ABOUT

Julie is a printmaker, seller and reader of books, lover of birds and avid gardener inhabiting a little patch of forest on Yuin Country on the south coast of NSW.

Her work is grounded in the natural world with a focus on the little things people tend to ignore; birds, insects, understory. She explores this through varying forms of printmaking, predominantly etching and linocut, drawing and artist books.

Julie studied Printmaking and Drawing with Honours at the ANU’s School of Art in Canberra and has exhibited in solo and group shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Fremantle, Adelaide and Queenscliff.

She has been a finalist in the Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, the Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, Peebles Print Prize and the Basil Sellers Art Prize.

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Education

2002-2005 Bachelor of Arts (Visual) Honours Printmedia & Drawing

Australian National University

Solo Exhibitions

2023 A Bird in the Hand - Wedge Gallery, Books Kinokuniya, Sydney, NSW

2022 Wild Abandon - Studio Altenburg, Braidwood, NSW

2018 All At Sea – fYre Gallery, Braidwood, NSW

2016 Julie Mia Holmes – SPUR Project Eurobodalla Libraries, Moruya Library, NSW

2015 Flotsam & Jetsam - Sweets Workshop, Summer Hill, NSW

2014 The Book Project – Eurobodalla River of Art Festival, Moruya Books, Moruya, NSW

2013 Creature Cravings - Sweets Workshop, Summer Hill, NSW

2012 Owl About Town - Wedge Gallery, Books Kinokuniya, Sydney, NSW

2009 Going Batty - Books Kinokuniya Gallery, Sydney, NSW

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025 Alight, Gallery Bodalla, Bodalla, NSW

2024 Wayzgoose, Megalo Print Studio, ACT

2023 Embers, Epicorms II, Basil Sellers Exhibition Centre, Moruya, NSW

2022 Embers & Epicorm: Art of the Eurobodalla, Incinerator Gallery, Willoughby, NSW

2020 Bodies of Matter, Collaborative Digital Online Exhibition with Elaine Camlin, ANCA Gallery, ACT, https://www.anca.net.au/bodies-of-matter Relief Online Exhibition, Megalo Print Studio, https://www.megalo.org/relief-online-exhibition

2019 Historia Print Exchange - Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff, VIC

Tracks - Curated by Helen Maxwell, Durras Progress Hall, South Durras, NSW

2018 SERAN @ Spiral, Spiral Gallery, Bega, NSW

Rocks & Clouds - Curated by Helen Maxwell, Durras Progress Hall, South Durras, NSW

2017 Great Authors Print Exchange – Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, VIC

The Forest – PG Printmaker Gallery, Fitzroy, VIC

Oh, Innocent Flame! - Curated by Helen Maxwell, Durras Progress Hall, South Durras, NSW

Global Oceans - Adelaide International Print Exchange, Hahndorf Academy, SA

2016 Small Works 2016 - Beaver Galleries, ACT

Panoply – Metropolis Gallery, Geelong, VIC

Creatures – Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff, VIC

Chroma – Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff, VIC

Frequent Fliers – Curated by Helen Maxwell, Durras Progress Hall, South Durras, NSW

2015 Bimblebox 153 Birds – Impress Printmakers Studio & Gallery, Woolowin, QLD and State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD (touring)

2014 Out on a Limb - Mechanics Institute, Moruya, NSW

2013 Intersections - Belconnen Arts Centre, ACT

2010 Works On Paper - Gallery Red, Glebe, NSW

Under Pressure - Gallery Red, Glebe, NSW

2005 2005 Graduate Exhibition - School Of Art, ANU, ACT

Blender - ANCA Gallery, ACT

Prizes & Awards

2025 Northern Beaches Artist Book Award, Manly Library, NSW

2021 Peebles Print Prize, selected finalist – Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, VIC

2020 Basil Sellers Art Prize, selected finalist - Mechanics Institute, Moruya, NSW

2019 Fremantle Print Award, Highly Commended – Fremantle Arts Centre, WA

Peebles Print Prize, selected finalist – Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, VIC

2017 Peebles Print Prize, selected finalist – Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, VIC

ReVive Art Prize, selected finalist – Mechanics Institute, Moruya, NSW

2016 Basil Sellers Art Prize, selected finalist - Mechanics Institute, Moruya, NSW

Eurobodalla River of Art Prize, Highly Commended, SoArt Gallery, Narooma, NSW

2015 ReVive Art Prize, People’s Choice Award, Mechanics Institute, Moruya, NSW

Eurobodalla River of Art Prize, Commended, SoArt Gallery, Narooma, NSW

2014 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, selected finalist - South Australian Museum, SA

Basil Sellers Art Prize, selected finalist - Mechanics Institute, Moruya, NSW

2012 Bega Regional Art Prize, selected finalist - Bega Valley Regional Gallery, NSW

2005 KPMG Acquisition Prize, Emerging Artist Award Scheme, ANU Graduate Exhibition, ACT

Residencies

2025 BigCi Residency, Wollemi National Park (May/June)

Collections

Eurobodalla Shire Council