Julie Mendez - from PTSD to Art

"Sometimes pain cannot be expressed or exorcised through words."

Julie Mendez was a 17 year old teenager when she saw the "be all that you can be" Army recruiting messaging and decided to enlist. Her life would change forever when she was deployed to serve in the Iraq War. Her experiences changed her and she returned home to face feelings of isolation and depression. Always a creative person, Julie turned to art to help her process her experiences and begin to heal her PTSD.

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Raphael: The Lord of the Arts

Raphael: The Lord of the Arts

2017

44 Pages

44 Pages

2018

Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence

Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence

2017

Report from the Aleutians

Report from the Aleutians

1943

PTSD: The War in My Head

PTSD: The War in My Head

2019

The Sophisticated Misfit

2007

Art City 1 Making It in Manhattan

Art City 1 Making It in Manhattan

1996

The War Game

The War Game

1966

Combat Shock

Combat Shock

1986

WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception

WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception

2004

Schama on Rembrandt: Masterpieces of the Late Years

Schama on Rembrandt: Masterpieces of the Late Years

2014

David Hockney: A Bigger Picture

David Hockney: A Bigger Picture

2009

Crumb

Crumb

1994

The New Modernists: Folds Blobs + Boxes, Architecture in the Digital Era

The New Modernists: Folds Blobs + Boxes, Architecture in the Digital Era

2001

The Hole’s Journey

The Hole’s Journey

2021

I, Claude Monet

I, Claude Monet

2017

There Are No Fakes

There Are No Fakes

2019

Gray Matters

Gray Matters

2016

Semi Colin

Semi Colin

2012

Ukiyo-e: Floating World Images

Ukiyo-e: Floating World Images

2008