Julianna Kirwin was named after her grandmother. She is a printmaker with a master’s degree in Art Education/Bilingual Education at the University of New Mexico. She has taught art in the public schools, conducted bilingual workshops, and facilitated public printmaking projects. Recent awards include a 2023 Resiliency Resident grant from Albuquerque Urban Enhancement Trust Fund, a residency in printmaking at Zea Mays Printmaking in Massachusetts in April of 2023, and an Albuquerque Public Art award to make a lithograph at Tamarind Institute in May of 2023. In 2024 she received the Resiliency Resident grant for a second time and had a month-long printmaking residency at Kala Arts in Berkeley CA. In 2025 she received a Fulcrum Fund grant for Herstory Printmaking Collective and was awarded a residency in printmaking at Obracadobra Arts in Oaxaca, Mexico and later created a lithograph there at La Buena Impresion. Her work is represented by Hecho a Mano Gallery in Santa Fe, NM.
In 2021, she founded the collective Herstory Printmaking and has taught many members of her community to make prints as part of Banners on Mountain Road and the Wells Park Community Mural Project.
“I believe printmaking should be a collaborative effort with people interacting around the press and taking supportive roles in each other’s projects. It’s wonderful to be part of New Mexico’s strong tradition of printmaking! Thanks for visiting my site.”
~ Julianna