2024
Solo exhibition, Smith Gallery, New Cumberland, PA 8/1-8/31
Summer Soiree, 8/3 Manor on Front Street, to benefit Art Association of Harrisburg, click here for tickets
Chincoteague Island Plein Air Event , VA - 9/14
Cape Ann Plein Air, Essex, MA Oct. 5-13
Gloucester Arts Festival , VA, 5/31-6/8
Camp Hill Plein Air, May 18 Second Place Award
Rivertowns Plein Air, Marietta, PA April 13-15 Honorable Mention Award
Susquehanna Inspired: Three Centuries of Artistic Interpretation, Creative York, April 4 - May 18
Solo exhibition, Willow Valley Communities, Jan 4 - Feb. 15
Judge's Invitational, York Art Association, Jan. 21- March 3
"Looking In, Reaching Out" - juried show, Carlisle Arts Center, Jan. 12 - Feb 3 Third Place Award
2023
Light and Color, Space and Place, Invited artist, Nov. 7 - Dec. 8, Rice Gallery, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
52nd Annual Juried Exhibition, York Art Association, Nov.5 - Dec. 7
Instructor Invitational Exhibit, Mechanicsburg Art Center Sept 8-26
"Reflections", juried show, Smith Gallery, 9/15-10/15, Honorable Mention Award
Juried artist in Plein Air Easton, July 13-23
"Icons of Harrisburg", juried show Smith Gallery, June, 2023 People's Choice Award
Feature exhibit, Gallo'ry, Camp Hill, June/July
Camp Hill Plein Air, May 13 Second Place Award
Featured in March Harrisburg Magazine pg 48-49, "Julie Riker: An Observational Representational Artist" (click link to read)
Featured in January Susquehanna Style Magazine article on live wedding painting (click link to read)
Juried artist in Rivertowns Plein Air, April 12-23
"Beautifully Broken" Carlisle Arts Center, Jan 6- Feb 6 Honorable Mention
2022
Plein Air Easton Podcast
Plein Air Easton Invited Alumni Artist
Plein Air West Reading Third Place Award
"Realism To Abstraction", invitational group exhibit
Gallery 50, Waynesboro,
"Oil And Water", 2 Artist Exhibition, Carlisle Arts Center
River Towns Plein Air - Marietta, PA Best Painting of Columbia Award
Workshop "Understanding The Color Wheel"York Art Association
2021
Art of the State, State Museum, PA
Chincoteague Plein Air, VA - Purchase Prize Award
International Juried Exhibition, Harrisburg Art Association
2020
Featured Exhibition - Lebanon Picture Frame/Gallery
4 artist Invitational - Art Association Of Harrisburg
Hanover Art Guild Fall Show - Award of Excellence in Painting
Lighthouse Plein Air Festival, Tequesta, FL
Solo show, Handsome Cab, York, PA
"Figuratively Speaking" Art Association of Harrisburg, First Place Oils
2019
York Art Association Annual Juried Show,Award of Excellence
Two Artist Show, 'Coastal Reflections" Dorchester Center For The Arts, Cambridge, MD
Adirondack Plein Air, NY Artist's Choice Award for Body of Work,
Best Lake Placid Painting Award,
Best Quick Draw Award
Farm To Table Plein Air, PA Williamsburg Oils Award
Lititz Outdoor Art Show, PA Third Place Booth
Paint Annapolis, MD Best Nocturne Award
Landis Valley Plein Air, PA, Second Place Award
Art In Residence York, PA -
Instructor, "Drawing Bootcamp" , York Art Association
Instructor, "Intro to Plein Air Painting", York Art Association
Plein Air York, PA -People's Choice Award
Invited Resident Artist - Harford Public High School, MD
2018
Featured as "Artist to Watch", Southwest Art Magazine, Oct. 2018.
click to read
Featured Artist in Plein Air Magazine Feb/March 2018
click to read page 1,
page 2
page 3
page 4
page 5
Feature exhibition Lebanon Picture Frame and Gallery
Plein Air Brandywine ValleyWinner Quick Draw
Farm To Table Plein Air Guerilla Painter Award
"Figuratively Speaking" Art Association of Harrisburg, First Place
Wayne Plein Air - Rosemary Award for "Under The Overpass"
Landis Valley Museum Plein Air Event,Best In Show Award
Art of the State PA State Museum, Harrisburg
Workshop Instructor, "Drawing Bootcamp" York Art Association
Art Association of Harrisburg Member Show Best in Show Award
Workshop Instructor, "Composition in Plein Air Painting" York Art Association
Previous juried events and shows:
Plein Air Salon/Plein Air Magazine Feb/March 2017 Finalist "Best Vehicle"
Gallery @ 2nd, August/September 2017
Paint Snow Hill 2016,2017 - Artist's Choice Award for Best Body of Work ('17)
Plein Air Wayne 2016 - Plein Air Magazine Award
Plein Air Easton 2016
Fingerlakes Plein Air 2016,2017 - People's Choice, Quick Draw ('16), Honorable Mention('17)
Paint Annapolis 2016 - First Place, Londontown Paintout
Plein Air Richmond 2016 - Honorable Mention
Mountain Maryland Plein Air 2017
Brandywine Valley Plein Air 2017
Hudson River Valley Plein Air 2017 - Best of Goshen Award
Bethany Beach Plein Air 2016 - Second Place Award in Competition, Honorable Mention Quick Draw
Carlisle Arts Center - "Hello Yello" 2016 First Place Award, Drawing/Painting
Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, 2016 Juried Exhibition - Honorable Mention
York Art Association, 2016 Preserved Land Show
Publications
Fine Art Connoisseur, March/April 2024 "Florals and Botanicals"
Fine Art Connoisseur, January 2024 "Figures In Plein Air"
Susquehanna Style, January 2023, "A Masterpiece of Marriage"
Harrisburg Magazine, March 2023, pg. 48-49 "Julie Riker: An Observational Representational Painter"
Fine Art Connoisseur, Aug/Sept, 2023, "Interiors" portfolio
Fine Art Connoisseur, June 2022, "Green Zones" portfolio
Plein Air Magazine, September 2021, "Country Roads" portfolio
Fine Art Connoisseur, September 2021, "Floral" portfolio
Plein Air Magazine, August 2021, "Water" portfolio
Plein Air Magazine, March 2021, "Destination Inspiration" 2 pg spread on Adirondack paintings
Plein Air Magazine, October 2020, "Sunrises/Sunsets" portfolio
Plein Air Magazine, May 2020, "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" portfolio
Fine Art Connoisseur, May 2020, "National Parks" portfolio
Plein Air Magazine, January 2020, "Figure In Landscape" portfolio
Plein Air Magazine, October/Nov. 2019, "Nocturne" portfolio
Fine Art Connoisseur, Sept/October 2019, "Water and Bridges" portfolio
Plein Air Magazine July/August 2019, "rural scenes"
Southwest Art Magazine, October 2018 "Artist to Watch"
Plein Air Magazine Feb/March 2018 Featured artist article
Fine Art Connoisseur, Dec 2017, "Industrial Scenes" portfolio
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https://www.outdoorpainter.com/11-plein-air-inspired-landscapes-of-rivers-and-woods/?fbclid=IwAR0xZ0bOR5Gj5ygf1byiX3yYTBqv-CS8lL__v83mD8tISiXsEgplmIvEJ9M
https://www.outdoorpainter.com/parting-shot-this-is-spring/
Solo exhibition, Smith Gallery, New Cumberland, PA 8/1-8/31
Summer Soiree, 8/3 Manor on Front Street, to benefit Art Association of Harrisburg, click here for tickets
Chincoteague Island Plein Air Event , VA - 9/14
Cape Ann Plein Air, Essex, MA Oct. 5-13
Gloucester Arts Festival , VA, 5/31-6/8
Camp Hill Plein Air, May 18 Second Place Award
Rivertowns Plein Air, Marietta, PA April 13-15 Honorable Mention Award
Susquehanna Inspired: Three Centuries of Artistic Interpretation, Creative York, April 4 - May 18
Solo exhibition, Willow Valley Communities, Jan 4 - Feb. 15
Judge's Invitational, York Art Association, Jan. 21- March 3
"Looking In, Reaching Out" - juried show, Carlisle Arts Center, Jan. 12 - Feb 3 Third Place Award
2023
Light and Color, Space and Place, Invited artist, Nov. 7 - Dec. 8, Rice Gallery, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
52nd Annual Juried Exhibition, York Art Association, Nov.5 - Dec. 7
Instructor Invitational Exhibit, Mechanicsburg Art Center Sept 8-26
"Reflections", juried show, Smith Gallery, 9/15-10/15, Honorable Mention Award
Juried artist in Plein Air Easton, July 13-23
"Icons of Harrisburg", juried show Smith Gallery, June, 2023 People's Choice Award
Feature exhibit, Gallo'ry, Camp Hill, June/July
Camp Hill Plein Air, May 13 Second Place Award
Featured in March Harrisburg Magazine pg 48-49, "Julie Riker: An Observational Representational Artist" (click link to read)
Featured in January Susquehanna Style Magazine article on live wedding painting (click link to read)
Juried artist in Rivertowns Plein Air, April 12-23
"Beautifully Broken" Carlisle Arts Center, Jan 6- Feb 6 Honorable Mention
2022
Plein Air Easton Podcast
Plein Air Easton Invited Alumni Artist
Plein Air West Reading Third Place Award
"Realism To Abstraction", invitational group exhibit
Gallery 50, Waynesboro,
"Oil And Water", 2 Artist Exhibition, Carlisle Arts Center
River Towns Plein Air - Marietta, PA Best Painting of Columbia Award
Workshop "Understanding The Color Wheel"York Art Association
2021
Art of the State, State Museum, PA
Chincoteague Plein Air, VA - Purchase Prize Award
International Juried Exhibition, Harrisburg Art Association
2020
Featured Exhibition - Lebanon Picture Frame/Gallery
4 artist Invitational - Art Association Of Harrisburg
Hanover Art Guild Fall Show - Award of Excellence in Painting
Lighthouse Plein Air Festival, Tequesta, FL
Solo show, Handsome Cab, York, PA
"Figuratively Speaking" Art Association of Harrisburg, First Place Oils
2019
York Art Association Annual Juried Show,Award of Excellence
Two Artist Show, 'Coastal Reflections" Dorchester Center For The Arts, Cambridge, MD
Adirondack Plein Air, NY Artist's Choice Award for Body of Work,
Best Lake Placid Painting Award,
Best Quick Draw Award
Farm To Table Plein Air, PA Williamsburg Oils Award
Lititz Outdoor Art Show, PA Third Place Booth
Paint Annapolis, MD Best Nocturne Award
Landis Valley Plein Air, PA, Second Place Award
Art In Residence York, PA -
Instructor, "Drawing Bootcamp" , York Art Association
Instructor, "Intro to Plein Air Painting", York Art Association
Plein Air York, PA -People's Choice Award
Invited Resident Artist - Harford Public High School, MD
2018
Featured as "Artist to Watch", Southwest Art Magazine, Oct. 2018.
click to read
Featured Artist in Plein Air Magazine Feb/March 2018
click to read page 1,
page 2
page 3
page 4
page 5
Feature exhibition Lebanon Picture Frame and Gallery
Plein Air Brandywine ValleyWinner Quick Draw
Farm To Table Plein Air Guerilla Painter Award
"Figuratively Speaking" Art Association of Harrisburg, First Place
Wayne Plein Air - Rosemary Award for "Under The Overpass"
Landis Valley Museum Plein Air Event,Best In Show Award
Art of the State PA State Museum, Harrisburg
Workshop Instructor, "Drawing Bootcamp" York Art AssociationArt Association of Harrisburg Member Show Best in Show Award
Workshop Instructor, "Composition in Plein Air Painting" York Art Association
Previous juried events and shows:
Plein Air Salon/Plein Air Magazine Feb/March 2017 Finalist "Best Vehicle"
Gallery @ 2nd, August/September 2017
Paint Snow Hill 2016,2017 - Artist's Choice Award for Best Body of Work ('17)
Plein Air Wayne 2016 - Plein Air Magazine Award
Plein Air Easton 2016
Fingerlakes Plein Air 2016,2017 - People's Choice, Quick Draw ('16), Honorable Mention('17)
Paint Annapolis 2016 - First Place, Londontown Paintout
Plein Air Richmond 2016 - Honorable Mention
Mountain Maryland Plein Air 2017
Brandywine Valley Plein Air 2017
Hudson River Valley Plein Air 2017 - Best of Goshen Award
Bethany Beach Plein Air 2016 - Second Place Award in Competition, Honorable Mention Quick Draw
Carlisle Arts Center - "Hello Yello" 2016 First Place Award, Drawing/Painting
Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, 2016 Juried Exhibition - Honorable Mention
York Art Association, 2016 Preserved Land Show
Publications
Fine Art Connoisseur, March/April 2024 "Florals and Botanicals"
Fine Art Connoisseur, January 2024 "Figures In Plein Air"
Susquehanna Style, January 2023, "A Masterpiece of Marriage"
Harrisburg Magazine, March 2023, pg. 48-49 "Julie Riker: An Observational Representational Painter"
Fine Art Connoisseur, Aug/Sept, 2023, "Interiors" portfolio
Fine Art Connoisseur, June 2022, "Green Zones" portfolio
Plein Air Magazine, September 2021, "Country Roads" portfolio
Fine Art Connoisseur, September 2021, "Floral" portfolio
Plein Air Magazine, August 2021, "Water" portfolio
Plein Air Magazine, March 2021, "Destination Inspiration" 2 pg spread on Adirondack paintings
Plein Air Magazine, October 2020, "Sunrises/Sunsets" portfolio
Plein Air Magazine, May 2020, "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" portfolio
Fine Art Connoisseur, May 2020, "National Parks" portfolio
Plein Air Magazine, January 2020, "Figure In Landscape" portfolio
Plein Air Magazine, October/Nov. 2019, "Nocturne" portfolio
Fine Art Connoisseur, Sept/October 2019, "Water and Bridges" portfolio
Plein Air Magazine July/August 2019, "rural scenes"
Southwest Art Magazine, October 2018 "Artist to Watch"
Plein Air Magazine Feb/March 2018 Featured artist article
Fine Art Connoisseur, Dec 2017, "Industrial Scenes" portfolio
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https://www.outdoorpainter.com/11-plein-air-inspired-landscapes-of-rivers-and-woods/?fbclid=IwAR0xZ0bOR5Gj5ygf1byiX3yYTBqv-CS8lL__v83mD8tISiXsEgplmIvEJ9M
https://www.outdoorpainter.com/wayne-winners/
https://www.outdoorpainter.com/paint-snow-hill/
https://www.outdoorpainter.com/a-step-closer-to-15000/
https://www.outdoorpainter.com/artist-as-collector-julie-riker/
https://www.outdoorpainter.com/my-favorite-place-to-paint-julie-riker-and-whats-so-darn-cute/
Represented by
Lebanon Picture Frame And Fine Art Gallery, Lebanon, PA
Smith Custom Framing and Gallery, New Cumberland, PA
Garth Gallery, Columbia, PA