Julie Peppito

Julie Peppito (b.1970, Tulsa, OK) transforms the waste of our culture into objects of strangeness and beauty. She has been creating sculptures, tapestries, and installations that are about connection, repairing the Earth, and the human condition for over 30 years.

Peppito received an MFA from Alfred University in Alfred, NY (2004) and she received her BFA from The Cooper Union in New York, NY (1992). Her work has been the subject of 10 solo exhibitions. She has shown at many non-profit and commercial venues including: Kentler International Drawing Space (Brooklyn, NY), The Brooklyn Botanic Gardens (Brooklyn, NY), The Long Island Children’s Museum (Long Island, NY), Heskin Contemporary (New York, NY), PS122 (New York, NY), and The CAMP Gallery (Westport, CT/Miami, FL) among others. Peppito received a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture (2001). Her playground art is at Washington Park, James Forten Playground, and other Brooklyn, NY parks. Her work has been on the cover of The New York Times Metro Section and covered by Will Heinrich from the New York Times. She's been featured on CBS Sunday Morning with Martha Teichner, on NY1, and other news outlets. She’s currently exhibiting two large scale tapestries at The Sugarhill Children’s Museum. In 2025, she will have her 11th solo exhibit at The Contemporary Art Modern Project in Miami, FL. Peppito creates and teaches art in Brooklyn, NY.