Elements of family history and mass media imagery are often intertwined in my work, complementing one another to find an inventive way to describe personal biography. My projects often begin with an anecdote and a place. Through video, sound, imagery, and installation, I wish to illustrate the ephemeral state of recollection, while connecting it with the tangible properties of the site the art piece occupies.
Once a idea is conceptualized, I consider the audience and try to pinpoint the minimum amount of presentation to open the memory to a collective interpretation. Memories of traveling across the USA, visiting Disneyworld and playing cowboys and Indians, while personal, can be shaped to a grander social identity. In the spaces I create it is my desire for the viewer to find something unexpected in these and other familiar symbols.
The pursuit of memory through archival techniques is invariably a futile and melancholic activity, in that we can never fully recreate the experiences that we cherish in our minds. Nostalgia can cause distortions and limitations on thought as well as it can help foster a sense of identity. As a means of visual storytelling, it is purely in the attempt that my work can illustrate the inherent need for nostalgia to seek continuity from our past lives to modern life. I believe what we want is integral to who we are and how we recognize the ways the past continues to illuminate our experiences in the present. October 2008
Education
2009 Workshop, "Digital Narrative" Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
Instructor: Wendy Babcox
2007 MFA, Washington State University, Pullman , WA
Emphasis: Digital Arts
2003 BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Emphasis: Photography and Multimedia
Academic Appointments
2007 - 2009 - Adjunct Faculty, Washington State University
Courses Taught: Intro to Time Based Media, Video, B/W Photo
2007 - 2009 - IT Coordinator, Washington State University
2005 - 2007 - Teaching Assistant (Instructor of Record), Washington State University Courses Taught: Intro to Digital Imaging, 3d Design Fundamentals, Landscape Photography
2005 - present Teaching Assistant - Audio / Visual Technician, Washington State University
Courses Assisted: Fine Arts 101 Art History, Photography Lab Assistant
Awards and Honors
2009 Tuition Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO
2005 Tuition Waiver, Washington State University, Pullman , WA
2004 1st Place Photo Category, Corvallis Community Exhibition, Corvallis , OR
2002 Dennis Buck Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
1998 Portfolio Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland , OH
1998 Invitation Grant, Lakeland Community College, Kirtland , OH
Exhibitions
2010 - Score!, Bancroft Gallery, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
2010 - Going Digital, Foreman Gallery, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
2010 - Water (More or Less), Brazos Gallery, Richland College, Dallas, TX
2009 - Across the Divide, Center for Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
2009 - Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
2009 - Digital Narrative Exhibit, Anderson Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2009 - Blackfish Gallery Window Project, Portland, OR
2008 - Rearranging Furniture (w/Alex Emmons), The Art Gallery, Richland, WA
2008 - Tent Show, Riverfront Park, Spokane, WA
2008 - Dreams, Launch Pad Gallery, Portland, OR
2008 - Mirror Stage, Independent Museum of Contemporary Art, Limmasol, Cyprus
2008 - Internal Illumination, Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, MO
2007 - Faculty Show, WSU Museum of Fine Arts, Pullman, WA
2007 - Idaho Invitational, Riddenbaugh Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
2007 - MFA Thesis Show, WSU Museum of Fine Arts, Pullman, WA
2006 - North American Graduate Art Survey, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Regis Center of the Arts, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2006- First Year Graduate Review (solo exhibition) Gallery II, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2006 - WSU - University of Idaho Trade Show, Riddenbaugh Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
2005 - Around Oregon Annual, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis , OR
2004 - Corvallis Community Exhibition Corvallis Art Center Corvallis , OR
2003 - Student Summer Exhibition, Rheinburger Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2003 - BFA Thesis Exhibition (solo exhibition) Rheinburger Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2002 - One Week In the Life of University Circle, Multimedia Group Exhibition, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
2002 - Student Summer Exhibtiton, Rheinburger Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art,
Cleveland, OH
2002 - EMIT Student Digital Video And Animation Festival, Cleveland Cinameteque,
Cleveland, OH
2001 - Photography Majors Exhibition, Factory Gallery,
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
1998 - Lake/ Geauga County Art Show (Featured Selection), Kirtland , OH
Lakeland Community College
1998 - Ohio Governor's Show, Columbus , OH
Publications
2009 "1,2, or 3 seconds" Striking Mechanism DVD Publication June 2009
2008 Photoography, Washington State University Magazine
2007 Crane, Julianne. “WSU Fine Arts Show.” Spokane 7: Art Beat. Spokane, WA. April, 2007
2007 Crane, Julianne. “Emerging Artist Profile” Spokane 7: Art Beat Spokane WA, Feb. 2007
2003 "Artist Profile" Angle Magazine
Other Relevant Experience
2006 - Photo Editor, Land Escapes Magazine
2006 - Installation Technician, WSU Museum of Fine Arts, Pullman, WA
2004 - 2005 Web Designer and Technician, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, OR
2002 Intern, Digital Imaging, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
2000 - 2002 Lab Asst., Photography Lab, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2001 Intern, Photography Studio, Ewolfs.com, Cleveland, OH
1998 - 2000 Audio / Visual Assistant, Gund Library of the Arts, Cleveland, OH
Professional Affiliations
2003 - present Member, Society of Photographic Education
2006 - present Member, College Art Association