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Julia Staples was born in Philadelphia, PA, USA in 1979. Her personal photographs focus on the suburban and urban life in Philadelphia and Iceland. Staples is a recipient of both a Fulbright Fellowship and the American Scandinavian Foundation Fellowship both for her projects in Iceland.

2002 BFA Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2001 Royale Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia, Study Abroad

2009 Nordic Culture Point, Mobility Funding, Stockholm, Sweden
2008 American Scandinavian Foundation Fellow, Iceland
2003 Fulbright Fellow, Photography, Iceland
2002 Adobe Design Achievement Award, First place in Photography, exhibit at Guggenheim Museum, NY.

“Ipseity – Abeyance”, Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland. 2009
Two Person Show, Silver Eye, Pittsburgh, PA. 2009
“Group Photography Show” Lost Horse Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland. 2008
"From the Sublime" Allens Lane Gallery. Philadelphia, PA. 2008
"Landscapes" Sedgwick Cultural Center. Philadelphia, PA. 2005
"Summer at Bank" The Bank Gallery. Los Angeles, CA. 2005
"Astin Drepur" Univ of the Arts Gallery. Reykjavik, Iceland. 2004
"Digital 2004: Tomorrow", New York Hall of Science, New York, NY. 2004
"2004 Soho-Chelsea Art Competition", Agora Gallery, New York, NY. 2004
"The Nature of Reduction", Prater Rouse Gallery. Norfolk, VA. 2004
"Encore" Univ of the Arts Gallery. Reykjavik, Iceland. 2003
"3-Hour Digestive", Student Kjallarinn. Reykjavik, Iceland. 2003
"Perseeve", The Bank Gallery. Los Angeles, CA. 2003
"Landscape and Metaphor", Vermont Arts Exchange. Bennington, VT. 2002
"A Midsummer's Night Dream", Sotheby's. New York, NY. 2002
"Senior Exhibition Show", Aronson Galleries. New York, NY. 2002
"Parsons 5th Annual Auction", Aronson Galleries. New York, NY. 2001
"Three", First Site Gallery. Melbourne, Australia. 2001
"Here And Now", The General Store. Brooklyn, NY. 2001
"Sho Ping", RMIT Arts Union. Melbourne, Australia. 2001
"Parsons 4th Annual Photo Auction" Swan Gallery. New York, NY. 2001

Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
Home Hotel, Reykjavik Iceland
The Capital Group Company, Norfolk, VA

Listahaskoli, Iceland (Reykjavik Art University)
Iceland Music Export, Nordic House, Iceland

Atlantica Magazine, “Ipseity – Abeyance”, February, 2008, Jonas Moody.
Morganbladid, “Rikir og fataekir a Islandi”, Aug 1, 2008, Einar Falur Ingolfsson.
Domino Magazine, “Modern Landscapes”, Sept. 2006: 66, Natasha Boas.
Pearl Necklace. “Julia Staples” Volume 2, Issue 1. Apr 2006.
Photo District News, "Adobe goes back to School", Aug, 2002. Golden, Reuel.

PDN Photo of the Day, Almost American in Iceland, January 8, 2009, posted by Amber Terranova. (Link)
Iceland Review Online, “New Photo Exhibition at Lost Horse Gallery” Sept 13, 2008, Eyglo. (Link)
Adobe.com, “Julia Staples.” Adobe Education. 2004. (Link)