EDUCATION
2011-2013 | MVS Candidate, University of Toronto Curatorial |
2009-2010 |
MPhil(A) Research, University of Birmingham, UK
Thesis Title: 'Transformation and Defiance in the Art Establishment: Mapping the exhibitions of the BLK Art Group (1981-1983) .
Supervisor: DDr. Jutta Vinzent. Raymond Priestly Postgraduate Research Scholarship (full doctoral scholarship) Audited taught postgraduate modules: Critical Approaches (historiography and methodologies in the History of Art) and Research Training |
2009 | Master Class with Vera Frenkel Artist in Residence, Master of Visual Studies MVS,University of Toronto, Toronto |
2005-2009 | Honours BA, University of Toronto, University of St. Michael’s College High Distinction summa cum laude, Visual Studies (Studio) and Fine Art History Combined Practice and Written Thesis - The Landscape as Memory: Video Painting, Performance Supervisors: Professor Kim Tomczak and Professor Susan Schelle |
2007-2008 | College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Australia International Exchange Program Time-based media, Contemporary Art Theory, Painting |
2001–2004 | Newmarket School of Fine Art Painting, Drawing, Sculpture |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2010 |
Curatorial Assistant [Collections and Archives], Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada |
2009 |
Curatorial and Collections Management Assistant, University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto, Canada Contemporary Curatorial Internship, Art Gallery of Ontario, under supervision of Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, Michelle Jacques. Toronto, Canada Canadian Art History Internship, University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto, Canada
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2008 | Education and Public Programming, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia |
2002-2006 | Assistant Art Instructor, Newmarket Public Library, York Region, Canada |
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2011 |
Memory Theater: Do you see what I see? curated by Lili Huston- Herterich and Brad Tinmouth, Butcher Gallery, Toronto. A Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Independent Project.
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2009 | Hidden Tapestries, curated by JoL Thomson, EEL Gallery, 1 Spadina Crescent, Toronto |
2008 | Entropy, Process Gallery, Gallery 1313, Toronto (juried) Cold Ground, Rrose Sélavy Gallery, College of Fine Arts, Sydney |
2005 | Colour Harmony, Y.O. Media Gallery, York Region |
CURATORSHIP
2011 | BEYOND BEFORE | EROFEB DNOYEB - 5th annual University of Toronto Chancellor's Exhibition, curated by Julia Abraham and Rebecca Noone, University of Toronto |
2010 | Print Power: Religion, Society and the Body, curated by Julia Abraham, Carly Hegenbarth, Katherine Robson, Katherine Hall, and Frieda Cheuk. The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK |
2007 | Exhibition around the World, Gallery 44, Sydney |
2006 | John Estabillo: The Corporeality of Memory, EEL Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS, SCREENINGS, AND PUBLICATIONS
2011 | VOCAL RELICS, performances by Julia Abraham+Jamie Matechuk with Natasha Bailey and Junko Otake, Sterling Lofts, Toronto mailto:, The Prismatic Letter to Enantiomorphosis, by Julia Abraham+Jamie Matechuk, Curated by Jeff Thompson, Drift Gallery and Performance Space, Lincoln Nebraska USA POW! Curated by Natasha Bailey, Fold Gallery, London UK, 11 JUNE 2011 6-9PM BST (BRITISH SUMMER TIME) Yo Guy, www.yo-guy.tumblr.com |
2010 | Bank on Art ongoing installation, curated by Kelly McCray, 952 Queen St. West, Toronto ______ go, The 2009 - 2010 Trinity College Art Show, curated by ElisaPelaia, Clara Sohn, Shannon Garden-Smith, Sophia Balagamwala, and Konstantine Polyzois, University of Toronto |
2009 | Toronto: The Creative City, Luminato Festival of Arts and Creativity, Toronto For What is Not Said, University of Toronto Visual Studies Undergraduate Thesis Exhibition, 1 Spadina Crescent, Toronto Hart House Review, Canadian literary and arts magazine, University of Toronto University of Toronto Film Festival, University of Toronto, Toronto Chancellor’s Student Art Exhibition, curated by Sunny Kerr, University of Toronto, Toronto Thesis Fundraiser: For What is Not Said, The Drake Hotel, Toronto SoundReach, International Audiovisual Collaboration China-Canada, University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto Both/And: What is Beyond Multiculturalism, curated by Maria Campos, University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto (juried) Français sans Frontières, curated by Rachel Jacobs, University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto |
2008 | Nuit Blanche, Process Gallery, Gallery 1313, Toronto (juried) Eyeball, 1 Spadina Crescent, Toronto Do You Remember the Place, Art School Musical: The Social, Toronto Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto (juried) SPI Exhibition, COFA Space Gallery, Sydney Insight, Ku-ring-gai Council Exhibition, St. Ives, Sydney |
2007 | Exhibition around the World, curated by Julia Abraham, Gallery 44, Sydney *Exhibition around the World, curated by Danielle Williams, EEL Gallery, 1 Spadina Crescent, Toronto * Genesee Community College, New York * Geborgen Kamers, Netherlands * Kulturwerkstatt Uferstöckl, Wallsee Dislocation, curated by Lena Obergfell, Kudos Gallery, Sydney (juried) The Art of Torture, Amnesty International Exhibition, TAP Gallery, Sydney Salon Hang, curated by Alison Groves, Three Foot Square Gallery, Sydney |
2006 | Square Foot, A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto Student Art Competition, Wellington Gallery, Toronto Canada Blooms Exhibition, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto |
2005 | Stript Bare: Larchaud Dance Project, 55 Mill Street Distillery Historic District, Toronto Eyeball, 1 Spadina Crescent, Toronto |
COLLECTION
Sacred Heart Catholic High School, Library Information Centre, York Region
Private Collections
AWARDS, GRANTS, and HONOURS
2010 | Robert's Funding, awarded by the University of Birmingham Graduate School, for exhibition: Print Power: Religion, Society and the Body, (co-curated) The Barber Institute of Fine Arts. History of Art Departmental Funding Award, for exhibition: Print Power:Religion, Society and the Body, (co-curated) The Barber Institute of Fine Arts. |
2009 | Raymond Priestly Postgraduate Research Scholarship (MPhil/PhD) High Distinction, summa cum laude, University of Toronto Alumna Dean’s List of Academic Excellence, St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto Nominated for BMO Financial Group 1st Invitational Student Art Competition, juried by the University of Toronto Faculty of Fine Art |
2008 | Technology Grant, Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Grade Point High Distinction, University of New South Wales |
2007 | Khaki University and Y.M.C.A. Memorial Scholarship, University of Toronto Artist Grants and Sponsorship Scheme, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales Ontario International Education Opportunity Scholarship, University of Toronto International Exchange Grant, University of Toronto |
2005 | Admittance Scholarship, University of St. Michael’s College Cal Callahan Memorial Bursary, Pipe Line Contractors Association of Canada Christopher Deehan Memorial Artistic Bursary, Sacred Heart Catholic High School Artist of the Year, Sacred Heart Secondary School |
CONFERENCE
2011 | Paper Title 'Exhibition Culture of the BLK Art Group: Strategies of Critique' |
OTHER EXPERIENCE, SPECIALIZED TRAINING, AND ASSOCIATIONS
2011 | Voting Member, University of Toronto Art Committee Active Member, Visioning Sub-Committee, University of Toronto Art Committee |
2009 | Postgraduate Research Representative, Department of History of Art, University of Birmingham Member, AAH - Association of Art Historians Member, Barber Association, Barber Institute of Fine Arts Videographer and Video/Sound Editor – Sense of Place [Iain Baxter, Alistair MacLeod and Nino Ricci], Furniture Meets its Maker [Gord Peteran], University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto Head of Curation, Visual Studies: Thesis, University of Toronto, Toronto Advanced Final Cut Pro 6 Master Tutorial, Advanced Video – Lisa Steele and Phill Lee Advanced After Effects CS4 Master Tutorial, Advanced Video – Lisa Steele and Jenn E. Norton |
2008 | Fundraising and Public Programming Internship, SquareOne Gallery, Sydney Official Independent Project Participant, Nuit Blanche 2008, Toronto |
2007 | Critical Curatorial Lab Participant, Power Plant Art Gallery, University of Toronto |
2006 | Artist Mural Painter Contributor, Canada Blooms, Toronto Member, University of Toronto Art Committee, Toronto |
BIBLIOGRAPHY, SCHOLARLY REPORT, AND EXHIBITION ARTICLE
_________go Trinity College 2009-2010 Art Show Catalogue. University of Toronto, 2010.
Abraham, Julia. Beaver Tales, Canadian Art and Design: Docent Package. Toronto: University of Toronto Art Centre, August 2008, pp 1-124.
Art Toronto, 'Art Toronto.ca Picks for Nuit Blanche'
Dimech, Joe. “Avoided 1 Not To Be Avoided.” Entropy, Gallery 1313, 16 October 2008.
Gaidaro, Stichting. “Exhibition Around the World.” <http://geborgenkamers.nl> October 2007.
Hayes David, "Cutting to the Chase at Butcher Gallery'' Toronto Star, <http://www.yourhome.ca/homes/hometype/apartments/article/1062651--cutting-to-the-chase-at-the-butcher-gallery> October 3, 2011
Hart House Review 2009. Canadian literary and arts magazine. University of Toronto. Toronto: Coach House Press, 2009.
Plaid Mag, 'Nuit Blanche: Plaid's picks for planning your next all nighter', Plaid Mag, September 29, 2011
Prickett, Sarah Nicole. “For What Is Not Said.” Torontoist Publication <http://torontoist.com/2009/04/for_what_is_not_said.php>.
Print Power: Religion, Society and the Body catalogue, co-curated, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Unknown author. "The Familiarities of Dislocation."Art 129: An exploration of new media art. February 17, 2011. <http://artonetwentynine.blogspot.com/2011/02/julia-abraham-entropic-landscape-2008.html?spref=fb>.
University of Toronto Visual Studies Thesis Exhibition Catalogue: What Is Not Said, April 2009.
ART HISTORY PRESENTATIONS and ARTIST TALKS
2009 | “Structural Video: Leslie Peters,” Advanced Video Lecture Series, VTAPE, Toronto “Community and What it Means: The Recent Work of Julia Abraham,” Master Class Artist in Residence: Vera Frenkel, Master of Visual Studies, University of Toronto |
2008 | "The Allusion of Canada in the Work of Peter Doig,” Visual Studies Thesis: Text and Critique, University of Toronto “The Non-Collecting Contemporary Institution,” Museum Studies, University of New New South Wales |
2007 | “Albert Oehlen and Post-Non-Objectivity,” Critical Curatorial Lab, The Power Plant Art Gallery |
