Julie Upmeyer

Current

coordinator at Caravansarai Project Space
Turkey Field Agent, Food & Beverage at Datamonitor
website editor at Res Artis

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Past

conference coordination team member at Ufa Fabrik International Culture Center
freelance project developer at Red Bull
Traveling Tour Staff at Artrain USA

Art Department Director at Camp Kippewa for Girls
Exhibit Designer/Fabricator at Detroit Science Center

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Education

Grand Valley State University

Connections

155 connections

Industry

Fine Art

Websites

Julie Upmeyer’s Summary

Julie Upmeyer is an artist and initiator based in Istanbul working with everyday materials and space: paper, plastic, food, the internet, her home, the street.

Born in 1980 in Detroit, USA, her work as an artist has been highly influenced by the repurposing of everyday materials, with an emphasis on interaction and process-based practice. Curiosity lead her to work with Res Artis, the international network of artist residencies, and a three-year nomadic life - living and working in India, Germany, Austria, The Netherlands and Greece.

Having been first invited to Istanbul, Turkey as an artist-in-resident, she has now returned independently, making it a base for her artistic practice. In 2007 she initiated Caravansarai, an independent platform in Istanbul, an open exploration of the interactive possibilities of food, space and the internet.

Julie Upmeyer’s Specialties:

interactive artworks, event creation and design, content development, project management, artist residencies, web technologies, networking,

Julie Upmeyer’s Experience

coordinator

Caravansarai Project Space

(Privately Held; Myself Only; Fine Art industry)

May 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

artistic director, project management, initiation, coordination, promotion,
Turkey Field Agent, Food & Beverage

Datamonitor

(Privately Held; Market Research industry)

December 2006 — Present (2 years 8 months)

Submitting data reports and photographs of Food at Beverage items new to the Turkish market.
website editor

Res Artis

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

December 2005 — Present (3 years 8 months)

maintaining and updating the Res Artis website, monthly e-newsletter, news items, online communications, promotions
conference coordination team member

Ufa Fabrik International Culture Center

(Performing Arts industry)

August 2005 — November 2005 (4 months)

conference book editor, organizer for Res Artis Conference (global network of artist residencies)
freelance project developer

Red Bull

(Privately Held; Food & Beverages industry)

May 2005 — September 2005 (5 months)

co-wrote, designed and presented proposal for international nomadic fusion arts festival
Traveling Tour Staff

Artrain USA

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Arts and Crafts industry)

February 2004 — November 2004 (10 months)

installed artwork, managed giftshop, demonstrating artist, press spokesperson, traveling art museum in 5 rail cars
Art Department Director

Camp Kippewa for Girls

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Arts and Crafts industry)

May 2003 — August 2003 (4 months)

curated and hung art shows, supervised 14 art staff members, scheduled/developed classes, instructed children
Exhibit Designer/Fabricator

Detroit Science Center

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)

May 2002 — August 2002 (4 months)

designed, built and renovated museum exhibits as part of a major renovation team