"My metal work is functional and created in sterling silver and gold with beads for color. The technique that I use could be called three-dimensional tessellation. For example, in a mosaic the design is constructed by arranging numerous pieces of colored glass tessari. Similarly, when I work in metal, I construct many small cut and formed pieces of metal to create 3-dimensional shapes. These constructions contain space, expose light and cast color by reflection."
Exhibitions:
2023 Dallas Museum of Art, permanent collection, Dallas, TX
2014 Boston Museum of Fine Arts, permanent collection, Boston, MA.
2009 High Museum of Art, permanent collection, Atlanta, GA
2008 Tradition/Innovations: American Masterpieces of Southern Craft & Traditional Art, Southern Arts Federation, Atlanta GA
2005 Victoria & Albert Museum, Professor B. Seymour Rabinovitch Permanent collection, London, England
2000 Self-Evidence, College of Art, Atlanta, GA
1999 Benchmarkers: Women in Metal, Nat. Ornamental Metal Museum, TN
1995 Goldsmiths’ Hall, London, England
1994 Borne with a Silver Spoon, New York, NY
Awards:
2023 Lucy Morgan Lifetime Achievement Award–Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
2003 Award, Bascone-Louise Gallery, Highlands, NC
2000 Master Silversmith Certification, Lahti, Finland
2000 Artist of the Year, Nat. League of American Pen Women, Atlanta,GA
1996 Georgia Arts ’96, Georgia Artists Network, Atlanta Olympics
1994 National Sterling Design Competition
Metalsmith Magazine Article
An article about Julia Woodman in Metalsmith Magazine‘s Volume 39 Number 3 issue by Courtney Ahlstrom Christy. Click here to read the article (PDF viewer or PDF-enabled browser required).
Silver Magazine Article
An article about Julia Woodman in Silver Magazine‘s March/April 2004 issue by Fiona Urquhart. Click here to read the article (PDF viewer or PDF-enabled browser required).