Julie Orser (b. Chicago, Illinois, USA) is a visual artist who received her MFA in Studio Art from California Institute of the Arts and a BFA in Photography from Pacific Northwest College of Art. Orser's work merges art and cinema through video art and multimedia installations incorporating animation, sculpture, photography, and sound. From a feminist perspective, her work critically examines mainstream media, with a focus on gender representation, narrative structures, and the depiction of visual artists in popular cinema. Orser’s work investigates how cultural narratives and visual systems shape identity and creative expression through alternative modes of viewer engagement. Her works have exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (New York), Yuz Museum (Shanghai), Luckman Gallery (Los Angeles), Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Il Magazzino d'Arte Moderna (Rome), Christopher Grimes Gallery (Santa Monica), Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin), Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (Salt Lake City), The Gallery Loop (Seoul), Shoshana Wayne Gallery (Santa Monica), Torrance Art Museum, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (Omaha), The Armory Center for the Arts (Pasadena), Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, the Ann Arbor Film Festival, Athens International Film + Video Festival, and Souvenirs From Earth. Orser is a recipient of the CCF Emerging Artist Fellowship (2010), the CCI Investing in Artists grants (2009, 2014), the Lucas Artist Fellowship for Visual Art (2023-2026), and her work is currently on view in Metro Art’s public moving image art installation at Leimert Park Station in Los Angeles through 2027. Julie is a professor and the area head of the Creative Photography & Experimental Media program at California State University, Fullerton. She lives and works in Los Angeles.

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