Full CV – Artist Julia Trops

Julia Trops
Venus is Rising
Studio 32093
Westbank, BC V4T 3G2

250-215-0079
www.juliatrops.com
juliatrops@gmail.com

Born 1962 Calgary Alberta
Lives and works in West Kelowna British Columbia

Education
2001 Bachelor of Fine Arts – (Art Studio – Painting) Great Distinction, University of Lethbridge AB

2000 Visual Communications Diploma (Graphic Design) Honours, Medicine Hat College, AB

Awards
2012 – Okanagan Arts Awards – Nominated Visual Artist
2012 – City of Kelowna – Nominated Honour in the Arts

Solo Exhibitions
2008 The Eclectic Mix, Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna, BC

2006 A Year’s Work, Galleria, Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna, BC

2005 Existence in the Dream, Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna, BC

2003 life, death, becoming, Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna, BC

Group Exhibitions
2011 Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops BC
Okanagan Erotic Art Show, Kelowna, BC (catalog)
Artwalk, Lake Country, BC
Almost Famous, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC
Red and White, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC

2010 Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops BC
Okanagan Erotic Art Show, Kelowna, BC
Artwalk, Lake Country, BC
Livessence Simplicity in Mind, Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna BC
Starry Starry Night, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton BC
Almost Famous, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC

2009 Ex Nihilo Vineyards, Lake Country, BC
Gallery Odin, Silver Star Resort, BC
Evergreen Art Gallery, RCA, Kelowna, BC
Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC
Lake Country Artwalk, Winfield, BC
Almost Famous, Gallery Vertigo Vernon, BC
Starry Night, Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton BC
Okanagan Erotic Art Show, Kelowna, BC

2008 Gallerie Diamanté, Kelowna, BC
Livessence Gifts of Colour, Kelowna, BC
Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC
Meadowridge Showhomes, Kelowna, BC
ArtWalk
Kamloops Art Gallery Fundraiser
Gallery Vertigo Almost Famous
Gallery Odin Summer Show, opening June
The Best of MASC Geert Maas Sculpture Gardens
Osoyoos Public Art Gallery
The Works Art and Design Festival – Edmonton
Latitudes – A “Small Art” Show
Okanagan Erotic Art Show

2007 Kamloops Art Gallery Fundraiser
Gallery Vertigo Almost Famous
The Bias Project The Works Art & Design Festival, Edmonton
The Works Art and Design Festival Edmonton AB
Rhythms of Nature, Osoyoos Art Gallery, Osoyoos, BC

2005 Figures! The Old Schoolhouse Gallery, Qualicum Beach, BC

2004 Alternator Gallery, Kelowna BC
From Heart to Hearth, Kelowna Art Gallery, BC
Looking Back, , Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC

2003 Life, Death, Becoming – Galleria, RCA, Kelowna BC

2001 Graduate Show, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge

2000 Chronos/Kronos – Medicine Hat Museum & Art Gallery, Medicine Hat AB

Galleries
2005 present Tào Contemporary, Central Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2004 present Gallery Odin, Silverstar Mountain Resort, BC

Professional & Community Experience
2011 – Okanagan Military Museum Mural Coordinator, part of a team
2009 – Curator Ex Nihilo Vineyards
2007 – present Founder, Coordinator, Curator for Okanagan Erotic Art Show
2007-11 – Core member establishing the Okanagan Arts Awards
2008-2009 Artist coordinator/curator for Artworks, Evergreen – Gallerie Diamanté, RCA
2006 to present – Director Kelowna Museums Society, Kelowna, BC
2005 – present Founder of Livessence Society of Figurative Artists and Models
2005-2007 – Director Arts Council of the Central Okanagan
2003 – present – Trainer of models for Life Drawing
2002 to present – Resident Artist, Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna BC
2004 Workshops Director and Exhibitions Director, Federation of Canadian Arts – Central Okanagan
2002 to present – Trained life drawing models for instructional and non instructional classes
2001, University of Lethbridge, presented and led topics for discussion in third year “Art Now” classes
2000, Logos and Drawings for Therapist Assistant’s Manual for Medicine Hat College, AB
1999, “Assistant” Art Director, CHAT TV, Medicine Hat, AB

Published
2011 Okanagan Erotic Art Show Catalog (Editor, Publisher, Writer, Contributing Artist)
2010 FIDEM Medallion Society, Finland, Contributing artist
Simplicity in Mind, Editor, Publisher, Contributing artist
2009 to present The Model Series, Self published
Spirituality of Sex, Contributing artist, Woodlake Books, BC
Catalog- Okanagan Erotic Art Show, Author/editor/publisher
2008 Spirituality of Music – contributing artist, Woodlake Books, BC
Spirit of Kelowna Monograph, Introduction
Wine Labels for The View Winery, Kelowna
2007 Okanagan Arts Magazine, Article on Donating to Charities
The Bias Project Catalog, Edmonton AB
Exploring Life Drawing by Harold Stone, contributing artist

The Art of Charity (article), Okanagan Arts, Kelowna BC

Listed in
2003 – present National Gallery of Canada’s Library and Archives
2004 – present Canada’s Cultural Gateway (Government of Canada)

Honours and Awards
2000 – 2001 University of Lethbridge Faculty of Fine Arts Dean’s List
2000 Phi Theta Kappa Honour Society Transfer Scholarship & Vice President
1998 – 2000 Medicine Hat College College & President’s Honour Roll

Corporate Collections
2009 – Ex Nihilo Vineyards, Lake Country, BC
2008 – Jigsaw Trading Company, Kelowna, BC
City of Kelowna, Kelowna BC
2007 – Bowman Greenhouses, Lake Country, BC
2005 – RBC Dominion Securities, Kelowna, BC
2004 – Cochlear Implant Research Lab, Arizona State University
2004 – Scott-Remlinger, Attorneys-at-law, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Teaching Experience
2007 – I stopped teaching art with the exception of a few special requests, choosing to focus on my artwork
2004-07 – Life and Arts Children’s Day Instructor
2004-07- Art Instructor for SD23 select teachers
2004 – Beginner Oil Painting – Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna
2003/4 – Beginner and Advanced Instructional Drawing – Rotary Centre for the Arts (Adults and Teens), Kelowna BC
2003/4 – Fundamentals of Art – Rotary Centre for the Arts & selected schools from School District 23 (Child) Kelowna BC
2003/4 – Coordinated Non-instructional Drawing Sessions – Rotary Centre for the Arts
2003 – Drawing Workshop for Mission Painters’ Group- 4 weeks

Professional Affiliations
FIDEM – International Medallic Art Society
MASC – Medallic Art Society of Canada
Resident Artist, Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna, BC, 2002-
Director – Kelowna Museums Society, Kelowna, BC 2006-
Director – Arts Council of the Central Okanagan,2006-8
Member – Kelowna Sculptors Network Society – 2008-
Member, Summerland Arts Council – Summerland, BC 2006-
Member – Kelowna Visual Performing Arts Centre Society, 2002-
CARFAC (Canadian Artists’ Representation/le Front des artistes canadiens), BC 2003-
Member – Arts Council of the Central Okanagan, 2003-
Vice President, Alpha Tau Delta of Phi Theta Kappa Honour Society Medicine Hat College 1999
Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB 2003-
Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC 2006-9
Alternator Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC 2008-