Resume / CV

EDUCATION

2005-2008 - Master of Fine Arts in Artisanry, Jewelry/Metals, College of Visual Arts, UMASS Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA
1998-2002 - Bachelor of Fine Arts in Metal Design, Minor in Anthropology, College of Fine Arts and Communication, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2016-2018 - Enameling & Decal Workshop, Tacoma Metal Arts Center, Tacoma, WA
2016 - Adjunct Professor, Jewelry/Metals Department, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
2015-2016 - Adjunct Metals Instructor, North Seattle College, Seattle, WA
2015-2016 - Adjunct Metals Instructor, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2015-2016 - Synclastic & Anticlastic Forming Workshop Instructor, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2016-2017 - Enameling Workshop Instructor, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2014 - Studio Technician & Instructor, Bullseye Glass Resource Center, Santa Fe, NM
2014 - Visiting Artist Professor, Jewelry/Metals Department, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM
2013 - ‘Make Your Mark’ Enameling Workshop Instructor, Colorado Springs, CO
2012-2013 - Metals Instructor, Cary Arts Center, Cary, NC
2012-2013 - Metals Instructor, NC State University Crafts Center, Raleigh, NC
2010-2013 - Adjunct Metals Instructor & Recreation Leader, Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, NC
2012 - Visiting Artist Professor, Jewelry/Metals Department, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
2008-2009 - Adjunct Professor, Jewelry/Metals Department, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
2006-2007 - Teacher of Record, Jewelry/Metals Department, UMASS Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2023 - Freelance Website Design, Squarespace
2002-present - Owner/Artist, Aesthetic Emotion: Metalsmithing & Creative Work by Julie Brooks
2018-2019 - Freelance Artist, Berlin, Germany
2012 - Jewelry and Glass Studio Manager, Cary Arts Center, Cary, NC
2005-2006 - Metals Studio Technician, UMASS Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA
2003-2005 - Studio Bench Jeweler & Enamelist, Ricky Frank Enamels Inc., Marietta, GA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013 - Nothing's Black and White, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2011 - Sculpture and Jewelry by Julie Brooks, Pullen Art Center, Raleigh, NC
2002 - Technobabble, Burroughs Welcome Senior Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

JURIED & INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

2018 - Vitreous Voices: The Enamel Tradition of East Carolina University, Wellington & Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2016-2017 - BAM Biennial: Metalmorphosis, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
2015 - Display of Pins, Seattle Metals Guild, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
2014 - TOP Jewels National Jewelry Design Exhibition, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
2013 - Day of the Dead, DesignBox, Raleigh, NC
2013 - Alchemy 2, The Enamelist Society, The Carnegie, Covington, KY
2013 - New Member's Show, Piedmont Craftsmen, Winston-Salem, NC
2013 - New Works, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2012 - Piedmont Craftsmen's 49th Fair, Winston-Salem, NC
2012 - Humor in Metal, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2012 - New Works, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2012 - The Art of Enameling, College of the Albemarle, Manteo, NC
2012 - Contemporary South, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
2012 - The Earring Challenge 2011, Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, NC
2012 - The Kiss: Inspirations from The Cure, Green Lion Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 - Visionary Metal, Cape Fear Studios, Fayetteville, NC
2008 - Cresting, Slide Show, SNAG SC Conference
2007 - Driven, Slide Show, SNAG TN Conference
2006 - On Fire!, Made in Metal Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2002 - Movies, Movies, Movies!, OVAL on Orange, Orlando, FL
2003 - Rings, Gallery of Art and Design, NC State University, Raleigh, NC
2002 - The Rebel, Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC
2002 - Student Slide Show, SNAG CO Conference
2002 - Illumina, Mendenhall Student Center, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2001 - Color and Reflection, International Enameling Conference, Arrowmont Craft Center, Gatlinburg, TN

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016 - December Spotlight artist at FRANK Gallery, FRANK Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2014 - What Are You Thinking?, Artisanry Alumni Exhibition, University Art Gallery, UMASS Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA
2008 - MFA Thesis Show, University Art Gallery, UMASS Dartmouth, Star Store, New Bedford, MA
2006 - Over the Top: Auction and lighting of the new copper cupola, New Bedford Whaling Museum,
New Bedford, MA
2006 - Swap Show, Gallery 244, UMASS Dartmouth, Star Store, New Bedford, MA
2006 - Defying Definition, Gallery 244, UMASS Dartmouth, Star Store, New Bedford, MA
2005 - Glimpse, Gallery 244, UMASS Dartmouth, Star Store, New Bedford, MA
2002 - Undergraduate Exhibition, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2001 - Undergraduate Exhibition, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

PUBLICATIONS

2017 - Narrative Jewelry: Tales from the Toolbox, Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA, first edition.
2012 - Humor in Craft, Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA, first edition, pg. 31, 208.
2008 - 500 Wedding Rings, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, first edition, pg. 187.
2006 - Artmouth, UMASS Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA
2004 - The Art of Enameling, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, first edition, pg. 68, 97.
2003 - 1000 Rings, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, first edition, pg. 45, 61.
2002 - The Rebel, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, first edition, pg. 12, 13.

ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS

2015 - Grants for Artist Projects, GAP Grant Recipient, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
2013 - New Works, Best in Show, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2012 - NC Arts Council Grant Recipient, Raleigh, NC
2012 - New Works, Honorable Mention, Raleigh, NC
2006 - On Fire!, Honorable Mention, Made in Metal Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2004 - Movies, Movies, Movies!, Honorable Mention, OVAL on Orange, Orlando, FL
2003 - Excellence in Art Award, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2002 - Outstanding Senior Award in Art, Metal Design, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2002 - The Rebel, Best in Show, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2002 - Illumina, Honorable Mention, Mendenhall Student Center, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

COLLECTIONS

David Freda - The Hungry Ghost, brooch
Rancho Obi-Wan, Petaluma, CA - If Darth Vader Were a Little Girl, baby rattle
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts - Want & Found, medallion piece gifted by Robert Ebendorf & Aleta Braun to The Enamel Arts Foundation (recent acquisition (2022) by Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts)

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

2008-2009 - Winthrop Gallery, Assistant to the Director, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC

PUBLIC LECTURES

2016 - Lecture, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
2016 - Lecture, Seattle Metals Guild, Seattle, WA
2013 - Lecture, FRANK Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2008 - Lecture & Demonstration, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
2007 - Thesis Sources Presentation, open to the public, UMASS Dartmouth, Star Store, New Bedford, MA

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS

The Enamelist Society
The Enamel Arts Foundation
Society of North American Goldsmiths