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Julia Martin Art

Painted, drawn, & sutured scraps of paper and fabric
Hans-sewn notes & irregularly shaped assemblages
Repair, grist for life

05/05/2026

“Record”
Sewn Mixed Media
35 x 35”

In this piece, 143 small sewn compositions made from textiles, paint, writing, & thread are presented in a sewn grid form. I am experimenting with how the materiality of the grid affects what it holds. I like the softer structure and how it conveys a ragged, vulnerable quality. I worked with old kitchen cloths for this background and materials that often clean up stains and messes while getting stained themselves in the process. This points toward a larger body of work I am beginning to explore.

05/01/2026

“Given to the Wind”
oil and cold wax with hand sewn mixed media elements, 36 x 48”

These felt like poems or prayers carried and then given to and dispersed in the wind. Sometimes I identify with the bundles themselves and what they hold; at other times, I identify with the larger field that surrounds and gathers them. I love this wild, big expanse of blue. I am thrilled to be the featured artist this month and I was honored to make this to hang in their beautiful new space at the Denver Design Center.

Check out some of my favorite details and the whole piece during the month of May.

03/17/2026

“We built our home on the lottery”
Sewn mixed media, paint, bleach
Currently on view at the A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art

I’ve been thinking a lot about how so much of the scaffolding we cling to is built on chance.

03/08/2026

What a lovely weekend in Trinidad, Colorado for the opening of So On and So Forth .

This show features work by , , , , and .martin.art, and will run through April 30.

If you’re looking for a great day trip or a place to linger along I-25 South, Trinidad is well worth the stop. The town is full of history, incredible original architecture, art, and some of the nicest people you’ll meet.

We’re so grateful to be working with , , , and and to see what a cool thing they have going on in Trinidad.

A great place to kickstart Spring Forward. 🌱

03/05/2026

I am headed to Trinidad, Colorado for first Friday and a trio of shows opening at the .

1. I am honored to be a part of “So On and So Forth” with and .

2. A new solo show by featuring photographs and paintings

3. A retrospective show of over 200 paintings by renowned plein- air painter Frank LaLumia.

A good hang with fantastic art makes for a great way to kick off the weekend and spring forward. Please join us from 5-8 with light food and drink. Attendance is free and open to the public. We’d love to see you there.

Huge thank you to and for opening up their time and space to host us and for pulling together our group of five for so on and so forth.

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03/02/2026

“Monuments Dissolving”
Oil and cold wax, sewn mixed media

This week “Catharsis” opens at NKollectiv Gallery in addition to its print show “Expressions.” The show highlights art as protest and this piece was made in response to and in solidarity with the people of Minneapolis.

02/24/2026

I’m headed back to .denver and I couldn’t be more excited about this event. Artma is a unique, funky, fabulous art auction and fundraiser to support the Morgan Adam’s Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the quality of life and survival rates of children, teens, and young adults diagnosed with pediatric cancer.

The event has multiple galleries with silent and live auctions for art donated by hundreds of locally and nationally renowned artists. There is incredible food, drinks, and general merriment. It is not to be missed.

I made “Quiet Conversations” specifically for Artma this year. Placing these quilted notes with writing and patchwork on backgrounds of different colors with relationships to one another, I wanted to highlight the ways we still carry those we have lost to cancer and how they continue to shape and form us even after they are gone. I carry my dear friend who I lost to brain cancer on 2.17.22. Her entire being was art and her reach is wide.

Head to .denver to see more of the beautiful art that will be available at this event. I’d love to see you there.

02/02/2026

“Metamorphoses”
Graphite, oil, cold wax, mixed media sewn elements
36 x 48”

Forms and the shadows of forms.

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