Julie Lipa

I'm a Detroit-born artist based in Los Angeles, CA. My work uses comic books, historical journalism, and artifacts of the era like TVs and radios to explore how media influenced America’s Mid-century culture.

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 journal...

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Up-to-date events at julielipaartist

MUSEUM/SOLO/DUO EXHIBITIONS

JUNE 2023 – APRIL 2026
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

DECEMBER 2026
BRASSWORKS GALLERY (PORTLAND, OR)
4TH Annual Postcard Show

NOVEMBER 2026
GABBA GALLERY (LOS ANGELES, CA)
Affordable Art Show

NOVEMBER 2026
LUCKY CAT GALLERY (LOS ANGELES, CA)
Cannibal Flower Group Show

AUGUST 2026
LA LUZ DE JESUS (HOLLYWOOD, CA)
Laluzapoolza Group Show

AUGUST 2026
LUCKY CAT GALLERY (LOS ANGELES, CA)
“Cannibal Flower Group Show”

MAY 2026
VENICE FAMILY CLINIC (VENICE, CA)
47TH Annual Venice Family Clinic Art Exhibition + Auction

MAY 2026 – JUNE 2026
GABBA GALLERY (LOS ANGELES, CA)
“Cannibal Flower Group Show”

APRIL 2026
NOT SHOCKBOX (HERMOSA BEACH, CA)
“Up In Sm...