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Julia Morison
Artist

Julia Morison

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Creating symbolic paintings, installations and sculptural forms.

Vademecum · Tree Houses for Swamp Dwellers

Born
1952
Birthplace
Pahiatua

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Julia Morison

Julia Morison is a New Zealand artist whose work combines repeating systems with unusual materials.

Early life

Art education

Completed graphic-design training in 1972 and a fine-art degree at Canterbury in 1975.

Career

  1. 1988

    Frances Hodgkins Fellowship

    Received the Otago fellowship.

  2. 1990

    French residency

    Undertook a residency in Avize.

  3. 1999–2007

    Teaching

    Lectured in painting at Canterbury.

Selected work

Vademecum

Created a multipart work within her symbolic system.

Tree Houses for Swamp Dwellers

Made a relocatable public sculpture for Christchurch.

Beyond work

Earthquake response

After the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, worked with found objects and liquefaction sediment.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General. CC BY 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.