Julia Morison
| Julia Morison | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Julia Morison 1952 Pahiatua, New Zealand |
| Education | Wellington Polytechnic School of Design at Massey University;School of Fine Arts at University of Canterbury |
| Known for | Painting, sculpture, photography, installation art |
| Awards | Laureate Award Arts Foundation of New Zealand |
| Website | |
| http://juliamorison.co.nz/ | |
Julia Morison (born Pahiatua, New Zealand, 1952) is a New Zealand artist working across a wide range of media including painting, sculpture, photography, installation and recently ceramics.[1]
Education
Morison completed a Diploma in Graphic Design from Wellington Polytechnic School of Design, Massey University in 1972. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours from the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts in 1975.[2]
Career
Morison was awarded the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship in 1988 and undertook the Moët & Chandon contemporary art residency in Avize, France in 1990. After the year long residency she remained in France for ten years.[2]
In 1999 Morison became Senior Lecturer in Painting at the University of Canterbury, a position she held until 2007.[2]
Morison received a Laureate Award from the Arts Foundation of New Zealand in 2005.[2]
A major survey exhibition on Morison’s work, A loop around a loop: Julia Morison was organised by the Christchurch Art Gallery and the Dunedin Public Art Gallery in 2006, and curated by Felicity Milburn and Justin Paton.[3]
In 2012 Morison was inducted into the Massey University College of Creative Arts’ Hall of Fame.[4] In the same year her exhibition Meet me on the other side showed at Christchurch Art Gallery and City Gallery Wellington.[5]
In 2013 her public sculpture Tree Houses for Swamp Dwellers was installed in central Christchurch as part of the SCAPE public art project. A response to the devastating Christchurch earthquakes, the work is designed to be a permanent but relocatable feature of the city.[6]
Collections
Morison’s work in held in many New Zealand public gallery collections, including Christchurch Art Gallery, Auckland Art Gallery and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[7][8][9]
Reviews
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- Gina Irish, 'My Place: Julia Morison', Art New Zealand, no 109, Summer 2003-2004[10]
- John Hurrell, 'Morison Sculpture in Auckland', EyeContact, 29 November 2011[11]
- Creon Upton, 'Morison’s Plaster Wall Sculptures', EyeContact, 22 September 2013[12]
- Andrew Paul Wood, 'Morison Tree Houses in Christchurch', EyeContact, 12 October 2013[13]
- Mark Amery, 'Short Shrift', The Big Idea, 8 October 2014[14]
References
- ↑ "Morison, Julia". Find NZ Artists. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Julia Morison". Arts Foundation of New Zealand. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ "A loop around a loop: Julia Morison". Christchurch Art Gallery.
- ↑ "Hall of Fame Inductees - Julia Morison". Massey University College of Creative Arts. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ "Meet me on the other side". City Gallery Wellington. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ "Tree Houses for Swamp Dwellers". SCAPE. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ "Julia Morison". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
- ↑ "Julia Morison". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ "Julia Morison". Christchurch Art Gallery. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ Irish, Gina. "My Place: Julia Morison". Art New Zealand. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ Hurrell, John. "Morison Sculpture in Auckland". EyeContact.
- ↑ Upton, Creon. "Morison’s Plaster Wall Sculptures". EyeContact. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ Wood, Andrew Paul. "Morison Tree Houses in Christchurch". EyeContact. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ Amery, Mark. "Short Shrift". The Big Idea. Retrieved 18 March 2015.