Julia Morrisroe is an artist and assistant professor in studio art at the University of Florida. Morrisroe taught at Central Michigan University and Illinois State University before joining University of Florida in 2004. Morrisroe holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Northern Illinois University and a Master of Fine Arts from University of Washington.

Exploring issues of consumerism and corporate ownership, Morrisroe has exhibited her creative research throughout the United States and abroad. Her work was included in the national traveling exhibition “Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for the New Generation” which originated at Carnegie Mellon University, (PA). Morrisroe’s installations have been included in exhibitions at SPACES (OH), University of Arkansas, Acme Art Company (OH), and South Bend Museum of Art (IN).

Morrisroe’s work has been reviewed in The Plain Dealer, Pittsburgh News, Free Times, Pittsburgh Pulp, FIBERARTS Magazine, American Craft Magazine and the Chicago Tribune. She has received numerous grants including Faculty Research grants, and grants from the state of Michigan and City of Chicago. Her work is represented in public collections at the Bellevue Art Museum, Appalachian State University and private collections.

As a curator Morrisroe has developed exhibitions including “Painting!” Sympathetic: Manipulative Potential” and “Subverting the Market: Artwork on the Web" for Central Michigan University.  Morrisroe's exhibition reviews have been published by Sculpture Magazine, New Art Examiner, and Dialogue Magazine.