about Juliet Gilden

Juliet Gilden is a contemporary figurative artist based in the Washington–Baltimore region and trained at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Her stylized acrylic paintings turn memory, culture, identity and current events into visual stories that are recognizable as entirely her own.

Art has always been part of Juliet’s family language. Her mother, Miriam Bransky Gilden, was a professional artist for more than 60 years, her father was a stage actor, and her parents owned a gallery. Juliet began selling small collages there when she was six.

Her work has been featured in The Washington Post, exhibited in solo shows in Los Angeles, Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and collected by Sara Blakely, Diane Warren, Orly Marley and Benny Blanco. Her portrait of Blanco appears on the set of every episode of his podcast.

Since October 7, 2023, Gilden has developed an ongoing body of figurative paintings tracing how a single event moved outward into public silence, propaganda, campus rhetoric, social media, celebrity activism, childhood imagery, and the increasingly conditional nature of empathy. Created as events unfolded, the series forms a visual record of history becoming memory, argument, identity, and cultural language.

Alongside her original paintings, Juliet creates personal and corporate commissions and leads illustrated talks and creative programs for communities and organizations.