With a background in fine arts, printmaking, museum planning and education, Juliana O’Dean’s interest as a contemporary artist lies in examining nature’s dynamic relationships through research based practice.
A focus on the significance of terrain, ground and geology in defining place, and human relationships with place, underpins her conceptual approach.
Influenced by interpretative processes employed in creating exhibitions about natural environments, she works across a range of artistic disciplines.
She believes that the contemporary imaging of nature by artists is occurring at a critical juncture in man’s presence on the planet and that the act of recording allows the artist and viewer the possibility of reappraisal and re-valuing.
Selected C.V.
EDUCATION
2008 MFA by Research in Painting, College of Fine Arts, University of NSW
2001 Bachelor of Fine Art, National Art School, Sydney
1994 Advanced Diploma in Painting, National Art School, Sydney
1980 Graduate Diploma in Tertiary Education, Distinguished Academic Achievement Award,
Sydney Teachers College, University of Sydney
1977 Sydney College of the Arts Master Class Program, Painting. Entry by selection by lecturer, John Olsen
1964-1968 Diploma in Design and Crafts, East Sydney Technical College, ASTC (Associate of Sydney Technical College) 5 yr f/t course. Graduate status
PART TIME STUDIES
From 1997 Printmaking, National Art School, Sydney. 3 years
Black and White Photography, National Art School, Sydney
Lighting in Photography National Art School, Sydney
AWARDS
2010 Highly Commended Award, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery Outback Art Prize
2008 Inaugural Postgraduate Residency, ARC COFA Postgraduate Studio, University of NSW Arid Zone Research Station, Fowlers Gap, NSW
2007 Residency, Australian Museum, Collection of Mineralogy
2007 Studio Residency, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
2007 Residency, Le Musee de Mineralogie, l’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines, Paris
2004 Australia Council and Arts Victoria Funding, Gabriel Gallery, Seine-Maribyrnong Exhibition
2002 Studio Residency, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
1996 Denise Hickey Memorial Studio Residency, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris. Awarded by Art Gallery of NSW
1980 Distinguished Academic Achievement Award, Sydney Teachers College, University of Sydney
1974 Winston Churchill Memorial Fellowship for Museum Planning and Exhibition Design.
Program covered UK, Germany (Deutsches & Dahlem Museums), USA (Smithsonian Insti- tute), Canada
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Inherent Delicacy, Kudos Gallery, COFA University of NSW
2004 Double Vision - Seine Maribyrnong, Gabriel Gallery, Footscray Community Art Centre Vic.
2002 La Terre Intime, Salle E.M.Sandoz, Salles d’Exposition, Cite Internationale des Arts
1996 Les Pyrenees Decouverte, Atelier Exhibition, Cite Internationale des Arts
FINALIST - AWARD EXHIBITIONS
2010 Highly Commended, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery Outback Art Prize
2009 Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery Outback Art Prize (photography)
2009 NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize, Judge and selection, Edmund Capon
2006 Tyree Tycan Works on Paper Prize, Berrima, NSW
2005 Tim Olsen Drawing Prize, COFA, NSW
2002 Alvaro Painting Prize, Berrima District Art Society
CURATED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Margo Lewers Mosaic: ‘Expansion”, ANU Foyer Gallery, Canberra - photographs of Margo Lewers’ mosaics
2010 Gallery 4a Group Exhibition
2010 Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery Outback Art Prize
2009 Remembering Paris, Macquarie University Gallery, NSW (photography)
2009 Gallery 4a Group Exhibition
2008 Sighting the Whale, Mosman Art Gallery, NSW (photography)
2008 Gallery 4a Group Exhibition
2007 Travel Notes, Cowra Regional Gallery, NSW (photography)
2007 Gallery 4a Group Exhibition
2007 Fowlers Gap 2006, COFA Exhibition/ Performance Space, NSW
2006 Desert Space -The ILIRI Research Project, Alliance Francaise Gallery, ACT
2005 Going Out There - ILIRI Survey Exhibition, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA NSW
2005 Palm to Paper, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
2004 Without Reason, Biennale Associated Event. Curated by COFA
2004 Spectrum 2004 Exhibition, Parliament House, NSW
2004 FONAS Stock Exchange-Reuters Exhibition, Cell Block Exhibition Space, NAS
1996 Ironsides Invitation Exhibition, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
PROJECTS
2013 Residency at the Centre for Recent Drawing, London
Current The ‘Ancient earth, Fresh Ground’ Project - a solo exhibition of two and three dimensional objects that explores the significance of’ “ground” in the landscape, at two sites in NSW, and the making of a rare edition book of poetry and etchings that relate to “ground”.
2007-8 Successful application on behalf of COFA Postgraduate students to UNSW Students Union for construction of a 3 person, ecologically sustainable, live/work artist’s studio, UNSW Arid Zone Research Station, Fowlers Gap. Construction completed 2008. Construction cost $150,000.
2007 Project Manager, Recognising the Land International Symposium, 10 day event UNSW Arid Zone Research Station, Fowlers Gap. Participants included Dr Idris Murphy, Professor Paul Carter, Professor Ian Howard, Badger Bates, Dr David Croft,
Associate Professor Peter Hill, Janet Laurence, Professor Stuart Hill, Co-Joint Professor Peter Stutchbury, Dutch artists, architects and photographers.
2006-7 Research Assistant, Imaging the land International Research Institute, COFA
BIBLIOGRAPHY (Abbreviated)
2012
Essay The Groundscape Project - Making a Rare Edition Book , The College Voice, Vol.10, Issue 2
2011
Catalogue Expansion - Margo Lewers Mosaic Mural, Canberra Rex Hotel
2010
Catalogue Gallery 4a Exhibition
Catalogue Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery Outback Art Prize, July 2010
2009
Catalogue Broken Hill Regional Gallery Outback Art Prize, August 2009
Catalogue Gallery 4a Exhibition
Artist’s Talk A Vision of Two Rivers, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney, 12.8.2009
Catalogue NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize
Essay I and Thou - Idris Murphy, Juliana O’Dean, July, 2009
Article I and Thou - Idris Murphy, Juliana O’Dean, The College Voice Website ARC@COFA Vol. 7 Issue 1 Winter 2009
Collection La Terre Intime, Catalogue by Juliana O’Dean, National Library of Australia
Catalogue Essay Regarding Certainties, Remembering Paris Exhibition, Juliana O’Dean, p.22, 2.7. 2009
Catalogue Essay Remembering Paris, Leonard Janiszewski and Gina Hammond, Curators, Macquarie
University Art Gallery, p.1, 2.7.2009
Website Exhibition: Remembering Paris, COFA UNSW News and Events, www.cofa.unsw.edu.au/newsevents/events/event
Website New Photo Exhibition Shows Paris As You’ve Never Seen It Before, Macquarie University Marketing Unit, www.pr.mq.edu.au/events/archive
Article Remembering Paris at Macquarie, The Macquarie Globe, www.international.mq.edu.au/globe/default
Website Listing, Upcoming Events, Innovative Universities European Union Centre
http://iueu.org.au/webpages/news.html
Article L’an dernier, le Musee accueillait Juliana O’Dean, Le Lien, Mines Paris Tech,
Journal of l’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines, France, p.2 No.78, Mars, 2009
2008
Radio Interview Art Student Field Trips as Educational Experience, ABC Radio National, Rural Report, Bro- ken Hill, 18.7.2008
Catalogue Essay Inherent Delicacy, Juliana O’Dean, February, 2008
Catalogue Inherent Delicacy, Kudos Gallery, COFA, UNSW
MFA Thesis The Materiality of Stone, Juliana O’Dean, February, 2008, Sydney, NSW
Catalogue Essay Sighting the Whale, The Exhibition in Context, Katrina Cashman, Curator, p.6, publisher Mosman Art Gallery
Article Sighting the Whale, Exhibition Preview, Katrina Cashman, Imprint, Vol.43, No.1, p.13
Catalogue Sighting the Whale, Mosman Art Gallery,15th March-4th May, 2008, p.16, published by Mosman Art Gallery
Article Sighting the Whale, New works from Primrose Paper Arts, Julie Petersen, Mosman Art Gallery, 5.3.2008 www.mosman.nsw.gov.au
Essay Teaching in the Desert, Juliana O’Dean., The College Voice Website, COFASA Vol.4, Issue 2007
Article Postgraduate Research, Residency in Paris, Research Centres Postgraduate Research COFA, UNSW, 12.12.2007
Article Residency in Paris, Juliana O’Dean, COFA, The College Voice, Vol. 6, Issue 2, ARC Website via UNSW Website
2006
Catalogue Travel Notes, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, 21.12.2006
Artist’s Talk Artist Travellers: Journeys of the Eye, 23.12.2006, Cowra Regional Art Gallery
Website National Gallery of Australia, Prints and Printmaking, Asia Pacific
Essay Intimate Earth, Transcendent Stone, Juliana O’Dean, The College Voice Website, COFASA Vol.4, Issue 1, COFA, University of NSW
Annual Report UNSW Fowlers Gap Arid Zone Research Station Annual Report, Artist’s Statement, Juliana O’Dean, p.38, University of NSW
Journal Article Palm to Paper, TEXTILE Fibre Forum, p.41, Issue 1, No. 81
Catalogue Tyree-Tycan Works on Paper Prize, 31.3.2006
2005
Catalogue Palm to Paper, Primrose Paper Works, 23.7.2005
Article Outback Influence, Aimee Brown, Sydney Weekly Courier,, p.11, 7.9.2005
Catalogue (Going) Out There, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA, UNSW p.6, 20.10.2009
Catalogue Tim Olsen Drawing Prize, Kudos Gallery, COFA,15.7.2005
Catalogue Desert Space (The ILIRI Research Project), Gallery Alliance Francaise, Canberra
30.11.05
2004
Catalogue Imaging the Land, COFA E/PS Gallery, 10.9.2004
Catalogue Double Vision-Seine Maribyrnong, Gabriel Gallery, Footscray Community Arts Centre, 15.4.2004
Listing Seine-Maribyrnong, New Exhibitions, The Age, Melbourne, 16.4.2004
Listing Seine-Maribyrnong Double Vision, Melbourne Magazine, May Issue, 2004
Radio Interview Seine Maribyrnong Exhibition, SBS Radio, French language interview, May 2004
Article A Meeting of Rivers, Piggery Press, Melbourne, May Edition, 2004
Article Paris and Footscray, Community Roundup, The Times, Melbourne,13.4.2004
Article A Tale of Two Cities, an artist’s river view, The Star, Melbourne, 13.4.2004
Article A Tale of Two Rivers, The Times, Melbourne, 20.4.20
Catalogue Without Reason, Biennale Event Exhibition, COFA E/PS Gallery, 1.11.2004
2003
Catalogue ASX Reuters/Friends of the National Art School Exhibition, Cell Block Gallery, 1.9.2003
2002
Website NAVA Artists‘ Website
Catalogue La Terre Intime, Juliana O’Dean, Salles E.M.Sandoz, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
Catalogue Essay La Terre Intime, Juliana O’Dean, 28.11.2002
Catalogue Alvaro Painting Prize, Berrima District Art Society, 13.7.2002
2001
Catalogue A Studio in Paris, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
COLLECTIONS
Public Collections
Maribyrnong City Council, Le Musee de Mineralogie, Ecole Nationale Superieure, Paris
Private Collections
Australia, UK, France,Germany, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, USA
ASSOCIATIONS
Imaging the Land International Research Institute COFA UNSW
National Association for the Visual Arts
Print Council of Australia
Codex Australia