GALLERY | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7 | 5–8 PM | FREE
Julianna Kirwin presents The Heart's Memory Exhibition Opening
After opening, this exhibit will be on view during public FUSION events or by appointment from November 7–28. To schedule a visit, Email FUSION.
Julianna Kirwin is inviting you to the opening of her exhibition, “The Heart’s Memory,” at FUSION | 708 on Friday, November 7, from 5–8 PM as part of The ABQ Artwalk and the First Friday ARTScrawl.
"The Heart's Memory" is thanks to a grant from the Albuquerque Urban Enhancement Trust Fund, which supported Kirwin’s desire to develop a new body of work, larger in scale. As a printmaker, Kirwin has used a variety of techniques in this show, including woodblock, monoprint, and lithograph. The woodblock prints were made from plywood cut-outs, using Kirwin’s jigsaw. Some of the blocks were inked in the form of puzzles, using one color and one pass of ink, and then assembling the pieces to create the printed image. At the show, Kirwin will exhibit both the block and the print made from it. Each tells a story, such as the beauty of our New Mexico landscape—the tumbleweeds and the sunflowers—while others express Kirwin’s love of Latin American literature and the cultural heritage we share with our neighbors to the south. Kirwin’s work would not be complete without an homage to her grandmother and her Polish heritage as seen in her life-sized woodblock portrait. “I hope you will enjoy the show, and thanks to FUSION for hosting it!” —Julianna Kirwin.
Opening Reception: Friday, November 7, from 5–8 PM as part of The ABQ Artwalk and the First Friday ARTScrawl.
Closing Reception: Friday, November 28, from 5–7 PM.
After opening, this exhibit will be on view during public FUSION events or by appointment from November 7–28. To schedule a visit, Email FUSION.
ABOUT JULIANNA KIRWIN
Julianna Kirwin is a printmaker and educator whose work utilizes stencils, woodcut, linocut, and monotype. Her training as a printmaker has primarily taken place with teachers in New Mexico and in Oaxaca, Mexico. She received a bachelor’s degree in art education and master’s in Bilingual Education from the University of New Mexico. Her work often depicts corn, visual references of her Polish heritage, and historic and contemporary figures who have contributed to Pan-American identity.
Utilizing her Spanish language skills, recent residencies include La Buena Impresion and Obracadobra in Oaxaca, Mexico, as well as Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, CA, Zea Mays Printmaking in North Hampton, MA. In 2023, she was awarded a grant to make a lithograph at Tamarind Institute Workshop, and her piece, “Mariachi Story,” was exhibited at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.
In 2021, Kirwin founded Herstory Printmaking Collective, that features street style printed portraits of women in the style of political street art. The collective hosts public printmaking events, installations, and in 2024, HPC received a Fulcrum Grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation.
SEE JULIANNA IN ACTION
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Quality bar service will be provided by Safe House Distilling Co. and Teller Genuine Vodka.
