Julie Rrap
Julie Rrap | |
|---|---|
| Born | Julie Parr 1950 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | University of Queensland,
National Art School at East Sydney Technical College, University of Sydney, Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education, Monash University |
| Known for | Photography,
painting, sculpture, video, drawing |
Australian artist Julie Rrap, also known as Julie Parr, Julie Brown or Julie Brown-Rrap, was born in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia in 1950. Her family relocated to a small town, Nerang, in the Hinterlands off the Gold Coast, Queensland, which is where she grew up with her brother Mike Parr- an artist who she often collaborates with. In 1976, Julie married Bill Brown, a painter, exhibiting her first solo exhibition as Julie Brown in 1982, Disclosures: A Photographic Construct’ held at the Central Street Gallery. [1] Julie then lived in France and Belgium between 1986 and 1994. [2]
Artist Career
Julie Rraps artistic career began in the 1970’s where she explored painting, performance, photography, sculpture and video. In Julie Rraps early career during the 1970’s she was running a photographic business with John Delacour who is also a photographer. The business mainly specialised in reproductions of magazines, catalogues, and fine art books. In the 1980’s Rrap focused a lot of her time at universities and art schools such as the Australian Centre for Photography, Alexander Mackie College, Medowbank and East Sydney Technical College, and Sydney College of the Arts, providing lectures in art and design, painting, photography, and photo-media. Rrap frequently travels between Europe and Australia for exhibitions and the creation of her works and is now represented by Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney and Arc One Gallery, Melbourne. [1]
Influences
Rrap’s artistic influences throughout her career have always been the human form and how it is represented in media and society, particularly females in Western Society. Julie Rrap uses this influence to “…poke fun at the stereotypical representations of women transforming these characters into active agents for change.” – Julie Rrap. Using her body, suggestions of the body and representations of the body to complete her work. [3]
Education
A Bachelor of Arts Degree in English, Classic and Fine Arts, completed between 1969 and 1971 at the University of Queensland. Rrap then went to the National Art School at East Sydney Technical College in 1974 to study painting and drawing. In 1975 Rrap worked with members of a performance group (Alex Danko, Mike Parr, Noel Sheridan, Joan Grounds and Tim Burns) from the University of Sydney, as an external student in the ‘Tin Shed’s’ art workshops. Finally Rrap studied photo-media at Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education in Sydney during 1976. In 2010 Rrap completed her PhD at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. [1]
Awards and Honours
2009, National Artists’ Self-portrait Prize Professional Membership- University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane.
2009, Clemenger Contemporary Art Award- National Gallery of Victoria
2008, Redlands Art Prize- Mosman Gallery
2007, Project Grant- Australia Council for the Arts
2002, Fellowship Grant- Australia Council for the Arts
2001, Hermans Art Award
1999, Project Grant- Australia Council for the Arts
1997, Cite Des Arts- Paris and AGNSW Studio
1995, Multi-Year Fellowship- Australia Council for the Arts
1989, Fellowship Grant- Australia Council for the Arts
1986, Cite Des Arts- Paris and Power Institute, University of Sydney [4]
Solo Exhibitions (Past 20 Years)
2014, Rrapture: Julie Rrap- Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle
2012, Loaded- Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
2011, Julie Rrap: Off Balance- Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore, NSW
2011, 360 Self-Portrait- Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
2010, Outer Space- Arc One Gallery, Melbourne
2009, Escape Artist; Castaway- Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
2009, Body Double- Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2007, Embodied- Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle
2006, Fall Out- Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
2005, Soft Targets- Arc One Gallery, Melbourne
2004, Soft Targets- Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
2004, Fleshstones- Arc One Gallery, Melbourne
2003, Fleshstones- Visible Art Foundation, (installation at Republic Tower,) Melbourne
2003, Pearl Jon- (from the series Fleshstones), Republic Building billboard project, Visible Art Foundation, Melbourne
2002, Fleshed Out- Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
2002, A-R-MOUR- Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
2000, Itch! - Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne
1999, Porous Bodies- Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
1998, C.I.A.P. - Hassalt, Belgium
1998, Robert Lindsay Gallery
1997, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
1997, Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane
1996, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
1996, Savode Gallery, Brisbane
1996, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
1996, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
1995, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne
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References
- ^ a b c Lynn, Victoria (2008). Julie Rrap : body double. Sydney: Museum of Contemporary Art. ISBN 9780975190142. Cite error: The named reference "Lynn" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
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- ^ Roslyn Oxley =http://www.roslynoxley9.com.au/artists/32/Julie_Rrap/profile/}}
Bibliography
Lynn V, 2008, Julie Rrap Body Double, Museum of Contemporary Art, Piper Press, Sydney.
http://brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/feminist_art_base/gallery/julie_rrap.php Accessed 19th March 2015
http://sydney.edu.au/sac/about/people/profiles/julie,rrap.php Accessed 19th March 2015
http://www.roslynnoxley9.com.au/artists/32/Julie_Rrap/profile/ Accessed 19th March 2015