Julia Wachtel

Julia Wachtel (/wɒkˈtɛl/; born 1956) is a contemporary American painter.^[1] Wachtel's early work included mixed media installation, now primarily working as a painter. Wachtel is often associated with The Pictures Generation artists.^[2]

Wachtel attended Middlebury College where she earned a B.A. She spent one year at The School of Visual Arts in New York City, studying with Vito Acconci, Joseph Kosuth, Joan Jonas, amongst others.^{[citation needed]} She then studied at the Whitney Independent Study Program.^[3] Wachtel was the production manager of the UK edition of Vanity Fair for ten years.^[4][5]

• 2019 HELPP, at Mary Boone Gallery, New York.^[6]
• 2018 Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York.^[7]
• 2014 Kunsthalle Bergen, Norway.^[8]
• 2014 Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York.^[9]
• 2013 Post Culture at Vilma Gold Gallery, London.^[10]
• 1993 Julia Wachtel at American Fine Arts, New York.^[11]

Wachtel's work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art,^[1] the Cleveland Museum of Art,^[12] The Museum of Modern Art,^[13] The Brooklyn Museum,^[14] and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.^[15]