Education

2014

Master of Fine Arts, Photography
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)

2011

Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art/Photography
University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)

2010

Summer Study Abroad
Institut d’Etudes Superieures des Arts (IESA), Paris, France

2008

High School Diploma, Studio Art/Painting/Photography (honors)
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School Music & Art and Performing Arts

2019

Adjunct Instructor of Photography, Art Department, Whitworth University
Executive Director, Richmond Art Collective

2018

Executive Director, Richmond Art Collective
Adjunct Instructor of Photography, Art Department, Eastern Washington University

2016–2017

Marketing and Media Coordinator, AmeriCorps Volunteer, Community Frameworks

2015–2016

Family Services and Volunteer Coordinator, AmeriCorps Volunteer, Habitat-Spokane

2015

Instructor of Digital Photography, Belvoir Terrace
Certified Framer, Michaels Arts and Crafts

2014

Instructor, Photography Department, Rhode Island School of Design

2012–2014

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Photography and Art History Departments, Rhode Island School of Design

2012–2013

Epson Print Monitor, Photography Department, Rhode Island School of Design

2011–2012

Curator, Arts Division, University of California, Santa Cruz
Digital Lab Monitor, Art Department, University of California, Santa Cruz
Hepatitis C & HIV Test Counselor, Santa Cruz County Health Services
Research Assistant, Art Department, University of California, Santa Cruz
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Art Department, University of California, Santa Cruz

2010–2012

Darkroom Lab Monitor, Art Department, University of California, Santa Cruz
HIV Test Counselor, Student Health Outreach & Promotion (SHOP), University of California, Santa Cruz

2010–2011

Figure Drawing Monitor, Art Department, University of California, Santa Cruz

2020

RAC Group Exhibition, Spokane International Airport, Spokane, Washington
Too Frozen To Bury, Richmond Gallery, Spokane, Washington

2019

Art of Consciousness, Iron Goat Brewery, Spokane, Washington
Gonzaga University Senior Art Exhibit, Richmond Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Organic Matter, Richmond Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Transformations: Changing States, Richmond Gallery, Spokane, Washington

2018

From Here On Out, Object Space, Spokane, Washington
Menagerie, Richmond Gallery, Spokane, Washington

2012

Frozen Decay, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California

2011

Perceptions of Space, University of California, Santa Cruz, California

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2019

Dioramas of Disaster, Jan Brandt Gallery, Bloomington, Illinois

2018

Dioramas of Disaster, E3 Convergence Gallery, Missoula, Montana
Dioramas of Disaster, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, Washington
Home Studies, Terrain Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Seriation of Distress, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, Washington

2017

Dioramas of Disaster, A.I.R. Studio Paducah Gallery, Paducah, Kentucky
Dislocated Memories, Chase Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Poetics of Longing, Paducah School of Art & Design, Paducah, Kentucky
Scattered Remains, Foundry Art Centre, Saint Charles, Missouri
Scattered Remains, Zootown Arts Community Center, Missoula, Montana
Still Waiting, Two Birds Tattoo, Seattle, Washington
Tableaux, Dean Davis Photography, Spokane, Washington

2016

At A Loss, Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane, Washington
Scattered Remains, Burien Community Center, Burien, Washington
Tableaux, Richmond Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Trail's End, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, Washington

2015

At A Loss: A Solo Exhibition, Brick Wall Photographic Gallery, Spokane, Washington

2012

Human Traces, Le Cigare Volant, Santa Cruz, California

Two-Person Exhibitions

2019

Forged by Fire: Natural Disaster in Painting and Sculpture, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, Washington

2017

Scorched Earth: A Collaborative Exhibition, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, Washington

Invitational Exhibitions

2020

FACULTY FREE FOR ALL, Gonzaga Urban Arts Center, Spokane, Washington
Too Frozen To Bury, Richmond Gallery, Spokane, Washington
RAC Group Exhibition, Spokane International Airport, Spokane, Washington

2019

Art of Consciousness, Iron Goat Brewery, Spokane, Washington
Organic Matter, Richmond Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Related, Richmond Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Text and Response, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, Washington
Transformation: Changing States, Richmond Gallery, Spokane, Washington

2018

2018 Artists' Showcase, Palouse Community Center, Palouse, Washington
Drawing Down the Muse, WomanKraft Art Center, Tucson, Arizona
Left Behind: Memory and Migration, Richmond Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Menagerie, Richmond Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Out of Print, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, Washington
Quarterly: Five Contemporary Artists, EWU Gallery of Art, Cheney, Washington
Small Work Sale, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, Washington

2017

Antinomy, Richmond Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Family Dinner, Richmond Art Collective, Spokane, Washington
Family Dinner, Richmond Art Collective, Spokane, Washington
Gaelic on Garland, Little Dog Art Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Hypothesis, Richmond Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Inaugural Art Sale, Liberty Building Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Oceanic Orientation, Little Dog Art Gallery, Spokane, Washington
SAP Show, Spokane International Airport, Spokane, Washington
Selfies & Self-Portraits: 21st C Artists See Themselves, Viridian Artists Gallery, New York, New York
Spread, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, Washington

2016

A Woman's Eye, Hatch Gallery, Spokane Valley, Washington
Art Walk: Celebrating Women and Survivors, YWCA, Spokane, Washington
Inspired By Our New Monuments, Joshua Tree Art Gallery, Joshua Tree, California
Kaleidoscope Flash, Little Dog Art Gallery, Spokane, Washington
LIF International Exhibition, London Image Festival, London, England
Small Work Sale, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, Washington
WAM Show, Spokane International Airport, Spokane, Washington
Winter Narrative, Little Dog Art Gallery, Spokane, Washington

2015

Small Works Sale, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, WA
Spookeh 3, Jan Brandt Gallery, Bloomington, Illinois
The 7th Exhibition, 2022NQ Space, Manchester, United Kingdom
50/50: 50 Artists from 5 Decades, R. Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, California

2014

New Contemporaries, Gelman Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
Rhode Island School of Design MFA Thesis Show, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, Rhode Island
Selections Show, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
Seven Stories Tall, ClampArt Gallery, New York, NY

2013

All the Dire Motives, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
Longing and Belonging, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

2012

First Year Photography MFA Candidate Show, Red Eye Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
Frozen Decay, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California

Juried Exhibitions

2020

Illuminate, La Resistance Gallery, Spokane, Washington

2019

23rd People’s Art Show, The Galleries, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
Close In: Inland Northwest Juried Landscape Art Exhibition, Jundt Museum, Spokane, Washington
Collision, Stray Gallery, Moscow, Idaho
Forces of Nature, Fredericksburg Center for Creative Arts, Fredericksburg. Virginia

2018

23rd People’s Art Show, The Galleries, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
Close In: Inland Northwest Juried Landscape Art Exhibition, Jundt Museum, Spokane, Washington
Collision, Stray Gallery, Moscow, Idaho

2017

4th Annual Living Mark Exhibition, Verum Ultimum Gallery Portland, Oregon
8th Annual 10x10x10xTieton Show, Mighty Tieton Warehouse, Tieton, Washington
30 Under 30, Viridian Artists Gallery, New York, New York
35mm: A Musical Exhibition, Stage Left Theatre, Spokane, Washington
40th National Juried Photography Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, Washington
Art of Living Photography Show, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, California
Corazón de la Tierra, Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery & Workshop, Tucson, Arizona
Drawing Down the Muse, WomanKraft Art Center, Tucson, Arizona
MONO, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Infinite Possibility: Imagination & Creation, Tilt Gallery. Scottsdale, Arizona
PromCommon 2017, VonCommon, Missoula, Montana
Reclaiming, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Taking Pictures, Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Underbelly, H Gallery, Ventura, California

2016

2nd Artist Collaboration Show, Hatch Gallery, Spokane Valley, Washington
19th International Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2016 Artists' Showcase, Palouse Community Center, Palouse, Washington
2016 National Juried Photography Exhibition, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, Oregon
2016 National Juried Exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York, New York
Alter + Combine, (SCENE) Metrospace, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Artworks Northwest 2016, Umpqua Valley Art Center, Roseburg, Oregon
Children of Privilege, Dendroica Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Circa: Digital Art Exhibit, NEST Arts Factory, Bridgeport, Connecticut
CVG Show, Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton, Washington
Dreams 2016, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado
Essence of Home, Golden Thread Gallery, West Hartford, Connecticut
Earth Wind Fire, Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg, Oregon
FMoPA International Photography Competition Exhibition, FMoPA, Tampa, Florida
Home, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, Kansas
In Good Company: Celebrating Women Artists, Bankhead Theater, Livermore, California
Juried Art Exhibition, Avenue West Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California
March/April 2016 Show, the Curated Fridge, Somerville, Massachusetts
Memories and Mementos, Cannon Beach Gallery, Cannon Beach, Oregon
Nowhere Everywhere, Red Wall Gallery, Weston, Massachusetts
Origins of Fear Show, Little Dog Art Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Photography Now!, Umpqua Valley Art Center, Roseburg, Oregon
Photowork '16, Barrett Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York
Putting It Together, Foundry Art Centre, Saint Charles, Missouri
Re-Context, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, Colorado
Road Trip to Photoville,, Photoville, Brooklyn, New York
Spokane WAM Expo 2016, Richmond Art Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Terrain 9, Washington Cracker Factory, Spokane, Washington
Where We Are Going, Where We Have Been, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Wide Open 7, BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2015

The Art Of Our Consumption, Foundry Art Centre, Saint Charles, Missouri
Color Photography: A Picture Show, Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Exposure, Exchange LA, Los Angeles, California
From Where I Stand, uBe Art Gallery, Berkeley, California
Going Home, Foundry Art Centre, Saint Charles, Missouri
Going Places, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
The Golden Hours, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
Guess You Had To Be There, Peoria Gateway Building, Peoria, Illinois
Left Coast Show, Frances Young Gallery, Ross, California
Love, ART Escape, Sonoma, California
New Directions 2015, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York
The Photographers of Instagram, Open Shutter Gallery, Durango, Colorado
Pop-Up Gallery Exhibition, The Lucky Jotter Studio, Blackpool, United Kingdom
Re-Picturing Photography, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois
Sense of Place, Jan Brandt Gallery, Bloomington, Illinois
Still Life/Life Still, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, Vermont
Stories and Secrets, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
SWAN Day Exhibition, Bankhead Theater, Livermore, California
Water, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, Rhode Island
Windows, Doors, and Mirrors, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont

2014

Love, Dark Room Gallery, Essex Junction, Vermont
New York Photo Awards Exhibition, Powerhouse Arena, Brooklyn, New York

2013

Arc of Alchemy, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
Ransom, Wayfarers Studios, Brooklyn, New York

2017

Studio Award, Bokeh Bokeh Photo

2016

First Place, Still Life Category, International Photography Competition 2016, FMoPA
Grants for Artist Projects (GAP) 2016 Award, Artist Trust
Honorable Mention, 2016 Juried Art Show, Avenue West Gallery

2015

Best in Show, Guess You Had To Be There, Peoria Art Guild

2013

New York Photo Award Finalist

2008

Gail Melhado Scholarship

2019

Transformative Environments, Richmond Art Collective

2018

Home Studies, Washington State University
Places Explored: An Investigation of Place and Narrative, Spokane Falls Community College

2016

Echoes of Home, Spokane Falls Community College

2015

Professional Practices, Cabrillo College

2018

Professional Practices, Whitworth University

2017

Grants for Artist Projects (GAP) Visual Arts Panel, Artist Trust

2018

Artist in Residence, Laboratory, Spokane, Washington
Artist in Residence, Richmond Art Collective, Spokane, Washington

2017

Artist in Residence, A.I.R. Studio Paducah, Paducah, Kentucky
Artist in Residence, Hatch: Creative Enterprises, Spokane Valley, Washington
Artist in Residence, Richmond Art Collective, Spokane, Washington
Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont

2016

Artist in Residence, Hatch: Creative Enterprises, Spokane Valley, Washington

2015

Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont

Digital & Print Publications

2019

KYRS, "Personally Speaking" featuring the Richmond Art Collective
the Spokesman-Review, "First Friday: Ignore the snow and feel the heat of a Friday night art crawl."

2018

the Inlander, "First Friday in March is packed with group shows."
the Inlander, "Riverfront "Public Restroom Planning Forum" isn't an official park thing — it's an art project" (photo credit)
Paducah Life Magazine, "AIR Studio Paducah: A Space for Making, Creating, and Mindfulness"
RISD XYZ Magazine, Winter 2018
www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/jul/05/f… Spokesman-Review, "First Friday: Plenty to see and do at the monthly gallery walk in downtown Spokane"|
www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/jun/22/l… Spokesman-Review, "Laboratory Spokane summer residents readying projects"|

2017

Paducah Sun, "Photographs by current Paducah Artist in Residence on display at art school"
Anti-Heroin Chic, "Scattered Remains: by Julie Gautier-Downes"
Art Up PhinneyWood, January 2017
Art Zealous, "This Week in the Art World: February 20th – February 26th"
Bokeh Bokeh Photo, "Scorched Earth, Julie & Kristen Gautier-Downes"
Cray Magazine, "The Wonderful Work of Julie Gautier-Downes"
EIDOS ARTWORKS, Episode 3
the Hand Magazine, Issue #17
the Inlander, "Fresh Look"
The Inlander, “Ghost Whisperer”
the Lucky Jotter Showcase, "Homeland"
Missoula Independent, "Julie Gautier-Downes photographs the losses we leave behind"
the Missoulian, "First Friday: Grid paintings, modern ledger drawings, prom parties"
Neighborworks VISTA Program, Quarter 1 Report
Phases Magazine, "Julie Gautier-Downes"
Richmond Art Collective Instagram, RAC Member Takeover
Spokesman-Review, "Artist Julie Gautier-Downes delves into her memories for haunting installations at Chase Gallery”
Spokesman Review, "First Friday: From ceramics to sculpture to political art, September gallery crawl offers it all"
Spokesman-Review, "Visual Arts Tour"
UCSC Arts Division, "Sisters Julie and Kristen Gautier-Downes Turn Loss Into An Art"
Underexposed Magazine, "Julie Gautier-Downes"
Women in Photo Instagram, "Fast Forward Conversation with Carolyn Lefley, Julie Gautier-Downes, and Stephanie McNutt"
Yes Ma'am, Issue 11: The Body Issue

2016

Ain’t Bad Magazine, Featured Artist
the Art Marketing Blog, An Artist Interview: Julie Gautier-Downes
B-Town Blog, "Photos by Julie Gautier-Downes now on display at Burien Community Center"
Bored Panda, "In Trail’s End, Photographs And Found Objects Combine To Create A Reconstructed Lost Home"
Fstop Magazine, "Dreams 2016 @ The Center for Fine Art Photography"
the Hand Magazine, Issue #12
the Inlander, Spokane artists receive Artist Trust grants to complete art, music, poetry projects
KYRS, Art Hour Radio Show, Featuring Julie Gautier-Downes and Margaret Kearny
KYRS, Art Hour Radio Show, Featuring Julie Gautier-Downes and Nan Drye
New Landscape Photography, At A Loss
Ohio Edit, "Two Poems by Frederick Pollack and a Photo by Julie Gautier-Downes"
Phosmag, "Human Traces"
Professional Artist Magazine, Artist Spotlight
RISD XYZ Magazine, Spring/Summer 2016 Issue
Spokesman-Review, "Accessible artwork: Spokane neighborhoods offer galleries and more"

2015

Central Illinois News Week, “Art exhibit opens Thursday on Peoria’s riverfront”
Inlander, "Artistic Exploration: A few standout shows from the expansive Visual Arts Tour roster"
Livermore Patch, “Support Women Artists Now Art Exhibit on Display at Bankhead Theater”
the Lucky Jotter, Featured Artist
Peoria Star, “Peoria’s Gateway Building hosts installation artists’ work”
uBe Gallery, "In these forgotten spaces her imagination thrives"

2014

Art Rogue Island, "RISD Thesis Show 2014"
Dazed Digital, “States of Independence: Inside the ghost houses of the Mojave Desert”
Self published, Echoes of Home (book)
Musée Magazine, “Seven Stories Tall, RISD MFA Graduate Show at ClampArt”
OurRISD Tumblr

Books

2015

Self published, What Shakes Loose: Experiments in Recreation (book)

2014

Self published, At A Loss (book)
Self published, Echoes of Home (book)

2018

Red Cross Benefit Auction, Tucson, Arizona

2017

2017 Benefit Art Auction, Benefiting the Artist Trust, Seattle, Washington
Inaugural Art Sale, Liberty Building Gallery, Spokane, Washington
No Human Being Is Illegal, Oakland, California

2016

2016 Benefit Art Auction, Benefiting the Artist Trust, Seattle, Washington
Postcards from the Edge, Benefiting Visual AIDS, New York, New York

2015

99 Bucks Fundraiser, Benefiting the Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California

At A Loss and Echoes of Home, Books, Prince Gallery, Petaluma, California

At A Loss, Book, Indie Photobook Library, Washington, DC

At A Loss, Print, Private Collection of Haley & Andrew Macphee, San Diego, California

At A Loss, Print, Private Collection of Linden Rhoads, Seattle, Washington

At A Loss, Prints, the Curated Fridge, Somerville, Massachusetts

At A Loss, Prints, The Lucky Jotter Studios, Blackpool, United Kingdom

At A Loss, Portfolio, RISD Library, Providence, Rhode Island

Human Traces, Print, Private Collection of Carmen Arrambide, Marin, California

Poetics of Longing, Print, Private Collection of John Rodgers

Scattered Remains, Print, Private Collection of Jamie Stefani, Seattle, Washington

Scattered Remains, Print, Private Collection of Stephen Pitters, Spokane, Washington

2019

Board Member, Art Salvage
Member, Saranac Art Projects

2018

Member, Saranac Art Projects

2017

Featured Artist, Little Dog Art Gallery
Member, Artist Trust
Member, Saranac Art Projects

2016

Board Member, Spokane Low Income Housing Coalition
Featured Artist, Little Dog Art Gallery
Member, Artist Trust
Member, Saranac Art Projects

2015

Member, College Art Association
Member, Los Angeles Art Association
Member, Saranac Art Projects
Member, Society of Photographic Education

2014

Member, College Art Association
Member, Society of Photographic Education

2013

Member, Society of Photographic Education

2017

Breaking Isolation: the Power of Neighbors, Neighborworks NTI

Community Organizing, Neighborworks NTI

2015

Volunteer Management Basics Certification, Habitat for Humanity