Julia Robinson | CV
Education
2002
Bachelor of Visual Art (Honours), Adelaide Central School of Art
Solo Exhibitions
2022
The Beckoning Blade, Hugo Michell Gallery, SA
2017
Long Ballads, Ideas Platform, Artspace, NSW
2016
The Song of Master John Goodfellow, GAGPROJECTS, SA
Structure for navigating an unknown afterlife, Art Pod, SA
2015
One to rot and one to grow, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia
2013
Pinch wood, Fontanelle Gallery, SA
2012
Some to the stone, Latrobe Regional Gallery, VIC
2011
Damn your eyes, GAGPROJECTS, SA
Slumber or perish, Anna Pappas Gallery, VIC
2009
The Sound of the Beast, Anna Pappas Gallery, VIC
2008
Here’s to my sweet Satan, Über Gallery, VIC
2004
eat, wolf, the Project Space, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
Monster Theatres, 2020 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Museum of Economic Botany
2019
The National 2019: New Australian Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, NSW
Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, presented by Hugo Michell Gallery
2018
Psychache, Holy Rollers Studios, SA
We, GAGPROJECTS, SA
Sensual Nature, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
2017
Versus Rodin: Bodies across space and time, Art Gallery of South Australia
Guirguis New Art Prize, (finalist), Art Gallery of Ballarat, VIC
2017- 20
Open House: 3rd Tamworth Textile Triennial, Tamworth Regional Gallery, NSW (touring)
2016
Spring 1883, The Hotel Windsor, VIC
2015
More love hours, Ian Potter Museum of Art, VIC
do it (Adelaide), Samstag Museum of Art, SA
2014
Dark Heart, 2014 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia
Melbourne Art Fair, The Royal Exhibition Building, VIC
Inner workings, GAGPROJECTS, SA
2013
Neck of the woods, Adelaide Central Gallery
2012
Deep Space, Art Gallery of South Australia
2011
Imagining Interiors, The Jam Factory, SA
2010
The NEW NEW, The Gallerie, presented by Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia
Flyblown, FELTspace, SA
Nameless Cylinder, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, VIC
2009
Between us, Adelaide Central Gallery
2007
Infernal Cake, Über Gallery, VIC
2006
Things will be great, MOP Gallery, NSW
Sensible Shoes, Adelaide Central Gallery
2005
Petrified Nature, Downtown Art Space, SA
Superstructure, West Space, VIC
2004
Primavera, Museum of Contemporary Art, NSW
Selected Professional Experience
2004 – Current
Lecturer, Adelaide Central School of Art
2017
Essayist, Christopher Orchard: The Uncertainty of the Poet
2013
Artist in Residence, Seymour College
2008
Artist in Residence, Wilderness School
Selected Awards and Grants
2019
Arts South Australia, IMP Project Grant
2018
Australia Council Grant, Arts Projects for Individuals
Arts South Australia, IMP Project Grant
2016
Winner, The Advertiser Contemporary Art Award, SALA Festival
2015
Arts South Australia, IMP Project Grant
2013
Arts South Australia, Last Minute Presentation Grant
2011
Australia Council Grant, New Work
Arts South Australia, IMP Project Grant
2008
Arts South Australia, IMP Project Grant
2007
Arts South Australia, IMP Project Grant
Selected Bibliography
2022
The Beckoning, Joanna Kitto, Art Collector, #101 Jul – Sep 2022
Sex, Life and Fairy Tales, Louise Martin-Chew, Vault, Issue 38
2020
Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Monster Theatres, Andy Butler, The Saturday Paper, Edition 292, March 14th
Monster Theatres – 2020 Adelaide Biennial, Gina Fairley, ArtsHub, March 12th
Monsters in the gallery: Adelaide biennial invites the chaos of the unknown, Jane Howard, The Guardian, March 3rd
A meeting of monsters at the Adelaide Biennial brings us closer to our fears, Catherine Speck, The Conversation, March 2nd
2019
The National 2019: New Australian Art, Craig Judd, Artlink, May 15th
Review: The National – New Australian Art, Gina Fairley, Artshub, April 1st
2018
Double edge of nature, William Yeoman, The West Australian, April 7th
2017
Wicked, John Neylon, The Adelaide Review, Issue 449
Long Ballads, Kathleen Linn, fine print, Issue 11, http://www.fineprintmagazine.com/julia-robinson-long-ballads
Winning weight: Versus Rodin: Bodies across space and time, Margot Osborne, Art Monthly, Issue 297
Versus Rodin: Bodies across space and time, John Neylon, The Adelaide Review, Issue 446
2016
A touch of taboo, Tracey Clement, Art Collector 2016 edition of Spring 1883
Julia Robinson and Greg Geraghty, http://www.artistprofile.com.au/julia-robinson-greg-geraghty/
The Song of Master John Goodfellow, Jane Llewellyn, http://artguide.com.au/julia-robinson
2015
One to rot and one to grow, Kirsty Darlaston, Artlink, Volume 35: 3
Dancing and Dying, Lisa Slade, Broadsheet, Volume 44.2
2014
Curating the curative: talismanic tendencies in contemporary art, Lisa Slade, Das Superpaper
Jump cuts, John Neylon, The Adelaide Review, Issue 415
2013
Bodies cast in a state of sexual ambiguity, Robert Nelson, The Age, March 13th
Playing the Fontanelle, Wendy Walker, Art Monthly, Issue 265
2011
Sympathy for the Devil, Jennifer Kalionis, Artlink, Volume 31:4
Death Becomes Her, Sinead Stubbins, Melbourne Weekly, August 31st
Oh my Goth, John Neylon, The Adelaide Review, Issue 376
2010
CACSA Contemporary 2010: The NEW NEW, Lisa Harms, Artlink, Volume 30, No 4
2009
Satan and Friends, Inga Walton, Textile, Issue 1, No. 93
2008
No ifs or butts, Ross Moore, Sightlines Galleries, The Age, October 3rd
Two Adventures in Three Dimensions, Megan Backhouse, Art Guide Australia, Sept/ Oct
2007
The Infernal Cake, Inga Walton, Craft Culture, March 24th
2004
eat, wolf, Sarah Quantrill, dB Magazine, Issue 339
Petrified Nature, Sera Waters, dB Magazine, Issue 344
Collections
Art Gallery of South Australia, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tamworth Regional Gallery, Artbank, Private collections