Julie Lipa

I'm a Detroit-born artist based in Los Angeles, CA. My work explores America’s Mid-century culture using comic books, historical journalism, and artifacts of the era.

ARTIST STATEMENT
My work examines America’s mid-century culture and how history tends to repeat itself. It focuses on persistent issues like inequality, discrimination, violence, and societal morals. I’m driven by a desire to understand why we continue to make the same mistakes, and my art seeks to answer that question.

ARTIST BIO
Julie Lipa, a self-taught artist from Detroit, channels her fascination with discarded objects into her art— a passion ignited by garbage picking with her parents. Her creative path was further shaped by an influential electro-kinetic teacher at Macomb County Community College, who taught her to see the world differently. Early on, Lipa repurposed 1950s portable TVs into functional art. But ultimately she needed to make the rent so she stopped making art and founded an entertainment marketing agency.

Two decades later she retired and returned to her art, using the vintage TVs she had stored to create her solo show Beneath Perfection: The Underside of America’s Mid-Century Belle Époque, a journalistic exploration of American history.

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Up-to-date events at julielipaartist

MUSEUM/SOLO/DUO EXHIBITIONS

JUNE 2023 – ONGOING
SMITHSONIAN AFFILIATE THE ATOMIC MUSEUM (LAS VEGAS, NV)
“Doomtown” is currently on loan to the museum in their main exhibit.

MAY – JULY 2025
ONTARIO MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ART (ONTARIO, CA)
“Motown” was invited to the museum’s 13th Annual Biennial Open

APRIL 2024
CADFAB CREATIVE GALLERY (CULVER CITY, CA)
Duo Show “Modern Extremes: Bright & Cheery, Dark & Dirty” (with artist Bente Christenson)

APRIL – MAY 2023
GALLERY 825 (LOS ANGELES, CA)
Solo Show “Beneath Perfection: The Underside of America’s Mid-Century Belle Epoque”

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

APRIL 2025
Startup Art Fair (SAN FRANCISCO, CA)
“Pulp Fission: Classic Comics Reconstructed” series

FEBRUARY – MARCH 2025
SHOCKBOXX GALLERY (HERMOSA BEACH, CA)
“Intergalactic” Group Show

OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2024
SHOCKBOXX GALLERY (HERMOSA BEACH, CA)
“Woman’s work” Group Show (Curator: Kymm Swank)

JULY - AUGUST 2024
TAG GALLERY (LOS ANGELES, CA)
“Made in the USA: Let Freedom Ring” Group Show (Juror: Edward Goldman)

APRIL 2024
LA LUZ DE JESUS (LOS ANGELES, CA)
“Lost and Found” Group Show

JANUARY – FEBRUARY 2024
CADFAB CREATIVE (CULVER CITY, CA)
“Introductions” Group Show

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