Julia Arredondo
Julia Arredondo is a traveling Tejana with working-class roots, navigating the changing landscape of creative economies within the United States. Arredondo is formally trained in printmaking and specializes in artistic forms of independent publishing, having founded Vice Versa Press and Curandera Press as entrepreneurial debuts. Her practice explores alternative empowerment and reimagines business structures and spiritual philosophies as platforms for play and experimentation. Arredondo currently lives and works in Portland, Maine.
Background
MFA, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (2017-2020)
BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland (2005-2010)
Study Abroad, Edna Manley College of Visual Art, Kingston, Jamaica (2008)
Study Abroad, Vysola Skola Umeleckoprumyslova, Prague, Czech Republic (2007)
Artist Project Grant / Maine Arts Commission (2023)
American Rescue Plan Maine Project Grant / SPACE Gallery (2022)
Individual Artist Program, Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (2022)
Normal Editions Projects
Arredondo participated in a collaborative print project at Normal Editions Workshop as part of the Visiting Artist Program in the Wonsook Kim School of Art at Illinois State University. She was in residence March 18 – April 26, 2025 with a public lecture Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at University Galleries in Uptown Normal.
