Julia morison biography
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Julia Morison
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Seriously fanciful, robustly playful, viscerally coy (or coyly visceral) – these phrases may seem to be oxymorons, yet existing rules don’t comfortably apply to the work of esteemed New Zealand artist Julia Morison.
Julia has a stellar career spanning more than three decades and her work is renowned for its capacity to push formal and conceptual boundaries and to challenge conventions or dominant trends.
Born in Pahiatua in 1952, Julia Morison lives and works in Christchurch. She began her studies at the illustrious Wellington Polytechnic School of Design, completing a Diploma in Graphic Design in 1972, and then an Honours degree in Fine Art from the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts in 1975. She has exhibited extensively throughout New Zealand and internationally.
She was awarded the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship in 1988 and undertook the Moët & Chandon contemporary art residency in Avize, France in 1990. Julia continued to li
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This major exhibition of more than two decades of work by one of New Zealand's most inventive artists was developed by Christchurch Art Gallery and Dunedin Public Art Gallery and featured a major new body of work created especially for this exhibition.
Julia Morison was born in Pahiatua in 1952. She initially studied at the Wellington Polytechnic, graduating in 1972 with a diploma in graphic design, and went on to gain an honours degree from the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts in 1975. Since then, Morison has exhibited nationally and internationally and been awarded numerous grants and fellowships, including the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship in 1989, and the prestigious New Zealand Moët & Chandon Fellowship in 1990, which allowed her to travel to France for a year's residency. She chose to make France her base for the following ten years, returning to take up an appointment as senior lecturer of painting at the University of Canterbury. Morison became a New Zeal
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Julia Morison
New Zealand artist (born 1952)
Julia MorisonONZM (born 1952) is a New Zealand artist working across a wide range of media including painting, sculpture, photography, installation and recently ceramics.[1]
Education
[edit]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 CanterburySchool of Fine Arts in 1975.[2]
Career
[edit]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 exhibi