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EDUCATION

2017 MA Art Education, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2016 MFA, New Media, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2003 BFA cum-laude, Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019 Mall Mandala, Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX
2018 Paved Paradise, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
2017 Public Domain, The Box Co., Dallas, TX
2017 Escapes, 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX
2016 No Exit, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX
2016 Infinite Loop, RO2 Art, 1501 S Ervay St, Dallas, TX
2005 Burning Down the House, Public Art Installation, Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, Baltimore MD

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 Women, Art, & Technology: Ornament & Adornment, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, TX. Curated by: Eliza Au.
2021 TWU Faculty Exhibition, East & West Gallery, Denton, TX.
2020 Area3. Aurora Expanded. Immersive installation produced by Aurora Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
2020 Cover Art: Mask Auction. Women and their Work Gallery. Austin, Texas.
2020 2020, Ro2 Gallery. Dallas, Texas.
2019 Of Texas. Lease Agreement Gallery. Curated by: Adam Farcus. Lubbock, Texas.
2019 Vignette Art Fair. The Women's Museum at Fair Park. Curated by: Leslie Moody Castro.
2019 Chaos. Ro2 Art Gallery. Dallas, Texas.
2019 Assembly. The MAC. Dallas, Texas.
2019 This is 40. 500X Gallery. Dallas, Texas.
2018 Artist & Location. Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA).
2018 Near Field Communications Digital Art Biennial, Gol, Norway
2018 The Faculty, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, TX
2018 Women of RO2, RO2 Art, Dallas, TX
2018 TWU Faculty Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
2017 Bring Your Own Beamer Cedars, The Cedars Union, Dallas, TX
2017 New York Book Arts Fair, New York, NY
2017 Real Things, Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, OK
2017 Chaos, RO2 Art, Dallas, TX
2017 Currents: Santa Fe International New Media Festival, Santa Fe, NM
2017 Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX
2017 Corporeality, Merril Ellis Intermedia Theater, Denton, TX
2017 Changarrito en Acción, Museo de la Cuidad de Mexico, Mexico City
2016 Sonar Scan, (honorable mention) Brickhaus Collective, Denton, TX
2016 PASEO Taos Outdoor Art Festival, Taos, NM
2016 Members Show, 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX
2016 UNT Graduate Showcase, Lovefield Airport Art Space, Dallas, TX
2016 Currents: Santa Fe International New Media Festival, Santa Fe, NM
2016 56th Annual Voertman’s Student Art Competition, Denton, TX
2016 object / subject, Kit & Ace, Dallas, TX
2015 Lost & Found: Mappathon, Brickhaus, Denton, TX
2015 Six @ Six: Motel Portal, Motel 6, Baltimore, MD & Denton, TX
2015 2014 CADD FUNd Finalist Exhibition, UNT ArtSpace, Dallas, TX
2015 CHAOS! Small Works, Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX
2015 You Are Here, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
2015 Nanogalactic, Merril Ellis Intermedia Theater, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2015 STEM City Arts, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ
2015 Juried Expo, 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX
2014 Wall-to-Wall, The Panhandle House, Denton, TX
2014 Metropolis Familiaris, Prairie Center for the Arts, Peoria, IL
2014 Student New Media Exhibition, Dallas Contemporary Museum, Dallas, TX
2014 Form_Plus_Data.exe, North Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2014 Accredit This, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2013 Home Inventions, 9th Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2005 -2009 Alphabet: An Exhibition of Hand-Drawn Lettering and Experimental Typography, Artscape, Baltimore, MD (2005) Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC (2005), Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL (2005), M-80 Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (2006), Workhorse Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2006), Cooper Union, New York, NY (2007).
2005 Feels Heavy, Floristree Space, Baltimore MD
2005 Burning Down the House, Public Art Installation, Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, Baltimore MD
2004 Inside Out and Half, School 33 Art Center Installation Gallery, Baltimore MD
2004 Building Alteration Project, Public Art Installation, Mildred Monroe Elementary Baltimore, MD
2004 Show #4, Dog Couch Gallery, Baltimore MD
2003 Model Home, M&T Bank Pavillion, Artscape, Baltimore MD
2003 Door and Window Project, Station North Arts District, Baltimore, MD
2003 Ten Page Book, The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore MD
2003 4 Corners, BFA Thesis Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD
2002 L’Arte, Centre Pour L’Art et Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France

PUBLIC ART

2019 No Direction, The Auto Show curated by Lucas Cowan. Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway. Boston, Massachusetts.

CURATORIAL PRACTICE

2017 Stranger Lands, Group Exhibition, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2016 NOWHERE: Hybrid Landscapes, Group Exhibition, Voertmans Gallery, Denton, TX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2017 - present Assistant Professor of Art, Design & Technology, Texas Woman’s University
2017 Curriculum Consultant, Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, TX
2017 Production Assistant, Currents New Media Festival, Santa Fe, NM
2016 - 2017 Technician & Educator, UNT Digital Fabrication Lab, Denton, TX
2013 - 2016 Teaching Assistant, University of North Texas,
2016 Intern, Currents New Media Festival, Santa Fe, NM
2014 - 2015 Instructor of Record, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2014 Lead Teacher, Grandparents University, University of North Texas
2013 - 2016 Area Assistant, New Media, University of North Texas2017
2009 - 2011 Senior Designer, Falken Europe, Oslo, Norway
2005 -2009 Art Instructor, Sri Atmananda Memorial School, Kerala, India

AWARDS / GRANTS / FELLOWSHIPS

2021 Humanities Connections Grant, National Endowment for the Humanities, (co-PI)
2017 Onstead Masters Fellowship, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2016 Otis & Velma David Dozier Travel Grant, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
2016 Graduate Art + Science Research Award, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2016 First Prize, 56th Voertman’s Student Art Competition, Denton, TX
2016-2017 Onstead Masters Fellowship, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2015 Tony & Linda Altermann Scholarship, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2014 CADD FUNd Grant Recipient, CADD Dallas, TX
2014 CVAD Travel Award Fund, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2014 Toulouse Graduate School Travel Award, University of North Texas
2014-2015 Mozelle Rawson-Brown Scholarship in Visual Arts, University of North Texas
2014-2015 Graduate Assistantship Tuition Scholarship, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2013-2014 Onstead Masters Fellowship, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2005 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Grant - Installation
2002-2003 Morris Lewis Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 Studio Fellowship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Aix-en-Provence, France
2000 Painting Residency, Maryland Institute College of Art, Bay of Fundy, Canada
2000 Emmanuel Herman Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art
1999 Moore College of Art Book Award, Springside School, Philadelphia, PA

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

2017 Visiting Artist with Teen Artist Project, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Fort Worth, Texas.

PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR

2017 Julie Libersat, MFA Publication Fellow, Peripheral Vision Fine Arts

Libersat, J. U., & Peréz de Miles, A. (2016). "ROAM: Walking, Mapping, and Play in Art Education." Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research, 57 (4), 341-357. [November]

PUBLISHED WORKS

2019 Fusaro, J., & Hood, E., The Visual Experience, 4th Edition. Image of artwork published in AP Art textbook.

2017 Ad Astra: An Illustrated Guide to Leaving the Planet. Simon & Schuster.

2014 From Sea to Shining Sea: The Story of America. Catholic Schools Textbook Project.

2020 Parking Lot Maze. n+1. n+1 is a print and digital magazine of literature, culture, and politics published three times yearly.

2020 Mall Mandala. The Visual Experience, 4th Edition.

LECTURES / PRESENTATIONS / WORKSHOPS

2021 Women's Caucus Invited Artist Talk, National Art Education Association annual conference,

2020 "ROAM: Getting Lost in Art and Art Education," Teaching Place, Minneapolis College of Art & Design
College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

2018 "North Texas Digital Fabrication Symposium," Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX

2018 "Talk About: The Suburbs are Architectural," Women & Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX

2018 " Bright Futures: New Media Art Panel," The Cedars Union, Dallas, TX

2017 "Gaming the Museum", Visiting Artist Teen Artist Project, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX

2017 "Digital Couture", Curriculum Consultant, Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, TX

2017 "Vectors & Patterns", Professional Development session for Dallas ISD teachers, North Texas Digital Fabrication Symposium, Denton, TX

2017 "Fine Arts Application in Digital Fabrication," STEAM Makerspace Session, National Art Education Association Conference (NAEA), New York, NY, March 8, 2017.

2016 "Art, Engagement and Public Space," Daytime@The Paseo, Paseo Taos, Taos, NM.

2016 "ROAM: Walking, Mapping and Paly in Art & Art Education," Workshop and presentation with students from the Cyber Magnet High School, Taos, NM.

2016 “Wander Walk: Walking and Mapping as Art Practice,” Mapping Meaning 2016, Santa Cruz Island, CA, July 24 -29, 2016.

2016 “Wayfinding,” with Oil & Cotton, ARTsite, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX, April, 9

2015 “Walking and Mapping as Art Practice: Emergent Cartography and Spatial Exchange,” Technology Research Group, Lead Author with Dr. Adetty Pérez de Miles, National Art Education Association Conference (NAEA), New Orleans, LA, March 26, 2015.

2014 “3D Recycled Constructions,” Grandparents University, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, June 20, 2014.


MEMBERSHIPS

North Texas Digital Fabrication Group
National Art Education Association: Women’s Caucus, Art & Technology
College Art Association, New Media Caucus
Women Who Code
Maptime Dallas


PRESS

Glasstire
https://glasstire.com/2019/04/15/some-highlights-from-the-vignette-art-fair-2019/
Austin Chronicle
https://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2018-03-23/julie-libersat-paved-paradise-at-watw/
Baltimore Sun
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2005-03-03/news/0503030095_1_calvert-street-downtown-central-park
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6938-2004Sep8.html
Baltimore City Paper
http://www2.citypaper.com/printReview.asp?rid=7820
Baltimore Sun
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2003-06-16/features/0306160356_1_artscape-model-home-arts-festival
Sculpture Magazine
http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag04/julaug04/webspecials/modelhome.shtml

Bio

Julie Libersat is an intermedia artist and assistant professor of art and design at Texas Woman’s University in Denton, TX, TX. Born in Kerala, India and raised in Philadelphia PA, Libersat received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2003. She earned an MFA in New Media in 2016 as well as a Masters in Art Education in 2017, both from the University of North Texas.

Libersat has exhibited artwork in the US and abroad including shows at the Dallas Contemporary Museum, School 33 in Baltimore, The Center for Art and Culture in France, Currents International New Media Festival, Paseo Taos and Museo de la Cuidad de Mexico. She has received a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Grant, the 2014 CADD FUNd grant and the Velma and Davis Dozier Travel Grant from the Dallas Museum of Art. Her work has been reviewed in The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, and Sculpture Magazine online.

Libersat's research has been published in Studies in Art Education, the publication of the National Art Education Association and has an upcoming chapter publication in an edited volume, "Pedagogical Propositions: Playful Walking with A/r/tography." Libersat is a co-PI on a Humanities Connections grant from the National Endowment for Humanities at Texas Woman's University. Quakertown Stories is an interdisciplinary and experiential learning initiative that aims to integrate the history of Quakertown, a historic freedom colony, into courses at TWU.


Visit roamgetlost.com to learn more about the project.