Julian Meagher
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Julian Meagher Julian Meagher is a 37 year old Sydney based artist who ten years ago left work as a medical doctor to pursue painting full time. He studied the Atelier method of painting in Florence, Italy. Since then he has exhibited widely across Australia and Internationally. He recently had a sell out show at the Australian High Commission in Singapore. For the last seven years he has also been a director of Chalk Horse Gallery, known for its support of emerging contemporary artists and international programming. In 2009 and 2012 he was the recipient of the New Work Grant from the Australia Council of the Arts He has been a finalist multiple times in the Doug Moran Portrait Prize, Salon des Refuses, Metro Art Prize, Blake Prize for Religious Art, RBS Emerging Artist Prize and was a finalist in the 2014 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW. He has exhibited at the Melbourne International Art Fair in 2010 and 2012, Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair in 2010, Scope Miami in 2011 and 2012 and at Sydney Contemporary 2013. Julian Meagher is represented by OLSEN Gallery, Sydney.
Being creative isn’t an easy, linear, straight road; it has its problems, but if you can eke out an existence doing it, it’s magic.” - Julian Meagher
A Shining Diamond, 2018 Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Image size 71 x 51 cm Edition of 25 AUD $1,100
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The Inlet #8, 2018 Archival pigment print on HahnemĂźhle Fine Art paper Image size 80 x 64 cm Edition of 25 AUD $1,100
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The Inlet #19, 2018 Archival pigment print on HahnemĂźhle Fine Art paper Image size 80 x 64 cm Edition of 25 AUD $1,100
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Julian Meagher Born 1978, Sydney, Australia EDUCATION Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery, University of New South Wales, 1997-2003 Portrait Painting at Charles H Cecil Studios, Florence, Italy, 200 Part time student at Julian Ashton Art School, 1994-1997 SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018 Inlet/Outlet, OLSEN Gallery 2015 Drinking with the other sun, Olsen Irwin 2014 The sky still breaks, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, USA 2013 The Space Between Clouds and Mud, Edwina Corlette Gallery Brisbane 2012 Pressure makes Diamonds, Aratong Gallery Australian High Commission Singapore 2012 As a matter of Fact, 52 Tins Flight QF1 Art Vault, Mildura 2011 Blue Ribbon. Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney The King of Good Times, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane From where you’d rather be, Gallery Ecosse, NSW Strong men also cry, Lindberg Gallery, Melbourne 2010 Small Heroes, Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney Portable Shrines, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane 2009 Mikoshi, Scott Livesey Gallery, Melbourne Inks in Oil, Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney 2008 The best gesture of my brain, Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney Scrub Series, Upstairs Flinders Gallery, Melbourne 2007 Integument, Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney 2006 Scanning, SNMI 06, Jamshedpur, India Dissections, Depot II Gallery, Dank Street, Sydney 2003 Sketches from India, New York & Jupiter, Knot Gallery, Sydney 2002 Double Exposure Oils on X Ray, Pavillion Gallery, Bondi Sydney 2000 Artist in Residence, Sydney Grammar School, Sydney GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2014 2013 2012 2011 8
Group show, Olsen Irwin, Sydney Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Chalk Horse Gallery Fhloston Paradise, Merry Karnowski Gallery Los Angeles Miami Scope Art Fair, Chalk Horse Gallery Melbourne International Art Fair, Chalk Horse Gallery New Collectors, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane Miami Scope Art Fair, Chalk Horse Gallery Wattle, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
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Tatau BMGART Adelaide Shanghai Art Fair, Future Perfect Contemporary Art Platform, China Melbourne Art Fair, Chalk Horse Gallery Aratong Gallery, Singapore Christmas Show, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane Australia Council for the Arts Group Show /Artbank, Sydney The Horn of Plenty, Para/site Gallery Hong Kong Inks, Concord Library, City of Canada Bay Sydney Smoking Guns, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong. Chalk Reindeer, Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney My Body, My Business, At The Vanishing Point Gallery, Sydney Chalk Reindeer, Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney Australia Council of the Arts Window Box Show, Sydney New Artists Collective Exhibition, McCulloch Gallery, Melbourne Cross Sections II Collector’s Choice, Rex-Livingston Gallery, Sydney
PRIZES 2014 Finalist, Archibald Prize 2013 Mosman Art Prize 2012 Australia Council New Work Early Career Grant 2012 Doug Moran Portrait Prize Finalist 2012 Metro Art Prize Finalist, Melbourne 2011 Metro Art Award Finalist, Melbourne 2011 Salon Des Refuses Finalist, S.H Erwin Gallery Sydney 2010 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture Finalist, Perth 2010 Metro Art Award Finalist, Melbourne 2010 Salon Des Refuses Finalist, S.H Erwin Gallery, Sydney 2009 Royal Bank of Scotland Emerging Artist Award Finalist, Sydney 2009 Blake Prize Finalist, NAS Gallery, Sydney 2009 Metro 5 Art Award Finalist. Melbourne 2009 Doug Moran Portrait Prize Finalist. State Library NSW. 2009 Salon Des Refuses Finalist, S.H Erwin Gallery, Sydney 2008 Australia Council Emerging Artist New Work Development Grant 2003 Salon Des Refuses Finalist, S.H Erwin Gallery, Sydney 2002 Salon Des Refuses Finalist, S.H Erwin Gallery, Sydney COLLECTIONS Artbank Australian War Memorial, Canberra St Paul’s College, Sydney University St John’s College, Sydney University St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Sydney Private collections Sydney, Melbourne, Paris and Hong Kong
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