Lecturer, Sculpture and Contemporary Studio Practice
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Julia Robinson is a South Australian visual artist working in the fields of sculpture and installation. Her work reflects an interest in rituals and calendric customs that pertain to fertility and the cycle of the seasons and by extension, cycles of growth and decay.
Recent works seek to evoke signifiers of fecundity through a conflation of lavish costuming, adornment and forms in a state of metamorphosis. Drawing on a multitude of sources including myths, fairy tales and European superstition and folklore, Julia examines our connection to life, death and sex.
Since graduating from Adelaide Central School of Art, Julia has exhibited regularly and been the recipient of a number of grants and awards. Recent exhibitions include The Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art – Monster Theatre at the Museum of Economic Botany, The National 2019: New Australian Art at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Versus Rodin: Bodies across space and time at the Art Gallery of South Australia, Long Ballads at Ideas Platform Artspace, Sensual Nature at the Fremantle Arts Centre and Psychache at Holy Rollers Studio.
Julia lectures in the Bachelor of Visual Art program at Adelaide Central School of Art. Her work is held in the Art Gallery of South Australia, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Artbank and private collections.
Julia Robinson is represented by Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide.
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