
julia dann is a designer, writer, artist, and educator living in richmond, va. their work and research are situated in somatic interpretations of body memory and the production/reproduction of language via sculpture, performance, audio, and online installations. they’ve both shown in and curated exhibitions related to light, ritual, and cycles of life, death, and rot.
they are currently an Adjunct Professor in the Graphic Design department at Virginia Commonwealth University, as well as a freelance designer, focusing mostly on collaborative web-based work that forefronts data accessibility, as well as small-scale publishing initiatives.
Education
Virginia Commonwealth University
MFA, Graphic Design, Visual Communications
2021
The College of Wooster
BA, Sociology
2010
Professional Experience
Adjunct Professor, Graphic Design
VCUarts Graphic Design Department
Richmond, VA 2020-present
Programs Coordinator, Objects + Methods Lecture Series
VCUarts Graphic Design Department
Richmond, VA 2019-2020
Senior Account Manager
Workhorse, Washington, DC
2016-2019
Studio Manager
Mapos, New York, NY
2015-2016
Assistant Director, DC Urban Arts Academy
Words Beats & Life, Washington, DC
2010-2012
they are currently an Adjunct Professor in the Graphic Design department at Virginia Commonwealth University, as well as a freelance designer, focusing mostly on collaborative web-based work that forefronts data accessibility, as well as small-scale publishing initiatives.
Education
Virginia Commonwealth University
MFA, Graphic Design, Visual Communications
2021
The College of Wooster
BA, Sociology
2010
Professional Experience
Adjunct Professor, Graphic Design
VCUarts Graphic Design Department
Richmond, VA 2020-present
Programs Coordinator, Objects + Methods Lecture Series
VCUarts Graphic Design Department
Richmond, VA 2019-2020
Senior Account Manager
Workhorse, Washington, DC
2016-2019
Studio Manager
Mapos, New York, NY
2015-2016
Assistant Director, DC Urban Arts Academy
Words Beats & Life, Washington, DC
2010-2012
Awards
VCUarts MFA Thesis Funding, 2021
VCUarts Graduate Teaching Assistantship (fully funded), 2019-2021
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Arts and Humanities Fellowship, 2020
Exhibitions
((oa—ao)), 2021 (curatorial)
Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
OTHERACHES, 2021
MFA Thesis Exhibition
Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
yours truly, 2021
822 Broad, Richmond, VA, 2021
I’ll Be The Most Real Thing in Your World, 2020
Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
Simple Livin, 2019
Byrd Park Pump House, Richmond, VA
Writing
The Life and Death of an Internet Onion, 2021
VCUarts MFA Thesis Funding, 2021
VCUarts Graduate Teaching Assistantship (fully funded), 2019-2021
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Arts and Humanities Fellowship, 2020
Exhibitions
((oa—ao)), 2021 (curatorial)
Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
OTHERACHES, 2021
MFA Thesis Exhibition
Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
yours truly, 2021
822 Broad, Richmond, VA, 2021
I’ll Be The Most Real Thing in Your World, 2020
Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
Simple Livin, 2019
Byrd Park Pump House, Richmond, VA
Writing
The Life and Death of an Internet Onion, 2021