Julie Petersen is a painter and collage artist. Her work focuses on representational figures, texture, and bold colors. She uses oil paints, acrylic mediums, chalk, modeling paste, and other mixed media techniques. Julie is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the Cleveland Institute of Art. She is a recipient of the Gund Family Scholarship for portfolio presentation, and her work has been featured in the Case Western Reserve University Daily Mail. Julie contributed pieces to the Nord Center Gallery in Cleveland, and her sculptural work is in a permanent collection at the Ohio VFW headquarters. She currently interns at the Cleveland Clinic's Arts and Medicine Department as a student technician and researcher.