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Element + Form

Julia
Morison

New Zealand
b.1952

Artist in Practice

This website aims to archive as much as possible of my production as a contemporary visual artist. All works, or suites of works, are structured within a system of ten separate groups, each of which is allocated a specific material or quality and geometrical form. This is a means of drawing together works with similar preoccupations, a device I consistently use to think my way through projects. This archive is incomplete— if you own a work that is not featured here or have installation images, I would be grateful for your input.

  • Transparent + Circle
  • Gold + Triangle
  • Silver + Vessel
  • Mercuric Oxide + Cross
  • Blood + Twist
  • Pearl + Spiral
  • Shit + Arrow
  • Clay + Vesica Piscis
  • Ash + Pedestal
  • Lead + Square
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Artwork

  • 1,m0n0chr0mes unlimited edition
  • 1,m0n0chr0mes installations
  • Accessories for a Soft Machine
  • Aibohphobia
  • Align to a line
  • All the same… Antithesis Pl.VI
  • Amalgame
  • Amperzand
  • Angel/Fly
  • Book for Micromegus
  • Carnet de Voyage
  • Centrefolds
  • Codex
  • Command a view of a distant cry wide of the mark
  • Crossing the Rubicon
  • Decan
  • Decanted
  • Edicts
  • Encyclopedia
  • End to Begin
  • Equivocation
  • Eraser
  • Flotsam & Jetsam Edition:20
  • From 1,m0n0chr0mes
  • From the Book of Shadows
  • Gargantua's Petticoat
  • Gobsmack & Flabbergast
  • Godog
  • Golem
  • Grey's Anatomy
  • Grid
  • I Ching
  • Inclination
  • La derrierriere d'Ada
  • Love Philtres
  • Material Evidence: 100-headless woman. Collaboration with Martin Grant.
  • Melancholia
  • Monochromes in Liqueurfaction
  • Myriorama- set pieces
  • Myriorama- site specific
  • no names for things no string for
  • O'Livia
  • Objet Trouve
  • Obverse Reverse
  • Portrait of Henry Gray
  • Quiddities
  • Rhombus
  • Ringing the Changes 60 monoprints
  • Somniloquist
  • Space Invaders
  • StutterinG
  • Sugar Daddy
  • Teaching Aids
  • Things
  • Things [giclee print] Edition of 20
  • Threadbare
  • Tondo
  • Twist
  • Vademecum
  • Wayzgoose
  • Wedge
  • Whoopee
  • Yum Yum & Blind Man
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Exhibition

  • 2012
  • Meet me on the other side Ng Building, Christchurch City Gallery
  • Dense Hang Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
  • 2011
  • Myriorama:10 'Sleight of Hand', Sargeant Gallery, Wanganui
  • Old School/New School- An Art & Design History of New Zealand Massey University, Wellington
  • Bunker Project Christchurch Art Gallery forecourt
  • Aibohphobia Bunker Project, Christchurch Art Gallery
  • Meet me on the other side Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland
  • Cantabrians Oxford Art Gallery
  • 2010
  • Myriorama:07:Network '17th Biennale of Sydney: The Beauty of Distance, Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age', Australia
  • Myriorama:08 Knot commission for the Christchurch City Council, Christchurch
  • Myriorama:06 Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland
  • Myriorama:09 in 'Sleight of Hand' The Port Nelson Suter Biennale, Nelson
  • Ringing the Changes Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland
  • 2009
  • Inner Landscapes SoFA Gallery, Christchurch
  • Works:1990-99 Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington
  • Wayzgoose [limited edition] Muka Gallery, Auckland
  • Myriorama:05 'Wall Works', Adam Gallery, University of Victoria, Wellington
  • Oikkio Mark Hutchins Gallery, Auckland Art Fair
  • 2008
  • 64 (final exhibiton) 64zero3, Christchurch
  • Myriorama:04 Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga
  • Myriorama:01 64zero3, Christchurch
  • Teaching Aids Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga
  • Myriorama:02 Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland
  • We are unsuitable for framing Te Papa, Wellington
  • Myriorama:03 Ramp Gallery, Wintec, Hamilton
  • 2007
  • Slating Art CoCA, Christchurch
  • Gargantua's Petticoat Two Rooms, Auckland
  • Art School 125 Christchurch City Gallery
  • The Secret Life of Paint Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
  • Painting: Helen Calder & Julia Morison Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
  • Heather Straka & Julia Morison Ngaumatau Gallery, Arrowtown
  • a loop around a loop Dunedin Public Art Gallery
  • 1,m0n0chr0mes:7 in 'a loop around a loop', Dunedin
  • 2006
  • Black, white and shades of grey Gallery 64zero3, Christchurch
  • a loop around a loop Christchurch City Art Gallery
  • Visual Arts Celebrated by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand Auckland Art Gallery
  • 1,m0n0chr0mes:6 in 'a loop around a loop', Christchurch
  • 2005
  • Celestial Bodies (with John Chrisstoffels and Chris Cree-Brown) Town Hall, Christchurch
  • Some works from Gobsmack & Flabbergast The Signal, Hamilton
  • Teaching Aids Gus Fisher Gallery, University of Auckland
  • One Thing & Thing Too [curated by Madame] 64zero3, Christchurch
  • Gobsmack & Flabbergast 64zero3, Christchurch
  • Some works from Gobsmack & Flabbergast Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
  • 2004
  • no names for things no string for Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
  • 2nd Auckland Triennial Auckland City Art Gallery
  • Space Invaders Lopdell House Gallery, Waitakere City
  • Public/Private: Tumatanui/Tumataiti, The 2nd Auckland Triennial Auckland Art Gallery
  • Primary Connections Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
  • SOFA Print Project SOFA Gallery, Christchurch
  • 2003
  • Threadbare Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
  • Julia Morison: Works 1981–1984 Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
  • no names for things no string for Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
  • Signs and Wonders Te Papa, Wellington
  • Inaugural Contemporary Collection Exhibition Christchurch Art Gallery
  • 2002
  • Sightlines: looking into the art collection Te Papa, Wellington
  • M.A.C. Artworks Art Auction Royal & Sun Alliance Building, Auckland
  • High Street Project Fundraising Show (aka Madame) High Street Gallery, Christchurch
  • From the Book of Shadows Jensen Gallery, Auckland
  • Angels and Flies Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
  • Teaching Aids Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton
  • 2001
  • New Work Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
  • Dark Plain Christchurch Arts Festival, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
  • PAIN.01: School of Fine Arts Painting Department exhibition' City Art Space, Christchurch
  • Menagerie Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
  • Prospect 2001 City Gallery, Wellington
  • Teaching Aids:1 'Dark Plain' Christchurch Arts Festival, CoCA, Christchurch
  • Crossing the Rubicon Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
  • 2000
  • Jude Rae, Tony Lane, Julia Morison Jensen Gallery, Auckland
  • Madame & the Bastard do Black (with Heather Straka) The Kiosk, Christchurch
  • Canterbury Painting in the 1990s Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
  • The Numbers Game: Art and Mathematics Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University, Wellington
  • In Glorious Dreams (with Heather Straka) Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth
  • Not Seen to be Staring: Madame & the Bastard with Heather Straka] Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
  • 1999
  • Not Seen to be Staring [Madame & the Bastard] Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
  • Madame & the Bastard (with Heather Straka) Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
  • Julia Morison Jensen Gallery, Wellington
  • Take 5 Te Papa, Wellington
  • Material Evidence: 100-headless woman (with Martin Grant) 'Jardins Secrets' KP5 Biennale L’hospital Charles Foix, Paris
  • Wallace Art Awards Wallace Gallery, Auckland; City Gallery, Wellington; COCA, Christchurch
  • Material Evidence: 100-Headless Woman Judith Clarke Gallery, London
  • Material Evidence: 100-Headless Woman Selfridges Department Store, London
  • Amperzand Jensen Gallery, Auckland
  • 1998
  • 1,m0n0chr0mes:5 L’Ancien Collège des Jésuites, Reims, France
  • Material Evidence: 100-headless woman Wellington City Gallery
  • Julia Morison Jensen Gallery, Wellington
  • Edicts & Tondos Jensen Gallery, Auckland
  • Material Evidence: 100-headless woman The Adelaide Festival, Artspace, Adelaide. Australia
  • 1997
  • 1,m0n0chr0mes:3 Conversing with Loplop Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
  • StutterinG Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
  • Material Evidence: 100-headless woman Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth
  • 1,m0n0chr0mes:4 [&] Jensen Gallery, Auckland
  • 1996
  • 1,m0n0chr0mes:2 McDougall Annex, Christchurch
  • Command a view of a distant cry wide of the mark & Golem Jensen Gallery, Wellington
  • 1995
  • 1,m0n0chr0mes:1 Auckland New Gallery
  • A Very Peculiar Practice: Aspects of Recent New Zealand Painting City Gallery, Wellington
  • 25 into 41 Gold Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
  • Decanted Jensen Gallery, Wellington
  • End to Begin Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
  • 1994
  • Taking Stock of the ’90s Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
  • Love Philtres Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch
  • Re-rite: Amalgame Fisher Gallery, Auckland
  • Educating Miranda [with Michael Ghent] Video de Poche, Paris
  • Amalgame Pt.II Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland
  • Parallel Lines: Gordon Walters in Context City Art Gallery, Auckland
  • 1993
  • Amalgame Pt.II and Encyclopedia Centre for Contemporary Art, Hamilton
  • Love Philtres Artspace, Auckland
  • Love Philtres Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth
  • Group exhibition Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
  • Centre for Contemporary Art, Hamilton
  • White Camellias
  • Alter/Image Public Art Gallery, Auckland
  • Alter/Image City Gallery, Wellington
  • Codex Jonathan/Jensen Gallery, Christchurch
  • Women on Women: Art in Dunedin since 1893 Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
  • 1992
  • Past and Present Hocken Library, Dunedin
  • Artists-in-Residence: The Frances Hodgkins Fellows Past and Present Hocken Library, Dunedin
  • Group exhibition Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
  • The Boundary Rider: 9th Biennale of Sydney Sydney, Australia
  • O’Livia: an alternative plan for Livia’s garden Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
  • Headlands: Thinking through New Zealand art National Art Gallery, Wellington; MCA Sydney; Auckland Art Gallery; Dunedin Art Gallery
  • 1991
  • Amalgame Cadran Solaire, Troyes, France
  • The Cross Artis Gallery, Auckland
  • Retables from Amalgame Jonathan/Jensen Gallery, Christchurch
  • Aller Retour Artis Gallery, Auckland
  • 1990
  • Decan: A Work in Ten Parts Artspace, Auckland
  • [...] exuberant, floating, dancing, mocking, childish and blissful art George Fraser Gallery
  • Artis Group Show Artis Gallery, Auckland
  • Julia Morison, Pauline Rhodes, Graham Bennett and Simon Morris Jonathan/Jensen Gallery, Christchurch
  • Now See Hear! Art, language and translation City Gallery, Wellington
  • New Zealand Modern Masters II Collection -Toured
  • In the Forest of Dream [Moët & Chandon NZ Art Foundation] Public Art Gallery, Dunedin; Artspace, Auckland; Suter Gallery, Nelson
  • 1989
  • Anatomy Jonathan/Jensen Gallery, Christchurch
  • Decan: A Work in Ten Parts CSA Gallery, Christchurch
  • Decan: A Work in Ten Parts Hocken Library, Dunedin
  • Canterbury Belles Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch. Toured 1989–1991
  • 1988
  • Four Works 1985–86 Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
  • Exhibits: The Museum Display and the Encyclopedia Plate National Art Gallery, Wellington; Artspace, Auckland
  • 1987
  • Sex and Sign McDougall Gallery, Christchurch
  • Vademecum & Golem Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington
  • Vademecum & Golem Artis Gallery, Auckland
  • Sex and Sign Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
  • Sex and Sign Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
  • Sex and Sign Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North
  • Sex and Sign City Gallery, Wellington
  • Sex and Sign Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
  • Sex and Sign Artspace, Auckland
  • ARX ’87: Australia and Regions Artists’ Exchange Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Australia
  • Content and Symbol Artis Gallery, Auckland
  • Sex and Sign Hawke’s Bay Art Gallery and Museum, Napier
  • Sex and Sign Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
  • 1986
  • Inclinations Artis Gallery, Auckland
  • Content/Context: A survey of recent New Zealand art National Gallery of New Zealand
  • 1985
  • Equivocation Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington
  • Paintings and Drawings Centre Gallery of Contemporary Art, Hamilton
  • The Word Suter Gallery, Nelson (toured)
  • Tenth Anniversary Exhibition Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
  • Three Works RKS Art, Auckland
  • 1984
  • Joan Miró Drawing Exhibition Barcelona, Spain and Okinawa, Japan
  • Julia Morison- Recent Paintings Petar/James Gallery, Auckland
  • Apertures CSA Gallery, Christchurch
  • Invocation/Equivocation Brooke Gifford Gallery
  • 1983
  • The President’s Exhibition: mixed media on paper CSA Gallery, Christchurch
  • Works on Paper: 3rd Anniversary Exhibition Gingko Gallery, Christchurch
  • 1982
  • Julia Morison Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
  • Julia Morison Petar/James Gallery, Auckland
  • 1981
  • Petar/James Gallery, Auckland
  • 1980
  • Julia Morison Elva Bett Gallery, Wellington
  • Julia Morison Petar/James Gallery, Auckland
  • Elva Bett Gallery, Wellington
  • 1979
  • Show the Flag National Gallery, Wellington
  • Three Painters Barry Lett Gallery, Auckland
  • Drawing ’79’ CSA Gallery, Christchurch
  • Paintings: Contrastare and Black Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
  • 1978
  • Julia Morison Victoria University of Wellington Library
  • Julia Morison The Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
  • Fifteen Manawatu Artists Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North
  • 1977
  • Works on Paper Bob McMurray Gallery, Palmerston North
  • Julia Morison Thompson House, Levin
  • 1976
  • Align to a line Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
  • New Zealand Drawing ’76 Auckland City Art Gallery
  • The Wanganui Lions AA Travel Art Award (toured)
  • All the same... Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
  • 1975
  • Drawings and Small Works Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
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