About

Julie R. Filatoff is a lifelong artist, inspired by nature in all its manifestations, human relationships, and the story that a piece of art might tell. As a child, she spent many hours in her grandparents’ garden and her grandmother’s sewing studio. She is drawn to saturated, vivid color, and states that through her work she is trying to take the everyday and cause the viewer to stop and consider it in a new way.

Julie received her bachelor’s degree in art from California State University, Long Beach. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States, including at the New Mexico State Capitol, the University of Michigan, and the International Quilt Festival; in the book 1000 Quilt Inspirations; and in several papercrafting and fiber art magazines. She is a board member of Santa Fe Book Arts Group and teaches various book art techniques. She maintains JiRaF Studio, LLC, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Exhibitions

Portable Magic: The Art of the Book, State Capitol Rotunda Gallery, Santa Fe, September-December 2017
Fiber Arts Fiesta, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 2017
Santa Fe Sojourn (artist’s books), University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas, January-February 2016
Book Arts Group Show, State Capitol Rotunda Gallery, Santa Fe, September-December 2015
Book Arts Group Show, State Capitol Rotunda Gallery, Santa Fe, September-December 2013
Fiber Arts Fiesta, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 2013
This is a Quilt (SAQA Traveling Trunk Show), 2011-2012
Fiber Arts Fiesta, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 2011
Book Arts Group Show, State Capitol Rotunda Gallery, Santa Fe, September-December 2011
Timeless New Mexico (art quilts), State Capitol Rotunda Gallery, Santa Fe, April-August 2011
Bias: Going Against the Grain (art quilts), Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, December-March, 2010
Articulate Threads (art quilts), South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, December 2010
Northern New Mexico Quilt Guild Quilt Fiesta, Santa Fe, New Mexico—Special Judge’s Award (Christine Brown, Editor of American Quilter Magazine), 2nd Place, Art Quilts, 3rd Place, Miscellaneous, October 2010
Fall Fiber & Fashion, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, New Mexico, October 2010
Good, Good, Good, Good Fibrations, Wooden Cow Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 2010
A Fiber Arts Medley, Convento Gallery at Plaza de Española, Española, New Mexico, May/June 2010
It’s Wild! (art quilts), Mesa Public Library, Los Alamos, New Mexico, May 2010
Finding Solace (art quilts), Branigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico, April/May 2010
Uncommon Threads (art quilts), First Unitarian Church, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 2010
Let’s Celebrate (art quilts), Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, New Mexico, February-March 2010
Light Fantastic (art quilts), Branigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico, August 2009
Group Show (art quilts), Joe’s Diner, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June–September 2009
Fiber Arts Fiesta, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 2009
Recess (art quilts), Santa Fe Public Library Gallery, New Mexico, March 2009
Fiber Artists (art quilts), Johnson’s Gallery of Madrid, New Mexico, December 2008
Northern New Mexico Quilt Guild Quilt Fiesta, Santa Fe, New Mexico—1st Place, Small Wallhangings, October 2008
Seams Unusual (art quilts), Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, New Mexico, June–July 2008
Fabrications (art quilts), New Mexico State Capitol Rotunda Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, April–August 2008
Fine Furnishings Show (art quilts), Providence, Rhode Island, October 2007
President’s Challenge—“Bugs, Butterflies, and Beetles, Oh My!” Art Quilt at the Santa Fe (New Mexico) County Fair, 3rd Place, Viewers’ Choice, August 2007
Fiber Arts Fiesta, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 2007
Northern New Mexico Quilt Guild Quilt Fiesta, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 2006
Piecemakers Quilt Show, Los Alamos, New Mexico, October 2006
2006 Santa Fe (New Mexico) County Fair—2nd Place, Pieced Wallhangings
Fiber Arts Fiesta, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 2005
Santa Fe (New Mexico) County Fair—1st Place, Appliquéd Wallhangings, August 2005
Quiltalogues (to benefit the Santa Fe, New Mexico, Rape Crisis Center), November 2005
Colors of Enchantment (art quilts), University of New Mexico at Los Alamos, January 2005
Northern New Mexico Quilt Guild Quilt Fiesta, Santa Fe, New Mexico—1st Place, Predominantly Pieced Wallhangings, October 2004
Piecemakers Quilt Show, Los Alamos, New Mexico, October 2004

Affiliations

Santa Fe Book Arts Group—Board Member, Webmaster, Newsletter Editor
Libros New Mexico Book Arts Guild—Member
Las Tejedoras Fiber Arts Guild—Member
Northern New Mexico Quilt Guild (NNMQG), Santa Fe—Former 2nd Vice President, Former Newsletter Editor, Former Webmaster, Former Biennial Quilt Fiesta Publicity Co-Chair

Teaching

Santa Fe Book Arts Group—Featured Teacher, Origami Pocket Book, July 2013
Santa Fe Book Arts Group—Salons on Various Techniques (ongoing), Including Monoprinting, Art Journaling, and Star Bookbinding
Santa Fe Quilting—Various Techniques
Sewing Center of Santa Fe—Free-Motion Quilting and Various Techniques
Lecture to the Northern New Mexico Quilt Guiild, “Color for Quilters,” October 2008
Lecture to the Los Alamos Piecemakers, “Color for Quilters,” February 2007

Publications

New Mexico: Unfolded, New Mexico Region of Studio Art Quilt Associates (also graphic designer)
1000 Quilt Inspirations: Colorful and Creative Designs for Traditional, Modern, and Art Quilts by Sandra Sider, 2015, Quarry Books
“Escape from everyday life: Art quilt retreats for fiber artists,” SAQA Journal, Spring 2015
“Featured Artist: Holly Altman,” SAQA Journal, Winter 2015
Quilter’s World Magazine, December 2010
Art Quilting Studio Magazine, Spring 2010
“Art Gallery in a Box,” SAQA Journal, Spring 2009

Education

Bachelor of Arts Degree—Major in General Art with an emphasis on Display and Exhibition Design; Minor in Marketing with an emphasis on Retail Systems, California State University, Long Beach
Courses in Graphic Design, Creativity, Writing, and Presentation Skills, University of California, Irvine
Various Mixed-Media, Fiber, and Book Arts Courses, 2000–Present

Contact: julie@jirafstudio.com