Julie Rrap facts for kids

Julie Rrap (born in 1950) is a famous Australian artist. She grew up on the Gold Coast in Queensland. Her birth name was Julie Parr. She later changed it to Rrap to show her unique artistic style. Since the 1970s, Julie has created art using many different forms. These include photography, painting, sculpture, and video. Her art often explores ideas about the human body, especially the female body.

Her Early Life and Education

Julie Rrap was born in Lismore, Australia. Her family later moved to Nerang. This is a small town near the Gold Coast. She grew up there with her sister and brothers. One of her brothers is Mike Parr, who is also an artist. They have often worked together.

In 1971, Julie finished her Bachelor of Arts degree. She studied at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. She continued her art studies in 1974. She focused on painting and drawing. This was at the National Art School in Sydney. She also studied at the University of Sydney. In 1976, she learned about photo media in Sydney.

Early in her career, Julie Rrap ran a photography business. She worked with another photographer, John Delacour. Their business mostly took pictures for magazines and art books.

In 1975, Julie worked with a performance art group. This group included artists like Mike Parr and Joan Grounds. They were from the University of Sydney.

In the 1980s, Julie spent a lot of time teaching art. She gave lectures at many universities and art schools. These included the Australian Centre for Photography and Sydney College of the Arts. She taught painting, photography, and design.

Julie Rrap lived in France and Belgium from 1986 to 1994. This helped her art become known around the world. She showed her work in many places during this time. In 1994, Julie came back to Australia.

In 2010, she earned her PhD from Monash University in Melbourne. Today, Julie Rrap lives and works in Sydney. She often travels between Europe and Australia for her art shows. She also works at the University of Sydney. There, she leads research about artists.

What Julie Rrap's Art is About

Julie Rrap's art career began in the 1970s. She explored many types of art. These included painting, performance, photography, sculpture, and video.

Her art is often inspired by the human body. She looks at how bodies, especially female bodies, are shown in media. Julie uses her art to "poke fun" at common ideas about women. She changes these ideas to show women as strong and active. She uses her own body, or ideas of bodies, in her artworks.

Julie Rrap had her first solo art show in 1982. It was called Disclosures: A Photographic Construct. Some photos in this show had her in different costumes. Some were cut up, with parts of the body missing. This early work was important for future art that focused on women's roles. Julie has continued to use her own body in her art. One example is her 2009 video, 360 Degree Self-Portrait.

In her early works, Julie put photos of herself onto famous paintings. She used works by artists like Manet and Degas. This was her way of adding her own view as an artist.

In 1994, her work Transpositions was shown. It had 100 boards on a wall. Each board had a photo of an old portrait of a woman. The eyes of each woman seemed to look right at the viewer. This showed the women as themselves, not just models for male artists. This work was a big change for Julie. After this, she stopped using her own body in her art. Now, she might use materials like skin or leather. But she still explores how the female image is shown in different ways.

Julie Rrap's art is shown by Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery in Sydney. It is also shown by Arc One Gallery in Melbourne.

Awards and Recognition

Julie Rrap has received many awards and honors. These include:

• 1986, Cité internationale des arts, Paris
• 1989, Fellowship Grant - Australia Council for the Arts
• 1995, Multi-Year Fellowship - Australia Council for the Arts
• 1997, Cité Des Arts, Paris
• 1999, Project Grant - Australia Council for the Arts
• 2001, Hermann's Art Award
• 2002, Fellowship Grant - Australia Council for the Arts
• 2007, Project Grant - Australia Council for the Arts
• 2008, Redlands Art Prize - Mosman Gallery
• 2009, Clemenger Contemporary Art Award - National Gallery of Victoria
• 2009, National Artists’ Self-portrait Prize - University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane

Where Her Art Has Been Shown

Here are some of Julie Rrap's solo exhibitions:

• 2004 Soft Targets, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
• 2005 Soft Targets, ARC One gallery, Melbourne, Australia
• 2006 Fall Out, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
• 2007 Embodied, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle
• 2007 Body Double, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
• 2009 Escape Artist: Castaway, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
• 2010 OuterSpace, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne
• 2010 360° Self-Portrait, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
• 2011 Julie Rrap: Off Balance, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore, NSW
• 2012 Loaded, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
• 2014 Rrapture: Julie Rrap, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle
• 2024 Past Continuous, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

Where to See Her Art

You can find images of Julie Rrap's artworks on many art gallery websites. The following places have her works in their collections:

• Art Gallery of New South Wales
• Art Gallery of South Australia
• Art Gallery of Western Australia
• National Gallery of Australia
• National Gallery of Victoria
• Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art
• University of Melbourne, Vizard Foundation Art Collection