Julia Bottoms is an active visual artist based in Buffalo, NY, where she recently completed a six-week residence at the Albright-Knox Northland, participated in the University at Buffalo Arts Collaboratory Working Artist Lab with Cecily Brown, and was an Albright Knox Participating Artist for the Works From Home Project. Her large-scale mural work includes Mamie Smith Memorial Mural in Cincinnati, OH, the East Delavan Library Mural and seven panels on The Freedom Wall, in Buffalo, NY, among others. Bottoms has been featured in solo and group shows across New York State and her work has been featured on the cover of The Public, in Buffalo Spree, The Challenger, in the HBO series Insecure, and online through AfroPunk. Bottoms holds a BA (2012) and a MA (2017) from Buffalo State College.
Julia Bottoms
Studio Artist