Justine Muller
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Justine Muller is an artist working in multi mediums of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, writing and activism.
Muller is represented in both State and Private collections, including the Macquarie Bank Group Collection, and she has exhibited in the Art Gallery of NSW Dobell Drawing Prize 2012/2013, Portia Geach Memorial Prize 2013, SH Ervin Gallery, City of Sydney Art and About Festival 2014, St James and Martin Place Stations, the Moran Photographic Prize, Juniper Hall 2015, (the same photo was selected in Guardian Australia’s list of best and most important photos of 2015).
Muller arrived in Wilcannia in 2015 and took up self-funded residency in the community. She has been working under the guidance and mentorship of respected elder and artist Uncle Badger Bates. Together they are collaborating on an exhibition “Barka, the forgotten river” that opens in Broken Hill Regional, May 2018. The exhibition will tour regional areas for 2018-19 drawing attention the plight of the Barka (The Darling River) and the Barkandji people (River People).
Muller’s last exhibition “Understanding my Country” was on display at Juniper Hall, Paddington as part of Head On Festival 6th May- 4th June 2017.
When traveling in Australia Justine is a contributor for instagram feed “everydayaustralia” sharing stories and photos that celebrate Australian diversity.
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PITWATER SERIES
30 X 30 cm
Acrylic, Mixed Media on Board
SCULPTURES
Ceramic and Stoneware.
wood, wire, polish, steel and copper
White Face
70 x 17 cm SOLD
Gumnut Nipples
80 x 13 cm SOLD
Dotti
50 x 12 cm
Hippy
70 x 17 cm
LANDSCAPE
Mixed media, earth, ink, oil pastel, wax, pigment on paper
SOLD
Education
2016 CCCA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture/history studies
2009 Documentary Making, London Academy of Film and Television
2005-2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts, National Art School, Sydney
1999 Au Carel Language Studies, Royan, France
1998 Set Design Scholarship, Australian Theatre for Young People
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Understanding My Country, Head On Festival Juniper Hall, Paddington, Sydney
2016 Ghost Ochres, Maunsell Wickes Gallery (Barry Stern), Paddington Sydney
2014 Conductor’s Project (Art and About Sydney), St James and Museum Stations
2014 Fork in the Road, Maunsell Wickes Gallery (Barry Stern), Paddington, Sydney
2013 The Bar is My Muse, East Sydney Hotel, Woolloomooloo
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 Paddington Art Prize, Woollahra, Sydney
2016 Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize, Elizabeth St, Martin Place, Syd.
2016 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize (Finalist tour), Ararat Regional Gallery, Vic
2016 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize (Finalist tour), Hazelhurst Regional Gallery
2015 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize, Juniper Hall Paddington, Syd.
2015 FotoIstanbul, Lives of Others, Istanbul Turkey
2015 The Collection, Mitchel Fine Art, Fortitude Valley Brisbane Queensland
2015 Spectrum Now Festival, Back Row Studio’s Kent Street, Sydney
2014 Paddington Art Prize, Woollahra, Sydney
2014 Drawings/Works on Paper, ESD Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney
2012 & 2013 Mount Eyre Art Prize , Rex-Livingston Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney
2012 & 2013 Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of NSW
2013 Portia Geach Memorial Prize, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2012 Group Show, Muk Muk Fine Art Gallery, Alice Springs and Darwin
2011 RAG, Global Galleries, Paddington, Sydney
2011 Something Personal, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney
Residencies
2015 Fowlers Gap, University NSW
2010 First Draft Depot, Woolloomooloo, Sydney
2009 Arena Design Centre, London, UK
Prizes
2017 Paddington Art Prize – finalist
2017 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize – Semi finalist
2016 Maquarie Group Emerging Prize –finalist
2015 Doug Moran Contemporary Photography Prize- finalist
2014 Paddington Art Prize – finalist
2013 Portia Geach Memorial Prize –finalist
2012 & 2013 Dobell Prize for Drawing- finalist
2012 & 2013 Mount Eyre Art Prize -finalist
Public Collections
Macquarie Art Collection, NSW
Westmead Children’s Hospital NSW
Sydney City Archives, State Library NSW
Bibliography
2017 What does ‘Invasion day’ means to a rural Indigenous community. Mashable.com 26th Jan
2017 These Photos Show Another Side of One of Australia’s Rough Towns. by Anna Mendoza. BuzzFeed 25th Jan
2017 Quilty’s Everyday Australia Instagram, “More than just beaches and bikini babes” by Amanda Hoh. ABC News. 3rd Jan
2016 Justine Muller interview with Trevor Brown, Eastside Syd 89.7FM 17th May
2015 Best Photographs of Australia 2015, The Guardian Australia 31 Dec
2015 Photography reveals ‘modern day life’ in Australia, Daily Mail Australia/UK, 14 Oct
2015 Badger Bates Justine Muller interview, ABC Radio Broken Hill, 11 Aug
2015 Open Segment interview, ABC Radio Broken Hill, 14 July
2014 Muller’s Point, station to station The Daily Telegraph, 10 Sept
2013 Contemporary Australian Drawing, 20 years of the Dobell Prize for Drawing. Art Gallery of NSW
2012 From Woolloomooloo to the Outback. ABC Radio Alice Springs 20 July. Interview by Lauren Fitzgerald
2011 Justine Muller’s drawing attention to issues of homelessness. The Sunday Telegraph, 18 Dec
2011 Southern Comfort Artists, The Australian, 1 Oct
2010 Resident Easel, MX Magazine, 30 July
2010 Lost Tasmania Stock Horse Magazine, article, and photos by Justine Muller
2004 MUSE, An Artful Odyssey, SX Magazine
