Julia Silvester
Education
| 1999-00 |
B Arts (Hons 1st), School of Art and Culture, RMIT University |
| 1996-8 |
B Arts (Fine Art), RMIT University |
| 1995 | B Arts (Visual Art), Edith Cowan University Perth. |
| 1993-4 |
Pre-foundation and Bridging Foundation, Art and Design, The City Lit. London |
| 1993 | Printmaking, The City Lit. London |
| 1982-4 |
Dip. Arch. Drafting. Perth W.A. |
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Selected Exhibitions
| 2010 |
STICK IT ! Collage in Australian Art - National Gallery of Victoria |
| 2008 |
Pressing Matters - Contemporary Printmaking Jenny Port Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2008 |
Printmaking 2008 Jenny Port Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2007 | Inaugural Group show, Jenny Port Gallery, Melbourne. |
| 2007 | Linden postcard show 2007, Linden ? St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts. |
| 2006 | Proof: Contemporary Australian Printmaking, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne. |
| 2006 | 31st Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, W.A |
| 2006 | Beasties, Port Jackson Press, Print Room, Melbourne. |
| 2006 | Lexicon, Gallery @ City Library, Melbourne. |
| 2006 | Linden postcard show 2006, Linden ? St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts. |
| 2005 | EX LIBRIS, Project Space, RMIT University, Melbourne. |
| 2005 | From a private collection, curated by Ruth Johnstone,The Dollfs House, a miniature Gallery, Melbourne. |
| 2005 | Bookscapes, exploring contemporary Australian artistfs books, Portjackson Press, Melbourne. |
| 2005 | still, Linden ? St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda, Melbourne. |
| 2004 | 29th Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, W.A. |
| 2004 | Gardens of Desire, Red Gallery, Melbourne. |
| 2004 | Lindenfs 13th POSTCARD SHOW 2004, Linden ? St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts. |
| 2003 | 28th Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, W.A. |
| 2003 | National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington. |
| 2003 | City of Fremantle Art Collection, Moores Building Contemporary Art Space, Fremantle. |
| 2003 | Lindenfs 12th POSTCARD SHOW 2003, Linden ? St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts. |
| 2002 | 27th Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle. |
| 2002 | Text &, Project Space, RMIT University, Melbourne. |
| 2002 | Sangmyung Faculty Exchange Exhibition, Sangmyung University, Korea. |
| 2002 | Lindenfs 11th annual POSTCARD SHOW 2002,Linden ? St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda. |
| 2001 | collection, Platform 2, Flinders Street Station, Melbourne. |
| 2001 | 26th Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle. |
| 2001 | Recent Acquisitions, Geelong Gallery, Geelong. |
| 2001 | Lindenfs 10th annual POSTCARD SHOW 2001,Linden ? St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda. |
| 2000 | Under the Blankets, Pre View Gallery, Melbourne, RMIT Printmaking Graduate Show |
| 2000 | Hutchins Art Prize, Hobart, Tasmania |
| 2000 | 25th Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle. |
| 1999 | Between, Talk Artist Initiative, Melbourne. |
| 1999 | Hutchins Art Prize, Hobart, Tasmania |
| 1999 | RMIT Fine Art, Yuan-Ze University, Taiwan. |
| 1999 | artzine, Gallery 437, Melbourne |
| 1999 | Illawarra Acquisitive Print Award, The Illawarra Grammar Centre, Wollongong. N.S.W. |
| 1999 | Prelude, Swanston Space, Union Arts, and RMIT. |
| 1999 | Geelong Acquisitive Print Prize, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong. |
| 1999 | Linden Post Card Show, Linden ? St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda. |
| 1998 | Formerly Known as Prints, Gallery 101 annex, RMIT Printmaking dept. Graduating students. |
| 1998 | The ones that got away, First Site Gallery, Union Arts,Best of RMIT TAFE and Uni. Graduating students. |
| 1998 |
23rd Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle. |
| 1998 | Proof, Metropolitan Gallery and Cafe, Melbourne. |
| 1997 | Printmaking, RMIT Faculty Gallery, RMIT Uni. |
| 1996 | Paper Eaters, Metropolitan Gallery and Cafe, Melbourne. |
| 1995 | Between the bush and the wheat place, Deans Gallery, Edith Cowan Uni. Perth. |
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Publications
| 2006 | West Australian, Weekendextra, Prints find earthy element, Shell Fremantle Print Award, Ric Spencer, 30th Sept. 2006. |
| 2006 | IMPRINT, Tall tales and antipodean adventures: narratives in contemporary Australian printmaking. Jazmina Cininas, Winter 2006, Vol. 41, No. 2. |
| 2004 | IMPRINT, Julia Silvester: Gardens of Desire, Carl Williams, Summer 2004, Vol. 30, No. 4. |
| 2004 | Herald Sun, Golden Oldies, Jeff Makin,10th May, 2004 |
| 2004 | Artlink, Contemporary Art Quarterly, Reviews, 28th Annual Shell Fremantle Art Award, Poala Anselmi, Vol 23, No. 4, pp94-5 |
| 2003 | West Australian, Weekendextra, Gibbons unfurls fresh Aussie pride, Shell Fremantle Print Award, Simon Blond, 27th Sept. 2003. |
| 2003 | The Australian, Unfolding a winner, Shell Fremantle Print Award, Ted Snell, 15th Sept. 2003. |
| 2002 | HOUSES The Residential Architectural Magazine, Issue 29, Urban Resurrection, K. Thompson, pp 50-55 |
| 1999 | Craft arts International No. 46, Alien, adjunct or angel? Computers in art education, Dr Sophia Errey, pp62-69. |
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Awards
| 1999 | Illawarra Acquisitive Print Award, Commended. |
| 1999 |
Geelong Acquisitive Print Prize. Acquired. |
| 1998 | National Gallery of Victoria Trustees Award, Short listed. |
| 1998 |
23 rd Shell Fremantle Print Award, Highly commended |
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Professional experience
| 2001- | Sessional lecturer, RMIT University |
| Workshops @ University of Melbourne, Australian Print Workshop, Heide Museum of Modern Art and Tafe (Boxhill) |
| Private commissioning of artists books |
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Collections
| National Gallery of Victoria. |
| Malthouse Theatre Collection. |
| Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong. |
| City of Fremantle, Fremantle. |
| RMIT. Union Arts Collection. RMIT University. |
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