Julie Lipa

Joined Artfinder: Oct. 2022

Artworks for sale: 7

United States

About Julie Lipa

 
 
  • Biography

    Detroit native Julie Lipa creates historical documentations of America's Mid-century era. These works appear cheery from a distance but are sardonic up close.  Portions of vintage appliances such as TV sets and radios anchor three-dimensional works underpinned by photo transfer collage and topped by a resin-coated spokesmodel. A numbered, metal plate bearing her brand "Lipalux" certifies authenticity.

    Her new series is "Pulp Fission:  Classic Comics Reconstructed."  Over the course of several months, she curated and categorized countless individual comic panels, titles and narratives from thousands public domain comic books.  Taken out of its original context, these elements create stories with a fresh narrative that include the violent and sexist messaging of the time and are updated to tell queer or risqué stories that simply weren't permissible in Mid-century America.

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  • Awards

    2022

    Bronze in Mixed Media

    This juried members-only show debuted "Mommy" and won the bronze in Mixed Media at the Open Juried Show 2022.

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    2022

    Silver

    This juried show "No Man's Land" was a female-only show. "BFD: Birmingham Fire Department, Big Fucking Deal" won the bronze at the Pop Culture & Trashy show.

    2021

    Bronze

    This juried show received submissions from 200 artists and 500 works. Only 40 pieces were accepted. "Do You Inhale" won the bronze at the Pop Culture & Trashy show.
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    Event: Beneath Perfection: The Underside of America’s Mid-Century Belle époque

    Dates: 15 Apr 2023 - 19 May 2023

    Venue: Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California

    Appliances from the 1950s form the centerpieces of mixed media works that bring the viewer back in time. Curated messages culled from magazines and newspapers about atomic bombs, segregation, women’s reproductive rights, society’s rigid roles for women (cigarette smoker no, sexualized stewardess, yes!) hang from every wall. The overall effect is a disquieting mashup of whimsical nostalgia and sobering truths.

    The theatricality of the wall hangings are accented and underscored by a mid-century living room installation. The vintage cabinet television plays a long montage of period commercials, news footage and televised content, pulling visitors in and providing them with the viewing experience of the midcentury housewife. Across the area rug, sits an armchair and side table replete with lipstick-marked wine glass, overflowing ashtray and vintage magazines.

    Event: Making the Cut

    Dates: 22 Jan 2023 - 17 Feb 2023

    Venue: Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, CA

    This curated online exhibition featuring over 100 works is a poetic, rhythmic, romp through the act of cutting up material in order to create something beautiful, political, serene and imaginative. This show is of more unconventional, non-traditional modes of collage while examining and exploring how artists cut up their work to tell creative stories. "BFD: Birmingham Fire Department, Big Fucking Deal", "Mommy" and "Know Your Place" were included in this online group show.

    Event: Mankind/Nature

    Dates: 15 Oct 2022 - 14 Oct 2023

    Venue: California Art League, Los Angeles, CA

    "Welcome to Parasites" debuted at this online show juried by Hulya Karadeniz. This show is online definately.

    Event: Indeterminate Connections

    Dates: 11 Jun 2022 - 13 Jun 2022

    Venue: TAG Gallery Sky Room, Los Angeles, CA

    This Los Angeles Art Association Crit Group organized a weekend show was curated by former MOCA senior curator Alma Ruiz and featured "Know Your Place, "BFD: Birmingham Fire Department, Big Fucking Deal' and "Mommy."

    Event: Open Juried 2022 Group Show

    Dates: 5 Jun 2022 - 28 Jun 2022

    Venue: Westlake Art Guild, Westlake, CA

    "Know Your Place", "Do You Inhale" and "Mommy" were selected but "DYI" was already placed at another show. "Mommy" won third place in the Mixed Media category.

    Event: Sharp Dressed Man

    Dates: 14 May 2022 - 21 Jul 2022

    Venue: Dab Art, Los Angeles, CA

    This group show featured "Do You Inhale" and was sold online at Artsy in three days.

    Event: Regulated Garbage

    Dates: 14 May 2022 - 28 May 2022

    Venue: Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, California

    More than 400 works were submitted for this show featuring under 70 pieces. "Doomtown" premiered here.

    Event: There From Here

    Dates: 2 Apr 2022 - 22 Apr 2022

    Venue: ArtShare LA, http://artsharela.org

    This group show at Artshare LA featured "Do You Inhale" and "Mommy." "Know Your Place" was accepted as well but it was already showing at another gallery.

    Event: No Man's Land

    Dates: 5 Mar 2022 - 26 Mar 2022

    Venue: Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, California

    All female juried group show featured "BFD: Birmingham Fire Department, Big Fucking Deal" and won second prize.

    Event: 2022 Artists Council Exhibition Group Show

    Dates: 11 Feb 2022 - 27 Mar 2022

    Venue: Artists Council, Palm Desert, CA

    "Know Your Place" was chosen for this group show and was featured in the Desert Sun article announcing the show's opening.

    https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/2022/02/11/90-artworks-display-ace-exhibition-artists-center-ga len/6755466001/

    Edina Adam, Assistant Curator of Drawing, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles were the jurors for this exhibition.

    Event: Pop Culture & Trashy

    Dates: 6 Nov 2021 - 27 Nov 2021

    Venue: Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, California

    200 artists and 500 works were submitted and only 40 pieces were accepted. "Do You Inhale" was accepted into this juried show and won the bronze.

    Event: All About Women

    Dates: 28 Aug 2021 - 28 Nov 2021

    Venue: Marin Society of Artists, 1515 3rd Street San Rafael, CA 94901

    National Fine Arts Online Exhibition juried by Josh Paquette and Josh Otten, J. Willott Gallery, Palm Desert, California accepted "Do You Inhale", whose subject is the tobacco industry and its advertising.

    Event: Upcycle

    Dates: 14 Aug 2021 - 10 Sep 2021

    Venue: Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles Art Association's exhibition featured member artists who repurpose recycled materials in their works. This show featured "Do You Inhale" (seen in my profile picture), a piece focusing on the tobacco industry and its advertising.

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Awards

2022

Bronze in Mixed Media

This juried members-only show debuted "Mommy" and won the bronze in Mixed Media at the Open Juried Show 2022.

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2022

Silver

This juried show "No Man's Land" was a female-only show. "BFD: Birmingham Fire Department, Big Fucking Deal" won the bronze at the Pop Culture & Trashy show.

2021

Bronze

This juried show received submissions from 200 artists and 500 works. Only 40 pieces were accepted. "Do You Inhale" won the bronze at the Pop Culture & Trashy show.

There are no upcoming events

Show previous events Hide previous events

Previous events

Event: Beneath Perfection: The Underside of America’s Mid-Century Belle époque

Dates: 15 Apr 2023 - 19 May 2023

Venue: Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California

Appliances from the 1950s form the centerpieces of mixed media works that bring the viewer back in time. Curated messages culled from magazines and newspapers about atomic bombs, segregation, women’s reproductive rights, society’s rigid roles for women (cigarette smoker no, sexualized stewardess, yes!) hang from every wall. The overall effect is a disquieting mashup of whimsical nostalgia and sobering truths.

The theatricality of the wall hangings are accented and underscored by a mid-century living room installation. The vintage cabinet television plays a long montage of period commercials, news footage and televised content, pulling visitors in and providing them with the viewing experience of the midcentury housewife. Across the area rug, sits an armchair and side table replete with lipstick-marked wine glass, overflowing ashtray and vintage magazines.

Event: Making the Cut

Dates: 22 Jan 2023 - 17 Feb 2023

Venue: Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, CA

This curated online exhibition featuring over 100 works is a poetic, rhythmic, romp through the act of cutting up material in order to create something beautiful, political, serene and imaginative. This show is of more unconventional, non-traditional modes of collage while examining and exploring how artists cut up their work to tell creative stories. "BFD: Birmingham Fire Department, Big Fucking Deal", "Mommy" and "Know Your Place" were included in this online group show.

Event: Mankind/Nature

Dates: 15 Oct 2022 - 14 Oct 2023

Venue: California Art League, Los Angeles, CA

"Welcome to Parasites" debuted at this online show juried by Hulya Karadeniz. This show is online definately.

Event: Indeterminate Connections

Dates: 11 Jun 2022 - 13 Jun 2022

Venue: TAG Gallery Sky Room, Los Angeles, CA

This Los Angeles Art Association Crit Group organized a weekend show was curated by former MOCA senior curator Alma Ruiz and featured "Know Your Place, "BFD: Birmingham Fire Department, Big Fucking Deal' and "Mommy."

Event: Open Juried 2022 Group Show

Dates: 5 Jun 2022 - 28 Jun 2022

Venue: Westlake Art Guild, Westlake, CA

"Know Your Place", "Do You Inhale" and "Mommy" were selected but "DYI" was already placed at another show. "Mommy" won third place in the Mixed Media category.

Event: Sharp Dressed Man

Dates: 14 May 2022 - 21 Jul 2022

Venue: Dab Art, Los Angeles, CA

This group show featured "Do You Inhale" and was sold online at Artsy in three days.

Event: Regulated Garbage

Dates: 14 May 2022 - 28 May 2022

Venue: Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, California

More than 400 works were submitted for this show featuring under 70 pieces. "Doomtown" premiered here.

Event: There From Here

Dates: 2 Apr 2022 - 22 Apr 2022

Venue: ArtShare LA, http://artsharela.org

This group show at Artshare LA featured "Do You Inhale" and "Mommy." "Know Your Place" was accepted as well but it was already showing at another gallery.

Event: No Man's Land

Dates: 5 Mar 2022 - 26 Mar 2022

Venue: Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, California

All female juried group show featured "BFD: Birmingham Fire Department, Big Fucking Deal" and won second prize.

Event: 2022 Artists Council Exhibition Group Show

Dates: 11 Feb 2022 - 27 Mar 2022

Venue: Artists Council, Palm Desert, CA

"Know Your Place" was chosen for this group show and was featured in the Desert Sun article announcing the show's opening.

https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/2022/02/11/90-artworks-display-ace-exhibition-artists-center-ga len/6755466001/

Edina Adam, Assistant Curator of Drawing, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles were the jurors for this exhibition.

Event: Pop Culture & Trashy

Dates: 6 Nov 2021 - 27 Nov 2021

Venue: Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, California

200 artists and 500 works were submitted and only 40 pieces were accepted. "Do You Inhale" was accepted into this juried show and won the bronze.

Event: All About Women

Dates: 28 Aug 2021 - 28 Nov 2021

Venue: Marin Society of Artists, 1515 3rd Street San Rafael, CA 94901

National Fine Arts Online Exhibition juried by Josh Paquette and Josh Otten, J. Willott Gallery, Palm Desert, California accepted "Do You Inhale", whose subject is the tobacco industry and its advertising.

Event: Upcycle

Dates: 14 Aug 2021 - 10 Sep 2021

Venue: Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles Art Association's exhibition featured member artists who repurpose recycled materials in their works. This show featured "Do You Inhale" (seen in my profile picture), a piece focusing on the tobacco industry and its advertising.


 

Biography

Detroit native Julie Lipa creates historical documentations of America's Mid-century era. These works appear cheery from a distance but are sardonic up close.  Portions of vintage appliances such as TV sets and radios anchor three-dimensional works underpinned by photo transfer collage and topped by a resin-coated spokesmodel. A numbered, metal plate bearing her brand "Lipalux" certifies authenticity.

Her new series is "Pulp Fission:  Classic Comics Reconstructed."  Over the course of several months, she curated and categorized countless individual comic panels, titles and narratives from thousands public domain comic books.  Taken out of its original context, these elements create stories with a fresh narrative that include the violent and sexist messaging of the time and are updated to tell queer or risqué stories that simply weren't permissible in Mid-century America.