Born:
Melbourne, Australia, 1957
Training / Education:
- 2002 Mentorship and residency with Frank Bauer, Adelaide, South Australia
- 1984 - 87 South Australian College of the Arts and Education, Associate Diploma of Jewelry Making and Silversmithing, Adelaide, South Australia
- 1976 - 78 Torrens College of Advanced Education, Diploma in Teaching (Secondary Fine Art) Adelaide, South Australia
Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):
Solo
- 2009 Natural Selection Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Victoria
- 2007 Julie Blyfield Vessels and Brooches JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design SALA feature, Adelaide, South Australia
- 2003 Flourish Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Victoria
- 2001-02 Traces JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide, South Australia; The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; Fingers Contemporary Jewellery, Auckland, New Zealand (with Lynn Kelly)
- 1994 Memento Celebration Sentimentality JamFactory Craft and Design, Adelaide, South Australia; Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria
Group Shows
- 2010 Treasure Room Australia, Schatz kammer Australien Gallery Handwerk, Munich, Germany Collect 2010 repr. by Gallery Ra, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
- SOFA New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- SOFA West Santa Fe, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- Art Palm Beach West Palm Beach, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- Miami Int. Art Fair, Miami, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- Abstract Nature Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia, Adelaide
- 2009 Schoonhoven Silver Award 2009 Poetry in Silver The Watertoron, Schoonhoven, Netherlands; Design Museum, Gent, Belgium; International Design Museum, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
- SOFA New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- SOFA West Santa Fe, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- SOFA Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- Art Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- Bravura: 21st Century Australian Craft Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia
- Collect 2009 repr. by Gallery Ra, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
- 2008 Raising the Bar: International Metalwork Dovecot: Innovative Craft, Edinburgh, Scotland; Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire, Wales, UK
- SOFA New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- Art Palm Beach West Palm Beach, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- SOFA Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- Int. Art + Design Fair New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- Freestyle: New Australian Design for Living La Triennale di Milano, Design Museum, Milan, Italy
- 2007 Field of Vision: Contemporary Jewelry and Hollowware, Henry Radford Hope SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA,
- SOFA Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- Int. Art + Design Fair New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- Julie Blyfield, Sylvie Vandenhoucke, Agnes Millerand, Gallery Hélène Porée, Paris, France
- 2006 Transformations: The Language of Craft National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
- Collect 2006 Australian Contemporary Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK, and repr. by Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Awards:
- 2007 New Work Established Grant, Visual Arts and Craft Strategy Grant, VAB
- 2007 Awarded South Australian Living Artist SALA monograph recipient for 2007 Arts SA / Wakefield Press, South Australia.
- 2006 Project Assistance Grant, International Exhibition – Paris, Arts SA, Adelaide, South Australia
- 2002 Won - City of Perth Craft Award - Open Inquiry Award, Craftwest, Western Australia
- 1996 Won -Third National Contemporary Jewelry - Non Precious Award, Griffith, New South Wales
- 1992 First Prize -JMGA Neckworks, Fremantle Art Centre, Perth, Western Australia
Publications:
- Walker, Wendy. Craft Arts International # 77 Julie Blyfield Botanic Orientations in Jewellery pub. Sydney, NSWpp 56- 59, 2009
- Turner, Eric. Raising the Bar- Influential Voices in Metal published Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire, UK; pp 14,15, 37, 2008
- Mansell, Amanda. Adorn : New Jewellery Laurence King Publishing Ltd., London, United Kingdom; pp123, 242, 2008
- Le Van, Marthe.(ed) 2007 500 Metal Vessels – contemporary explorations of containment, Lark Books, A division of Sterling Publishing, Co. Inc, New York, United States of America; pp 128, 269'2007
- Radok, Stephanie. Dick, Richards. Julie Blyfield: Monograph, Wakefield Press, Adelaide, South Australia; 2007
- Le Van, Marthe.(ed) 2006 500 Necklaces: a contemporary interpretation of a timeless form, Lark Books, A division of Sterling Publishing Co. Inc, New York, United States of America;pp 29, 257, 2006
- Cheung, Lin. Clarke, Beccy. Clarke, Indigo. New Directions in Jewellery 11 Black Dog Publishing, London, United Kingdom, November 15, pp 24, 30-31, 2006
- Le Van, Marthe.(ed) 2005 500 Brooches: inspiring adornments for the body, Lark Books, A division of Sterling Publishing Co. Inc, New York, United States of America; pp 28, 123, 2005
- Sapper, Richard.(ed)1998 The International Design Year book 1998, Laurence King Publishing, London, United Kingdom, p111; 1998
- Anderson, Patricia. 1998, Contemporary Jewellery in Australia and New Zealand, G& B Arts International, distributed in Australia by Craftsman House, Sydney, New South Wales; pp 48- 49,1998
Public Collections:
The Arts Centre , Melbourne, Victoria, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT; Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, Indiana, USA; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia; Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom; National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, New South Wales; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria; Turnov Collection, Czech Republic; Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory, Darwin, Northern Territory; Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Queensland; Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory; Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith, New South Wales; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Private collections. |
