Julie Abijanac is a mixed-media artist whose work explores self-discovery and personal growth through experimentation and risk-taking, pushing creative boundaries across painting, drawing, and fiber. Her work constructs a dynamic palimpsest through layering, stitching, cutting, and mark-making, where past and present artistic languages intertwine. Labor is central to their practice, with each cut, stitch, brushstroke, and drawn line serving as both a physical trace of time and a testament to the process. This approach stems from a previous body of work shaped by their personal struggle with illness, where making became both a means of endurance and a way to externalize the complexities of that experience. Through sustained engagement with material and method, their work explores memory and transformation, accumulating histories of care, persistence, and reinvention. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, with selected works in ConnectArt at Galeria-Taller Lolo in Matanzas, Cuba, and the II International Textile Art Symposium: FORTRESS MAN at the Mark Rothko Center in Latvia, where her work was acquired for the collection. Her achievements include Best in Show at the 10th International Paper Triennial (2020), the People’s Choice Award at FiberArt International (2013), and First Place in Fiber/Textiles at the 68th Annual Ohio Exhibition (2012). She is also a recipient of the Capelli d’Angeli Foundation 2013 Artist Grant for her work addressing cancer.

Abijanac earned her BFA from the Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD) and her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. She is currently a Professor and Chair of the MFA and Fine Arts program at CCAD.