ABOUT

For three decades, visual artist Julia Ritson has explored the painted surface of the grid to capture contemporary and historical references through texture, colour, and form. Graduate of Victorian College of the Arts (Painting) – University of Melbourne. Lives and works in Melbourne.

Exhibitions
2023, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2021, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2018, Grid Paintings 25 Years, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2014, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2011, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2009, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2006, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2003, O&B Gallery, Sydney
2001, Kozminsky Art, Melbourne
1999, Kozminsky Art, Melbourne
1997, Temple Studio, Melbourne
1995, Temple Studio, Melbourne

Group exhibitions
2022, Len Fox Painting Prize, Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine
2021, Autumn, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2016, Summer, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2016, Salon, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2015, NEO-0-10, Works on Paper, Stephen Mclaughlan Gallery
2014, Twenty Fourteen, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2014, Dark: More than Black, Stephen Mclaughlan Gallery
2013, Big and Small, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2012, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2010, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2008, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2002, Kozminsky Art, Melbourne
2001, Something for the Ladies …, Penthouse & Pavement, Melbourne
2000, Episode, Patrizia Autore Gallery, Melbourne
1997, Julia, Sarah and Joanne Ritson, Temple Studio, Melbourne
1995, Shifting Grounds, Melbourne
1993, Ritson, Somerville, Temple Studio, Melbourne
1993, Parcel Post Show, Linden, St Kilda Arts Centre, Melbourne
1993, The Keith & Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship Exhibition, Melbourne
1992, Diary, St Kilda Arts Centre, Melbourne
1990, Seven Artists, Judith Pugh Gallery, Melbourne
1990, 20 Painters, Ministry of Arts, Melbourne

Award
1990, Dora Wilson Award for Painting (Trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria), Victorian College of the Arts

Qualifications
1990, Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting), Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

Essay by Dr Sarah Engledow