b. 1989, San Francisco, CA.
Lives and works in Alpine, OR.
EDUCATION
University of Oregon, BFA in Sculpture, Certificate in Folklore Studies, Magna Cum Laude, 2012
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
2024 New Shapes, Curator’s Cube, Tokyo
2023 Design Miami/Basel, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, Miami, FL
2023 Snake Eyes, Egg Collective, New York, NY
2022 Ash Swale, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London
2021 Sapling, Curator’s Cube, Tokyo
2021 Outside In, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London
2021 Signature in Wood, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London
2021 I & the ME, The Shophouse, Hong Kong
2020 Homelife, Patrick Parrish Gallery, New York, NY
2020 The Essential Goods Show, Fisher Parrish, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Fog Fair, Patrick Parrish Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 Scorched, Sarah Myerscough, London, UK
2019 All Within, Curator’s Cube, Tokyo, Japan
2019 Fog Fair, Patrick Parrish Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 The Salon Art + Design, Patrick Parrish Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Particles, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 The Ashtray Show, Fisher Parrish, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Loewe Craft Prize 2018 Exhibition, The Design Museum, London, UK
2018 Fog Fair, Patrick Parrish Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017 Design Miami/Basel, Patrick Parrish Gallery, Miami, FL
2017 London Design Festival, Cold Press Gallery, London, UK
2017 Detritus, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2017 The Glorious Object, Curated by Roger Stevens, Patrick Parrish, New York, NY
2017 Feelers, Patrick Parrish, New York, NY
2017 The Paperweight Show, Fisher Parrish, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Steinbeisser Experimental Gastronomy, in collaboration with chefs David Kinch, Corey Lee, Daniel Patterson, Montalvo, Saratoga, CA
2016 Design Miami/Basel, Patrick Parrish Gallery, Miami, Fl
2016 London Design Festival, Cold Press Gallery, London, UK
2016 Selected Work, Heath Ceramics, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Perfect Imperfect, Nishi Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2016 Selected New Work, Boiler Room Gallery at Heath Ceramics, San Francisco, CA
2016 Salone del Mobile, BDDW, Milan, Italy
2015 London Design Festival, Cold Press Gallery, London, UK
2012-2015 Land of Songs, Producer & director of photography for documentary film about the Lithuanian folk singing tradition, San Francisco, CA / Vilnius, Lithuania
2012 Our Streets, public art project funded by the city of Eugene, OR
2012 PINKELLIPSE, Laverne Krause Gallery, Eugene, OR
2012 Skins, Laverne Krause Gallery, Eugene, OR
2012 Bridges, Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts, Eugene, OR
RESIDENCIES & TEACHING
2024 University of Oregon Visiting Artist, Lecturer
2019 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Instructor
2018 California College of the Arts, Visiting Professor
2018 Anderson Ranch, Instructor
2017 AZ West
2015 Penland School of Crafts
2015 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Technical Assistant
2013 Vermont Studio Center
AWARDS
2018 Wornick Distinguished Visiting Professor at California College of the Arts
2018 Loewe Craft Prize Finalist
2015 Michael Pierschalla Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts
2015 Technical Assistant Grant, Stuart Kestenbaum Scholarship Fund, Haystack Mountain school of Crafts
2013 Vermont Studio Center Artist’s Grant
2012 Jan Zach Memorial Award in Sculpture
BIBLIOGRAPHY / PRESS
2020 The Design Edit, September 2020. Julian Watts: Homelife
2020 American Craft Magazine June/July 2020. Eating Differently
2020 Financial Times, April 8, 2020. Fashion Finds New Ways to Connect
2019 Gray Magazine, June 2019. Carving One’s Own Path
2019 Wall Street Journal Magazine, April 2019. Why Design is Embracing the Organic
2018 Dream, Vol. 3. Hidden Shapes: Julian Watts’ Tangled Dreams of Wood
2017 Architectural Digest, November 2017. The New York City Town House Julianne Moore Calls Home
2017 Artsy, October 2017. 6 Artists Who Are Pushing the Limits of Wood
2017 New Yorker, June 2017. An Experimental Feast, Plated by Artists to Amuse and Confound
2017 San Francisco Magazine, March 2017. The Looker
2017 San Francisco Cottages and Gardens, March 2017. Shape Shifter
2017 American Craft Magazine, December / January 2017. Julian Watts
2016 C Magazine, November 2016. Carving a Niche
2016 Define Magazine, June 2016. Julian Watts
2016 Habitat, Spring 2016. Sacred Vessels
2016 Elle Decoration UK, April 2016. Details
2015 House and Garden UK, October 2015. Insider Notebook