About the Artist

Julia Swanson is a Boston based multidisciplinary artist, producer and award winning photographer who has been making dynamic art and creative experiences for over two decades.

With projects like the Dom Perignon Abstracts and The Decentralized Dance Party, Boston along with her most recent project The Art Walk Project her work reflects a passion for storytelling, exploration and her curiosity about the dichotomy of our existence as we struggle to find our place in the world.

With degrees from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, the New England School of Photography and Northeastern University Julia is known for creating dynamic visual, written and multimedia work that at times is experimental and often reflects on themes such community, identity and environment.

Over the years her work as been reckognized earning multiple awards, teaching positions and grants, and she has been featured in multiple news outlets and publications including The Boston Globe, Artscope Magazine, Innovation Showcase, Open studio with Jared Bowen, U Mass Magazine and she is a regular contributor on The Culture Show on GBH News.

In 2023 Julia was a recipient of a Mass Cultural Council Grant and she began working in partnerships with local civic and cultural organizations and businesses to create media, graphics and experiences that explore and engage our communities through creativity.

Julia is a multi-disciplinary Latina artist who works as a multimedia producer, artist and creative professional based out of Boston MA. If you have questions please connect via email or social media.

press

awards

  • Awarded a Cultural Sector Pandemic Recovery Grant for Individuals

  • The Decentralized Dance Party Boston

  • Wandering Down the Road to Nowhere

  • Autoretratto

  • Autoretratto

  • Dom Pérignon Abstracts

  • Fruit Abstracts

  • Dom Pérignon Abstracts

shows

  • Group Show, SoWa. Boston, MA

  • “Traveling Spain” Solo Show. Central Square. Cambridge, MA.

  • Group Show. Boston, MA

  • “Dom Pérignon Abstracts” New England School of Photography, Exhibition Space. Boston, MA.

  • Solo Show, Dom Pérignon Abstracts. Maison de Dom Perignon. Epernay, France.

  • “Dom Pérignon Abstracts” Group Showcase. Dom Pérignon - Karl Lagerfeld ‘A Bottle Named Desire’ Photography Competition showcase. ICP. New York, NY,

  • Solo Show. Fruit Abstracts. Boston, MA.

  • Dom Pérignon Abstracts. Group Showcase. Boston, MA