Julie Snidle is a full time artist with classroom teaching experience and a background in corporate training and administration. She was introduced to wax-based media in 2004 and has made it her primary focus since then. She is a Core Artist/Instructor for R&F Handmade Paints and an Artist Ambassador for Ampersand Art Panels. Julie is represented by Canary Gallery in Birmingham, Dauphin Island Art Gallery, and the Kolman Reeb Gallery in Minneapolis, which recently awarded her a grant for their Project Space. Her abstract work has received numerous awards and can be found in private collections and public spaces nationwide. Julie has taught at Penland School of Craft, Bennington College for North Country Studio Workshops and continues to teach at many other fine venues throughout the U.S.
Julie currently lives in Fairhope, Alabama where she offers private painting workshops in her home studio.
Studio 395 / Northrup King Building
1500 Jackson Street NE Minneapolis, MN
918 Bienville Blvd.
Dauphin Island, AL
2201 2nd Avenue North
Birmingham, AL
Canary Gallery SOLO EXHIBITION Abstracts in Oil and Encaustic Birmingham, AL
October 26 - December 31, 2023
Kolman & Reeb Gallery SOLO EXHIBITION Artistic Lichens Minneapolis, MN
June 11 - August 6, 2022
Kolman & Reeb Gallery THE COLOR SERIES: Part 5, BLUE - Minneapolis, MN
January 8 - March 5, 2022
Hello Gallery, Fairhope, AL Abstract oil paintings November 1, 2021 - May 2022
Dauphin Island Gallery Small Original Abstract Paintings December 1, 2020 - present
Kolman & Pryor Gallery NATURE'S WAY - Minneapolis, MN April 10 - June 19, 2021
Eastern Shore Art Center MEMBERS' JURIED SHOW Fairhope, AL March 5, 2020 - April 30, 2021
Kolman & Pryor Gallery THE COLOR SERIES: Part 4, ORANGE - Minneapolis, MN
January 9 - April 3, 2021
Kolman & Pryor Gallery ARTISTS' FAVORITES Minneapolis, MN June 20 - Sept. 5, 2020
Eastern Shore Art Center MEMBERS' JURIED SHOW Fairhope, AL March 6, 2020 - May 29, 2020 First Place Cash Award recipient
Kolman & Pryor Gallery THE COLOR SERIES: Part 3, YELLOW - Minneapolis, MN
January 11 - March 21, 2020
The Painting Center THE BLUES - New York City, NY January 28 - February 22, 2020
Opening Reception January 30th
Kolman & Pryor Gallery WHAT I DID ON MY SUMMER VACATION - Minneapolis, MN
September 14 - October 19, 2018
Kobalt Gallery INSIDE THE RECTANGLE 366 Commercial St. Provincetown, MA
May 31 - June 6, 2019
Eastern Shore Art Center Members' Juried Show Fairhope, AL March 2019
Eastern Shore Art Center Annual Members Show Fairhope, AL November 2018 - February 2019
Kolman & Pryor Gallery REVEAL and CONCEAL: Encaustic Paintings and Sculpture Minneapolis, MN September 15 - October 27, 2018
MarinMOCA MAKE YOUR MARK 500 Palm Drive Novato, CA June 16 - July 29, 2018
Adam Peck Gallery BLUE 142 Commercial St. Provincetown, MA June 1-4, 2018 : invitational
Reese Gallery 3410 Wisconsin Ave. St. Louis, MO - solo show - May 4 - June 16, 2018
Art St. Louis Presents XXXIII, THE EXHIBITION 1223 Pine St. St. Louis, MO November 11 - December 21, 2017
OA Gallery Manymini Extravaganza 101A W. Argonne Drive Kirkwood, MO November 3, 2017 6-9pm
Cobblestone Frame and Art Gallery as a featured artist Crystal City, MO September 2017 - July 2018
ArtReach St. Croix VAC award winner at 2017 member show Stillwater, MN July - August, 2017
Gretchen Brigham Gallery WAXING OPERATIC - solo show - 733 N. Union Blvd St. Louis, MO June 16 - July 17, 2017
Schmidt Art Center The WAX COLLECTIVE Southwest Illinois College Belleville, IL June 8 - August 4, 2017
Adam Peck Gallery BLACK TIE (optional) 142 Commercial St. Provincetown, MA June 2-5, 2017 : invitational
Art St. Louis Presents PERSONAL SPACE 1223 Pine St. St. Louis, MO January 14 - February 15, 2017; Award of Excellence recipient
Art St. Louis Presents XXXI, THE EXHIBITION 1223 Pine St. St. Louis, MO November 7 - December 23, 2015
Art St. Louis Presents SILENCE AND NOISE 1223 Pine St. St. Louis, MO April 19 - May 29, 2014
Art St. Louis Presents UNDER THE INFLUENCE 1223 Pine St. St. Louis, MO August 17- October 10, 2013
Art St. Louis Presents BLUR 555 Washington Ave. St. Louis, MO June 22- July 26, 2012
Art St. Louis Presents MEMORY 555 Washington Ave. St. Louis, MO January 16 - February 23, 2012
Tavern of Fine Arts 313 Belt Ave. St. Louis, MO Sept. 1- Nov. 30, 2012
4th Wall Artists Gallery 173 North Main St. Ste. Genevieve, MO 2011-2012
St. Louis Contemporary Art Museum's City Wide Open Studios St. Louis, MO 2012, 2013 & 2015
Hayloft Gallery 3rd and Merchant, Ste. Genevieve, MO Summer 2011
I'm returning to Paint Space Nola!
January 9 - 11, 2025
"Discovering Oil and Cold Wax"
New Orleans, LA
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR / ART MATERIALS DEMONSTRATOR
Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA Encaustic & Mixed Media July 22-26, 2024.
Forstall Art Center, Birmingham, AL Encaustic + Paper Workshop Feb. & Nov. 2024.
Paint Space Nola, New Orleans, LA Oil & Cold Wax January 18-20, 2024.
Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA Encaustic & Mixed Media Aug. 7-11, 2023.
Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope, AL Authentic Abstracts Workshop July 21-24, 2023.
Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope, AL Limited Palette Workshop June 24-25, 2023.
International Encaustic Conference 2023, Provincetown, MA Encaustic Color Workshop
June 12-13, 2023.
Forstall Art Center, Birmingham, AL Oil & Cold Wax Workshop February 23-25, 2022.
North Country Studio Workshops at Bennington College, Vermont Oil & Cold Wax
January 24-29, 2023.
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Introduction to Encaustic January 20-21, 2023.
2 Kat Studios, Prescott, AZ Discovering Oil & Cold Wax November 11-13, 2022.
Forstall Art Center, Birmingham, AL Encaustic Workshop April 22-23, 2022.
Forstall Art Center, Birmingham, AL Encaustic & Pigment Stick Demos March 26, 2022.
Penland School of Craft Encaustic & Mixed Media May 23 - June 4, 2021.
Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope, AL Color Theory June 26, 2021.
Dauphin Island Gallery, Dauphin Island, AL Encaustic Demonstration May 1, 2021.
Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope, AL Oil & Cold Wax Workshops 2018- present
Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope, AL Encaustic Workshops 2018 - present
David Art Center, Metairie, LA Encaustic Workshop January 10-11, 2020.
David Art Center, Metairie, LA Encaustic Demo & Workshop September 27-28, 2019.
Ephemera Paducah, Paducah, KY Encaustic Workshop April 6-7, 2019.
Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope, AL Encaustic Demonstration March 16, 2019.
Julie Snidle Studio, Fairhope, AL 2018-present
Julie Snidle Studio, St. Louis, MO September 2009 - June 2018.
Artisan's Materials Expo, Santa Fe, NM Encaustic Demo & Workshop September 2018.
Gateway Pastel Artists Meeting, Encaustic Demonstration St. Louis, MO June 11, 2018
International Encaustic Conference 2018,Provincetown, MA Encaustic Demo & Workshop
Ephemera Paducah, Paducah, KY R&F Paint Lines Workshops March 3-4, 2018
Gateway East Artists Guild, Belleville, IL February 2018
Wet Paint Artist Materials, St. Paul, MN R&F Workshops 2015- 2017
Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, IL Encaustic Workshop July 2017
Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota, MN Encaustic Workshop September 24-25, 2016
CAA (College Art Assoc.) Conference, Washington DC February 2016
Art of the Carolinas Trade Show, Raleigh, NC November 2015
Blick Art Materials, St. Louis, MO R&F Demonstrations April 2015
NAMTA (National Art Materials Trade Show), Denver, CO April 2015
FATE (Foundations in Art: Theory & Education) Conference, Indianapolis, IN March 2015
Art Mart, St. Louis, MO Demonstrations and Workshops 2014-2015
Art in the Plaza/Art St. Louis Encaustic Demo Downtown St. Louis, MO October 2013
Our Lady School, Festus, MO Encaustic Demo April 30, 2012
Valley Ridge Art Studio, Muscoda WI Encaustic Workshop April 27-29, March 2011
Jefferson College, Mastodon Art/Science Fair Hillsboro, MO March 2011
Jefferson College, Mastodon Art/Science Fair Hillsboro, MO March 2010
ART JUDGE:
Schmidt Art Center, Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, IL 2017
Fountain City Fine Artisans Group, DeSoto, MO 2015
Jefferson College, Mastodon Art/Science Fair, Hillsboro, MO 2008-2012
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Social Eastern Shore Magazine Feb/Mar 2023 issue Feature Artist
Cloth, Paper, Scissors Magazine Sept/Oct 2017 issue Encaustic Primer Author
Stencil Girl by Mary Beth Shaw, North Light Books, 2013
Flavor for Mixed Media by Mary Beth Shaw, North Light Books, 2011
Printmaking + Mixed Media by Doris Elisha, Interweave Press, 2009
FORMAL EDUCATION:
1978 St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
BS Elementary Education
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