Julie Collins & Derek John
Core Samples 12 July - 31 July 2022
Opening Event Saturday 16 July 2-5pm @ 163 Ocean Beach Road, Sorrento
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Julie Collins & Derek John
Core Samples
How long did it take you to make that? This innocent, yet often asked question has stumped artists for the ages, unlike other professions artists generally don’t keep tabs on billable hours or material costs, so it is often a perplexing question. Yet, it was this very question which inspired this exhibition. Throughout our career we have gathered a repertoire of materials and techniques that are layered with conceptual meaning. This arsenal of symbolism has given us the versatility to create artworks which question humanity and the role we play in protecting this planet. Core Samples is a retrospective as such, a reflection on our practice, primarily the materials and the symbolism they hold, it drills into our career and draws out samples such as stone, metals, rubber, plant life, glass, paper, sand, plastics, resins, polyurethane to name a few. So in answer to the question…about 35 years. Further research into our practice visit www.djprojects.net/sculpture
1. The Retrospective Steel and resin core samples of 35 different materials. Too many to list. 720 x 700 x 500 mm $12,000
2. The Easy Option Steel, resin, charcoal, gold rocks, gold leaf 120 x 100 x 100 mm $ 1,200
3. Shard Steel, resin, rubber, bronze. 350 x 100 x100 $ 1,500
4. Trapped Steel, resin, plant life. 180 x 300 x 240 mm $ 1,500
5. Evidence Steel, resin, polyurethane and tree. 520 x 200 x 200 mm $2,500
6. Lost & Found #1 Timber, Sand, PVA, metal fillings, steel punching’s and bronze filings 200 x 400 x 100 mm $750
7. Lost & Found #2 Timber, Sand, PVA, metal fillings, polyurethane, wood, gold rocks. $750
8. Lost & Found #3 Timber, Sand, PVA, metal fillings, steel and wax 200 x 400 x 100 mm $750
9. Lost & Found #4 Timber, Sand, PVA, metal fillings, charcoal and gold rocks. 200 x 400 x 100 mm $750
10. Tender Trap – Memorial Steel, resin, rubber, metal rope clips and stone 170 x 350 x 100 mm $ 3,500
11. The Aftermath Steel, resin, rubber, glass, rubber and metal rope clips 160 x 270 x 100 mm $2,700
12. Opportunities Steel & resin 170 x 300 x 100 mm $3,000
13. Research Steel, resin, polyurethane & tree roots 170 x 240 x 100 mm $2,400
14. 2.0.1.4 - 2.0.1.7 Steel, resin, tree, polyurethane & paint 1800 x 200 x 200 mm $7,500
15. 2.0.0.0 - 2.0.2.2 Steel & resin 1670 x 200 x 200 mm $7,500
16. 1.9.8.4 - 2.0.1.9 Steel, resin, stone & paint 1600 x 200 x 200 mm $7,500
17. 2.0.0.7 - 2.0.1.8 Steel, resin, charcoal, gold leaf & paint 1650 x 200 x 200 mm $7,500
18. 2.0.2.2 Steel, resin, glass & paint 1230 x 200 x 200 mm $5,500
19. 1.9.9.9 - 2.0.2.0 Steel, resin, rubber & paint 1220 x 200 x 200 mm $5,500
20. 1.9.9.3 - 2.0.0.0 Steel, resin, aluminium & paint 1200 x 200 x 200 mm $5,500. Or $50,000 for the seven totems. Can be indoor or outdoors
21. Tango #1 Steel, resin and beads. 100 x 40 x 40 mm $200
22. Together - Apart Steel, resin, rock and bead ( 2 parts) 130 x 40 x 40 mm each $500
23. Tango #2 Steel, resin and beads 130 x 40 x 40mm $200
24. Tango #3 Steel, resin and beads 130 x 40 x 40 mm $200
25. Fools Gold Steel, sand, PVA, resin & gold leaf 170 x 500 x 170mm $4,500
26. Fragile Steel, resin and wire 170 x 350 x 100 mm $3,500
27. Sovereignty Mountain Steel, bronze filing and glass. 350 x 500 x 500 mm $9,500
Julie Collins & Derek John www.djprojects.net Solo Exhibitions by Julie Collins and Derek John 2022 Core Samples - & Gallery Australia @ Sorrento 2021 In the Not Too Distant Future- & Gallery Australia 2019 The Lucky Dip Fed Square - & Gallery Pop Up 2017 Evidence@Hepburn Bathhouse & Spa 2016 Paradise Lost, & Gallery Melbourne Paradise Lost, Stockroom Gallery Kyneton Evidence@ballarat Lost Ones Gallery, Ballarat 2015 Evidence Based Research – Collate, & Gallery Melbourne 2014 Evidence Based Research@QDOS, Qdos Gallery, Lorne, Victoria 2013 Rescue- Mars Gallery Port Melbourne 2011 Open Studio- Golden Plains Arts Trail 2011 Shared Journey- Stockroom, Kyneton, Victoria. Messages to the World, Mars Gallery, Port Melbourne. Open Studio -Golden Plains Arts Trail. Messages to the Street, Sturt Street Rotunda, Ballarat. 2010 Seven Stories - Civic Trust House. Cork Ireland. Rescue -Siamasa Tire Gallery, Tralee Ireland. Unnatural Disaster, Installation- National Sculpture Gallery Cork, Ireland. Landscape, Shared Journey -Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery. 2009 Arts Trail, Studio Exhibition. Are We There Yet? - Yarra Sculpture Gallery. 2008 Ship of Fools -Ballarat Mining Exchange. 2006 With Ownership Comes Great Responsibility -Yarra Sculpture Gallery. 2004 Landscape - Yarra Sculpture Gallery. Melbourne. 2002 The Small One -Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne. Solo Exhibitions by Julie Collins 2000 Fractured Memoirs- Yarra Sculpture Gallery. 1999 Pettys Reopen -Pettys Orchard, Templestowe Melbourne. 1998 Pettys Orchard -One Weekend Only, Melbourne. 1997 Worship -Yarra Sculpture Space Melbourne. 1995 Recent Sculpture- Craft Council Gallery Canberra. 1993 Zoning-Luba Bilu Gallery Melbourne. 1991 Recent Sculpture- Luba Bilu Gallery Melbourne. 1990 Sea Stories -Luba Bilu Gallery Melbourne Group Exhibitions by Julie Collins and Derek John 2022 Melbourne Salon at & Gallery @ FED SQ. Yering Station 20th Anniversary Sculpture exhibition 2021 Montalto Sculpture Award Every Artist Ever- Stockroom Kyneton 2017 CSA /Yarra Sculpture Gallery 20th Anniversary exhibition 2016 Montalto Sculpture Award- Red Hill Victoria Alice Springs Prize. Finalist Alice Springs 2015 Mt Alexander Rd Project – City of Moonee Valley Deakin Small Sculpture Award- Deakin University Gallery, Burwood CSA 18th Anniversary Exhibition- Yarra Sculpture Gallery- Abbotsford
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Evidence Based Research- the Rescue- Incinerator Garden Project - Moonee Ponds Climarte: The Warming and The Anthropocene Cabinet of Curiosities- Australian Galleries Montalto Sculpture Award- Red Hill Victoria Sculpture by the Sea- Bondi NSW Flower, Yarra Sculpture Gallery Curated by David Waters Mars Gallery Pop Up Exhibition WTC Melbourne. Lights on - Lights Off, Spencer Street Melbourne The Story of the Creative-See Me Gallery Long Island, Queens New York. Art/Work Fairbanks Gallery Ballarat, Victoria Mt Buller Sculpture Award- Mt Buller Victoria Periscope- Castlemaine State Festival, Visual Arts curated by Deborah Ratcliff Maquette Exhibition -Mars Gallery, Port Melbourne. A Pop Up Gallery - Mars Gallery in Collins Street. A Public Art Perspective - Backyard Gallery, Ballarat. Sculpture by the Sea- Cottlesloe, Western Australia. Small Works Australian Galleries -Melbourne & Sydney. Sculpture by the Sea- Bondi, New South Wales Montalto Sculpture Award-Red Hill, Victoria. Bonanza- Yarra Sculpture Gallery-Abbotsford, Victoria. Yering Station Sculpture Award- Yarra Valley. Toyota Sculpture Exhibition-Port Melbourne. Bittersweet, Macroom Town Hall-Macroom County Cork, Ireland. Seven Messages to the World- Willow Bar, Northern Exposure, Northcote. Bittersweet -Dodswell Gallery, Roscarberry, West Cork. Bonanza - Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford. Willoughby Sculpture Prize -Willoughby Council, NSW. Glenlyon Sculpture Show -Glenlyon Victoria. Horses and Hats - Yarra Sculpture Gallery. 1 0/30 - Post Office Gallery, Ballarat. Northern Exposure-High Street Northcote. Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize -Substation Newport. Linden Post Card Show - Linden Gallery St Kilda. Bonanza - Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford. Affordable Art Show - Post Office Gallery, Ballarat. Bonanza- Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford. Yering Station Sculpture Award & Exhibition -Yarra Valley. Glenlyon Sculpture Show - Curated by Jason Waterhouse. Metal, Curated by Van Komis - Yarra Sculpture Gallery. Ship of Fools, Ship of Hope, One World - Ballarat Mining Exchange. Ship of Fools, Ship of Hope, One World - Yarra Sculpture Gallery. Motorshow 3 -Docklands, Melbourne. Committed/Committee -Yarra Sculpture Space, Abbotsford. Montalto Sculpture Award - Red Hill, Victoria. Sustainable Living Festival - Federation Square. Lorne Sculpture Prize, Lorne Victoria. Yering Station Sculpture Award & Exhibition- Yering Station, Yarra Valley. Ten, 10th anniversary exhibition CSA. Yarra Sculpture Gallery. Bonanza, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford. Concurrent, ABL, Melbourne. Posted, Yarra Sculpture Gallery. Water, Yarra Sculpture Gallery.
Waste Not, Want Not - Edinburgh Gardens, North Fitzroy. Waste Not, Want Not - Yarra Sculpture Gallery. Contempora2 - Docklands, Melbourne. 2006 Motorshow 06, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne, curated by Jason Waterhouse. Symbiotics, Toyota Australia, Port Melbourne. Toorak Sculpture Festival, Toorak, Yering Station Sculpture Award & Exhibition. Yarra Valley. Bonanza, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford 2005 Docklands Festival of Sculpture. Docklands Melbourne. Metaphysics, Toyota Australia, Port Melbourne. Bonanza, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford. Yarra array, Birrarungmar, City of Melbourne. Group Exhibitions by Julie Collins 2005 Committed -Yarra Sculpture Gallery. 2004 The World We Live - Melbourne Museum. 2002 Terra Firma Sculpture Trail - Hawthorn, Melbourne. CSAsculpture@stkildabotanicalgardens - St Kilda Botanical Gardens. 2001 Selection - Yarra Sculpture Gallery, CSAsculpture@stkildabotanicalgardens - St Kilda Botanical Gardens. Horizons 01 - BHG Gallery, Kyneton, Victoria. Begonia Festival Sculpture Show -Ballarat. Sculpture Survey 01 - Gomboc Gallery W.A. 2000 Ovedue- Yarra Sculpture Gallery Melbourne. 1999 Organic, Sculptural Form/Natural Landscape- McClelland Art Gallery Langwarrin, The Australian Tactile Art Prize - Customs House Sydney. Commissions Rejected - Yarra Sculpture Gallery. Bonanza - Yarra Sculpture Gallery. 1998 M3 - Yarra Sculpture Space Melbourne. Sculpture Trail - Dandenong Ranges Victoria Australia. Curated by Ken Scarlett. Ceres Sculpture Show - Melbourne Australia. 1997 Herring Island Environmental Sculpture Park - Melbourne International Festival Enough Space - Yarra Sculpture Space, Melbourne. Fringe Festival - Stop 22, Melbourne Australia. 1996 Sculpture Now, Castlemaine State Festival. Gasworks Outdoor Sculpture Show, Gasworks Port Melbourne. 1995 The Situation Now; A Survey Of Local Non Objective Art - Latrobe University Continuum and Contrast curated By Ken Scarlett - McClelland Gallery. Contemporary Australian Artist - National Gallery of Victoria. It’s a Guitar Shaped World curated By Reg Lynch - Tamworth City Gallery NSW. 1994 Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibitions Buildings. Gasworks Outdoor Sculpture Show, Gasworks Port Melbourne. Sculpture for Heidelberg, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, curated by Ken Scarlett. Sculpture on The Foreshore, Williamstown Festival Melbourne. Alice Prize Araluen Arts Centre Alice Springs. 1993 No Standing, Melbourne International Festival Melbourne. Gasworks Outdoor Sculpture Show, Gasworks Port Melbourne. Artworkz 5 101 Collins Street Melbourne. 1992 Margaret Stewart Endowment Collection, National Gallery Of Victoria. Recently Seen, McClelland Gallery Mornington Victoria. Gasworks Outdoor Sculpture Show -Gasworks, Port Melbourne. Third Australian Contemporary Art Fair - Royal Exhibition Buildings.
1991 Review 1991 - Luba Bilu Gallery Melbourne. In 3D, Contemporary Outdoors Sculpture - Heide Park And Art Gallery. 1990 Special.... It’s Been Used Before - Luba Bilu Gallery. Sculpture at Riverside Quay South Bank Melbourne - Fourth Australian Sculpture Triennial Sculpture - Meat Market Craft Centre Melbourne. 1989 St Kilda Festival Show Theatre Works - Melbourne. Sculptors on The Wall, Others on the Floor - 70 Arden Street Gallery. 1988 Group Show - 70 Arden Street Gallery Melbourne. 1987 Prahran Prize Show- William Street Gallery Melbourne Residences Julie Collins and Derek John 2010 National Sculpture Factory in association with Cork Film Centre - Cork Ireland. Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery -Queensland, Australia. Julie Collins 2008 Artist in residence -Ballarat Art Gallery open weekend. 1998 (12 Months) Petty Orchards - Parks Victoria 1996 (3 months) Carey Grammar - Melbourne 1994 (3 Months) Doncaster Quarry -City of Manningham Awards & Grants Julie Collins and Derek John 2015 Mitchell Family Award, Monalto Sculpture 2009 Toyota Travel Award. Willoughby Sculpture Prize- Major Award. Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize, Fundere Award. 2008 Agashop Award of Excellence. 2007 Celia Dymond Design Acquisitive Award, Contempora2 Sculpture Encouragement Award 2006 Fernhills Non Acquisitive Prize, Yering Station, Highly Commended. Public Art Commission by Julie Collins and Derek John The Papermills - 10 major sculptures for Heidelberg development. ANA building Camp Street Ballarat Commission. Sunvale Project City of Brimbank Commission. Collaboration with Mandi Barton & Lee ann Clarke Sebastopol CFA 150th Commission. Private home- Shunde, China. City of Greater Geelong. Port Fairy, Private Commission. Mt Helen, Victoria, private home, The River. St Michaels Catholic Church – Melbourne Fresh & Salty, Haddon Wetlands - Regional Arts Victoria. Melbourne Seafood Centre - Ian Wright Collection. Dalwhinnie Wines. Melbourne International Festival, Herring Island, Parks Victoria City of Manningham Melbourne.
Collections – Julie Collins & Derek John Caydon Developments Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery Celia Dymond Design. Haddon Wetlands Golden Plains Shire Mark & Carolyn Guirguis Collection Dan Wollmering Collection Cathy & Lochie Dyer Collection The Sutcliffe Collection Bern Barry Collection Cootes Collection Ken Scarlett Collection Macrae & Way Collection Private Collections. Julie Collins National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne International Festival Herring Island, Parks Victoria Latrobe University Melbourne Taim Management 101 Collins Street Melbourne City of Manningham Melbourne Julian Burnside QC Royal Blind Society– NSW Fundere Fine Art Foundry Collection Private Collections visit www.djprojects.net to see a catalogue of images