Julia Long

Julia Long is an artist, writer, and translator from Chongqing, China, currently living and working in Beijing. She holds a Master of Arts degree in American History from the University of Georgia and has been influenced by her artistic family upbringing since childhood. After working in New York managing marketing programs for upscale restaurants, Long shifted her focus to drawing and has contributed illustrations, articles, and interviews about American history, culture, art, and food to popular Chinese magazines since 2010.

Long has collaborated with high-profile fashion and design brands such as Prada, La Perla, Neiwai, and Beast. She has also exhibited extensively in China, with solo exhibitions including "Provisional Emotions" and "Meanwhile" at Tabula Rasa Gallery in Beijing in 2021 and 2019, respectively, and "One Eighth of the Narrative" at the same gallery in 2017. Other solo exhibitions include "Time Is On Her Side" at Chikalicious in Shanghai in 2017 and "Serendipity" at Undefine in Shanghai in 2014.

Long is a prolific illustrator and translator for several publications, including "Home, Sweet Home" by various authors, published by PSA, Shanghai (2017); "Distracted" by Julia Long, published by Guangxi Normal University Press (2020); and "Women at Work: Interviews from The Paris Review" by various authors, published by People's Literature Publishing House (2021). Her translation of "Devotion" by Patti Smith will be published this year. She is also a member of the Society of Illustrators of New York and currently hosts two podcasts, "Pop dispatch" and "Culture potato."