Masterton work explores the relationship between photographic imagery and sculptural form. She constructs small sculptures and collages from found images and objects to create photographic tableaus. The space of a photograph becomes Masterton’s curatorial frame for a series of events, objects and images as individual exhibitions. Masterton’s sculptural practice uses what she calls lines in sight, that
Julie Masterton | Exhibitions CV
D.O.B 1978
Lives/works between Australia & London
Education:
2006-2008 Masters, Sculpture, The Royal College of Art, London
2002 Exchange program, Central Saint Martins College of Art, London
1999-2003 First Class Honours, Visual Communication, University of Technology, Sydney
Awards/Grants:
2015 Artist Residency Salon Particulier, London, 2 months
2014/2015 Woollahra Artist Residency, Paddington, 9 months
2014/2015 Commission $5,000 Private Collector, Light Study Centre
2012/2013 Artspace Residency, Sydney, 6 months
2012 Critical Path Residency, 3 months
2012 Arts Council Australia, $10,000 funding allocation
2011 The Fraser Studios Visual Arts Residency, Sydney, 3 months
2010/11 Arts Council England, GBP£10,000 funding allocation
2009 Arts Council England, GBP£5,000 funding allocation
2009 EAST International British Biennale, Contemporary Art Norwich
2009 Jerwood Space Touring exhibition
2008 Jerwood Drawing Prize Exhibition, Jerwood Space
2007 The David Gluck Memorial Student Prize, The London Group Award
2007 Matthew Wrightson Award, London
2007 Celeste Art Prize, London
2007 The Daler Rowney Prize for excellence in Drawing
Exhibitions
2015
Active Eye, Solo, Artform, Paddington
2014
Light Colour Centre exhibition, Woollahra Resident Exhibition, Paddington
The Edge of Vision, Artform, Paddington
Line in Sight, Artform Project Space, London
2013
Abstract Eye, Bunkier Sztuki, The Bunker of Arts, Krakow, Poland
Varying Objects, Artspace, Project Space.
'Lange Nacht der Museen,' Kunst & Design Galerie, Heidelberg, Germany
Crumpled Paper, Drawing a Tulip, Folding a Painting Dance, Sadlers Wells Lilian Baylis projection
It started with a dot, Critical Path performance/lecture
2012
Varying Object, Artspace, 6 month Residency Oct 2012- March 2013
Took my hands off my eyes, Estate Gallery, London
2011
Fraser Studios Visual Arts Residency, Sydney, June-August 2011
Fraser Gallery Exhibition
Study for a uniform, BayArt, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, UK Performance
2010
Primary Situations Framed, Bunkier Sztuki, The Bunker of Arts, Krakow, Poland
Primary Situations Framed, White Columns Gallery, New York, East Tour
Study for a uniform, The Burton Art Gallery, Bideford, Jerwood Tour, UK
Study for a uniform, Summerfield Gallery, Cheltenham, Jerwood Tour, UK
Artist show, Studio Voltaire, London
2009
EAST International 2009 Biennale, Norwich UK, Selected by Michael Baldwin and Mel Ramsden of Art & Language, and Lukasz Gorczyca and Michal Kaczynski run Raster independent art space in Warsaw
Primiary Situations Framed (2009), Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
Artist show, Studio Voltaire, London
Study for a uniform, BayArt, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Jerwood Tour, UK
Study for a uniform, BO Atrium Gallery, Aberdeen, Jerwood Tour, UK
Study for a uniform, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge, Jerwood Tour, UK
Jerwood Drawing Prize Exhibition, Jerwood Space, London.
Lipgloss and Lacquer, Spring Projects, London
'Lange Nacht der Museen,' Kunst & Design Galerie, Heidelberg, Germany
Art Below Zero Exhibition, London
2008
It started with a dot and moved to a stripe’, MA Show, Royal College of Art, London
A Team Player', Hockney Gallery, London
Celeste Art Prize 2007' London
Boarders in Space', Royal College of Art, Summer Show, London
Inline of sight, Frazier Museum, America
Press Publications:
2013 Club 21 March Issue, discusses Masterton’s work in relation to David Burgess ‘Ways of Seeing’.
2012 Time Stimulus Magazine, Cover and two double page spread interview.
2012 February, an Magazine, Uk Review
2011 March, Re-titled Review, emerging professional review.
2012 April, Artist of the Month, Review by Alison Plumridge. Director of Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, UK
2010 January, Artbroth Review, selected as current emerging contemporary artist in UK
2009 July, Culture 24 Review, UK
2009 Aesthetica Magazine.com, Arts Review on Spring Projects group show.
