Julie Parkin
Julie Parkin
BIO & CV
Julie Parkin is an emerging, multidisciplinary artist who works across mediums of painting, sculpture, sound, text and ceramics. She completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Sydney College of the Arts in January 2020. Prior to completing her degree, she practiced art in the spaces between working in health and raising a family. She lives between the Blue Mountains and Surry Hills. In 2019 Julie and her partner established Mounted Ari, an artist’s run initiative that utilises a domestic-based gallery space to develop and exhibit contemporary art and literary projects.
Curriculum Vitae
Qualifications
Bachelor of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle, 2020
Bachelor of Arts Professional Writing, Canberra University, ACT, 1990
Commercial Design Certificate in Floristry, Pearson’s Sydney 2011
Skills and Practices-Fine Arts, Statement of Attainment, TAFE, Western Sydney Institute 2004:
Certificate1V in Workplace Training and Assessment, Trainwell NSW 2008:
Printmaking training, with Printmaker S.Jakeman, Wentworth Falls studio 2000-2003
Painting and Drawing, Studio-based tuition with Professional Artist Kerry Johns in Blue Mountains NSW 1996-2000
APHRA Registered Nurse/ Midwife,1976-2019
Work Experience
Education Officer, Nepean Blue Mountains Primary Health Network, My Health Record, Werrington. 2018 - 2019
Connecting Care Coordinator, Nepean Blue Mountains Primary Health Network, Penrith, 2016-2018
Community Development Officer/ Women’s Health Nurse, Blacktown Women’s and Girls’ Health
Centre, Blacktown, 2012- 2015
Volunteer Positions
Co-Director & Co-Creator Mounted ARI, (Artist Run Initiative), 2019-2022
Freelance Wedding Florist, 2011-present
Marketing Manager, Springwood High School Theatre Company, 2011
Co-Director Braemar Community Art Gallery, Springwood, 2006-2007
Post-Graduation Exhibitions
Out of the Pandemic Exhibition, Group Show, Braemar Gallery, Springwood, NSW, April 2022
Dissonance Through Poetry and Art Exhibition, Group exhibition, Mounted ARI, March 2022
Reclamation: Exploring Memory, Curator Group exhibition, Mounted ARI, Springwood, NSW March-April 2021
The Viewer is Present Exhibition, Curator and group show participant, at Mounted ARI. October 2020-November 2020
Sad Songs from a Happy Life, Designer Album Cover Project for Singer Song Writer, Jenny Denny, August 2020
Pre-Text’ exhibition, Co-Curator and group show participant ‘Mounted ARI, 2019
Finalist Clyde & Co Art Award, Clyde & Co, Sydney, 2018
The Temple Complex, Group Show, Casula Power House, a response to the 64th Blake Prize 2016
Pre-Graduation exhibitions 1996-2013
Springwood High School Art Exhibition, 2013
The Reflective Garden, (ABC Open Gardens Scheme) Penrith NSW, 2013
The Director’s Cut, Braemar Community Gallery, Springwood NSW, 2007
The Art of Sway, Braemar Community Gallery Springwood NSW, 2006
Half and Half, Trapezium Gallery, Nepean Art and Design Centre, 2004
Springwood Art Show, Springwood High School, Faulconbridge NSW, 2004
Hot Pressed, Gallery Lane Gallery, Leura NSW, 2002
13 Women and a Bloke on Thursday, Gallery Lane Leura 2001
Printmaking, Artspace, Katoomba, 2000
Blake Prize Refuse, Artspace Gallery Katoomba,1999
Greenpeace Art Competition, Tapp Gallery, Darlinghurst NSW, 1999
Blue Mountains Art Society Exhibition, Wentworth Falls School of Arts,1999
Expressions 2, Artspace Gallery, Katoomba,1998
Expressions, Artspace Gallery, Katoomba,1997
Blue Mountains Art Society Exhibition, Wentworth Falls School of Arts,1997
In the Garden, Everglades Gardens Leura,1996