-taught photographer, with a background in fine art and art education. She lives in Evanston, Illinois.
EXHIBITS
2025 The Garden Room, Group Exhibit, Shumaker Curated, Evanston, IL.
Curator: Suzanne Shumaker.
2024 Primary Colors, international online exhibit, Second Place Award,
New York Center for Photographic Arts. Juror: Louise Fedotov-Clements
2024 Colors of the Commonplace, international online exhibit,
Juror’s Award, New York Center for Photographic Arts. Juror: Debra Klomp Ching.
2024 From a Seed-Botanicals, international online exhibit, Grand Prize Award, New York
Center for Photographic Arts. Juror: Lee Ann White
2023 Alice, Invitational Exhibit, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, IL.
2021 Specimens, solo exhibit, Cultivate Urban Rain Forest & Gallery, Evanston, IL.
2018 picturing-evanston, online artist journal, interview & images.
2015 Depth of Field, Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ.
Curators: Connie and Jerry Rosenthall, rfotofolio.com.
2015 Celebrating City Creatures, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago.
Curator: Lisa Roberts, for The Center for Humans and Nature.
2014 Avian Spirits, Brushwood Center, Ryerson Woods, Deerfield, IL.
Curator: Frank Mercurio.
2014 Chicago International Art and Antiques Show,
represented by Harvey Pranian, Harvey Art and Antiques.
2014 rfotofolio, online photography gallery, portfolio and interview.
2013 North Valley Art League 2013 International Juried Photography Show,C arter House Gallery, Redding, CA.
Juror: Robert Nishihira, Chair of Photography Department,
City College of San Francisco.
2013 The Magic of Light, PhotoPlace Gallery, Online Gallery Annex,
Vermont Photography Workplace, Middlebury, VT.
Juror: Aline Smithson, photographer, curator.
2013 Birds: Real or Imagined, PhotoPlace Gallery,
Vermont Photography Workplace, Middlebury, VT.
Juror: S. Gayle Stevens, photographer
2012 Specimens, solo exhibit, Brushwood Center, Ryerson Woods, Deerfield, IL.
2011 Two-person Exhibition, ZIA Gallery, Winnetka, IL.
2011 Group Exhibition, ZIA Gallery, Winnetka, IL.
2011 The Poetry of Shadows, PhotoPlace Gallery, Online Gallery Annex,
Vermont Photography Workplace, Middlebury, VT.
Juror: Christina Anderson, photographer
2011 The Language of Light, PhotoPlace Gallery, Online Gallery Annex,
Vermont Photography Workplace, Middlebury, VT.
Juror: Paul Paletti, Director, Paul Paletti Gallery, Louisville, KY
2011 ARTSPACE Pop-up Gallery, Evanston, IL
2010 PhotoMidwest 2010 Seven State Exhibition, Wisconsin Union Galleries,
Juror: Russell Joslin, editor, SHOTS Magazine.University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. First Place Award
2010 Photos With Words, Photoplace Gallery and Online Gallery Annex
Vermont Photography Workplace, Middlebury, VT.
Juror: Liz Lee, Professor of Photography, State University of New York.
2010 Julie Meridian Photographs, solo exhibit, Ixia, Evanston, IL.
2009 lenscratch, online photography journal, interview & images.
2009 The Chicago Project III, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2009 New Works Gallery Online, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburg, PA.
2008- 2010 The Chicago Project, Catherine Edelman Gallery, online gallery.
2008 14th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA.
Juror: Katherine Ware, Curator of Photography, Philadelphia Art Museum.
2008 Artspace National Juried Printmaking and Photography Exhibition, Richmond, VA.
Juror: Brooks Johnson, Curator of Photography and 21st Century Art,
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia.
2004 Leaves and Light, solo exhibit, Garden Room, Milwaukee, WI.
1998 Portraits by Women, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1995 The Meaning of the Mask, Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1995 National Exposure III, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Juror: Sylvia Wolf, Associate Curator, Department of Photography,
The Art Institute of Chicago.
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Shadow and Light Magazine, cover and featured portfolio,
Poetry Machine, March issue #58. Editor: Tim Anderson.
2018 Series of Dreams, edited by Russell Joslin, Skeleton Key Press.
2018 LensWork Magazine, 25th Anniversary issue #138.
2015 City Creatures, published by The Center for Humans and Nature,
and the University of Chicago Press.
2014 SHOTS Magazine, autumn issue.
2014 LensWork Magazine, portfolio, July-August, issue #113.
2014 Looking at Images, by Brooks Jensen, LensWork Publications.
2014 LensWork Magazine, March-April, issue #111.
2013 SHOTS Magazine, portfolio and interview, winter issue.
2013 B&W Magazine, Spotlight Award, June issue.
2012 SHOTS Magazine, summer issue.
2012 B&W Magazine, Single Image Contest, Merit Award, Special Issue.
2011 SHOTS Magazine, summer issue.
2011 B&W Magazine, Single Image Contest, 2 Merit Awards, Special Issue.
2010 SHOTS Magazine, spring issue.
2010 Ilterzoochio, Italian online photography magazine, Oct. issue.
2009 LensWork Magazine, portfolio, May-June, issue #82.
2009 Ilterzoochio, Italian online photography magazine, July issue.
2008- 2010 Red Dog Journal, online photography journal.
2007 B&W Magazine, Single Image Contest,
Silver Award, Bronze Award, Merit Award, Special Issue.
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas.
Center for Humans and Nature, Chicago, IL.
University of Illinois Chicago, Department of Biological Sciences
EDUCATION
1977 M.Ed., art education, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
1970 B.S., art education, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.