Julianna Wells is an American artist who lives and works in Columbus, Georgia. She completed her MFA degree at the New York Academy of Art with a focus in drawing and painting. She holds a BFA from Columbus State University and has received various scholarships and accolades throughout her time as an emerging artist. Capturing quiet moments of reflection and introspection in her work, Wells captures the delicate interaction of our environments and inner psychological and emotional states.
Born
1994 Columbus, GA
Education
2019 Master of Fines of Arts, New York Academy of Art, NY.
2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Columbus State University, GA.
Solo Exhibitions
2017
Patterns of Existence, Artlab Gallery, Columbus, GA.
Personal Monuments, My Boulange, Columbus, GA.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
Artfields, Lake City, SC
7+7, Established and Emerging Artists, The Columbus Museum, GA
4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI
2020
Plein Air, Sugarlift Gallery, New York, NY
Birds for Sofia, Sugarlift Gallery, New York, NY
Young Blood X Space Gallery St Barth - Soho, New York, NY
Beyond Go Figure, Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA
2019
Summer Show, New York Academy of Art, NY
Thesis Show, New York Academy of Art, NY
Figuratively Speaking, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY.
Great Art Undiscovered - Artrepreneur Finalist Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, NY.
Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, NY.
Go Figure, Pop Uptown, Columbus, GA.
2018
Take Home A Nude, Sotheby’s, New York, NY.
Tough Cookie, New York Academy of Art, NY
28th Annual Holiday Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO.
Go Figure, 100 Seventh Street, Columbus, GA.
New York Academy of Art Pop- Up Exhibition, Di Donna Gallery, 744 Madison Ave, New York, NY.
Small But Fierce, Chashama Gallery, 7 East 14th Street, New York, NY.
Summer Heat, Open Studios, LIA Residency Program, Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany.
2017
Deck the Walls, 111 Franklin Street, New York, NY.
Coffee Art Project, Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 W 18th St, New York, NY.
Single Fare 4, 441 W 14th Street, New York, NY.
Stargarden, Era Contemporary, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PENN.
Roots, CSU Senior Show, Seaboard Depot, Columbus, GA.
The Alternate Self, Blue Door Art Center, Yonkers, NY.
2016
Celebrating Art! Gallery 6010, Macon, GA.
NYAA Summer Undergraduate Residency Exhibition. NYAA, New York, NY.
Birth Reincarnate. ArtLab, Columbus, GA.
Like it or not: Social Media and Art. CICA Museum, South Korea.
Let There Be Art! Columbus Museum, GA.
Student Juried Show. Bay Gallery, Columbus, GA. Juror: Hannah Israel.
2015
Columbus Artists’ Guild Member’s Show. Illges Gallery, GA.
2013
YP Time for Art. Corn Center for the Visual Arts, Columbus, GA.
Awards, Grants, and Residences
2019
Jerry Goldstein Foundation Grant
NYAA Mentorship Opportunity with Artist Hilary Harkness
PBS Documentary Finalist, Artrepreneur, NY
2018
NYAA 2018 Leipzig International Art Programme Residency Award
NYAA Alumni Association Scholarship
UP CLOSE Art Competition, Artrepreneur, Third Place.
NYAA Merit Award Scholarship
2017
Beyond the Limit FFA Scholarship. Columbus State University, 2013 to present.
Columbus State University Student Representative for Jordan Sokol Masterclass
Phi Kappa Phi Senior Award
Columbus State University Art Department Student of Excellence and Studio Award
CSU Honors College Award for Scholarship in the Arts
William-Fort Scholarship. Columbus State University, 2013 to present.
Tower Scholarship. Columbus State University, 2013 to present.
2016
Columbus State University Student Representative for Alyssa Monks Masterclass
Summer Undergraduate Residency at the New York Academy of Art.
Best in Painting, “Student Juried Show”, Bay Gallery, Columbus, GA.
2015
SRACE Grant. Columbus State University.
Best in Painting, “Columbus Artists’ Guild Member’s Show”, Illges Gallery, GA.
2014
Honors Educational Activity Grant. Columbus State University.
Friends of Art Travel Scholarship. Columbus State University.
Center of International Education Travel Scholarship.
2013
Corporate Sponsor’s Choice Award, “YP Time for Art”, GA.
Publications
"Meet Julianna Wells", Voyage Atlanta, June 25, 2020.
Berson, Scott. “Finding Calm Amid Coronavirus - Learning Plein Air Painting with Julianna Wells”, The Local, April 2020.
Wooten, Nick. “Columbus Artist Julianna Wells Paints her love of Nature” Columbus Ledger Enquirer, Aug 23, 2019.
“Strokes of Genius 11: Finding Beauty”, The Best of Drawing presented by Artists Magazine, curated by Steven Assael. November 25, 2019. Print.
"On, By, and Over the Water", Fine Art Connoisseur, by Matthias Anderson. October, 2019. Print.
“Collector Profile – Scott & Patricia Moger”, Fine Art Connoisseur, April 2019, Print.
“Brook Shields…on the Gala”, NY Times, April 14, 2019, Print.
“Anything But Painting The Figure: Issue #98”, Poets and Artists, curated by Jan Nelson and published by Didi Menendez. September 14, 2018. Print and web.
Grimm, Christie. “7 Pieces You Need To Buy Before The 2018 Tribeca Ball”, Guest of a Guest, April 3, 2018.
Audifferen, Zoe. “Patterns of Existence: Student Art Show Takes Off,” The Saber, March 1, 2017.
Hoffmeister, Elaine. “Arts Spotlight: Julianna Wells (Painting),” The Saber, September 28, 2016.
Robbins, Christa. “CSU Art Student Commissioned For Clock Tower Painting,” Columbus State News, March 31, 2016. Web.
Smith, Courtney. “CSU introduces "Faces of Columbus" art project on Broadway,” WTVM, March 16, 2015
Lectures
“Suibokuga Ink Wash Painting”, 2017, Art With The Masters Program, Columbus Museum, GA.
“Drawing the Figure From Life” 2017, National Art Honor Society Convention for Georgia High School Students, Columbus State University, GA.
“The Scientific Justification of Neo-Impressionist Color Theory”, 2016. Tower Day, Columbus State University, GA.
1994 Columbus, GA
Education
2019 Master of Fines of Arts, New York Academy of Art, NY.
2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Columbus State University, GA.
Solo Exhibitions
2017
Patterns of Existence, Artlab Gallery, Columbus, GA.
Personal Monuments, My Boulange, Columbus, GA.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
Artfields, Lake City, SC
7+7, Established and Emerging Artists, The Columbus Museum, GA
4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI
2020
Plein Air, Sugarlift Gallery, New York, NY
Birds for Sofia, Sugarlift Gallery, New York, NY
Young Blood X Space Gallery St Barth - Soho, New York, NY
Beyond Go Figure, Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA
2019
Summer Show, New York Academy of Art, NY
Thesis Show, New York Academy of Art, NY
Figuratively Speaking, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY.
Great Art Undiscovered - Artrepreneur Finalist Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, NY.
Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, NY.
Go Figure, Pop Uptown, Columbus, GA.
2018
Take Home A Nude, Sotheby’s, New York, NY.
Tough Cookie, New York Academy of Art, NY
28th Annual Holiday Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO.
Go Figure, 100 Seventh Street, Columbus, GA.
New York Academy of Art Pop- Up Exhibition, Di Donna Gallery, 744 Madison Ave, New York, NY.
Small But Fierce, Chashama Gallery, 7 East 14th Street, New York, NY.
Summer Heat, Open Studios, LIA Residency Program, Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany.
2017
Deck the Walls, 111 Franklin Street, New York, NY.
Coffee Art Project, Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 W 18th St, New York, NY.
Single Fare 4, 441 W 14th Street, New York, NY.
Stargarden, Era Contemporary, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PENN.
Roots, CSU Senior Show, Seaboard Depot, Columbus, GA.
The Alternate Self, Blue Door Art Center, Yonkers, NY.
2016
Celebrating Art! Gallery 6010, Macon, GA.
NYAA Summer Undergraduate Residency Exhibition. NYAA, New York, NY.
Birth Reincarnate. ArtLab, Columbus, GA.
Like it or not: Social Media and Art. CICA Museum, South Korea.
Let There Be Art! Columbus Museum, GA.
Student Juried Show. Bay Gallery, Columbus, GA. Juror: Hannah Israel.
2015
Columbus Artists’ Guild Member’s Show. Illges Gallery, GA.
2013
YP Time for Art. Corn Center for the Visual Arts, Columbus, GA.
Awards, Grants, and Residences
2019
Jerry Goldstein Foundation Grant
NYAA Mentorship Opportunity with Artist Hilary Harkness
PBS Documentary Finalist, Artrepreneur, NY
2018
NYAA 2018 Leipzig International Art Programme Residency Award
NYAA Alumni Association Scholarship
UP CLOSE Art Competition, Artrepreneur, Third Place.
NYAA Merit Award Scholarship
2017
Beyond the Limit FFA Scholarship. Columbus State University, 2013 to present.
Columbus State University Student Representative for Jordan Sokol Masterclass
Phi Kappa Phi Senior Award
Columbus State University Art Department Student of Excellence and Studio Award
CSU Honors College Award for Scholarship in the Arts
William-Fort Scholarship. Columbus State University, 2013 to present.
Tower Scholarship. Columbus State University, 2013 to present.
2016
Columbus State University Student Representative for Alyssa Monks Masterclass
Summer Undergraduate Residency at the New York Academy of Art.
Best in Painting, “Student Juried Show”, Bay Gallery, Columbus, GA.
2015
SRACE Grant. Columbus State University.
Best in Painting, “Columbus Artists’ Guild Member’s Show”, Illges Gallery, GA.
2014
Honors Educational Activity Grant. Columbus State University.
Friends of Art Travel Scholarship. Columbus State University.
Center of International Education Travel Scholarship.
2013
Corporate Sponsor’s Choice Award, “YP Time for Art”, GA.
Publications
"Meet Julianna Wells", Voyage Atlanta, June 25, 2020.
Berson, Scott. “Finding Calm Amid Coronavirus - Learning Plein Air Painting with Julianna Wells”, The Local, April 2020.
Wooten, Nick. “Columbus Artist Julianna Wells Paints her love of Nature” Columbus Ledger Enquirer, Aug 23, 2019.
“Strokes of Genius 11: Finding Beauty”, The Best of Drawing presented by Artists Magazine, curated by Steven Assael. November 25, 2019. Print.
"On, By, and Over the Water", Fine Art Connoisseur, by Matthias Anderson. October, 2019. Print.
“Collector Profile – Scott & Patricia Moger”, Fine Art Connoisseur, April 2019, Print.
“Brook Shields…on the Gala”, NY Times, April 14, 2019, Print.
“Anything But Painting The Figure: Issue #98”, Poets and Artists, curated by Jan Nelson and published by Didi Menendez. September 14, 2018. Print and web.
Grimm, Christie. “7 Pieces You Need To Buy Before The 2018 Tribeca Ball”, Guest of a Guest, April 3, 2018.
Audifferen, Zoe. “Patterns of Existence: Student Art Show Takes Off,” The Saber, March 1, 2017.
Hoffmeister, Elaine. “Arts Spotlight: Julianna Wells (Painting),” The Saber, September 28, 2016.
Robbins, Christa. “CSU Art Student Commissioned For Clock Tower Painting,” Columbus State News, March 31, 2016. Web.
Smith, Courtney. “CSU introduces "Faces of Columbus" art project on Broadway,” WTVM, March 16, 2015
Lectures
“Suibokuga Ink Wash Painting”, 2017, Art With The Masters Program, Columbus Museum, GA.
“Drawing the Figure From Life” 2017, National Art Honor Society Convention for Georgia High School Students, Columbus State University, GA.
“The Scientific Justification of Neo-Impressionist Color Theory”, 2016. Tower Day, Columbus State University, GA.