Style and technique
Speed paints surreal scenes in a realistic style with oil and gouache. Her collages incorporate scientific illustrations and architectural drawings. In collaboration with her husband Fran Christina, and Flatbed Press in Austin, Texas, she creates limited edition etchings. ''"Speed’s work has been described as surrealist, hallucinogenic, iconoclastic and absurdist. Her detailed microorganism paintings, such as Blue or Metamporphoses, bring to mind the intricate scientific prints of Ernst Haeckel. The disquiet of her portraits, particularly the Hostage and Jawbone series, evoke the unflinching pathos of Otto Dix. Her continued reference to Renaissance themes and images combine the allegory of Bosch and Bruegel with the flatness usually found in Mexican primitivism. And yet, none of these influences begin to encapsulate the strangeness of Speed’s work. Speed’s unique vision is most pronounced in collage, although this term is inadequate to fully describe her compositions, which combine etching, gouache, mixed media, ink, and found paper. The animating spirit of her work lies in the spirit of collage — even her paintings seem to stem from some incongruous “other” place, a hidden layer hovering imperceptibly in the background, immediately jarring the viewer. “'' -Leigh Baldwin ( February 2013) “Force of Confusion” published by The Southwest School of Art, San AntonioSolo exhibitions
*2019-2020 ''Julie Speed: East of the Sun & West of the Moon'' The Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia *2018-2019 ''Julie Speed: East of the Sun & West of the Moon'' El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas *2017, ''Excerpts from the Undertoad: Julie Speed'' LHUCA (Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts) Lubbock, Texas *2016-17 ''Julie Speed'', Evoke Contemporary, Santa Fe, N.M. *2016 ''Julie Speed: Undertoad'' The International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen, Texas *2016 ''Julie Speed: Undertoad'' Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, Texas and Flatbed Press, Austin, Texas * 2014 ''Julie Speed- Paper Cut'': Selected Works on Paper The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas * 2013 ''Julie Speed: Cut-up'', Southwest School of Art, San Antonio * 2012-2013 ''Julie Speed: Snug Harbor'', Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, Wyoming and The Longview Museum of Art, Longview, Texas * 2011 ''The Pirate Queen'' Flatbed Press, Austin, Texas * 2011 ''Julie Speed, Boxes and Collages'' 2011 and ''The Pirate Queen'' & Other New Etchings Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, N.Y. * 2010 ''Julie Speed: Not From Here'', Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, N.Y. *2008 ''Julie Speed'', George Billis Gallery, New York, New York *2008 ''Julie Speed'', George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, California *2007 ''Talking Room'', Galleri Urbane, Marfa, Texas *2007 ''Bible Studies'', Westby Gallery, Rowan University, New Jersey *2006 ''Heads'', Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, Texas *2006 ''Bible Studies'', Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, Texas *2005 ''Bible Studies'', Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, Texas *2005 ''Bible Studies'', Flatbed Press, Austin, Texas *2005 ''Bible Studies'', Galleri Urbane, Marfa, Texas *2005 ''Julie Speed'', Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, New York *2004 ''Julie Speed'', Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas *2004 ''Julie Speed: Squares'', Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, Texas *2003 ''The Murder of Kassimer Malevich'', Etherington Fine Art, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts *2003 ''Alters of My Ancestors'', Art House, Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin Texas *2003 ''Alters of My Ancestors'', Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas *2002 ''Alters of My Ancestors'', Pillsbury and Peters Fine Art, Dallas, Texas *2002 ''Alters of My Ancestors'', Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas *2002 Pillsbury and Peters, Dallas, Texas *2000 McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, Texas *2000 ''Queen of My Room: A Survey of Work by Julie Speed, 1989-1999'', Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, Texas *2000 ''Queen of My Room: A Survey of Work by Julie Speed, 1989-1999'', Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas *2000 ''Queen of My Room: A Survey of Work by Julie Speed, 1989-1999'', South Texas Institute for the Arts, Corpus Christi, Texas *1999 ''Queen of My Room: A Survey of Work by Julie Speed, 1989-1999'', Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas *1997 McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, Texas *1997 Allene LaPides Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico *1996 Allene LaPides Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico *1995 Davidson Gallery, Seattle, Washington *1995 Tarrytown Gallery, Austin, Texas *1994 Carrington-Gallagher Gallery, San Antonio, Texas *1994 Ron Hall Gallery, Dallas, Texas *1993 Jansen-Perez Gallery, San Antonio, Texas *1992 Tarrytown Gallery, Austin, Texas *1991 Guerilla Gallery, Austin, Texas *1990 Scott-Allan Gallery, New York, New York *1989 Joy Horwitch Gallery, Chicago, Illinois *1989 J.B. Tollett Gallery, Austin, TexasOther publications
*2018 ''Julie Speed : East of the Sun & West of the Moon'' https://www.amazon.com/dp/1532384750/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_5cw-CbP1QEPC7 published by the El Paso Museum of Art by Dr. Patrick Cable Shaw, preface by Victoria Ramirez, EPMA director *''Julie Speed: Snug Harbor'' Julie Speed, Lisa Hatchadoorian: 9780979848575: Amazon.com: Books https://www.amazon.com/dp/0979848571/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_kiw-Cb430HDBB *References
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