ingJulia Dzikiewicz was born with a paintbrush in her hand. After finishing a Bachelor of Science in Architecture at UVA, she studied at the Corcoran School of Art and R&F Paints.

Inspired by a mother who ran political campaigns and worked for social justice, Ms. Dzikiewicz enjoys painting  art about history and voting rights.  Her collage-type paintings include electrical circuits, lights, wax, and crystals.

Solo Exhibitions 

2024 

Monsters and Metaphors: Tales of Feminine Power, Gallery 4080, Artomatic, Washington DC.

2023

Global Warming, Building 5 Gallery, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA

2022 

 Women’s History: Passion and Protest, Pollak Gallery, Monmouth University, Long Branch, NJ

2021

The Right to Vote,  Muse Gallery, Building 16, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA

2020

The Right to Vote,  Muse Gallery, Building 16, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
She Persisted,  Pollak Gallery, Monmouth University, Monmouth, NJ

2018

The Human Experience, Frable Gallery, Artspace, Richmond, VA
Pink Hat Protest Paintings, Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Global Warming, Building 5 Gallery, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA

2017

Painting Politics as Metaphor, Larkin Arts, Harrisonburg, VA
Protest to Power, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD

2015

 Artworks Gallery, Richmond, VA

2014

From Suffrage to Secretary of State, Building 5 Gallery, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA

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Group Exhibitions

2023

Celebrating Women, Fine Line Creative Arts Center, Kavanagh Gallery, Saint Charles, IL
Roe 2.0, Women Made Gallery , Chicago Il
People and the Planet, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

2021

2021 Workhouse Glass National, Vulcan Gallery, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
9th Annual International 2021 FL3TCH3R Exhibit: Social and Politically Engaged Art, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
Hear Us, Citizens Climate Lobby of Virginia

2020

Colors of Fall, Vulcan Gallery, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
Virtual Juried Art Show, Shoreline Arts Festival, Shoreline, WA

2019  

7th Annual International 2019 FL3TCH3R Exhibit: Social and Politically Engaged Art, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
Beyond Me Too, Pollak Gallery, Monmouth University, NJ
Featured Artist, Art of Protest, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fredericksburg Gallery, Fredericksburg, VA
Folksy, Kay Daugherty Gallery, Sculpture Garden and Arts Center, Solomons, MD

2018

Value Exhibit, Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
May Open Exhibit, Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Americas 2018: All Media Exhibition, Minot State University, Minot, ND
53rd Annual Summer Show, St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA
Summer Small Works, National Association of Women Artists, Inc. Gallery, New York, NY
Founding Artist Exhibition, , Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
First Light, Building 16 Gallery, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
Women on Women, Corner Store Gallery, Washington, DC

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Awards

2021

 The Story of Ham, Fletcher H. Dwyer Award, FL3TCH3R Exhibit: Social and Politically Engaged Art, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN

2019

Suffragist and Zombies, , FL3TCH3R Exhibit: Social and Politically Engaged Art, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN

2017   

Give Thanks, Juror’s Award, Larkin Arts, Harrisonburg, VA

2016

Give Thanks, Honorable Mention, Third Annual Juried Show, Buchanan Partners Gallery, Hylton Performing Arts Center, Manassas, VA
Shark, Juror’s Award, National Juried Show, Larkin Arts, VA, juried by Gary Freeburg

2015

Selected Artist, Workhouse Arts Center Directors Collection, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA

2014

My Sister, Myself, Best in Show, Identification, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA

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 Selected Media Coverage

 2021

Women in the Arts Interview, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA , 2021

 2020

 WETA Arts Special Edition, WETA-TV

 2019

 News 12 New Jersey TV story on  Beyond Me Too” show at  Pollak Gallery, Monmouth University, NJ. My painting  Election 2016 is featured.

2017

 Protest to Power, Mark Jenkins for the Washington Post, 2017.  Featured are my paintings, Wendy and Hillary  and Malala and Maria.
Culture Spot, Paint and Politics: The Lady Doth Protest, a feature on me and my show  Protest to Power at BlackRock Center for the Arts, written by Gina Gallucci-White.  Article features paintings  Malala and Maria, Wendy and Hillary, and The Story of the Ham.

2016

Encaustic: It’s all the Buzz,  by the Documaniacs for the 2016 Docs Around the Clock competition run by Docs in Progress

2014

Northern Virginia MagazineArticle/interview by Lynn Norusis, featuring my paintings  Malala and Maria and Suffragist and Zombies.

2010

Alexandria Times, The Establishments meltdown, article on show titled Systems Failure at Target Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia, curated by Mary Cook. My painting  Balancing on Ice is the featured image.

 2005

Raised Consciousness,  Élan Magazine, Feature written by Mary Ann Baron about me and features my paintings September 11th,  Flight 77,  Martyr and Hero, and  Memorial.
R&F Paints, Death in Mumbai, encaustic, bought by founding member, Richard Frumess
Lucy Burns Museum ,Vote, encaustic, bought by Laura McKie, former director.

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Permanent collections 

R&F Paints, Richard Frumess
Lucy Burns Museum

 

Encaustic-How to Paint With Fire and Wax

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