1964 - Julian wins First Prize in Dayton Museum of Art exhibition titled "Artists of Southern Ohio" and receives Purchase Award

The show was seen by Martha Jackson, who immediately invited Julian to join her stable of artists at the famous Martha Jackson Gallery in New York

Julian and family moved to Cleveland, OH and he began his 31 year engagement with the Cleveland Institute of Art as professor of painting

1964-70 Julian traveled frequently to Martha Jackson Gallery while teaching at the Cleveland Institute of Art

1965 The Responsive Eye Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, NY, highlights a new, international art movement

The movement’s name, Optical Art — Op Art for short — is coined after the title of Julian’s exhibition at the Martha Jackson Gallery. Op Art explodes on the world art market with Julian as a major figure.