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ARTIST BIO: JULIE SQUIRES

Artist | Creative Director | Project Manager

Education

2017 PHD Candidate, Architecture and the Built Environment, University of Newcastle 2005 Master of Fine Art (Sculpture), University of Newcastle 1995 Graduate Diploma in Art, University of Newcastle 1993 BAVA (Sculpture), University of Newcastle 1989 Associate Diploma in Art, Hunter Institute of Technology Awards / Grants

2011 Newton-John Award – Newcastle University, category: Innovation and Creativity that has improved cultural life in the Hunter Region and Newcastle. 2008 Arts NT – Public Art – Major Works Grant 2006 Australia Council Grant for representing Australia in Satellite exhibition in Shanghai 2000 Australia Council Community & Cultural Development Grant 2000 CONDA Award Professional Technical Achievement in Set Design 1995 NAVA Artists Marketing Grant 1995 Pat Corrigan Artists Grant 1991 Reg Russom Memorial Drawing Award 1989 Reg Russom Memorial Drawing Award Solo Exhibitions

2005 Expression of Interest - Masters Exhibition, Newcastle Faculty Gallery 2001 Decent Into Life - John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle 1997 Julie Squires - Von Bertouchs Gallery, Newcastle 1996 Journey with Souls – John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle 1995 Body & Soul – Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle

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Selected Group Exhibitions

Squires has exhibited in thirty-two group shows since 1989, including curated exhibitions in: 2014 25 Watt, Watt Space Gallery 25 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Newcastle 2009 Aqueous Bloom, Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne 2007 Contamination, Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne 2006 Satellite, representing Australia in Shanghai 2003 McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award, Melbourne 2001 About Face – a Portrayal, Maitland Regional Gallery 1999 Filipino Women in Australia, Lake Macquarie Regional Gallery 1997 Sculpture By The Sea, Sydney Publications

• The Muster Point, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art, Malor, Deborah & Heather Johnson. Volume1, Number 2. 2000

• Ribbons of Steel, Art Force, Australia Council Issue No.101 summer 98/99 • The Unillustrated Proceedings of Watch This Space: A Conference on Public Art • The Australian Journal of Art. Malor, Deborah & Heather Johnson, Newcastle University P81, 1999

Documentaries TV / Radio

• Life On The Edge, National Geographic Channel, Prospero Productions • Studio Life, ABC TV – Documentary: 2008, Gasworks Arts Park Feature • Last Days At Big Harry’s Place, ABC Radio National, Radio Eye. 28 June 1999 • The Certainty of Uncertainty, ABC Radio National, Radio Eye. 14 April 2000 Project Management Employment

2010 Creative Director Indigenous Art - Australian Pavilion, World Expo Shanghai, China 2006 Scenic Team Manager for Production/ Installation - Australian Pavilion, World Expo Japan

Public Art Experience in Local and State Government

2020 NSW. State Gov. Kamay National Park 2019 Baw Baw Shire Council 2017 City of Warrnambool 2017 Cardinia Council 2015 Orange City Council 2014 City of Greater Dandenong 2014 City of Casey 2014 Cardinia Shire Council 2013 Cardinia Shire Council 2012 City Of Casey 2011 Taronga Zoo, Sydney, NSW State Government 2010 Kingston City Council 2009 Bathurst Regional Council 2008 Alice Springs Town Council 2008 Kingston City Council 2007 Kingston City Council 2006 Frankston City Council 2006 Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary, Zoo’s Victoria, VIC State Government 2004 Wyndham City Council 1996 Newcastle Bicentenary Commission and Newcastle City Council

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Public Art Commissions

2020 250th Anniversary of ‘First Contact’. The Whales, Canoes – Kamay National Park, Sydney 2019 Ancestors Dreaming, Princes Fwy, Gippsland. Steel 2017 Where’s The Water, Liebig St, Warrnambool. Bronze 2017 Mr Yakkerboo Meets Blue, Main St, Pakenham. Bronze 2016 The Brick Worker, Waratah Village, Newcastle 2015 Anzac Cenotaph, Orange. 2014 Journey, City of Greater Dandenong, Collaboration with Kris Coad 2013 The Gift, Cardinia Shire Council 2013 Eel Seat, City of Casey 2012 St Mary McKillop, Melbourne 2011 Tasmanian Devil, Taronga Zoo: Entry Sculpture, Sydney 2010 Pompei’s Boat, Kingston Council, Mordialloc 2009 The Gathering Garden, Alice Springs Town Council 2008 Peter Brock Memorial, National Motor Racing Museum Bathurst 2008 Horse, City of Kingston Council, Mordialloc 2008 Memories of the Seaside, Mentone 2008 Mother & Children, Scotch College, Melbourne 2007 The Eagle, Entry Sculpture, Healesville Sanctuary 2006 The Diggers, Great Ocean Road Memorial 2006 Eel Race Bridge, Seaford 2004 Jacqueline Du Pre Portrait, Constable & Hershon Vineyard 2003 Woolly Jumpers, Cambridge Reserve, Hoppers Crossing 2002 View from The Edge, Constable & Hershon Vineyard, Pokolbin 1999 Destiny, Newcastle Harbour Commemoration of 200th Anniversary Newcastle Port 1999 The Muster Point, Newcastle BHP Steelworks Industrial Drive, Newcastle Memorial 1999 Sea Eagles, RTA of New South Wales 1998 Carrington Gateway, Newcastle Port Corporation, Port Entry Walls Carrington 1996 Nobby's Break Wall, Newcastle Bicentenary Commission [end document]