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1 - 2. Book spreads #1 and #2 from the series, Ollie, Ollie in come free! , 2008, letterpress,
           screen-print, inkjet on film, 12-1/2” x 8”, edition of 3
          Collaboration with Doug Bohr
3. Tableau series I,II,III Accordion books, 2007, inkjet prints, 5-1/2” x 7-1/2” each
4. Surfacing 3, 2005, off-set lithography book

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5-7.The Late Show, 2006, offset lithography, screen-print, letterpress, inkjet on film
       Collaborative book with Nadia Hironaka, edition of 100 with audio CD

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The Hills series
1. Hills 1, 2008, backlit film, light box, 34” x 24”
2. Hills 2 , 2008, backlit film, light box, 34” x 24”
3. Hills 3 , 2008, backlit film, light box, 34” x 24”
4. Hills 4 , 2008, backlit film, light box, 20” x 16”
5. Hills 5 , 2008, backlit film, light box, 20” x 16”

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Ollie, Ollie, in come free! series
6. I, 2008, backlit film, light box, 40” x 24”
     Collaboration with Doug Bohr
7. II, 2008, backlit film, light box, 40” x 24”
     Collaboration with Doug Bohr

Tableau series
8. Part #1, 2007, inkjet prints, 30” x 20”, 12” x 10”, 12" x 10"
9. Part #2, 2007, inkjet prints, 30” x 20”, 12” x 10”, 12" x 10"

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10. Tête - à – Tête, 2006, inkjet prints, 30” x 20” each
11. Vanitas, 2007, backlit film, light boxes, 20” x 16” each
12. Landscape, 2005, inkjet prints, 11" x 16" each
13. Condensation series #1, 2006, inkjet print, 32" x 36”
14. Condensation series #3, 2006, inkjet print, 16" x 16”
      each

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Contact Information
VoxPopuli Gallery
www.voxpopuligallery.org

e-mail: juliannafoster@ymail.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
Exhibitions of my work have included series of images that represent distinct narratives, and which are informed for the most part by my interest in storytelling, cinema and its relationship to photography. These narratives are drawn from a variety of sources. For instance Tête - à - Tête takes its title from a body of photographs by Henri Cartier Bresson and alludes to the photographer’s original work. It is, however, the reconstruction of a particular conversation that took place between two people. The Hills, is a series of images loosely based on a short story by Hemingway. Similarly, the photographs and book titled, Ollie, Ollie in come free, were created in collaboration with writer, Doug Bohr.

In a broad sense, these images reflect my ongoing interest in the ways that the photographic image can portray a psychological relationship between the characters in each narrative, and of course between you, the viewer, and the subject of the photograph. Take for example, the series titled Tableau. These images correspond not only to the physical spaces of the house in which the untold drama takes place, but also, and to a greater extent, to the unexplained emotional or psychological distance between the principle characters. 

The space that I refer to between viewer and subject is nowhere more apparent than in Condensation.  In it, the condensation creates a veil, a barrier of sort between viewer and the subject which is, in the photograph and in the video of the same name, only removed by the actions of the subject that is, not coincidentally, represented by me, the artist.

Finally, each work is in and of its self a narrative, but each is also a part of a larger over-arching body of work that is supported by every individual effort or new work. More specifically, I see each story forming a larger story that continues to reveal itself in a variety of forms, be it in a photograph, book or video.

Education
2006
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
MFA, Book Arts and Printmaking

2001
University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
BFA, Design

Awards
2008
Faculty Professional Development Grant,  Pre-College Programs, The University of the Arts, PA

2006
Eugene Feldman Commemorative Award, The University of the Arts, PA

2004-2006
Graduate Fellowship, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Graduate Scholarship, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Residencies
2003
Artist-In-Residence, The Silver Factory, Cleveland, OH

Professional Experience
Present
Faculty, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2006- present
Artist member, VoxPopuli Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Communications Chair

2001-2002
PS 211, Winston-Salem, NC
Board member

1997-2002
Co-founder and exhibiting member, Seed Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2008
In a Vale, VoxPopuli Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Tête-à-Tête, 5ive & 40rty Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
Collaboration with Doug Bohr

2007
Allegory, Window on Broad, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2006
on my way back to you, Third Floor Gallery, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Organizor: Melissa Caldwell

2004
Containment, InLiquid at the Bride, The Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA

2001
Exhibition Media Center, NC School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC

2000
Julianna Foster: Recent Works, Whistling Women, Winston-Salem, NC

Julianna Foster: Photo Works, SEED Collective, Winston-Salem, NC

Group

2007
Narrative Thread, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA

Allegory in Spring, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy

It was easy, It was all new, VoxPopuli Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD

2006
The Late Show, Morris Contemporary Art Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Collaboration with Nadia Hironaka
Curator: Alex Baker

MFA Thesis Exhibition Book Arts/Printmaking, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2005
Artists' Books from Philadelphia & Timisoara , Philadelphia, PA and Timisoara, Romania

Turning Pages, Whittier College, Whittier, CA
Curator: Tara O’Brien

Viewpoint, InLiquid at the Bride, Painted Bride Art Center Café Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: John Murphy

Passage, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Selections from UArts MFA program 1989-2005, University of Pennsylvania, Van Pelt Dietrich Library, Philadelphia, PA

2004
Women in the Middle: Borders, Barriers, Intersections, Walker's Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Organizor: Helen Klebesadal

2003
Cleveland State University 2nd Biennial Photography & Digital Media, Cleveland, OH
Juror: Tim B. Wride, LACMA

2002
Winner’s Circle, City Paper / CPI Annual Photography Competition, Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, PA

Continuum, Theatre Art Galleries, High Point, NC
Curator: Beth Ilderton

2001
Come Closer, Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC
Organizor: Kim Varnadoe, Gallery Director

STITCH, SEED Collective, Winston-Salem, NC

Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Juried Exhibition

2000
28th Annual North Carolina Artists Exhibition, Fayetteville Art Museum, Fayetteville, NC
Juried Exhibition

1999
Seven Women Exposed, SEED Collective, Winston-Salem, NC

Triad Artists Exhibition, Southeastern Center For Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
Curator: Amada Cruz