{"id":592,"date":"2010-11-05T11:08:57","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T17:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15bytes12\/2010\/11\/05\/house-gallery\/"},"modified":"2023-11-13T13:46:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T19:46:58","slug":"house-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/house-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"The House Has Found a Home: Julie Dunker’s gallery comes of age in a new downtown location"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Julie Dunker. Photo by Laura Durham<\/p><\/div>\n

What started out as a \u201cLivingroom\u201d in Holladay is now a \u201cHouse\u201d along 400 South in the former L. Lorenz Knife Shop.<\/p>\n

Although the House Gallery has only occupied its current space for a few months, owner Julie Dunker celebrated the gallery’s one year anniversary in October. As with other well-known Salt Lake galleries that have barely, yet successfully weathered the recession and managed to stay in business over the years, the House Gallery’s future seems to be solid.
\n\u201cThat says a lot about the dedication of the art supporters in Utah,\u201d says Dunker, \u201cI think now is a great time for contemporary art in Salt Lake.\u201d<\/p>\n

An artist herself, Dunker\u2019s House Gallery specializes in contemporary art. \u201cMy goals with the gallery were to focus on the sale of highly collectable artworks. I am trained as an abstract painter and this is where most of my knowledge base is. However, I do know quite a bit about photography and ceramics and have contacts that can assist me in this regard as well. I would also be happy to help collectors who might want to talk about more classic styles of art and possibly find resources for the expansion of collections- proper storage- re-sales, appraisals, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dunker has spent much of her life in school. She has four college degrees having attended Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, the University of New Mexico and Claremont Colleges. She grew up in California in a family of artists and it was after her first college degree when she spent time in Paris, Barcelona and Basel that she became 100% dedicated to the visual arts. As a studio artist, she didn\u2019t necessarily plan on opening a gallery, but she enjoyed the community that surrounds the education system that she continued to pursue that in addition to her personal artwork.<\/p>\n

\u201cI lived in Holladay and was looking to be a part of the art community in addition to the long hours I spent painting in my studio. I received a ton of support from artists that I knew who were very interested in coming to Utah and exhibiting in a contemporary space here.\u201d<\/p>\n

She opened the Livingroom Gallery in her Holladay home, exhibiting monthly. Earlier this year she moved the gallery to the basement of the Peery Hotel and renamed it House Gallery. But she knew the less-than-ideal space would only be temporary and says her gallery has finally found its home in its 400 South location.<\/p>\n