About the Artist

INTRODUCING THE LETHBRIDGE RESIDENCY PROGRAM

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: JULIE PURCELL

After starting her creative life as a corporate graphic designer, Julie took an experimental leap by completing a BFA (Hons) at Queensland College of Art in 2017. Her passion for local art drives her to create in her hometown of Redcliffe, where she is an active member of the Redcliffe Art Society and the Moreton Bay Arts Council. Since leaving art school she has had the privilege of being featured in 15 Artists hosted by the City of Moreton Bay (2021 & 2023), the Moreton Bay Region Art Prize (2016, 2019 & 2024), and the 2024 Brisbane Portrait Prize. 

Education

2017 Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours Class 1)

2013 South Bank Institute of Technology, Diploma of Visual Art

2008 South Bank Institute of Technology, Diploma of Graphic Design

2006 North Point Institute of TAFE Certificate III in Visual Art and Contemporary Craft

Solo exhibitions

2023 Modconned: The Creative Practice of Julie Purcell, Redcliffe Art Society Old Fire Station Gallery, Redcliffe, QLD

2021 Beebo Blues Orange Wall Gallery, Warwick Art Gallery, QLD; Goondiwindi Regional Civic Centre Art Space, QLD; Hub Gallery, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, QLD (Moreton Bay Region Uplift Program 2021)

2021 Home Turf: Local Landscapes by Julie Purcell Stage Door Gallery, Redcliffe Entertainment Centre, QLD

2019 Plein Air Park: Recreational Enjoyment of Light Orange Wall Gallery, Warwick Art Gallery, QLD

2019 Redcliffe Revisited: A Hometown Tour in Painting and Textiles Stage Door Gallery, Redcliffe Entertainment Centre, QLD

Group Exhibitions

2024 Brisbane Portrait Prize Queensland State Library, South Bank, QLD

2024 'RASart' Redcliffe Art Society Exhibition of Excellence, Redcliffe Art Gallery, Redcliffe, QLD

2024 Moreton Bay Region Art Prize Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Strathpine, QLD

2024 Dare to be Different Moreton Bay Art Council (MBAC), Old Fire Station Gallery, Redcliffe, QLD

2023 15 Artists Moreton Bay Regional Council annual acquisitive prize, Redcliffe Art Gallery, QLD

2023 Traces of the Divine, St John's Cathedral, Brisbane, QLD

2021 15 Artists Moreton Bay Regional Council annual acquisitive prize, Redcliffe Art Gallery, QLD

2021 'RASart' Redcliffe Art Society Exhibition of Excellence, Redcliffe Art Gallery, Redcliffe, QLD

2020 'RASart' Redcliffe Art Society Exhibition of Excellence, Redcliffe Art Gallery, Redcliffe, QLD

2019 Waverley Woollahra Art School 9x5 Landscape Prize, Bondi, NSW

2019 Fresh Eyes: New Landscapes of the Moreton Bay Region Pine Rivers Art Gallery, QLD

2018 Waverley Woollahra Art School 9x5 Landscape Prize, Bondi, NSW

Awards

2023 Redcliffe Art Society Exhibition of Excellence, overall 1st prize

2022 Redcliffe Art Society Exhibition of Excellence, 2nd prize portrait/figure category

2021 Redcliffe Art Society Exhibition of Excellence, overall 1st prize & 1st prize landscape category

2019 Redcliffe Art Society Exhibition of Excellence overall 2nd Prize recipient

2018 Waverley Woollahra Art School 9x5 Landscape Prize Highly commended finalist

2017 Queensland College of Art, Griffith Award for Academic Excellence

2016 Moreton Bay Region Art Award, Local Artist prize

2013 Brian Tucker Award for Excellence, South Bank Institute of Technology, QLD

Public Art Commission

2022 mural poles and seating at Osprey House Environment Centre, Dohles Rocks, QLD

Residency

Upcoming 2024 Lethbridge Residency Program Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, QLD

2019 Techne: Hyper, Virtual and Imagined Worlds House Conspiracy, West End, QLD

Judging

2024 Pine Rivers Art & Craft Show, art categories, joint judging with Ruby Purple, Lawnton, QLD

2024 Samford Show Society, adult art categories, Samford, QLD

2023 Pine Rivers Art & Craft Show, art categories, joint judging with Ruby Purple, Lawnton, QLD

2022 Artisans Guild of Caboolture and District Inc. Annual Members Exhibition, Burpengary, QLD

2021 Woodford Community Art Group Inc. Annual Members Exhibition, Woodford, QLD