Julie Blyfield


BORN

1957, Melbourne, Australia

EDUCATION

  • Currently full time Partner in Gray Street Workshop in Adelaide South Australia since 1987
  • 1988 -87 South Australian College of the Arts and Education - Jewellery Making and Silversmithing
  • 1976 -78 Torrens College of Advanced Education -Diploma in Teaching (Secondary Fine Art) Adelaide South Australia

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2003 Here and There UK / Australia exchange residency for 3 months to Lincolnshire United Kingdom
  • 2000 - 04 Lecturer part time Adelaide Institute of Arts TAFE
  • 2000 Master class workshop with Dae Hoon Kang in metal raising - Queensland College of Art, Griffith University QLD
  • Slide lectures presented to jewellery students at Glasgow and Edinburgh School of Art UK
  • 1994 Residency at Fluxus Workshop Dunedin New Zealand
  • 1991 Otto Kunzli Masterclass Workshop Sydney College of the Arts New South Wales

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2003 Flourish Gallery Funaki Melbourne Victoria
  • 2001- 2 Traces JamFactory Adelaide SA Fingers Contemporary Jewellery Auckland NZ Scottish Gallery Edinburgh UK held jointly with Lynn Kelly from New Zealand
  • 1994 Memento Celebration Sentimentality - Jam Factory Craft Design Centre SA and Craft Victoria Melbourne Australia

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2004 Schmuck 2004 in Munchen Internationale Handwerksmesse Munich Germany
  • New York SOFA International Jewellery represented by Charon Kransen USA
  • Chicago SOFA International Jewellery represented by Charon Kransen USA
  • Int. Art + Design Fair NY represented by Charon Kransen USA
  • 2003 Hermanns Art Award - finalist - Christine Abrahams Gallery Melbourne Vic Quadrivium Sydney and regional tour
  • The Hat Project Here and There Australia /United Kingdom - School of Jewellery Birmingham and UK tour 2004
  • 2002 Metal Element of Four Countries International Design Centre Nagoya Japan and MOKKUMTO gallery Seoul Korea
  • Aurion Ozgold 2002 Award for Contemporary Australian Gold Jewellery - Quadrivium NSW and national tour
  • 2001 Circling the Square - Gray Street Workshop 15 years on - National tour and Asia link tour- Bangkok, Chiang Mai Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Brunei
  • 1999 Gray Street Workshop: 15 Years - Art Gallery of South Australia
  • Australian Jewellery 2000 - Queensland Art Gallery Brisbane Australia
  • Circling the Square Gray Street Workshop - 15 Years on Gray Street Workshop South Australia
  • 1998 Overseas: New Jewellery from Australia - Galerie Ra Amsterdam, Galerie Beeld en Aambeeld Netherlands
  • Romanticism and Reason - Australian Jewellery 1955 - 1997 - Art Gallery of Western Australian tour 1998-99
  • 1996 Vicenzo Ora 2 - International Trade Fair curated by Jam Factory Craft & Design Centre for Vicenza Italy
  • SOFA - represented by Despard and E A Joyce in Chicago USA
  • 1995 Turning Ten - Gray Street Workshop - The Women's Gallery Melbourne Victoria /Dowse Art Museum New Zealand
  • 1994 Gray Street Workshop at Fluxus - Dunedin New Zealand
  • SOFA - Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art - Chicago USA
  • Schmuckszene 94 - Internationale Handwerksmesse Munich Germany

AWARDS

  • 2002 Won Open Inquiry Award City of Perth Craft Award Craftwest Western Australia
  • 1996 Won Non Precious Award - 3rd. National Contemporary Jewellery Award Griffith New South Wales

GRANTS

  • 2004 New Work Established Australia Council for the Arts Visual Arts /Craft Board
  • 2002 - 03 Residency with Frank Bauer and solo exhibition development grant Arts SA
  • 2000 New Work - Australia Council for the Arts Visual Arts /Craft Board
  • 1997 Professional Development Grant - London Studio residency Visual Arts /Craft Board

COLLECTIONS

  • 2004 Art Gallery of South Australia, National Gallery of Australia, Queensland Art Gallery, Australia
  • 2000 Queensland Art Gallery
  • 1998 18th National Craft Acquisition - Museum and Art Gallery of NorthernTerritory
  • 1997 Art Gallery of South Australia and Alice Springs Craft Acquisition and Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
  • 1996 3rd. National Contemporary Jewellery Award - Griffith Regional Art Gallery New South Wales
  • 1995 National Gallery of Australia - Australian Decorative Arts collection and Art Gallery of Western Australia

PUBLICATIONS

  • 2004
  • Crafts The Hat Project: Here and There review by Ruth Pavey pp 61
  • 2003
  • The Age Newspaper Blyfield raises the Stakes review by Penny Webb Nov19 Arts 9A3
  • 2002
  • 2001
  • Object 40 magazine The one that grabs the eye review by Dr Ann Schilo pp 42-43
  • The Age - Body Language Review by Megan Backhouse, April 4 pp 6
  • 2000
  • Monument Architecture and Design, August /September- Olympic Objects by Morgan Richards pp 32 -33
  • The Weekend Australian Magazine Body of Work by Siobhan O'Brien March 11-12 pp 51
  • An anthology - Gray Street Workshop-Celebrating 15 Years to accompany national touring exhibition Circling the Square
  • 1998
  • The Weekend Australian, Collaboration Bears Fruit, Review by Peter Ward August 1
  • The International Design Year Book 1998 Edited by Richard Sapper by Laurence King Publishing London pp 111
  • Contemporary Jewellery In Australia And New Zealand by Patricia Anderson, G &B Arts International, Craftsman House pp 48/49