Julia Virginia Win

Julia Virginia Win is an artist specializing in creative reuse, murals, and mixed media. Her work transforms single-use plastic materials such as bottle caps, plastic lids, and bread tags, into vibrant public art installations that highlight both environmental impact and possibility.

Julia began creating public art in 2022 through an Artcycle project for the Middlesex County Greenway, producing a mural composed of thousands of collected bread tags. In 2023, she won the Middlesex County Mural Design Contest, resulting in a large-scale mural installed at Raritan Bay Waterfront Park in South Amboy. Since then, she has completed recycled art installations in Metuchen, created a bottle-cap mural in Edison, and presented new works in a solo exhibition titled Repurposed Reimaginings. She has also produced three collage sketchbooks featured in the Princeton Arts Council’s Sketchbook Club.

Julia’s work aims to create visually striking pieces while inviting audiences to recognize the beauty of reuse and reflect on the weight of waste in our environment. Drawing on her experience as an elementary educator, she also teaches Artcycle classes for children and adults. In addition, Julia organizes local clothing and art supply swaps to encourage upcycling and support a more circular ecosystem of goods.

Julia resides in Metuchen with her husband and two children.