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Julio Meyer
My paintings went through a new development in the spring of 1999. In February of that year Donna, my wife, Alexander and
Zachary, our boys, and I went on a train ride on the Coast Starlight from Los Angeles to Seattle. We saw the “Van Gogh” show
In L.A. and the “Chuck Close Retrospective” in Seattle. We returned and I started a series of Monumental Portraits. These oil
on canvas paintings were of common southwest animals found along the Rio Grande Valley. I started painting in thick, vivid and
vibrant colors. Recurring themes in my art are family, Hispanic culture, southwest scenery, traditions, and science ( superstring theory). Painting with a fresh perspective the paintings reveal the
ordinary and unnoticed to be significant and extraordinary indeed. Bernadette Rodriguez & Judy Chicago, both of whom I’ve met since moving to Belen have inspired me. This series brings a visual dialogue into play through images of animals I grew up with as a child in a rural area of Alameda & the north valley of Albuquerque.
Selected Exhibitions
2002, 2001
New Mexico State Fair Hispanic Art Show, Juried Exhibit
2000 Trails End Gallery -Belen, New Mexico
1997 Desiree Dance Studio and Gallery, Belen, NM
1993 New Mexico State Fair Hispanic Art Show, Juried Exhibit
1992 New Mexico Christmas Mural (Commission) Rio Rancho, New Mexico
1991 New Mexico Fine Art Show , Juried Exhibit
1990 Illusions Gallery , Sheraton Old Town, Albuquerque, NM
1989 South Broadway Cultural Center Invitational Show, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1988 Illusions Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1986 Albuquerque United Artists, Juried Exhibit, Albuquerque, NM
1985 Major Film Credit “Red Dawn” Metro Goldwyn Mayer Productions as a member of Screen Actors Guild
1984 The Grito Del Sol Collections Illustrations for TQS Publications “ The Calf, The Caterpiller, and the Curandera Berkeley, California
1983 New Mexico State Fair Fine Arts Show, Juried Exhibition
1982 New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair, Juried Exhibition
1980 Feria Artesana , Juried Exhibition, Reyes Newsome Jaramillo Curator Albuquerque, NM
1979 Gloria Productions, Back Stage Props & Costume Design and performance by “The Band from Far Away” Albuquerque, NM
1978 Episode 313, Gong Show – Perfect score, performed as lead guitarist fro the “Band from Far Away.”
1977, 76, 75
UNM Student: Fine Arts Major – 60 Credit Hours towards a Bachelor of Fine Arts.
1974 Graduate of Valley High School- Recipient of Warren A Smart Scholarship.
1973 Recipient of First Place Award, Stone Lithograph, KOAT TV 7 , All high schools art competition, Juried Exhibit,
Arthur Sussman – Curator.
Selected Articles
“Can You Play Far Away?” By Richard Silva, Albuquerque News, Albuquerque, NM
“Adventurous Brother at Home on Any Planet” by Slim Randals,
Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, NM
Interviewed on “Accent New Mexico” Host Mary Noskin
Represented By:
Trails End Gallery, Belen, NM
Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Selected Collections:
Belen Recreation Center, City of Belen, Belen, NM
Susan Duda, Albuquerque, NM
Randall McLamb , Bedford, Massachusetts
Mr. & Mrs. Manny Marroquin, Los Angeles, California
Beth Sewell Alexander, Albuquerque, NM
Dorothy Barela , Belen, NM
Machinists Local 794 Albuquerque, NM
Kathy Saavedra, Bosque Farms, NM
Tibo Chavez, Jr. Belen, NM
James Morrow, Santa Fe, NM
Andy Ruddel , Jupiter, Florida
Louise Lara, Albuquerque, NM
Loy Montoya, Albuquerque, NM
