Julian Twigg
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    • 2021 - Views from Princes Pier
    • 2020 - Hidden Gems
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    • 2017 - Port Jackson Paintings
    • 2016 - Painting the Bay
    • 2015 - 10 months at The George
    • 2014 - Shipping Views
    • 2013 - Harbour Views
    • 2012 - Adrift
    • 2011 - Going with the Tide
    • 2010 - Working Harbour
    • 2009 -Port Phiillip Bay Points of View
    • 2008 - Port Phillip Bay Images
    • 2008 - Five Trips to Sydney
    • 2007 - Lone Voyage
    • 2006 - Maritime
    • 2005 - The Salon Show
    • 2005 - The Shipping Lane
    • 2004 - Harbour Traffic
    • 2003 - Stock room
    • 2002 - Looking Out to Sea
    • 2001 - Passing Trade
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Born 1964, Victoria

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

2000      Diploma of Visual Art, RMIT, Melbourne 



SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023     'Nautical', Australian Galleries, Royston Street, Sydney
2022     'From Observation', Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne.
2021     'Views from Princess Pier', On-line Exhibition

2020      
‘Hidden Gems’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne

2018      ‘Gatehouse Paintings’, Australian Galleries, Stockroom Gallery, Melbourne

2017      ‘Port Jackson Paintings’, Australian Galleries,  Roylston Street, Sydney

2016      ‘Painting the bay’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne

2015      ’10 months at The George’, The Gallery, St Kilda Town Hall.
2014      ‘Shipping Views’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
2013       ‘Harbour Views’, Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney

2012       ‘Adrift’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne


2011       ‘Going with the Tide’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street Melbourne

2010       ‘Working Harbour’, Australian Galleries, Glenmore Road, Sydney

2009       ‘Port Phillip Bay - Points of View’, Australian Galleries, Derby St, Melbourne.
2008       ‘Images of Port Phillip Bay and Other Small Works’, Impressions

                 on Paper Gallery, Canberra
                ‘Five trips to Sydney’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Glenmore Road, Sydney

2007       ‘Lone voyage’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
2005       ‘Maritime’, James Harvey Gallery, Sydney

                ‘New works’, Australian Galleries Salon, Melbourne   
                ‘The Shipping Lane’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
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2004       ‘Harbour Traffic’, James Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2002       ‘Looking out to Sea’, James Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2001       ‘Passing Trade’, Mass Gallery , Melbourne


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017       ‘Sculpture: medium and small scale – Mixed Sculptors’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
2014       ‘one of each’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
               ‘100 year Art Exhibition’, Geelong Grammar, Corio, VIC                                                                                                                         
2012       ‘Summer Stock Show’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street
                'Sea of Dreams', Port Phillip Bay 1915-2013 (Part Two), MPRG, Mornington                                                                                   
2011       ‘large exhibition of small works’, Australian Galleries, Roylston
                Street, Sydney and Derby Street, Melbourne

2010      ‘Artists’ Prints made with Integrity’, Australian Galleries, Smith

                Street, Melbourne
2007       ‘Small Pleasures’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture,

                Melbourne
2006       ‘50th Anniversary Exhibition’, 5th June, Australian Galleries,

                Melbourne
2004       ‘Pocket Sized’, James Harvey Gallery, Sydney

                ‘Art on the Rocks’, The Rocks, Sydney
2000        RMIT Project Space - Graduate Exhibition, Melbourne


PRIZES & AWARDS

2018        Finalist, Tattersalls Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane
2017        Finalist, Sydney King School Art Prize Exhibition, Sydney
2013        Finalist, Manningham City Council Ceramic Award, Melbourne
2012        Winner, Printmaking Prize, Waverley Art Prize, Woollahra, NSW
2010        Winner, Mayor’s Prize, Waverley Art Prize, Woollahra, NSW
2009        Finalist, ’R. & M. McGivern Art Prize’, Maroondah Art Gallery
2007        Winner, ANL Maritime Art Prize, Melbourne

                 Finalist,’The City of Whyalla Art Prize’, Whyalla, SA
2006        Finalist, Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale Exhibition, SA
2002        Finalist, ’Mosman Art Prize’, Sydney





ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

2022       Lighthouse Art Residency, Nobby's Lighthouse. Newcastle, NSW
2021       Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany, WA
2017        
Police Point, Quarantine Station, Portsea, VIC

2016        Albert Park College in association with VICT, Webb Dock.
2015        Wesley College, Glen Waverley, VIC


                The George, St Kilda, Melbourne
, VIC
2014        Julia Street Art Space, Portland, VIC
2013        Sydney Ports, Moore’s Wharf, Sydney, NSW

2012        Geelong Grammar School, Corio, VIC
                 The Art Vault, Mildura, VIC

2009        Bundanon Trust, Nowra, NSW


COLLECTIONS

Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne

Bundanon Trust, West Cambewarra, NSW

City of Port Phillip Art Collection 

City of Whitehorse Art Collection, Nunawading, VIC 
Geelong Grammar School Art Collection, Geelong, VIC
Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman, NSW


National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

The Australia Club, Sydney

The Print Council of Australia, Melbourne

Wollongong Regional Art Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
Wollongong University Art Collection, Wollongong, NSW


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Crawford, Ashley; Going with the Tide, catalogue essay, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 2011
​Field, Caroline; Lone voyage, catalogue essay, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 2007


Grishin, Sasha; Review; The Canberra Times, 5 August 2008


Nelson, Robert; Review, The Age, Melbourne, 7 February 2007
Reid, Christine; News from the Shipping Lane, Victorian Lifestyle, January/ February 2006