About Julie Sass
Julie Sass (b.1971) studied visual art at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and at New York University in New York City (MFA), where she specialized in painting. Later she received her MA in Theory & Mediation from The Royal Danish Art Academy in Copenhagen. Sass has worked for Yoko Ono and Gilbert and Lila Silverman’s’ Fluxus Collection as an assistant to Jon Hendricks, New York. She has also worked as assistant to Narelle Sissons producing set design for theater (Julliard, Shakespeare in the Park, etc.), New York.
Focusing on Abstraction (painting) in its diverse forms and how visual art can be embedded in various contexts, Sass has taken several initiatives to exhibitions, solo and collaborating with: Milena Høgsberg, Tomas Lagermand Lundme, Courtney J Martin, Bodil Nielsen, Anna Fro Vodder
For the last 10 y+ there has been an emphasis on publications in relation to her curatorial projects and her artistic practice. The most recent are IMAGE temporary constellation, published by RSS PRESS and A STATE OF WANDERING, published by Hurricane Publishing, both 2022.
In 2020 Sass was nominated for The Queen Sonja Print Awaard https://www.queensonjaprintaward.no/artists/sass-julie
Public commissions include: Art Holbæk, Nørre Gymnasium, DK. Her works are to be found in several public and private collections including Dunkers Kulturhus, SE, Kastrupgaardsamlingenen, DK, and The MET, New York, etc.
Contact
Julie Sass
e-mail: sassstudio2020@gmail.com
studio/værksted: Værkstedvej 24, 2500 Valby, dk
Inquiries: Pierogi Gallery, NY, Steinprent, Tórshavn, FO
Collaborations/ works or artist books available:
· Pierogi Gallery, New York https://flatfiles.pierogi2000.com/artist/julie-sass
· STEINPRENT, Skálatrøð 16, P.O.Box 1210, FO 110 Tórshavn
· SixtyEight Art Institute, Gothersgade 167, 1123 København
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Art Theory and Mediation, M.A., The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Graduated from both New York University, M.F.A., and The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
Social Studies at Roskilde University, RUC, DK
Upcoming
Malerhuset i Sønderho, Fanø
Det danske institut i Rom https://www.acdan.it/
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
Black Gold/ Sort Guld, Byens Kro, Kbh
At the Edge of Becoming, Galleri Maria Friis, Kbh
Vandretilstande, Vandrehallen Kunsthal, Hillerød
I let Different Light In, kurateret af Kinna Poulsen, Vingardurin
A STATE OF WANDERING. Reading, book launch and show, Thiemers Magasin, Cph
IMAGE temporary constellation, Fiendish Plots, Nebraska
Black Fog Rising STEINPRENT, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Ekely Gallery Cph
Opening May 16th, 2019. New works, including artist book
LEMON MOOD book launch of new artist book at EKELY Gallery, Cph. JS debut - 7 fictional texts. Reading by Savannah Gorton, Steven Zultansky, JS. + 18 heliographs, limited edition.
LIGHT MATTER Politikens Forhal
VOLUME RHYTHM MATTER dialogues. Solo show and book launch, Danish National Art Library. LINK
Be-Bop Your Visual Acts (Shared Space), Third Space, Copenhagen. LINK
Be-Bop Your Visual Acts Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, USA
ID-Visual Identity ÁREA- lugar de proyectos, Puerto Rico
Untitled Untitled, Miami, USA
ALL OUT Lars Olsen Gallery, Copenhagen
SPILLOVER Gallery Thomassen, Gothenburg, Sweden
MATTERS LARM galleri, Copenhagen
Parallel Lines Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, Sweden
Sense of Direction LARM galleri, Copenhagen, catalogue available (text by Pernille Albrethsen)
MO NU MENT Galleri Udengaard, Aarhus, Denmark, catalogue available (text by AmandaChurch)
INSIDE WHITE Susanne Højriis Gallery, Cph. catalogue available (text by Shirley Kaneda)
Group Exhibitions (selected)
New works from the collection, Kastrupgaardsamlingen, dk
Group show, Olai. Featuring works by: Ingalvur Av Reini, Jóhan Martin Christiansen, Randi Samsonsen, etc. Honorary mention of Ingalvur Av Reyni. Curated by Hansina Iversen. Catalogue.
Listasavn Føroya, The National Gallery of the Faroe Island, Tórshavn LINK
Quarantaine Works #2, with Marianne Grønnow, Dorte Jelstrup. Curated by JS. Valby. Copenhagen
Art Herning
G! Færøerne. Always Coming Home. Reading og gruppeudstilling kurateret af Kim Simonsen og Ida Bencke
Reading i Nordens Hus, Tórshavn: Always Coming Home
Reading på Nordatlantens Brygge/ POESI UDEN GRÆNSER
A brief history of Abstraction, Rønnesbækholm. http://roennebaeksholm.dk/events/kort-historie-abstraktion/
+ publication with JS interview by Daniela Ferretti, Museo Fortuny, Venedig and Erika Hoffmann/Sammlung Hoffmann Berlin.
Billedstorm, Steinprent, Tóshavn, with among others: Hansina Iversen, Silja Ström, Hanni Julius Bjartalid, Bardur Jakobson, Tóroddur Poulsen Abstract Summer, Steinprent, Tórshavn LINK
Lithographic connections, group show of litho prints, arranged by STEINPRENT and Kinna Povelsen, Vendsyssel Artmuseum, Dk
Drawing on Difference: An Ambition, curated by Saul Ostrow and Lidija Slavkovic, Studio Vendome, New York LINK
Polyfoni II, Galleri Thomas Wallner, Simris, Sweden
Minimal Baroque, group show curated with Bodil Nielsen and Courtney J Martin, Rønnebæksholm, Dk.
In the Closet, Svends Library, featuring artist’s books, Nivågaard Museum, Dk. LINK
Unhinged Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY
Catwalk Art Institute, open studio show, Hudson, NY
Peep Shows: Purple, Purple Light, Green Light, Green. Small scale shows in various locations in Copenhagen. LOKAL, LINK
SHAPED BY TIME – contemporary art embedded in prehistory, The National Museum, Copenhagen, group show in the Prehistoric section (24 rooms), curated by Milena Høgsberg & Julie Sass
ENTER II, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Dk
TIL VÆGS, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, group show, all wall paintings, curated by Maria Gadegaard, Copenhagen (catalogue)
Handl Lokalt (Act Local), group show, with Lise Harlev, Anna Fro Vodder og Mette Winckelmann, Verdens Mindste Kaffebar, Cph
Constructivismo, group show, CVS Center, with Fernando Colon, Ivelisse Jimenez, Claudia Joscowizs etc., New York
Suggestion, Belief, Emptiness, group show, Jessica Murray Gallery, with Dana Frankfort, Ivelisse Jimenez, Ann Pibal, Lisa Sigal etc., New York
SUNRISE SUNSET, curated by Amanda Church and Courtney J Martin, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York
Hungry Eyes, curated by Monica Tap, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Canada. With Jane Fine, Elisabeth McIntosh, Dan Walsh etc.
A Way of Thinking - Paintings and objects, Featuring: John Torreano, Amanda Church, Kristofer Hultenberg, Ivlisse Jimenéz, Bodil Nielsen. Curated by Julie Sass, Susanne Højriis Gallery, Cph
Maleri I Foerändring/ Painting In Transformation, Helsingborg, Contemporary Art Museum, curated by Magnus Jensner, Vikingsberg Konstmuseum, Sweden
Painting: The Current Surprise, with Ivelisse Jimenez (PR), Elizabeth McIntosh (CA), Eric Glavin(CA), Jennifer Nelson (USA), JS, Galerie Susanne Højriis, Cph.
Something About Painting DCA Gallery, New York
Explore Europe, documentary video, Arken, Museum of Contemporary Art, Ishøj, DK
Bibliography
Black Fog Rising, artist book, 2019. Collaboration with Steinprent
”Volume Rhytm Matter dialogues, # 165/199”. Årets Bedste Bogarbejde 2018. The Danish Royal Library, Copenhagen.
"LEMON MOOD", artist book, 2018. Collaboration with Steinprent
Upcoming artist book: VOLUME RHYTHM MATTER dialogues. May 5th 2017
Publication on Minimal Baroque, book launch at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, MOTTO, Copenhagen
Publication by Tine Wessel. On embroidery. Featuring various artists, designers, etc. JS work + text. The needle has a point.
Commissions
Murals Nørre Gymnasium/ kommission, vægmalerier i trapperum, Nørre Gymnasium.
Art Fairs
Art Herning (STEINPRENT, Printers Proof) CODE (Printers Proof)
CODE Art Fair
Untitled (Miami (2013), Preview Berlin (2007), Art Copenhagen (2012, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005), Art Chicago (2006), Miami/Basel (2005), Art Stockholm (2005)
Permanent Collections
Danish Arts council (selected heliographs, LEMON MOOD, 2018) Vanløse Kulturstation, mural
Holbæk Art
Danish Arts Counsil, Denmark
Collection Vastra Götaland, Sweden
Collection Vastra Götaland, Sweden
Statens Konstråd, Sweden
Private collection of HKH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Contemporary Art Museum, Sweden
Various permanent private and public collections in Denmark, Sweden, US and the Carribean.
Flat Files
Drawings in the Flatfile, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY LINK
Selected Press (Only Articles in English Listed)
Mention in Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art LINK
Grants
Fulbright, Glashofs Legat, Knud Højgaards Fond, JL-Fondet, Koefoeds Legat, IhrgensBerghs Legat, Kunst Akademiets Internationaliserings Pulje, etc.
Awarded support for ID-Visual Identity by The state Counsil of The Arts, Denmark
Awarded an International stipend, The state Counsil of The Arts, Denmark
Awarded Preben Siigers Fond, Akademiraadet (counsil of The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art)
Awarded a work stipend of The state Counsil of The Arts, Denmark
Awarded a work stipend of The state Counsil of The Arts, Denmark
Awarded travel grant, by the painter Karl Mogesens Fond
Awarded a work stipend by The state Counsil of The Arts
Awarded Aage and Yelva Nimbs Fond, in recognition of my art work
Awarded Artist’s Working Stipend, stipend for emerging artists, Denmark
Residencies
Steinprent, residency (William Heinesens hus) Faroe Islands.
ÀREA-lugar de proyectos, Puerto Rico
Steinprent, residency (William Heinesens hus) Faroe Islands.
CATWALK INSTITUTE, Hudson, NY LINK