Velia De Iuliis grew up in San Francisco as a first-generation American. After studying illustration at California College of the Arts, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in environmental art. A multidisciplinary visual artist, her practice spans studio painting, large-scale murals and creative collaborations that explore the intersection of art, design and conservation.
RESILIENCE
Velia De Iuliis works from a standpoint of preservation. Her rich gouache & oil paintings pop with endangered plants on sharp backgrounds. By giving these threatened species new life on the canvas, De Iuliis reinvigorates admiration and refocuses attention on the fleeting flowers that may disappear completely in our lifetime. More than a floral painter, De Iuliis uses her art as a call to action and the paintings live on as time capsules. Because these plants are still surviving in their fragmented environments, the works act as a celebration as well as a resource.
PROJECTS
Gallery Affiliations •
Ochi Projects, LA
Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
Residency Program:
2025 CERVO Residency, Zermatt, Switzerland
2019 Lincoln Residency, Bisbee, AZ
Art Fair:
2023 Intersect Art and Design - Ochi Projects, Aspen, CO
2023 Dallas Art Fair - Ochi Projects, Dallas, TX
Solo Exhibitions:
2023 Perspection, Ochi Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Resilience, Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
2016 As the Crow Flies, Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
2016 The Riddle of the Universe, Artist Republic 4 Tomorrow Gallery Laguna Beach, CA
Group Exhibitions:
2025 Solastalgia, Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
2025 Mondo Flora, Wessling Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
2024 Spring Flowers, Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
2022 Wish You Were Here - Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
2021 Botany of Desire - Palette Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021 Botanic Rituals Exhibit - Radian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 A La Prochaine - Maeght Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017 Circus, Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea Gallery, Milan, Italy
2016 Muses of Mount Helikon, Helikon Gallery, Denver, CO
2016 Women of the New Contemporary, Brandstater Gallery, Riverside, CA
2016 LA Art Fair, Artist Republic 4 Tomorrow Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Plenty, Athen B. Gallery, Oakland, CA
2015 Imagine Bus Project - San Francisco, CA
2015 Into the Woods, Maeght Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Projects & Collaborations •
2024 CERVO Limited Edition Bottle Design, Zermatt, Switzerland
2023 Checkerhall Permanent Collection, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Better Booch Artist Series Collaboration, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Eir NYC x Velia De Iuliis Collaboration, New York, NY
2020 RVCA Artist Network Program – Apparel Collaboration
2019 Killspencer Artist Series Bag Collaboration, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Long Table Collective – Ceramics Collaboration
2017 Dolby Artist Series, Dolby HQ, San Francisco, CA
2017 Guest Artist, Discovery Museum, Marin, CA
2017 Book Cover Art for The General in His Labyrinth by Gabriel García Márquez, Mondadori Publishing, IT
2016 Book Cover Art for ‘Of love and Other Demons’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Libri, Mondadori, IT
2016 Book Cover Art for ‘One hundred Years of Solitude’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Libri, Mondadori, IT
2016 Book Cover Art for ‘Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Libri, Mondadori, I
Murals & Public Art
2024 Motoring Club Library Mural Commission, San Francisco, CA
2023 Interior Murals – Private and Commercial, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Exterior Mural, Airbnb, Oahu, HI
2022 Private Residence Mural, San Francisco, CA
2021 Bounty of California Natives, SOMA West Mural Commission, San Francisco, CA
2021 Flora, The Motoring Club Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 City Public Art Mural Commission, Daly City, CA
2019 Border Arts Corridor, Commission, Sonora, Mexico
2019 Mural Commission, Palette SF, San Francisco, CA
2017 Mural Commission, Junior, San Francisco, CA
2016 Interwoven Iguanas, Mural Commission, Playa, Mill Valley, CA
2016 Woman of The New Contemporary, Bradstater Gallery, Riverside, CA
2015 Mural Project, PandeaSeed Foundation Seawalls, Cozumel, Mexico
2015 Mural Project, Bottlerock Music Festival, Napa Valley, CA
Publications:
Voyager LA, Rising stars: Meet Velia De Iuliis of Los Angeles, 2025
Canvas Revel, Meet Velia De Iuliis, 2023
Ochi gallery, Velia De Iuliis, 2023
EIR NYC, ‘Velia De Iuliis,’ 2021
The Motoring Journal, ‘Velia De Iuliis,’ 2021
Banana Republic Journal, ‘Velia De Iuliis,’ 2021
BetterBooch, ‘Velia De Iuliis,’ 2021
Shoutout LA, ‘Velia De Iuliis,’ 2021
Greenpacha x Velia De Iuliis, 2021
Walnut Creek Journal, ‘Murals Brings Color, Beauty to Downtown,’ 2020
Bella Dahl, ‘Bella Muses,’ 2020
RVCA blog, ‘Painting Demo,’ 2020
Haoma Journal, ‘Fleeting flowers,’ 2020
Voyage LA, ‘Meet Velia De Iuliis,’ 2019
Daily Gem Blog, ‘#DAILYROUTINE: VELIA DE IULIIS,’ 2019
Ochi Gallery, ’Resilience,’ 2018
Boise Weekly, ‘Resilience,’ 2018
Ochi Gallery, ‘As the Crow Flies,’ 2016
Fructose, ‘Velia De Iuliis’ Colorful Gouache Paintings Inspired by Nature’, Caro, 2016
OCWeekly, ‘The Riddle of the Universe’, Aimee Murillo, 2016
Vans ‘Off the Wall’ Girls, ‘The Riddle of the Universe’, Amanda Rae Stephens, 2016
San Francisco Chronicle, ‘Artist called upon nature for ‘Into the Woods,’ Kimberly Chun, 2016
Blisss Magazine, ‘Art/Velia De Iuliis/The Riddle of the Universe’, 2016
The Orange County Register, ‘Velia De Iuliis: The Riddle of the Universe’, 2016
Gallery welcomes group art show, ‘Women of the New Contemporary’ Darla Martin Tucker, 2016
The Press Enterprise, ‘Riverside: La Sierra exhibition features works by 31 women’, Laurie Lucas, 2016
Preview and Save the Date for ‘Women of the New Contemporary’ Cartwheel Art, Cindy Schwarzstein, 2016
Stu News Laguna, ‘Artist Republic Gallery Presents Velia De Iuliis’, 2016
Vans ‘Off the Walls’ Girls, ‘Kick-Ass Chicks: Velia De Iuliis’, Amanda Rae Stephens, 2015