JULIA KUO

Bye bye, blog...

2009-03-24T10:16:00.006-04:00

My awesome friend Basile Kuo has done given me a gigantic website makeover, so now it's powered by blogger and I can update it anytime I want! This eliminates the need for a blog, so this will be my last post...
Since juliakuo.com is a blogger site, I can probably find a way for you to still get a feed anytime I update - is anyone interested?

And here are some things I've been busy with lately...
the newest NYT piece, to run this Sunday

A piece that'll be published in a magazine called Migrate.. Migrate is run by the same people that do the Loerie Awards. This issue's theme is 'ego', and I'm naming this piece "The Little Fish Who Was Too Full of Air"

creative quarterly / card!

2009-03-09T08:52:00.006-04:00

hooray - i've gotten into creative quarterly no. 15 for a merit in the Professional Illustration category! (I'm not sure which illustration it is...i think it's the cats a few posts below)

and a silly card i did for work:

nyt practical traveler

2009-02-01T10:16:00.001-05:00

out next sunday!

commission

2009-01-29T22:45:00.000-05:00

so many cats
so much yarn

valentines day card

2009-01-29T15:18:00.003-05:00

for those of you who look for my cards..this one's in target now.

executed by the lovely claire mojher!

All Hands on Deck show!

2009-01-16T23:02:00.014-05:00

my entry:

sold!

press release:

more info about the show here
and a really great photo gallery here!
Props to Keith Corcoran for putting this all together =)

practical traveler

2008-12-22T12:43:00.000-05:00

out next sunday - look for it in newsstands!
thank you rodrigo!

paintings for Renegade Craft Fair!

2008-12-04T14:52:00.006-05:00

These are acrylic painted on 4.5x5x5" wooden box shelves . They're coming with me to Renegade's holiday craft fair in Chicago this weekend!

FOR SALE

2008-12-01T13:20:00.005-05:00

These original paintings for sale at SHOPAROONI's new Annex! Stop by the store or check them out here.

Peaches and imps, cont.

2008-11-10T19:22:00.003-05:00

For Caroline =)

plushform, done!

2008-11-03T22:09:00.005-05:00

ready to go for the Midwest Plushform Show at Shoparooni and Carol and John's Comics this Friday and Saturday.. come out and see all the great work!
To see the original plushforms in their nekkid state, click here

Want it? Bid here!!

WHERE TO BUY STUFF.

2008-10-29T11:06:00.012-04:00

I VOTE FOR ART

Thanks to Ben, I now have prints online at ivoteforart.com! !!
See my pieces and vote for me!
(By voting for me, my pieces get pushed to the front page for more visibility).
The prints are in AUS dollars, so I've listed the US prices below.

$30 US, 7.5"x10"

$40 US, 12"x11"

SHOPAROONI

LOTS of stuff available online here and at the actual shop in Cleveland (it's a great place - check it out if you're from the area!)

These 6 prints are 2x3.25" each and come framed.

5x8"

8x10"

SHINY SQUIRREL

Who wants to take home my little mushroom print?

I should probably add that I sell original art from my website/blog (you just have to email me and let me know what you want) and I love doing commissions. . Okay that's it. Happy Halloween!!!

Dr.Sketchy's!

2008-10-29T11:03:00.004-04:00

My first figure drawing experience, ever!! I loved the fact that it was at Beachland on Waterloo - can't wait for the next one =)
http://drsketchycleveland.squarespace.com/

plushform in progress

2008-10-25T14:58:00.005-04:00

everyone, meet mr.spotopus. he's very nervous about getting painted, but i keep telling him it's going to be all right.

character sketches

2008-10-17T16:13:00.004-04:00

(for work)

beginnings and ends

2008-10-09T22:37:00.001-04:00

i don't have a foot fetish, really

love for spots and acrobats

2008-10-08T22:31:00.002-04:00

sketches

2008-10-07T22:36:00.002-04:00

just for fun...
big hair, big skirts, and big fur hoods =)

Peaches and imps

2008-09-28T16:13:00.002-04:00

for a tshirt, maaaaybe?

and then i made some imp magnets! =D

Elephants, Protea!

2008-09-26T08:26:00.010-04:00

for my lovely and talented friend Alejandra!
elephant and proteas, although i don't think i did justice to these crazy beautiful flowers..

(update) finished painting

here are the two sides (it's acrylic on a 5x5x1.5" wooden box)
the sides are my favorite =)

sketches from Buenos Aires!

2008-09-24T07:33:00.013-04:00

I just spent a week in Argentina! Buenos Aires is gorgeous city - I'll have to post photos later. But in the meantime, some sketches:

This is how I taught myself to read a Spanish menu =) Mmm, Bife... mmmm, empanadas de choclo y calabazas, mmm helados...

People watching at Iguazu Falls. Iguazu Falls = Perfection!

I was drawing animals at the Jardin Zoological when I found myself surrounded by an entire field trip of little Argentinian kids.. so I started pointing to each drawn animal and asking "¿Qué es esto? " (What is that?) Soon I had the entire group spelling out animal names in Spanish for me. So cute!

Portrait of me by Josh Park. Enough said.

more islands and some stripes

2008-09-12T08:13:00.002-04:00

more paintings just for kicks!

new york times

2008-08-28T09:33:00.001-04:00

a practical traveler article about the gasless vacation, out this sunday!

some new paintings for myself

2008-08-11T08:31:00.002-04:00

6x6, acrylic on gessoboard

grad card

2008-08-04T16:12:00.002-04:00

hmmm...

2008-07-30T17:31:00.008-04:00

scanned my sketchbook. have a look =)

west african drummers at the PAPA fest in Illinois. the lead guy looked like a pirate!

this is a little late, but i love spring in cleveland for all the magnolia and cherry trees in bloom.

i'm practicing to be ambidextrous, so the first page is my left hand writing. (i drew the second page with my right hand...i'm not that good.) once i can write and draw proficiently with both hands, i'll be unstoppable!

fencing at the Arnold Expo in Columbus.

american greetings

2008-07-30T17:13:00.008-04:00

here's another card!
front:

inside:

commission

2008-07-15T15:11:00.003-04:00

acrylic on 6x6 with thick sides (which i also painted...will post!)
overall an ideal commission =)

everything cute

2008-07-09T14:19:00.002-04:00

a card i did for work - kid's music card that'll sell in walmart next year =)
(the grey is a shiny silver hot stamp)

practical traveler

2008-07-07T21:46:00.003-04:00

this image to run in this sunday's travel section. thanks (as always), rodrigo!
i'll link to the article when it comes out so you can read about what's going on with frequent flyer miles these days~

edit: article here!

everybody eats!

2008-06-13T06:36:00.003-04:00

paintings for the craft show! the pieces are tiny - 3x3" and 2.5x4" acrylic on wood. these paintings and the drawings from the previous piece kept me very busy this past week..

balloon animals

2008-06-12T20:59:00.001-04:00

i'll be selling these little pieces in dark red wooden frames tomorrow at the ag craft show. i hope they find good homes!!

summer art walk

2008-06-11T22:42:00.004-04:00

i've been busy painting for a craft show at AG this friday. below are two of four posters my talented (and recently engaged!wooooo!) friend Claire Mojher made for the show.

stay tuned - i'll post the paintings/drawings before they go up for sale!

practical traveler

2008-06-11T22:31:00.003-04:00

this image ran in this past sunday's times (but i didn't catch it in print this time... i went to the supermarket twice that day with the intention of buying the nyt but forgot both times!! i kept getting distracted by all the food)

this illustration was especially fun to do because i was surrounded by my huge extended family at a hotel in parsippany, nj (where we were all staying for our cousin's wedding). i love family.

read the article here!

mushrooms for sale!

2008-06-02T10:48:00.001-04:00

My first prints for sale online, at The Shiny Squirrel! (You should check out all the other great work on the site. Beautiful stuff.) Thanks, Jessica!

music cards

2008-05-13T09:54:00.006-04:00

my first freelance cards!

this first one is a music card for the song 'land of 1000 dances,' and it'll be out in Target later this summer. i like it a LOT

this one is for the song "conga". the first page is supposed to say "to my friend" in the white box and "the best and brightest birthday moments..." on the bottom.

practical traveler

2008-04-13T13:58:00.009-04:00

update: link here!
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another illustration for the NYT, sunday travel section! this article's on what to do about the declining value of the dollar vs. euro when it comes to planning for european vacations. i think it'll be published next week on the 20th.

new york times

2008-03-13T12:52:00.008-04:00

(update)
here's the link to the article (it's about medical emergencies): right here
and here's my illustration. thanks, rodrigo!

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i did an editorial illustration for the travel section of the nyt that'll be running this sunday, the 16th. i'm not posting the image until next week so that you go and find a copy!!

polluted water

2008-03-02T23:12:00.003-05:00

a show? a show!

2008-02-29T08:53:00.006-05:00

amy, emily, and i are having a show at the AG gallery starting from this monday the 3rd until friday the 14th. it's full of crazy bunnies, narwhals, deer, music posters, chinchillas, and more wonderful things...

emily made this poster for the show::

chinchillaazzz

2008-02-29T01:07:00.004-05:00

my love for you

2008-02-12T23:16:00.006-05:00

i'm featured on www.myloveforyou.typepad.com with a generous post of my images! thanks, meighan!!

http://myloveforyou.typepad.com/my_love_for_you/2008/02/julia-kuo.html

(be sure to scroll down and check out the other great work..esp by andrew rae and hillery sproatt)

(cont. from last post)

2008-01-21T18:03:00.001-05:00

... and flying creatures grew in size and intelligence..

pink, orange, lime yellow-green

2008-01-20T22:12:00.000-05:00

at some point, the trees decided to move to the rooftops.

sketch

painting.

colors inspired by my bath poof, my roommate's bath poof, and our shower stuff, hah.

For Basile

2008-01-19T04:22:00.000-05:00

3 out of 25 (not in order) for Basile! A story about a boy and his cloud. These are acrylic on 4x4" pieces of wood.

4 little paintings that go together

2008-01-08T21:25:00.000-05:00

thanks, mr.hundley!

2008-01-01T22:33:00.001-05:00

hello! happy new years!!
hm...maybe i should write a little about new years resolutions.
this year, i resolve to spend less time with friends and more time with my paintbrushes. i hope this doesn't make me sad.

you can find me in CMYK magazine's winter issue at your local barnes and noble or borders bookstore.. please look for it! i have three images in the first spread of the illustration section.

my plushie.

2007-12-13T14:13:00.001-05:00

i made this for AG's plush workshop. it was my idea of the perfect animal - until i saw THIS.

The Return of Something Not So Vague

2007-12-08T09:42:00.000-05:00

Hi. Two of my paintings are up at All Rise Gallery in Wicker Park (Chicago). Check out tonight's cocktail reception if you happen to be in the area. Thanks, Lisa!

Oh, and if you do see the show - I am in love with the constellation series, esp no. 8 =)

busy busy

2007-11-05T22:48:00.000-05:00

the children's book that i worked on last year is done!! check out the website. the book is bound beautifully..the hardback is even debossed =) props to david miller and 72 and sunny.

i went to the pond behind the art museum in cleveland heights and listened to all the ugly sounds the geese made for half an hour.

one of my illustrations is in creative quarterly 9! this is what the issue looks like...pick up a copy and find me! =) and yay, morgan is in here too!

Andrea, Anne, Paper bag friend, + conversation!!

2007-10-11T23:31:00.003-04:00

this is called Andrea. =) I hope you see this...

it's acrylic and graphite on wood, with the sides painted lime green.

Anne. 6x6", acrylic and graphite on wood, brown sides.

Paper bag friend, 4x6", acrylic and graphite on wood, gold sides.

And look!
Remember this drawing?

My friend Morgan did a "response" to it!!wow!

hello!

2007-09-23T10:28:00.000-04:00

i'm making these little balls. they hang from my ceiling but they almost touch the ground. i want to put lots and lots of them all together in a closet or some little space.

here are some trees, on an island, in the water.

question for you: (help!)
i want to take a second job, but i can't decide which to go for...

1. koko bakery (they serve chinese bakery bread, milk tea, shaved ice)
2. the new sasa japanese restaurant at shaker square
3. trader joe's signage artist

which one ??

the playroom

2007-09-16T22:42:00.000-04:00

lately, i've been thinking that it would be really great if i could grow trees in my apartment. they'd just grow up to the ceiling, and then continue to grow across the ceiling. i guess the roots would get too big for any pot, so your whole floor would be a pot... and there would probably be lots of bugs, and that would be gross... but i still like the idea of a tree ceiling.

self portrait in progress!

2007-09-13T23:16:00.000-04:00

i haven't colored w/photoshop forever. i also haven't done anything realistic forever either. so i wanted some practice.. and earlier this summer someone asked me why i didn't have any self portraits. i don't know? so here's one

prickly reindeer

2007-09-05T23:08:00.000-04:00

new painting!

sketch!

sketch from the farmer's market

2007-08-21T21:56:00.001-04:00

i love new traditions (don't laugh at me if you're from AG).
my newest one: going to shaker square down the block from our apt every sat morning for the farmer's market. we bring big grocery bags and pick out our peaches, huge overgrown tomatoes, sweet corn, maybe some zucchini or green beans or even spaghetti...stop by dave's if we've missed anything...then we walk the little block back to the apartment and cook up a huuuge brunch for ourselves and anyone that wants to join =)

armillo

2007-08-16T01:13:00.000-04:00

from italo calvino's invisible cities

hair?

2007-08-08T08:50:00.000-04:00

a show!

2007-07-25T22:47:00.000-04:00

I've copied and pasted a press release. The kind people at Black Maria asked me to hang a handful of my work for the opening this Saturday. I won't be there...so if you get to go, take pictures for me!

Atwater Galleries Summer Party

28 July 2007

Saturday 28th July, 4:00-8:00pm

Atwater Village: 3015-3407 Glendale Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90039
Gallery Hours: All Gallery hours varies (please contact gallery for business hours)

Los Angeles – The first summer Atwater art walk presented by The Atwater Galleries will take place Saturday, July 28th, from 4 to 8 pm. JFerrari Gallery, Black Maria Gallery, Little Bird Gallery and Pounder Koné Art Space will be the host the Atwater Galleries Summer Party.

jFerrari Gallery: Dedicated to exhibiting works by mid-career and emerging contemporary artists. jFerrari is located at The Complex now showing a group exhibition of landscape paintings, Earthly Delights. There will be live music and live paintings by artist, Dan Wooster.

Black Maria Gallery: Focused on non-mainstream art that reverberates with the shock of the new. This is the opening reception for The Re-run Show, featuring works from memorable past exhibitions. An open bar and food will be provided along with HM Selecta spinning cool afternoon tunes and even maybe a surprise performance piece by Ladyspoke. Don’t forget to check out the new Black Maria store right next door.

Little Bird Gallery: The latest addition to the Atwater Galleries will be presenting a solo show featuring new works by Thomas Mulvane. Little bird focuses on the artist as more as an individual, offering guidance and growth in an environment without constraints or censorship. The gallery will be hosting an open bar and will have live music.

Pounder Koné ArtSpace: A creative meeting art space for artists, writers and musicologists alike with a focus on introducing artists from the Diaspora and local Angelino artists. This is the closing reception for Fully Fledged, an all women group show with Pamela Mower Conner, Artis Lane, Dominique Moody, Echiko Ohira, and Franceska Schifrin.

****Special edition to the event located just over the Hyperion Bridge (2876 Rowena Avenue):

Truxtop & Co., Artmongers: Strives to provide a small respite from the mundane: a break from the mainstream by creatively refueling and providing an artistic forum. Truxtop presents Flags Unflown: a group show of over 50 local artists, all starting with identical panels of wood cut to the dimensions of the American flag, let loose in a fantastic dog-pile of individual expression.

climbing trees

2007-07-21T16:50:00.000-04:00

birds! birds! birds!

2007-07-11T23:55:00.000-04:00

My WashU Yearbook Photo

2007-07-09T15:40:00.000-04:00

Another one!

2007-06-28T07:33:00.000-04:00

This was fast and fun.. maybe I'll try to start and finish a painting a night once or r twice every week?

New painting

2007-06-25T21:15:00.001-04:00

Is this weird?

Sheep.

2007-06-19T14:09:00.000-04:00

American Greetings has a system called Iris that is similar to stock image sites like Getty and Veer. It's compiled from all the art that has ever been created for AG cards. I found this while looking for cute Easter images of sheep =)

my new apartment!

2007-06-17T19:59:00.000-04:00

here it is! my first ever apartment =)

ms.costa's cute little chair that used to sit in her cubicle, hauled all the way from st. louis to la to cleveland =)

plants plants plants! the big one is an "antherium" - it's like a calalilly, except it has small pink flowers. the tiny one is a mix of succulents . do you see the little bird in the frame? it's from miss linda solivic =) geez it's been 3 years and i still don't know how to use my camera... all my pictures are really blurry up close. it only focuses when i use flash, but i don't like using flash because the lighting gets all ugly.

i got this beautiful desk and dresser set from a shop nearby. it's in a long row of antique shops just around the corner from my house. my neighborhood is so random.. walking three minutes in each direction leads you to a completely different world. north is a huge park built around a lake - you can see baby geese and ducks all over =) east: million dollar houses. south: shaker square (it's actually a circle...) with lots of cute little restaurants, a market, gallery, and little movie theatre. west: bad area with antique shops, tarot reading places, a "church usher's society"???. it might be hard to tell but the little cloth trees propped up on the left side of the picture are from wing's original children's book idea =)

my newest art project! i'm painting with acrylic and scalpeling them out of bristol board. i want to make a piece for my wall... i don't know exactly what i'm doing yet... but i love jill bliss trees.

Sweet restaurant oranges

2007-01-05T01:14:00.000-05:00

How do Chinese restaurants always get their dessert oranges right? I've never once had a sour orange. Do they slice up the orange normally but leave out a little slice so someone in the kitchen can eat it to make sure the whole orange is sweet? Is there an orange taster in the kitchen? Or do they have a secret contract with supermarkets to always get the sweet ones? Is there some kind of information that farmers, supermarkets, and Chinese restaurants are holding out on us on how to tell whether or not an orange is going to be sweet?

That's it.

2006-08-24T10:20:00.000-04:00

I finally put a price on my first illustrated book. I'm officially in the business!!

I hope I don't starve.

No one likes a crusty bowl

2006-07-31T20:02:00.000-04:00

If you don't wash your bowl right after you eat oatmeal, it'll get crusty.

My Qee is going to be on tour with Toy2R in Hong Kong this November! Man,
it'd be great to go to HK. This was a contest that was part of imprint-life,
a conference about trends going on with Asian kids. Included a lot of incredible
people including GR, David Horvath and Sun-min Kim (uglydoll), freshness mag,
Nike SB, Sneaker Freaker, Susie Ghahremani, the freaking founder of xanga,
Bobby Hundreds (the hundreds), MTV, Cool Hunting guy Josh Rubin, George
Takei, Angry Asian Man creator, Far East Movement, etc... too bad the conference
cost a freaking 360 for a day. Dayam! Needless to say I didn't make it. My qee
didn't make it either - it definitely wasn't the best. Anyways, my qee: