Julia Heyward • Interdisciplinary Multimedia Artist
Education
Washington University School of Fine Arts (BFA Fine Arts)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (MFA Digital Art 2003)
Publications
Holland Cotter, The New York Times, Art Review, October 31, 2013. Review of 'Rituals of Rented Island,” Performance Art at the Whitney Museum, group show
Ceci Moss, The Wire, Art Review, June 2015, Solo show at the Wattis Institute in San Francisco
Isabel Harbison, Frieze Magazine, September, 2016, Art review of solo show at Wattis Institute
Linda Yablonsky, The New York Times, Arts And Leisure, August 17, 2003. Article about artists making digital work on DVD.
Joanne Silver, Boston Herald, August 15, 2003. Review of installation in group show, "Engaging Characters", Art Interactive Gallery, Cambridge, MA (Curated by Kathy Brew)
Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, August 22, 2003. Review of exhibition at Art Interactive Gallery.
Randi Hopkins, The Boston Phoenix, September 25, 2003. Review of exhibition at Art Interactive Gallery.
ArtsEditor.com, September 3, 2003. Review of exhibition at Art Interactive Gallery.
Micahel Andor Brodeur, Weekly Dig, July 13, 2003. Boston, Ma. Review of exhibition at Art Interactive Gallery
"The Art of the X Files". Project for book about artists making images inspired by "The X Files", 1998
Jon Pareles, The New York Times, February 15,1997. Review of "Miracles in Reverse", performance at The Kitchen, New York.
Lynn Geller, article, Andy Warhol's Interview, April 1985
Carle VP Groome, Ear Magazine, June 8, 1988. Review of "Mood Music", performance at The Kitchen, New York
Mich Corber, Cover Magazine, Summer 1988. Review of "Mood Music", performance at The Kitchen, New York
Stephen Holder, The New York Times, May 16th, 1984. Review by of "No Local Stops", performance at the Ohio Theater, New York
Stephen Holden, The New York Times, May 2, 1991. Review of Tim Buckley Tribute concert.
Amy Virshup, New York Beat, June 1984. Cover and review by of "No Local Stops", performance at the Ohio Theatre, New York
Wilma Salisbury, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio, June 21, 1981. Review of "360".
Craig Bromberg, East Village Eye, June 1984. Review of "No Local Stops".
Bethany Haye, Soho Weekly News, February 4, 198. Review of "360".
Don Shewey, The Boston Phoenix, April 24, 1979. Review of "Blue Period".
Susan Britton, NY Talk, July, 1985. Article about Heyward's directorial work in video music.
Polly Ullrich, Chicago Sun Times, June 15, 1980. Article about Heyward’s video work.
Michael Azerrad, Rockamerica, March 1985. Article about Heyward’s music video work.
Howard Mandel, Chicago's Reader, June 13, 1980. Article about Heyward’s music and video.
Faye Zuckerman, Billboard Magazine, March 23, 1985. Article about Heyward’s music video work.
Roselee Goldberg, "Performance Art", Chapter 7, page 173. Covers Heyward’s early performance work
Major Multimedia Productions (Writer, Producer, Director, Performer)
2017 RedCatTheater at the Disney Center in LA- “The Gabriel Frequency” performed with live
band and interactive visuals. A collaboration with Perry Hoberman
2014 Roulette, Brooklyn- “29 SpaceTime” Multi-media performance with panoramic interactive
visuals and live music. A collaboration between Heyward and Perry Hoberman
2006 Lincoln Center, Performance of “Miracles in Reverse” (interactive version) with full band
1997 “Miracles in Reverse”, The Kitchen, New York Multi-media performance piece with text, music and 3-D visuals by Julia Heyward (February)
1996 “Miracles in Reverse”, Waschhaus Potsdam, Germany / New York Festival (August)
1988 “Mood Music”, The Kitchen, New York. Written, designed, directed, and performed by Heyward, with music by Robert FitzSimons (Premiere, May 1988)
1984 “No Local Stops”, The Ohio Theater, New York. With music by Pat Irwin & T-Venus. Winner, BESSIE, 1984 Outstanding Performance of the Year (May 1984)
1982 The Kitchen 1982 USA Tour. Multimedia concert with film projections, by Heyward and T-Venus.
Commercial Media (Director and Producer)
1992 World Expo in Seville. Heyward was the director of Special Visual Effects for “Memory
Palace”, a multimedia theater piece with La Fura del Baus
1990 BUZZ. A television series on MTV aired in 1990. Heyward created and directed the
morphing host segments for ten shows.
1998 Art Breaks. A series of five short interstitial pieces, commissioned by M2
1989 "The Visit". An artbreak commissioned by MTV.
Directed numerous music videos by Talking Heads, LIVE, Dar Williams, The Fixx, Skid Row, Romeo Void, T-Venus, The dbs, The Red Rockers, The Boogie Boys, The Triplets, Rich Newton
Independent Film / Video / New Media Productions (Writer, Director, Producer)
"Miracles in Reverse" an interactive DVD 2002
"360" - Video Album (Video Disk Prototype), 1979-80
"Conscious Knocks Unconscious"- 1979
"Peter Pan" - 1978
"Classic Conversations" - 1975
"It's a Moving Picture" - 16mm film, 1975
Multimedia Performances, Concerts, Screenings and Installations
Museum of Modern Art- Fortnight Festival, video installation “Italian Perspective” installed in the lobby, 2018
Wattis Gallery, San Francisco- Solo show curated by Jamie Stevens, multi-media work from 1976-1981; May 2015
Video screenings of early video work in Berlin (at the Kunstlerhaus/Fatima Hellberg), London (the Tate/Ericka Beckman), Beijing media festival (organized by Cubic London/James Richards) 2013-14
Whitney Museum- Rituals of Rented Island curated by Jay Sanders- Group show; Nov. 2013
Roulette, Brooklyn- “29 SpaceTime” Multi-media performance with panoramic interactive
Winter Garden Gallery, NY- “Shock and Allah”- An Installation of two simulated windows
A collaboration between Heyward and Perry Hoberman Oct. 2014
Centro de la Imagen- Mexico City, Mexico; Installation of “Miracles in Reverse” July 2005
Lincoln Center, Performance of “Miracles in Reverse” with full band in accompaniment- 2006
Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania- Installation of “Miracles in Reverse” Jan. 2004
Art Interactive, Boston, Massachusetts- "Engaging Character" Group Show; July 2003
Daejeon Municipal Museum of Art- Daejeon, Korea ; New Media group show curated by
Lawrence Rinder , Installation; May 2002
The Kitchen - January 1994, New Composers Series curated by Ben Neil
World Expo 1992 in Seville - "Memory Palace" Large scale collaborative multi-media theater piece with Art Futura, La Fura del Baus, John Paul Jones and many others. Heyward was director
of special visual effects (film projections and live 3-D visual effects)
The Alternative Museum 1992 - Concert with Urszula Dudziak and Mimi Goese
The Kitchen Benefit at Town Hall 1992 with Laurie Anderson & Urszula Dudziak
Tim Buckley Tribute Concert at Saint Ann's - April 1991
Knitting Factory - Many concerts with guitarist Gary Lucas 1990-1991
New Music Seminar - 1991 concert with guitarist Gary Lucas
Art on the Beach, NYC - Work in progress of "Mood Music", August 1987
Boston Shakespeare Co.; Boston, Massachusetts - "No Local Stops" 1985
The Kitchen - "Almost Dance" series 1984
California Tour with T-Venus - Live music with visuals; Berkely Square, San Francisco Art Institute,The Whiskey A-Go-G0 (L.A.), University of California at San Diego, California Institute of the\Arts - Winter 1982
The Mudd Club, NYC - Concert with Heyward's band The Glo Nationals
The New Gallery, Cleveland , Ohio - Concert with visuals with The Glo Nationals
9:30 Club, Washington, D.C. - Concert with Glo Nationals 1981
DC Space, Washington, D.C. - Concert with Glo Nationals 1981
The Kitchen, NYC - Premeire of "360" (video disk prototype) with music by Don B. Christensen
and Jody Harris; January, 1981
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago - Concert (with The Abstractions) with visual projections; 1980
New Music America at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis - 1980 - Live music (with The Abstractions) and visual projections
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston - "Blue Period"- solo performance; 1981
Florence and Rome, Italy- Performance Festival-Untitled solo performance 1980
Creative Time - Customs House, NYC; Untitled solo performance 1979
"Psycho Acoustics" Tour with Laurie Anderson - 1979 - International Theater Festival, Hamburg,
Germany; ICC, Antwerp, Belgium; Gronigan Museum, Holland; Nuremberg Gallery,
Nuremberg, Germany; Gallery Dany Keller, Munich; Bonn University, Bonn, Germany.
Boston Film and Video, Boston, Ma. -"Blue Period" solo performance 1979
DC Space, Washington, D.C.- "Blue Period" 1978
San Francisco Art Institute - "Blue Period" 1978
California Institute of the Arts - "Blue Period" 1978
Minneapolis College of Art and Design - "Blue Period" 1978
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago - "Blue Period" 1978
Nexus Gallery , Philadelphia - "Blue Period" 1978
Stadpark Forum, Graz, Austria - "Blue Period" 1978
Galerie Krinzinger, Innsbruck, Austria - "Blue Period" 1978
Museum of Modern Art ; Vienna, Austria - "Blue Period" 1978
Nova Convention (Tribute to William Burroughs) - Master of Ceremonies with Laurie Anderson;
With Patti Smith, Frank Zappa, Merce Cunningham, John Cage, Allen Ginsburg, Philip Glass
Paris Biennale; Paris, France - American artist selected by Gordon Matta-Clark 1977
Artist Space, NYC - "Blue Period" 1977
Franklin Furnace, NYC - Untitled solo performance, 1977
Albright knox Museum; Buffalo, N.Y. - Untitled solo performance, 1977
Hallwalls Gallery; Buffalo, N.Y. - "Kilroy Gerber", 1977
A Space; Toronto, Canada - "Kilroy Gerber", 1977
University of South Florida; Tampa, Florida - "Kilroy Gerber", 1977
De Appel Gallery; Amsterdam, Holland - "Kilroy Gerber", 1976
Louisianna Museum; Humlebaek, Denmark - "Kilroy Gerber", 1976
Anthology Film Archives; NYC - "Kilroy Gerber", 1976
Berlin Festival; Berlin, Germany - "Kilroy Gerber", 1976
M.L. D'Arc Gallery, NYC - Solo performance with Laurie Anderson 1976
Whitney Museum, NYC - "Godheads" , solo multi-media performance piece, 1976
Judson Church, NYC - "Three Nights on a Revolving Stage" Festival - Group performance series "Shake Daddy Shake" 1976
The Kitchen, NYC - "It's a Sun" ("Fame by Association") - Multi-media performance piece 1975
Idea Warehouse, NYC - Installation, 1975
The Kitchen, NYC - "Since Sense" - Performance / Installation 1975
179 Duane Street, NYC - "MA I AM" - Multi-media performance piece & installation 1975
179 Duane Street, NYC - "Was Here" - Multi-media performance piece 1973
Whitney Museum, NYC - Independent Study Show - "Was Here" , 1973
Visiting Artist / Production Fellowships
Minneapolis School of Art and Design- 1979 and 1982
Wright State University - 1978; Dayton, Ohio
California State University at Long Beach - 1978 ; Long Beach, California
University of Kentucky - 1978; Lexington, Kentucky
Grants, Awards, And Honors
New York State Council on the Arts New Media Grant 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009
Rockefeller Foundation’s Film/Video/Multimedia Fellowship 2001
Rockefeller Foundation’s Multi Arts Production Grant 2002
John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship 1999
Greenwall Foundation Grant 2000
Cal Arts ALPERT AWARD in the ARTS in Music Composition - Nominated 1995 and 2002 in
media
Heathcote Foundation - Production grant for "Miracles in Reverse" 1995
New York Foundation for the Arts "New Works" production grant 1995-6
National Endowment for the Arts - Individual Fellowship Awards in Multi-media 1974, '76, '79, '81
National Endowment for the Arts, Inter-Arts 1989
New York State Council on the Arts- Multi-media project grants 1981, 1984, 1988: Writing 1997
New York Foundation for the Arts - 1985 (won in two categories but could only accept one) and in 1996 for Video, 2005 Computer Art
Fullbright Nomination (Nominated by Martha Wilson) 1985
Digital Flaherty- Featured New Media Director 2001