About

Julie Ann Nagle is an “unarcheologist,” creating and accumulating layers of narrative for viewers to disassemble. Her process has two parts: Field Work and Poetic Output. She may research for months before constructing installations for the viewer to explore through interaction. They engage as if the experience was "field work" for them– actively roleplaying as an investigator, archeologist, or experimenter in the gallery.

Julie Ann Nagle received her BFA at The Cooper Union School of Art, then completed her MFA in Sculpture + Extended Media at Virginia Commonwealth University. Nagle has exhibited artwork at Tinworks Art, Bozeman, MT; A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; BRIC ArtsMedia, Brooklyn, NY; Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY Abrons Art Center, New York, NY; the Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY; Collar Works, Troy, NY; Field Projects, New York, NY; Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia, MN; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; and the RISD Museum, Providence, RI; among others. Additionally, she has been awarded over a dozen grants, including a Jerome Foundation Fellowship and a National Academies Keck Futures Initiatives (NAKFI) grant subaward for her collaborative work with scientists. The many residencies she has participated in include the Museum of Fine Arts Houston Core Program, the International Studio and Curatorial Program, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, Seven Below, Sculpture Space, Gallery Aferro, and Abrons Art Center. She currently lives and works in New York.