“After many years of formal education and creative productivity, my personal artistic vision has come to strongly embrace the combination of spiritual and physical elements …the mind-body connection. I’m interested in emotional intelligence, higher consciousness, genetic engineering, medical and spiritual healing. I’m intrigued by the exploration of multiple dimensions; uncovering unknown areas as we evolve to a higher state of being, hopefully not recreating past mistakes. I believe this vision is reflected in the way we work individually and collaborate. Our concepts have depth and meaning; I think that is why the media have been so interested in us. We are grateful to have earned public respect in so many cities. I believe we are giving something hopeful and energizing back, as we explore the lives of heroic figures and hold up parts of their human and soulful experience that can inspire others.”
912 Lyster Road | Fort Sheridan
Highwood, IL 60040
C: 847.867.6603 | jramrany@att.net
www.jramrany.com www.rotblattamrany.com
Exhibitions and Projects
2024 | Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL Gallery Victor, Chicago, IL |
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2023 | Representation at Principal Gallery, Charleston, SC Pushing Forward Reaching Back, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC Cyclical Nature of Emergence, Koehnline Museum of Art, Des Plaines, IL |
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2022 | Then and Now, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ In View, The Art Center Highland Park, Highland Park, IL |
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2021 | Friends Expo, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY InterConnectivity, The Art Center Highland Park, Highland Park, IL HOME, National Association of Women Artists, Artios Gallery, (online exhibition) |
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2020 | Intersect Chicago SOFA Expo, Hive Contemporary, Chicago, IL IN DIALOGUE, Governors State University, University Park, IL |
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2019 | Who’s Afraid of Red?, Gallery Studio Oh!, Chicago, IL SOFA, Hive Contemporary, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Unlikely Pairings, Gallery Studio Oh!, Chicago, IL Biggs Body, Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, DE De/construct, Gallery Studio Oh!, Chicago, IL Women Celebrating Creativity, National Association of Women Artists, Inc., New York, NY |
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2018 | Surfaces, Millepiani, Rome, Italy SOFA, Hive Contemporary, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Order & Chaos: The World of the Enlightened, Jankossen Contemporary, New York, NY |
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2017 | SOFA, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Narratives in Glass, Echt Gallery, The Art Center Highland Park, IL Continuum, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL Seeing Red, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2016 | Dialogue Chicago; Full Force, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL “Dada Lives”, UC Blue Ash Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH Art Palm Beach, Echt Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2015 | Group Show, Echt Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Venice Biennale 3, The Biennal Project, Venice, Italy |
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2014 | Science Inspires Art: The Brain, New York Hall of Science, Queens, NY National Wet Paint MFA Biennial, Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL Group Show, 90 Year Celebration of Kibbutz Ashdot-Yaacov, Museum of Uri & Rami Nachushtan, Jordan Valley, Israel |
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2013 | Boston Young Contemporaries Group Exhibit, Boston University, Boston, MA M.F.A. Graduate Exhibition, Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University |
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2011 | Beethoven Festival Set Design/Video, Ballet Chicago’s Creatures of Prometheus, Chicago, IL | |
2007 | Group Show, The Fine Art Studio of Rotblatt Amrany, Highwood, IL | |
2006 | Amdur Gallery, Glenview, IL | |
2003 | Zigman-Voss Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
2002 | Signature Art Gallery, Glencoe, IL | |
2001 | “Theatre of the Soul” One woman exhibition, Chateau d’Amboise, France Cora Art Gallery, France The Ottinger Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2000 | Shanghai Art Fair 2000, Shanghai, China Beaux-Arts Invitational Exhibition, Paris, France |
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1999 | Moxley-Ross & Naranjo Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Millennium Group Show, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL Fall Show, Rotblatt-Amrany Fine Art School, Highland Park, IL |
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1998 | Daley Center Fine Art Exhibition, Chicago, IL | |
1997 | East West Gallery, Miami, FL | |
1996 | North Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe, IL Mars Landing Celebration, Planetary Society, Los Angeles, CA |
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1995 | Fall Show, Rotblatt-Amrany Fine Art School, Highland Park, IL Palette & Chisel Academy Tavern Club, Chicago, IL Lineart International Art Exhibition, Ghent, Belgium |
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1994 | Daley Center Fine Art Exhibit, Chicago, IL | |
1993 | Carole Jones Gallery, River North Gallery District, Chicago, IL | |
1992 | East West Gallery, Chicago, IL Portraits/Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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1990 | Fermi Lab Invitational Exhibition, Batavia, IL Carlan Collection, Palm Springs, CA East West Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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1989 | Colby’s Corporate Exhibition, Lincolnwood, IL Firenze Gallery, Lake Forest, IL North Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe, IL |
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1988 | Shai Danon Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel La Galleria Caesar, Tiberias, Israel |
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1987 | Orange Plus Gallery, Haifa, Israel | |
1985 | Perugia Center for the Arts, Perugia, Italy | |
1984 | Oakland Art Museum, Assistant on 8’H x 40’W Miwok Indian Village Mural, Oakland, CA | |
1983 | California College of Arts and Crafts, Assistant on 25’ Redwood Totem Pole Carving, Oakland, CA |
Private Collections
2006 | Preservation of the Union: Abraham Lincoln 1/3 section bronze bas relief, Lincoln Presidential Library, Springfield, IL | |
1994 | The Spirit: Michael Jordan, United Center, Chicago, IL. Replicas in collections of White House Collection, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar. |
Private Commissions
2024 | Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers, Los Angeles, CA | |
2020 | A’ja Wilson, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC | |
2019 | David Beckham, LA Galaxy, Carson, CA Geoff Rowley, VANS, Costa Mesa, CA |
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2017 | LA Kings Don Miller, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA The Quintessential Engineer, Engineering Micro Nano Tech Lab, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL Rough Riders Installation, Rough Riders, Mosaic Stadium, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
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2016 | LA Kings 50th Anniversary Memorial, LA Kings, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA John Wooden, Purdue University, Mackey Hall, West Lafayette, IN |
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2015 | Solace (9/11 Memorial), City of Highwood, Highwood City Hall, Highwood, IL Luc Robitaille, Los Angeles Kings, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA |
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2014 | Rosalind Franklin, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science, N. Chicago, IL | |
2013 | The Battle for Harmony, Jackie Chan Tribute, JC Group, Shanghai, China | |
2012 | John Purdue, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA |
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2011 | Stan Mikita, Chicago Blackhawks, United Center, Chicago, IL Jerry West, Los Angeles Lakers, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA Scottie Pippen, Chicago Bulls, United Center, Chicago, IL |
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2010 | We Will Never Forget, Chicago Police Gold Star Families Memorial & Park, Chicago, IL Dancing Electrons, SIU School of Medicine Cancer Care Center, Springfield, IL Chick Hearn, Los Angeles Lakers, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA Vortex of Healing Waters, Kellogg Cancer Care Center, Evanston, IL |
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2009 | Johnny Red Kerr, Chicago Bulls, United Center, Chicago, IL | |
2008 | Championship Moments, Chicago White Sox, U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago, IL | |
2007 | Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox, US Cellular Field, Chicago, IL | |
2006 | Freedom’s Sacrifice, Veterans Memorial, American Legion Post 145, Highland Park, IL Preservation of the Union: Abraham Lincoln 1/3 section bronze bas relief, Lincoln Presidential Library, Springfield, IL Cascading Melody, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL |
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2005 | Quest for Exploration: James Lovell, Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Chicago, IL | |
2004 | George Halas Memorial, Chicago Bears, Soldier Field, Chicago, IL | |
2003 | Vince Lombardi, Green Bay Packers, Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI Community Veterans Memorial, (6.5 acres with 8 major figurative groupings in bronze & granite), Munster Indiana Veterans Memorial Park, IN |
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2002 | Barry Pitler Memorial Sculpture, Rush North Shore Hospital, Skokie, IL Winnie Palmer Memorial, Private Commission, Nature Park, LaTrobe, PA |
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2001 | Spiraling Harmony, Private Commission, Lake Forest, IL | |
2000 | Hall of Fame Players, Detroit Tigers, Detroit Tigers Stadium, Detroit, MI Janet Friend Memorial, Friend Family, Highland Park District Library, Highland Park, IL Lady of Mount Carmel, Mt. Carmel High School, Chicago, IL |
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1998 | Cascading Melodies, Stone Family Commission, Highland Park, IL | |
1997 | Support & Survival, Donation, Y-Me Breast Cancer Organization, Chicago, IL St. Therese of the Roses and Child Jesus, Carmelite Monastery, Philadelphia, PA |
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1996 | Standing Tall, Tribute to Fr. John Smyth, Maryville Academy, Des Plaines, IL Healing Energy, (Oil on Canvas Triptych) Kellogg Cancer Care Center, Evanston, IL |
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1995 | The Legacy, Annual Award for City of Hope Golf Tournament, Los Angeles, CA | |
1994 | The Spirit: Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls, United Center, Chicago, IL. The Spirit: Michael Jordon, Maquette Replicas in White House Collection, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley Collection & former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar |
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1992 | Conductor’s Hands, Quaker Oats Corporation, Chicago, IL | |
1989 | Milkovsky, Memorial for a Partisan of WWII, J.C.C., Skokie, IL |
Awards
2013-2014 | Special Merit Award – Best of Highwood, IL for Fine Art Studio of Rotblatt-Amrany | |
1995 | Special Merit Award for Public Art from the Chicago Bar Association |
Education & Instruction
2014 | Conversations on Art & Science, Multiverse: Facts, Fictions, and Fantasies, The LeRoy Neiman Center, School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL | |
2013 | Masters in Fine Art, Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Cambridge, MA | |
2005 | Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, Engaging the Heavens: Inspiration of Astronomical phenomena V, Lecture by Julie Rotblatt Amrany & Omri Armany, Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL | |
1995-00 | Continuing Education, Art Institute of Chicago, IL Figure Modeling Instructor, Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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1992 | Art Education Certification, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL | |
1992-Current | Co-Founder, Rotblatt-Amrany Fine Art School; an international center for the development of visual arts excellence. | |
1987-89 | Kibbutz Ashdot Yaakov, Israel | |
1985 | Pietrasanta and Perugia, Italy. Studied marble carving ateliers: Renzo Santioli and Sems. |
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1983 | Initiated exhibition schedule to include shows in Belgium, France, Holland, Italy, Israel, China, and across the U.S. | |
1982 | College of Marin, studied Fine Art, Marin, CA University of California studied Figure Sculpture, Davis, CA |
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1981 | Continuing Education – Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago, Il | |
1980 | B.A. Studio Art, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO | |
1979 | Formal Study in French & Art History, University of Bordeaux, France | |
1976 | University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah |
Julie’s work has been featured in multiple media outlets over the years, including The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The Philadelphia Inquirer, ESPN Magazine, Art & Science Collaborative, Inc., Chicago Magazine, North Shore Magazine, Chicago Sun-Times Pioneer Press, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Defender, Chicago Jewish News, and the Detroit News.
Additional links to local and national videos can be found on the website at www.rotblattamrany.com and www.jramrany.com.