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Julia Flanagan works across painting, sculpture, textiles and drawing. Born in Newcastle, Julia moved to Sydney to study Painting and completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the National Art School in 2004 and her Painting Honours in 2005. Julia has recently completed a series of large scale sculptures as part of an exhibition in the gardens of The Hazelhurst Gallery in Gymea, NSW. She recently collaborated with iconic fashion label Gorman for a range of textiles and clothing. She has exhibited extensively in galleries in Sydney, Wollongong, Melbourne and Newcastle, and has works in local and international collections.


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBTIONS
2023 Time is a Flat Circle, STRAIGHTJACKET ART SPACE, Hamilton, NSW
2022 Paradise Circus, EGG & DART, Wollongong, NSW
2022 Many Things To Many, HAZELHURST GALLERY, Gymea, NSW
2021 Likingness, THE EGG & DART, Thirroul, NSW
2020 Dazzle, THE EGG & DART, Thirroul, NSW
2017 Observations of Happiness, ART EST GALLERY, Sydney, NSW
2016 Every Now and Then, SHEFFER GALLERY, Sydney, NSW
2002 This Is a Modern World, SIDE ON GALLERY, Sydney, NSW

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 XMAS SHOW, EGG & DART, Wollongong, NSW
2022 Now Showing, EGG & DART, Wollongong, NSW
2020 Sydney Contemporary Presents 2020, THE EGG & DART, Thirroul, NSW
2019 Ritual Practice, MODERN TIMES, Melbourne, VIC Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong An Exhibition, THE EGG & DART, Thirroul, NSW
2018 Mixed Bag, THE EGG & DART, Thirroul, NSW
Movers and Shapers, HAZELHURST GALLERY, Gymea, NSW
The Way We See Ourselves, WEST END ART SPACE, Melbourne, VIC
Wanderings, GALLERY 139 HOSTING AT SHEFFER GALLERY, Sydney, NSW
2017 Directors Choice Exhibition, GALLERY 139, Newcastle, NSW
Ways of Seeing, SHEFFER GALLERY,Sydney, NSW
Place / Place, SCRATCH ART SPACE, Sydney, NSW
The Egg & Dart Family and Friends, THE EGG & DART, Thirroul, NSW
Ambedo, GALLERY 139, Newcastle, NSW
Here + There, SHEFFER GALLERY, Sydney, NSW
2016 Every Now and Then, SHEFFER GALLERY, Sydney, NSW
Imbued, GALLERY 139, Newcastle, NSW
Director’s Choice, GALLERY 139, Newcastle, NSW
2016-2019 The Egg & Dart Annual Christmas Salon,THE EGG & DART, Thirroul, NSW
2015 Paint Like Bill, Gallery 139, Newcastle, NSW

PRIZES
2023 Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, NSW, (finalist)
2023 Waverley Art Prize, Bondi Pavillion, NSW, (finalist)
2023 Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Art Centre, NSW, (finalist)
2022 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, NSW, (finalist)
2019 Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award (finalist), HAZELHURST GALLERY, Gymea, NSW
Georges River Art Prize (finalist), HURSTVILLE MUSEUM AND GALLERY, Hurstville, NSW
Georges River Sculpture Prize (Winner), HURSTVILLE MUSEUM AND GALLERY, Hurstville, NSW
2018 Greenway Art Prize - Small Sculpture Prize, Highly commended (finalist), ART EST GALLERY, Sydney
NSW Blacktown Art Prize (finalist), THE LEO KELLY BLACKTOWN ARTS CENTRE, Sydney, NSW
2015-2017 Greenway Art prize (finalist), ART EST GALLERY, Sydney, NSW

COLLECTIONS
University of Wollongong Collection - Dubai Campus and Hong Kong Campus
City of Sydney Collection

COLLABORATIONS
2020 Julia Flanagan X Gorman Textile and Fashion Design Collaboration

Julia Flanagan portrait