Julie Ault facts for kids

Julie Ault (born in 1957) is an American artist, curator, and editor. She helped start a group called Group Material. This group was based in New York and created over 50 art shows and public projects. They explored how politics and aesthetics (the study of beauty in art) are connected.

In 2018, Julie Ault received a special award called the MacArthur Fellows Program grant. People often call it a MacArthur Genius Grant. She earned this award for changing how we see artists and artworks. She combines art, curating (organizing art shows), archiving (keeping records), editing, and activism into a new way of making culture.

Exploring Art: Julie Ault's Creative Work

As an artist, Julie Ault works on her own and with another artist named Martin Beck. They do special research projects together. Their way of working is like a deeper dive into culture. They are interested in how we save and share knowledge and culture. They also question how cultural activities are presented to the public.

Julie Ault and Martin Beck have shown their projects all over the world. Some of their shows include Installation in Vienna (2006) and Social Landscape in Greensboro, NC (2004). They also created Outdoor Systems, indoor distribution in Berlin (2000).

They have also designed many art shows for other places. This includes over two dozen shows for the International Center of Photography in New York. They also designed X-Screen: Film Installations and Actions of the 1960s and 1970s (2003) and Changing Channels: Art and Television 1963–1987 (2010) for a museum in Vienna. Other designs include Projekt Migration (2005) in Cologne and Jim Hodges: Give More Than You Take (2014) in Los Angeles.

Sharing Stories: Julie Ault's Publishing Work

Julie Ault has recently edited several books about art and artists. She often focuses on the art scene in New York City during the 1980s and 1990s.

Her recent books include a book about the artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres. She also published a big book about the art of Sister Corita. This book received a lot of attention from a group blog called Design Observer.

In 2013, an art show called Tell It To My Heart: Collected by Julie Ault opened in Switzerland. This show featured artworks from Julie Ault's own collection. She also edited a book to go with the exhibition. The book included writings by Julie Ault and other authors. A second part of this book was published in 2016. In 2018, a collection of her own writings was published as In Parts: Writings by Julie Ault.

Learning and Teaching: Julie Ault's Education

Julie Ault studied at Hunter College in New York City, earning her first degree in 1995. She later earned a higher degree from the Malmö Art Academy in Sweden in 2011.

She has also taught art at many different schools. These include the École Supérieure d'Art Visuel in Geneva and UCLA. She also taught at the Rhode Island School of Design and CalArts. Other places she taught include the Bard Center for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporary Culture and Cooper Union. From 2006 to 2007, she taught in Denmark through a special art exchange program.

Julie Ault's Life

Julie Ault was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She married photographer Andres Serrano in December 1980. They later separated. Today, she lives and works in New York City and Joshua Tree, California.

Exhibitions and Art Shows

Martin Wong, Press Release for Semaphore Gallery, 1984. This was featured in Ault's "Afterlife" exhibition.

Julie Ault's work has been shown in many exhibitions, including:

• "Nancy Spero: Paper Mirror" at Museo Tamayo, Mexico City and MoMA PS1, New York, NY (2018 and 2019)
• "Afterlife: a constellation" at Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (2014)
• Tell It To My Heart: Collected by Julie Ault. Kunstmuseum Basel, Museum für Gegenwartskunst. Basel, Switzerland. (February 2 – May 12, 2013). This show also traveled to Lisbon, Portugal, and New York, NY.
• Installation, Secession, Vienna (2006)
• Information, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, NY (2006)
• Old News, LACE – Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA (2005)
• Points of Entry, for the City University of New York (CUNY), Queens, New York (2004)
• A Small Look at Giganticism (2004)
• Social Landscape, at the Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC (2004)
• Outdoor Systems, indoor distribution at the Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin (2000)
• Billboard: Art on the Road, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art – MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA (1999)