Julian Martin Born 1969 in Melbourne. Lives and works in Melbourne.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2015 Julian Martin Solo, No Vacancy Project Space, Melbourne 2014 Julian Martin: Transformer, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne 2011 Julian Martin New Work, Kitty Somerset, Northcote 2009 Draw, Manningham Gallery, Melbourne 2006 Julian Martin Recent Works, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne 2003 New Works, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne 2001 Sempiternal Variations, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne 1995 Pastel Drawings, Australian Galleries, Collingwood
GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2019 Nicolas Party: Pastel, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY 2018 All our relations, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Melbourne Art Fair 2018, Southbank Arts Precinct, Melbourne The Art of Living, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne POP!, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne The Armory Show (with Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia), New York, NY Independent 2018, Spring Studios (with Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia ), New York, NY Party in the Front, Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia, PA 2017 Annual Gala Exhibition, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Spring Fling, Arts Project Australia Pop-up Gallery, Collins Place, Melbourne Spring 1883, The Establishment, Sydney Girt by Sea, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne The Museum of Everything, Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Tasmania Independent, Spring Studios (with Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia), New York, NY The Armory Show (Fleisher/Ollman booth 617), New York, NY 2016 Annual Gala Exhibition, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne i heart rock (rock is the total work of art), Arts Project Australia, Melbourne Maritime art awards and exhibition, Mission to Seafarers, Melbourne Arts Project Australia CBD Pop-up Gallery, Collins Place, Melbourne Here and Now, Sofitel Melbourne on Collins, Melbourne Measurably Long Kool, Fleisher Ollman, Philadelphia, PA Paper Projects, Writer’s Block Café, Latrobe University, Melbourne
11/20/2019 The Outsider Art Fair 2016 (with Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia), New York, NY 2015 Annual Gala Exhibition, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Group Show, Chapter House Lane, Melbourne After…, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne The Salon, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne Down The Rabbit Hole, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Drawn Together, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne The Outsider Art Fair 2015 (with Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia), New York, NY Home, locations around Arts Centre Melbourne, the city and the surrounds, Melbourne 2014 Annual Gala Exhibition, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne Connected, Yarra Gallery, Federation Square, Melbourne Everyday imagining: new perspectives on Outsider art, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne 6° of Separation, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Renegades: Outsider Art , Moree Plains Gallery, Moree, New South Wales 2014 National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington Into the Vault and Out of the Box , Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Animal Magnetism, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Renegades: Outsider Art, The Arts Centre Gold Coast, Surfers Paradise, Queensland The Armory Show (with Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia), New York, NY Outsider Art Fair (with Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia), New York, NY Rick Amor Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria 2013 Annual Gala Exhibition, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Expo Chicago (with Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia), Chicago, IL Renegades: Outsider Art, KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns, Queensland Outsiderism, Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia, PA At the Table, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne 2012 Annual Gala Exhibition, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Halo and the Glory of Art, McGlade Gallery, ACU, Sydney Melbourne Art Fair 2012, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Paint It Black, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Modern Times Pop Up Shop 3, Smith Street, Collingwood 2011 CBD Installation, Melbourne Annual Gala Exhibition, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Exhibition #4, Museum of Everything, London Moving Galleries, Flinders Street Station, Melbourne Unfiltered, Penola Visitor Information Centre, Penola, South Australia Colour My World, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Stock Exhibition, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne 2010 Annual Gala Exhibition, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne Human Nature, Alan Lane Community Gallery: Warnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool Shelf Life, Delmar Gallery, Trinity Grammar School, Summerhill, New South Wales Melbourne Art Fair 2010, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Connected 10, Melbourne Central, Melbourne Fully Booked , Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Hidden, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne
Martin – 11/20/2019 – 2 Myscape, Trongate & Collins Gallery, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland 2009 Annual Gala Exhibition, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Snapshot, ACGA Gallery, Federation Square, Melbourne Connected 09, Black Box, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne 2009 Liberty Victoria Dinner and Voltaire Award, Windsor Hotel, Melbourne Pictures of You, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Alan Constable & Julian Martin, Australian Galleries, Melbourne Pearls of Arts Project Australia - Stuart Purves Collection, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, New South Wales 17th Annual Outsider Art Fair, The Mart, New York, NY 2008 Annual Gala Show, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Melbourne Art Fair 2008, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Reaching Out, County Court of Victoria, Melbourne Pearls of Arts Project Australia: The Stuart Purves Collection, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Sydney Arts Project Australia: Paintings, Prints & Sculptures, A Day on Earth, Brisbane Linden Post Card Show 2008, Linden Gallery, Melbourne 2007 Studio Days, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Lets Get Lost, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Pearls of Arts Project Australia - Stuart Purves Collection, Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, Sydney Connected 07, The Atrium, Federation Square, Melbourne Perspectives, Northcote Town Hall, Melbourne 2006 In Everyone’s Company, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Melbourne Art Fair 2006, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Australian Outsiders, Jack Fischer Gallery, California, USA Connected 06, The Atrium, Fed Square, Melbourne 2005 Wrapped: Selected Works from the Studio, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Leo Cussen with Selected Artists, Australian Galleries, Collingwood South of the Border, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Double Take, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Artists’ Books, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Sydney Art on Paper Fair, Byron Kennedy Hall, Sydney Connected 05, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Materiality, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne S,M,L,XL, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Dealer’s Choice, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY 2004 Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne 2nd Annual Intuit Show of Folk and Outsider Art (with Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York), Chicago, IL Connected 04, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Visual Disobedience, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Studio Artists Selection, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Christmas Survey, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne 2003 A Sense of Place, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Connected, Goya Gallery, Southbank Chic, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne
Martin – 11/20/2019 – 3 Fair Game, NGV Response Gallery, Melbourne Headspace, National Neuroscience Facility, Melbourne 2002 Suburban Dreamers, Moore’s Building, Fremantle Idiom Gallery, New Zealand Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne 2001 Art of the Sacred Heart, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide Face-Up, Idiom Studio, Wellington, New Zealand 2000 Histoires de vivre, Musée du Louvre, Paris Arterial - artists from Arts Project Australia, Paralympic Arts Festival, Sydney Opera House, Sydney 2000 National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington Smorgon Steel Group Ltd Contemporary Art Prize, Williamstown Festival, Melbourne On Track, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Ceramics and Drawings, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne ArtFair 2000, Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne 1999 Artists from Arts Project Australia, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney Nillumbik Art Award, Melbourne Nine Artists from Arts Project Australia, Australian Galleries (Works on Paper), Melbourne Connected, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong Visions, Rochester ATSS, Melbourne La Femme, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne The Inner View, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne 1998 Bazaar, Pitspace, RMIT, Bundoora National Works on Paper Survey, Mornington Peninsula Gallery, Mornington Hutchins Art Prize, Hobart, Tasmania Off the Wall 2D & 3D, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Ball, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Swept Away, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne 1997 Knock Knock group show, Australian Galleries, Melbourne Nexus, RMIT Project Space, Melbourne The Footy Show, Artists’ Garden, Fitzroy, Melbourne Ball!, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne St Michaels Exhibition, St Michaels Church, Melbourne Prints and Artists Books, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne 1996 Connections, Pitspace, RMIT, Melbourne Drawing on Experience: Reflections on Popular Culture (National touring exhibition), Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne Border Crossing, McClelland Regional Gallery, Langwarrin, Victoria Eyes on the Ball, MOMA (Heide), Melbourne National Touring Exhibition, curated by Chris McAuliffe, ACAF 5 Handmade Books, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne 1995 Giant Monster Footy Show, Artists' Garden, Fitzroy, Melbourne Singular Visions, Chapman Gallery, ACT Art des Antipodes, MADMusée, Liège, Belgium Vita Gallery, Portland, Oregon Mitchelton Winery, Seymour, Victoria Reversed Image, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne
Martin – 11/20/2019 – 4 1994 Moët et Chandon Travelling Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Contemporary Figuration, Lorraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne Beyond Words, National Gallery of Victoria, VicHealth Access Gallery, Working Art, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne 1993 Northcote Contemporary Art Show, Melbourne 1992 Riga, Latvia 1991 Colours '91 Exhibition, Camberwell Community Centre, Melbourne Linden Gallery, St. Kilda Fire and Clay, Wandin Springs, Victoria Victorian Ministry for the Arts, Melbourne 1990 Artists from Arts Project, Artist’s Garden, Fitzroy, Melbourne
EXHIBITION CATALOGS 2014 Daye, Cheryl, and Baker, Alex. Julian Martin: Transformer. Arts Project Australia (2014) (exh. cat.) 2013 Baker, Alex. Outsiderism. Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia (2013) (exh. cat.) [ill.]
SELECTED PRESS 2019 Cotter, Holland. "Outsider Art of the Moment: 66 Exhibitors, 7 Countries, 1 Fair." The New York Times (January 18, 2019) 2018 Miller, James H. "Independent art fair goes its own way and reaps rewards." The Art Newspaper (March 9, 2018) [online] Gomez, Edward M. "The 2018 Outsider Art Fair: A Preview." Hyperallergic (January 13, 2018) [online] 2017 Slominski, Lisa. "These Centers Are Helping Artists with Disabilities Break into the Mainstream (and the Market)." Artsy Magazine (December 1, 2017) [online] 2016 "The 20 Best Booths at the Armory Show." Artsy Editorial (March 3, 2016) [online] 2014 Gomez, Edward M. "Bold Essays in Colour and Form." Raw Vision 84 (Winter 2014–15): 24– 27 [ill.]
AWARDS 2014 First prize, Connected 2014
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Concept Economics, Canberra, Private Collection of Henry Ergas Museum of Everything
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS City of Melbourne Deakin University, Victoria Ecovantage, Victoria Frances Lehman Loeb Arts Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY Monash University Museum of Art, Victoria National Gallery of Victoria, as gifted by Stuart Purves The STOARC, New South Wales
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