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Element + Form

Julia
Morison

New Zealand
b.1952

This website is an archive of my work. It will hopefully be a useful tool for anyone interested in the work I make as a contemporary visual artist. All works have been posited to a system of 10 separate groups. Each group, I-X is aligned with a particular material or quality and a geometrical form. This system, which is also a consistent device within many of the works, draws together works with similar preoccupations. Note that this archive is incomplete— if you own a work that is not featured in this archive, I would be very grateful for your help in providing me with a description and photographic documentation.

Element + Form

Transparent + Circle
Gold + Triangle
Silver + Vessel
Mercuric Oxide + Cross
Blood + Twist
Pearl + Spiral
Shit + Arrow
Clay + Vesica Piscis
Ash + Pedestal
Lead + Square

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Artwork

Artwork

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Exhibition

Exhibition

2025
Drawings from 1982-2025 Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Sydney Contemporary Australia
2024
Entelechy Webbs Gallery, Wellington
Ode to Hilma: Julia Morison Wellington City Gallery
Art Fair 2024; Emily Gardener/Jonathan Smart Auckland
Vademecum II Webbs Gallery, Wellington
2023
Art Fair: Trish Clark Auckland
Live another day Nadene Milne Gallery, Christchurch
2022
3(.)6 degrees of separation Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Hindsight Trish Clark Gallery
2021
Omnium Gatherum: Alembic Sumer Gallery, Tauranga
Sumer at Auckland Art Fair Auckland
Head[case] Tauranga Art Gallery
Head[case] Adam Gallery, Auckland
All That Is Solid Melts Auckland Art Gallery
Head[case] Sargeant Gallery, Whanganui
2020
Segue Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Head[case] Objectspace
Myriorama 11 Sumer Gallery, Tauranga
2019
Head[case] Christchurch Art Gallery
The Head and the Heart Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Um/Er Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland
Roundabout Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
2018
Jonathan Smart Gallery Auckland Art Fair
Rock n Roll: 30 yrs on Jonathan Smart Gallery, Chrsitchurch
Omnium Gatherum: 5th Iteration Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
2017
Tai Tapu Sculpture. Tai Tapu,Christchurch
The River Lie, Suter Gallery Nelson
Things from the Book of Shadows Two Rooms, Auckland
Open Studio Christchurch
2016
Spirit Level, Yellow House Gallery Sydney
Omnium Gatherum Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Omnium Gatherum, Two Rooms Auckland
Undreamed of... 50 years of Frances Hodgkins Fellowship Hocken Library & Dunedin Public Art Galleru
The XX Factor Trish Clark Gallery, Auckland
Julia Morison: 7 Great paintings from the 80's Nadene Milne Gallery, Arrowtown
Handbuilt Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland
Vibre - group exhibition Jonathan Smart Gallery, Chrsitchurch
2015
Head[case] Two Rooms, Auckland
Implicated and Immune Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland
Omnium Gatherum Bartley + Company Art, Wellington
2014
Head[case] Bartley + Company Art, Wellington
2000 Grounds for Error Nadene Milne Gallery, Arrowtown
2000 Grounds for Error Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Choice Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Collected Fictions Te Manawa, Palmerston North
Loaded Enjoy, Wellington
2013
25:52 Jonathan Smart Gallery
2000 Grounds for Error Two Rooms, Auckland
Tree Houses for Swamp Dwellers Public Sculpture, Christchurch
Ouroborus / Wooorm Botanical Gardens, Dunedin
2012
Meet me on the other side Ng Building, Christchurch City Gallery
Dense Hang Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Meet me on the other side Wellington City Gallery, 17 August-7 October
Peripheral Relations: Marcel Duchamp and New Zealand Art 1960-2011 Adam Gallery, Victoria University, Auckland, July-October.
M(o)usings Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
NEC entrance Wellington
2011
Meet me on the other side Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland
Myriorama:10 'Sleight of Hand', Sargeant Gallery, Wanganui
Old School/New School- An Art & Design History of New Zealand Massey University, Wellington
Cantabrians Oxford Art Gallery
Aibohphobia Bunker Project, Christchurch Art Gallery
Bunker Project Christchurch Art Gallery forecourt
2010
Ringing the Changes Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland
Myriorama:07:Network '17th Biennale of Sydney: The Beauty of Distance, Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age', Australia
Myriorama:08 Knot commission for the Christchurch City Council, Christchurch
Myriorama:06 Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland
Myriorama:09 in 'Sleight of Hand' The Port Nelson Suter Biennale, Nelson
2009
Wayzgoose [limited edition] Muka Gallery, Auckland
Myriorama:05 'Wall Works', Adam Gallery, University of Victoria, Wellington
Inner Landscapes SoFA Gallery, Christchurch
Works:1990-99 Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington
Oikkio Mark Hutchins Gallery, Auckland Art Fair
2008
Myriorama:02 Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland
64 (final exhibiton) 64zero3, Christchurch
We are unsuitable for framing Te Papa, Wellington
Myriorama:01 64zero3, Christchurch
Myriorama:03 Ramp Gallery, Wintec, Hamilton
Teaching Aids Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga
Myriorama:04 Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga
2007
Gargantua's Petticoat Two Rooms, Auckland
a loop around a loop Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Painting: Helen Calder & Julia Morison Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
Heather Straka & Julia Morison Ngaumatau Gallery, Arrowtown
The Secret Life of Paint Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
Art School 125 Christchurch City Gallery
Slating Art CoCA, Christchurch
1,m0n0chr0mes:7 in 'a loop around a loop', Dunedin
2006
a loop around a loop Christchurch City Art Gallery
1,m0n0chr0mes:6 in 'a loop around a loop', Christchurch
Black, white and shades of grey Gallery 64zero3, Christchurch
Visual Arts Celebrated by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand Auckland Art Gallery
2005
Gobsmack & Flabbergast 64zero3, Christchurch
Celestial Bodies (with John Chrisstoffels and Chris Cree-Brown) Town Hall, Christchurch
One Thing & Thing Too [curated by Madame] 64zero3, Christchurch
Teaching Aids Gus Fisher Gallery, University of Auckland
Some works from Gobsmack & Flabbergast The Signal, Hamilton
Some works from Gobsmack & Flabbergast Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
2004
2nd Auckland Triennial Auckland City Art Gallery
Primary Connections Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
Space Invaders Lopdell House Gallery, Waitakere City
Public/Private: Tumatanui/Tumataiti, The 2nd Auckland Triennial Auckland Art Gallery
no names for things no string for Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
SOFA Print Project SOFA Gallery, Christchurch
2003
Threadbare Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Signs and Wonders Te Papa, Wellington
Inaugural Contemporary Collection Exhibition Christchurch Art Gallery
no names for things no string for Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Julia Morison: Works 1981–1984 Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
2002
From the Book of Shadows Jensen Gallery, Auckland
Angels and Flies Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Teaching Aids Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton
High Street Project Fundraising Show (aka Madame) High Street Gallery, Christchurch
M.A.C. Artworks Art Auction Royal & Sun Alliance Building, Auckland
Sightlines: looking into the art collection Te Papa, Wellington
2001
Crossing the Rubicon Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Teaching Aids:1 'Dark Plain' Christchurch Arts Festival, CoCA, Christchurch
Prospect 2001 City Gallery, Wellington
PAIN.01: School of Fine Arts Painting Department exhibition' City Art Space, Christchurch
New Work Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
Menagerie Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
Dark Plain Christchurch Arts Festival, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
2000
Jude Rae, Tony Lane, Julia Morison Jensen Gallery, Auckland
The Numbers Game: Art and Mathematics Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University, Wellington
In Glorious Dreams (with Heather Straka) Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth
Canterbury Painting in the 1990s Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
Not Seen to be Staring: Madame & the Bastard with Heather Straka] Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
Madame & the Bastard do Black (with Heather Straka) The Kiosk, Christchurch
1999
Amperzand Jensen Gallery, Auckland
Julia Morison Jensen Gallery, Wellington
Take 5 Te Papa, Wellington
Material Evidence: 100-headless woman (with Martin Grant) 'Jardins Secrets' KP5 Biennale L’hospital Charles Foix, Paris
Wallace Art Awards Wallace Gallery, Auckland; City Gallery, Wellington; COCA, Christchurch
Not Seen to be Staring [Madame & the Bastard] Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Material Evidence: 100-Headless Woman Judith Clarke Gallery, London
Material Evidence: 100-Headless Woman Selfridges Department Store, London
Madame & the Bastard (with Heather Straka) Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
1998
Edicts & Tondos Jensen Gallery, Auckland
Material Evidence: 100-headless woman Wellington City Gallery
1,m0n0chr0mes:5 L’Ancien Collège des Jésuites, Reims, France
Material Evidence: 100-headless woman The Adelaide Festival, Artspace, Adelaide. Australia
Julia Morison Jensen Gallery, Wellington
1997
1,m0n0chr0mes:3 Conversing with Loplop Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Material Evidence: 100-headless woman Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth
StutterinG Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
1,m0n0chr0mes:4 [&] Jensen Gallery, Auckland
1996
1,m0n0chr0mes:2 McDougall Annex, Christchurch
Command a view of a distant cry wide of the mark & Golem Jensen Gallery, Wellington
1995
End to Begin Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
1,m0n0chr0mes:1 Auckland New Gallery
25 into 41 Gold Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
A Very Peculiar Practice: Aspects of Recent New Zealand Painting City Gallery, Wellington
Decanted Jensen Gallery, Wellington
1994
Re-rite: Amalgame Fisher Gallery, Auckland
Love Philtres Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch
Taking Stock of the ’90s Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
Parallel Lines: Gordon Walters in Context City Art Gallery, Auckland
Educating Miranda [with Michael Ghent] Video de Poche, Paris
Amalgame Pt.II Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland
1993
Centre for Contemporary Art, Hamilton
Love Philtres Artspace, Auckland
Love Philtres Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth
Group exhibition Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
Women on Women: Art in Dunedin since 1893 Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
White Camellias
Alter/Image Public Art Gallery, Auckland
Alter/Image City Gallery, Wellington
Codex Jonathan/Jensen Gallery, Christchurch
Amalgame Pt.II and Encyclopedia Centre for Contemporary Art, Hamilton
1992
The Boundary Rider: 9th Biennale of Sydney Sydney, Australia
O’Livia: an alternative plan for Livia’s garden Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
Headlands: Thinking through New Zealand art National Art Gallery, Wellington; MCA Sydney; Auckland Art Gallery; Dunedin Art Gallery
Group exhibition Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
Artists-in-Residence: The Frances Hodgkins Fellows Past and Present Hocken Library, Dunedin
Past and Present Hocken Library, Dunedin
1991
Amalgame Cadran Solaire, Troyes, France
The Cross Artis Gallery, Auckland
Aller Retour Artis Gallery, Auckland
Retables from Amalgame Jonathan/Jensen Gallery, Christchurch
1990
New Zealand Modern Masters II Collection -Toured
Now See Hear! Art, language and translation City Gallery, Wellington
Julia Morison, Pauline Rhodes, Graham Bennett and Simon Morris Jonathan/Jensen Gallery, Christchurch
In the Forest of Dream [Moët & Chandon NZ Art Foundation] Public Art Gallery, Dunedin; Artspace, Auckland; Suter Gallery, Nelson
Artis Group Show Artis Gallery, Auckland
[...] exuberant, floating, dancing, mocking, childish and blissful art George Fraser Gallery
Decan: A Work in Ten Parts Artspace, Auckland
1989
Canterbury Belles Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch. Toured 1989–1991
Decan: A Work in Ten Parts CSA Gallery, Christchurch
Decan: A Work in Ten Parts Hocken Library, Dunedin
Anatomy Jonathan/Jensen Gallery, Christchurch
1988
Exhibits: The Museum Display and the Encyclopedia Plate National Art Gallery, Wellington; Artspace, Auckland
Four Works 1985–86 Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
1987
Sex and Sign McDougall Gallery, Christchurch
Vademecum & Golem Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington
Vademecum & Golem Artis Gallery, Auckland
Sex and Sign Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
Sex and Sign Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
Sex and Sign Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
Sex and Sign Hawke’s Bay Art Gallery and Museum, Napier
Sex and Sign Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North
Sex and Sign City Gallery, Wellington
Sex and Sign Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
Sex and Sign Artspace, Auckland
Content and Symbol Artis Gallery, Auckland
ARX ’87: Australia and Regions Artists’ Exchange Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Australia
1986
Content/Context: A survey of recent New Zealand art National Gallery of New Zealand
Inclinations Artis Gallery, Auckland
1985
The Word Suter Gallery, Nelson (toured)
Tenth Anniversary Exhibition Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
Three Works RKS Art, Auckland
Paintings and Drawings Centre Gallery of Contemporary Art, Hamilton
Equivocation Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington
1984
Invocation/Equivocation Brooke Gifford Gallery
Joan Miró Drawing Exhibition Barcelona, Spain and Okinawa, Japan
Apertures CSA Gallery, Christchurch
Julia Morison- Recent Paintings Petar/James Gallery, Auckland
1983
Works on Paper: 3rd Anniversary Exhibition Gingko Gallery, Christchurch
The President’s Exhibition: mixed media on paper CSA Gallery, Christchurch
1982
Julia Morison Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
Julia Morison Petar/James Gallery, Auckland
1981
Petar/James Gallery, Auckland
1980
Elva Bett Gallery, Wellington
Julia Morison Petar/James Gallery, Auckland
Julia Morison Elva Bett Gallery, Wellington
1979
Three Painters Barry Lett Gallery, Auckland
Show the Flag National Gallery, Wellington
Drawing ’79’ CSA Gallery, Christchurch
Paintings: Contrastare and Black Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
1978
Fifteen Manawatu Artists Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North
Julia Morison The Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
Julia Morison Victoria University of Wellington Library
1977
Works on Paper Bob McMurray Gallery, Palmerston North
Julia Morison Thompson House, Levin
1976
Align to a line Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
The Wanganui Lions AA Travel Art Award (toured)
New Zealand Drawing ’76 Auckland City Art Gallery
All the same... Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
1975
Drawings and Small Works Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
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Arcana, 04. The Emperor

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2025, 400 x 250 x 250mm + plinth 1050 x 500 x 500mm, bronze

Exhibitions: Sydney Contemporary Australia (2025)

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