Julia Kennedy-Bell
Born: 1985, Sydney Australia
EDUCATION
2008-10 Master of Art, College of Fine Art, University of NSW
2005-07 Bachelors of Fine Art, College of Fine Art, University of NSW
SOLO EXHIBITION
2022 Renew, Black Cat Gallery, Melbourne
2021 The Other Art Fair, Barangaroo, Sydney
2019 Tessellate, Five walls gallery, Melbourne
2018 Cut out and paste, 541 Art space, Sydney
2016 Copia, Sculoa di Graphica Internationale, Venice, Italy
2015 Colourwave Upstairs @ Articulate project space, Sydney
Personal Space, ME art space, Sydney
Residency Launch, Accelerator Gallery @ Culture at work, Sydney
2014 Paper Pop Bondi Pavilion gallery, Sydney
SNO 104, Sydney Non Objective
Forget-me-not, Slot space, Sydney
2013 Knot, Branch 3D, Sydney
New Work, Factory 49, Sydney
2012 Structure, Platform 72, Sydney
2011 Surface, Kaleidoscope gallery, Sydney
2010 Mind’s Eye, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
GROUP SHOW
2023 Gippsland Sculpture Exhibition, Arc Gallery, Yinnar, Victoria
Small Sculpture show, Alternating Current Art space, Melbourne
2022 Finalist, Small Works Art Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2021 Finalist, Small works Art exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
Finalist, Artist Book Prize, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney
Finalist, Small Works Art Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2019 Deacon University small sculpture exhibition, Deacon University, Melbourne
2018 Group Print show, Factory 49, Sydney
2017 The Annual, Factory 49, Sydney
In High Measure, Vandal Gallery, Sydney
2016 Takt residency show @ Tapir Gallery, Berlin
2015 ‘The Colour wave’, part #2, Home735 Gallery, Sydney
Waverley Artist Studios, Waverly Library, Sydney
F493D, Factory49 main showroom, Sydney
2014 The cosmos is more than a space to explore, ESD gallery, Sydney
Beams Art Festival, Chippendale, Sydney
Paper@factory49, main showroom, Sydney
2013 Assemble, Salerno Gallery, Sydney
Show us your bits and pieces, ATVP Gallery, Sydney
2012 Tell us the story, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney
Brain Art award, Verge Gallery, Sydney University
2011 Emerging, Gosford Regional Gallery, NSW
Contemplate The Paper Mill gallery, Sydney
2010 Abstract/ Object curated by Alex Wisser, ATVP Gallery, Sydney
COFA Annual graduate show, College of Fine Arts, Sydney
2009 Done and dusted, COFA space, Sydney
Stargazing; Hardware Gallery, Sydney
2008 Don’t Feed the Painters, Kudos Gallery
2007 Annual graduate show, COFA, Sydney
GRANT AND PRIZES/ RESIDENCIES
2023 -Finalist, Small works Art Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Queensland
2018-21 Resident artist at 107 Projects, Sydney
2020 ‘Storytelling’, Collaborative public art project @south Eveleigh Precinct
2019 Finalist, Deacon Small sculpture prize, Deacon University, Melbourne
2018 Finalist, Fischer’s Ghost Art prize, Campbelltown Art Centre
2016 Artist In residence @ Takt, Berlin
Fellowship @ Sculoa di graphica di Internationale, Venice, Italy
2015 Finalist, Fischer’s Ghost Art Competition, Campbelltown Art Centre, Sydney
Finalist, ‘Little things’ St Cloche Gallery, Sydney
Woollahra Artist in residence, Woollahra Council, Sydney
Culture at Work, Emerging Artist Program, Pyrmont, Sydney
2014 A.R.P – Artist Studio Residency, City of Sydney
2013 Finalist, Fischer’s Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown Art centre, Sydney
Waverly Artist in Residence, Waverly Council, Sydney
Soya Art Prize- Highly commended
2012 CAL sponsorship
Finalist Fishers Ghost Art prize, Campbelltown Art Centre, Sydney
2011 Finalist, Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Finalist, Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Sydney
2010 Finalist, Liverpool City Art Prize, Casula Power House, Sydney
Winner, Rex Irwin Art prize for Masters by Course Work, COFA space, Sydney
2009 Finalist Lloyd Rees Youth Memorial Prize, Centerhouse, Sydney
COLLECTIONS
Held in Private Collection
PUBLICATIONS /REVIEWS
Interview with Julia Kennedy-Bell, February 10th, 2016, retrieved from http://www.artpharmacy.com.au/blog/2016/2/10/interview-with-julia-kennedy-bell
Some Sydney Ari’s, September 2014, retrieved from Artlink magazine, https://www.artlink.com.au/articles/4202/some-sydney-aris/
Aesthetica Magazine, February/March, 2013, Issue 51, pg 141
Metro, Sydney Morning Herald, the Shape of Things to come Andrew Frost, 23 April 2011