Julie Fragar is an Australian artist and painter. Her work is held in major public collections including the Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sydney); Art Gallery of South Australia (Adelaide); and the Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane). She has undertaken several Australia Council for the Arts funded projects and residencies, has been the recipient of major awards and institutional commissions. Fragar completed a Bachelor of Fine Art (Hons) and a Master of Fine Art at Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney and a PhD at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University where she is Associate Professor in Visual Arts.
Fragar is represented by Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney.
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Solo Exhibitions
2023 - Put Your Hands Together, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney.
2022-2024 - Julie Fragar: Biograph, Survey exhibition touring to Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, University of Sunshine Coast Art Museum, Tweed Regional Gallery and Rockhampton Museum of Art. Curated by Jonathan McBurnie.
2022 - Last Night I had a Dream and There Were Three of Me (two-person exhiibtion with Justene Williams), Milani Gallery Carpark Space, Brisbane.
2021 - Wash Your Face in Cold Water, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney.
2020 - The Cut, Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart.
2018, 2019 - Next Witness, Sarah Cottier Gallery and Queensland Supreme Court Library, (curated by Angela Goddard and Charla Strelan) Sydney and Brisbane.
2017 - Trial Paintings: Life Narratives from the Supreme Court of Queensland, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney.
2016 – Grey Paintings, NKN Gallery, Melbourne.
2014 – Julie Fragar New Work, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney.
2013 - God and the Universe or Whatever, Bruce Heiser Gallery, Brisbane.
Marathon Boxing and Dog Fights, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney.
2012 - Poking the Ghost Skin, Block Projects, Melbourne.
2011 - The Albatross and a Mountain Man, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney.
2010 - Meet Me At An Arms Length, Bruce Heiser Gallery, Brisbane.
2009 - The Oracles, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney.
2009 - Your Place and/or Mine, MSSR Projects, Brisbane.
2008 - LIAR, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney.
2007 - MAN, Peloton, Sydney.
2005 - NOWNO NOTNOW NOW, Mori Gallery, Sydney.
2004 - Is Anyone Here A ... , Mori Gallery, Sydney.
2003 - Julie Fragar On Thin Ice, Mori Gallery, Sydney.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 - Group Show, curated by Sophia Whitney-Hewson, Mars Gallery Melbourne.
2022 - The Female Gaze, Tweed Regional Gallery.
Zombie Eaters, Murray Art Museum, Albury.
2021 - Last Night I had a dream and There Were Three of Me, (collaboration with Justene Williams), Carpark, Milani Gallery, Brisbane.
Archibald Prize 2021 (Portrait of Richard Bell, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
2019 - The National: Contemporary Australian Art, curated by Daniel Mudie Cunningham, Carriageworks, Sydney.
MOP Projects 2003-2016, Artspace, Sydney NSW.
2018- Curatorial Project, FADED: Painting Toward the Invisible, POP Gallery, Brisbane.
2017 - Flat Earth Society: Matthys Gerber, Jenny Watson, Archie Moore, Fiona Lowry, David M Thomas, Paul Bai and Julie Fragar, POP, Brisbane.
National Self-Portrait Prize, curated by Glenn Barkley and Holly Williams, University of Queensland Art Museum.
Ramsey Art Prize, Art Gallery of South Australia.
2016 – Kilgour Art Prize, Newcastle Regional Gallery.
Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize, curated by Mikala Dwyer, National Art School Sydney.
2015 – Spring Art Fair (with Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney), Establishment Hotel, Sydney.
GOMA Q: Contemporary Queensland Art, QAG/GOMA, Brisbane.
Writing Art, Artspace, Sydney.
Between the Lines, Verge Gallery, University of Sydney.
Art and Text, University of Sydney.
Radical Romanticism, Crane Art Centre, Philadelphia.
2014 – TEXiT, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICAN), Sydney.
Now the Heart is Filled with Gold … , curated by Glenn Barkely, Arts Project, Melbourne.
GOLD ART AWARD, Rockhampton Regional Gallery, Rockhampton.
1883 Spring Art Fair, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Melbourne.
Now the heart is filled with gold as if it were a purse, Arts Project Australia, Curated by Glenn Barkley, - Contributing Artist
2013 - Group Show #26, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney.
Special Moves, curated by Jonathan McBurnie, MOP, Sydney NSW.
The Imperceptible Something, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Caboolture QLD.
2012 - Animal Human, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane.
2011 - Australia Felix, Crane Arts Centre, Philadelphia.
In Great Trouble: The Traumatic Australian Landscape, Bondi Pavillion Gallery, Sydney.
O, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney.
Femmes and Hommes, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne.
2010 - Primavera 10, curated by Katie Dyer, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney and touring to QUT Art Museum.
WILDERNESS: Balnaves Contemporary Painting, curated by Wayne Tunniciffe, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
Twenty/20, UTS Gallery, Sydney.
The Brisbane Line, The Narrows, Melbourne.
B&W, Sarah Cottier Galley, Sydney.
Gaze, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, Brisbane.
2009 - Temperature 2: New Brisbane Art, Museum of Brisbane.
New Order: Emergent Queensland Artists, Redcliffe Regional Gallery, Brisbane.
Julie Fragar: Your Place and/or Mine - MSSR Brisbane.
New Order: 14 Emergent Queensland Artist, Curated by Emma Lindsay, Redcliffe City Gallery, Brisbane.
I Have Not Been Myself Lately, curated by Jo Duke and Chris Handran, Griffith University Gallery, Brisbane.
2008 - New Moon, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney.
Rimbaud/Rambo, Neon Parc, Melbourne
OPTIMISM: Contemporary Australia, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
Home, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore City NSW
Gifted: New to the Griffith University Art Collection, DELL Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, QLD – other contributing artists: Howard Arkley, Gordon Bennet, and Tony Albert.
Drawings of Love & Hate, Circle Gallery, Brisbane QLD – Contributing Artist
2007 - The Heavier We Get, curated by Wes Hill, Raw Space, Brisbane.
2006 - Girl Band, curated by Barbara Flynn, Deloitte, Sydney.
Charge To Slow (Fiona Lowry and Julie Fragar), MOP Projects, Sydney.
2005 - ABN Amro Emerging Artists Award, (Winner) ABN Amro, Sydney.
Idiosyncrasy, curated by Alison Kubler and Rosemary Hawker, The Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane.
2004 - Adrift,Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane.
Blur, (in collaboration with Paul Wrigley), curated by Steven Alderton, Redland Art Gallery.
Two For One, MOP Projects, Sydney.
ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award, Finalist, ABN AMRO, Sydney.
2003 - Archibald Prize 03, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
Michael Zavros, Susan Norrie and Julie Fragar, Mori Gallery, Sydney.
Working From Home, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
WYWH, curated by Emil Goh, First Draft Gallery, Sydney.
Minilab, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney.
This is Paint, Wren Gallery, Sydney.
Journal Journey, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver BC.
LOG, MOP Gallery, Sydney NSW
2002 - Briefcase 50, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney.
Deskjob, curated by Julie Fragar, Fiona Lowry and Piers Greville, Mori Gallery, Sydney.
Blue Lotus Project #4, curated by Kyle Jenkins, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney.
Fuck art, Let’s thrash: Group Stencil Show, Wren Gallery, Sydney.
2001 - 1m x 1m, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney.
Parallel Structures, curated by David Pestorius, Brisbane, 200 Gertrude St, Melbourne.
Box, Gallery Wren, Sydney.
Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
Art Castle, Rodney Street, Dover Heights. Artists included: Fiona Lowry, Clare Healey and Sean Cordeiro, Tim Douglas, Rebecca McIntosh and others.
Parallel Structures, Southbank BNE QLD, Exhibited within the works of Matthys Gerber, Curated by David Pestorious
2000 - Sharper- 9 x Paintings, 3 x Artists, Michael Zavros, Julie Fragar and Matthew Ryan, Gosford Regional Art Gallery, Gosford.
Cia Guo- Quiang Project, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Biennale of Sydney.
Sebastian: Contemporary Realist Painting, touring QLD, NSW and VIC.
Cai Guo Qiang Project, Biennale of Sydney (contributing performer to Cai-Guo Qiang project) Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney.
2000 Sharper, Gosford Regional Gallery and Arts Centre – with Michael Zavros and Matthew Ryan
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
Sebastian: Contemporary Realist painting, curated by Alison Kubler, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast QLD – Contributing artist, toured – Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Sutherlands Regional Gallery, Orange Regional Gallery, Noosa Regional Gallery, Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery
One Last Show – Goodbye from Gallery 19, Gallery 19, Sydney NSW
1999 - Al Eisen Inventor, Herringbone Gallery, Sydney.
Shiny, Curated by Julie Fragar, Gallery 132, Sydney.
1998 - Matthys Gerber, CBD Gallery, Sydney
1998 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill, Sydney.
Boring, Julie Fragar and Alison Ritch, Gallery 19, Sydney.
Selected Collections
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
Artbank
Devonport Regional Art Gallery
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Caboolture Regional Art Gallery
Tweed River Art Gallery
Pine Rivers Regional Art Gallery
Monash University Art Museum, Melbourne
Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane
University of Queensland, Brisbane
Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane
Numerous Private collections.
Selected Prizes, Grants and Awards
2021 - Arts, English Law, Griffith University Reseacrh Development Grant (with Prof. Susan Best)
2020 - Sylvia Jones Award for Women Artists (Brisbane Portrait Prize)
2019- 2020 - Australia Council Arts Projects for Individuals Grant
2017 - Ramsey Art Prize (Lipman Karas Award)
Queensland State Government, Parliament House Commission.
Griffith Centre for Creative Arts Research, Research Development Grant (with Dr. Karen Crawley of Griffith Law School)
2016 - Tidal: City of Devonport National Art Award
Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize (finalist).
Australia Council Arts Projects for Individuals Grant
2014 - Australia Council New Work Grant
2013 – Winner Pine Rivers Art Award
2009 - Australia Council for the Arts Studio Residency (Barcelona).
2006-2009 - Griffith University Graduate Research Scholarship
2005 - Winner 2005 ABN Amro Emerging Artist Award
Winner 2005 ABN Amro Employees Choice Award
2002 - NSW Artists Marketing Scheme Grant.
University Post-Graduate Award, University of Sydney.
2001 - Freedman Foundation Traveling Scholarship for Emerging Artists.
Roche Contemporary Art Prize, (2nd Prize).
Selected Bibliography
Downes, B (2023
Hill, W (2023)
Hawker, R and Elisabeth Findlay (2022)
Parker, F (2022)
Martin-Chew, L (2023)
Ewington J (2021)
Bratchford, D and Hon. Justice Thomas Bradley, Next Witness catalogue essays, 2019.
Hyatt-Johnson. H.R. Julie Fragar: Profile Artist Profile, 2018
Hill, W Julie Fragar 'Trial Paintings', Artforum, Critics Picks, March 2017.
Rule, D. Julie Fragar: Grey Paintings, The Age, 16 April, 2016.
Art Guide Australia, Julie Fragar wins ... Tidal, Art Guide Australia, November, 2016.
Art Almanac, Julie Fragar Harpoons Tidal, Art Almanac, November 2016.
Kubler A A New Direction: Julie Fragar, Australian Art Collector, January, 2015.
McBurnie, J Julie Fragar: New Paintings, eyeline magazine, January, 2015.
McBurnie, J The Leviathan Stirs, Sneaky Mag, 2014.
Block Projects, Poking the Ghost Skin, Vault: New Art and Culture, Issue 2, November 2012.
Pohlner, S Seasoned artist, Mx News, 2011.
Gibson, P Curators Radar: Julie Fragar, Australian Art Collector, Issue 55, Jan-Mar 2011.
Girdham, R Young Mix of Medium, The Sunday Mail, 6 February, 2011.
Frost, A A Snapshot of the Now, Australian Art Collector, Issue 53, July-September 2010.
Wolff, S Meet me at an Arms Length, www.theartlife.com.au, 22 November 2010.
Kubler, A Gaze (exhibition catalogue), Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, QLD, 2010.
Dyer, K, Primavera 2010: Exhibition by Young Australian Artists, exhibition catalogue. 2010.
Tunicliffe, W ‘Julie Fragar’, Wilderness: Balnaves Contemporary Painting, exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2010.
Tovey, J. JULIE FRAGAR, Sydney Morning Herald, May 17-18, 2008.
Hetherington, S Julie Fragar Feature in ARTWORLD Magazine, pp 188-191, Issue 4, 2008.
Barkley, G ITISAMISTAKETOGIVEUPTHEDOMESTICLIFEFORTHEARTISTICLIFE, Artist Profile, Spring 2007.
Kubler, A Queensland Painters: The New Breed, Art and Australia, vol.45, Spring 2007.
Hill, W DADISLIKEITTOO, Eyeline Magazine, Winter 2007.
Hill, W Interview with Julie Fragar, MAN exhibition catalogue, Peloton, Sydney, 2007.
Smee, S Double Take on a Silent Response, The Australian, 19 September 2005.
Mayhew, M Paint not Pictures: Julie Fragar, exhibition essay, Mori Gallery 2005.
Watson, P Profoundly Simple, The Courier Mail, 28 September, 2005.
James, B Bets on Three of a Kind or a Dealer, SMH, 14 March 2003.
James, B Snapshots of a Voyage on Very Thin Ice, SMH,15 January, 2003.
Low, L.A. Metropolitan, SMH, January 2003.
Low, L.A. A Big Stretch, SMH, 23rd August, 2003.
Low, L.A. Travels with my ant, Sydney Morning Herald, July 6-7, 2002.
Kidd, C Witty Blend of art and science, Sydney Morning Herald, 2001.
Gennochio, B Intimate Snapshots from a Studio- Julie Fragar, The Australian, 23 Nov 2001.
Burke, K Natural or Nurtured, the Designs are on a Seriously Creative Career, Sydney Morning Herald (SMH), 23rd Nov 2001
James B Solidarity Fights Lonely Gallery Syndrome, 24th October 2001.
Kubler A Julie Fragar- Paintings, exhibition essay, Boutwell Draper ,Sydney, November 2001.
Kidd, C Snap Selection, SMH, 13 June 2001.
Low, L.A., Sexy Beasts ,Sydney Morning Herald, 20th October 2001.
Anderson, P Sebastian: contemporary realist painting (QLD): The importance of being earnest, Art Monthly, 2000
Nelson, R Photofit of painting: Visual Arts – Sebastian: Contemporary realist painting, The Age, 2000.
Kubler, A (you make me feel) mighty real, Art Monthly Australia, June 2000.
Matthews, K Trust me I’m Telling you Stories, Catalogue Essay, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, 2000.
Smee, S Hip and Miss, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 March, 2000.
Kubler, A Sebastian, Contemporary Realist Painting, Catalogue Essay, Gold Coast Art Gallery, 2000.
Anderson, P The Gold Coast Gets Real, Courier Mail, 17th May 2000.
Fortesgue, E Making an Exhibition of Themselves, The Daily Telegraph, 18 March 2000.
Smee, S A reality check at Hazelhurst, Spectrum Art, Sydney Morning Herald, 2000.
Martin-Chew, L Realist painting not dead, merely biding its time, The Australian, 2000.
James, B Archies Sea Change, SMH, 25 March, 2000.
Low, L.A., Scene Inc., Sydney Morning Herald, 10th November 2000.
Smee, S Hip and Miss, Sydney Morning Herald, 1999.
Gennochio, B New Wine from an Old Un-trendy Bottle, The Australian, 31 Nov 1998.
James, B Portrait of a Lady, SMH, Spectrum, 31st Oct, 1998.
James B Me, Myself, An Eye, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1998.
Commission Projects
Official Portrait Victorian Court Services (2022-)
Official Portrait Monash University (2022/3)
Official Portrait Griffith University (2022)
Official Portrait University of Sydney (2021/2)
New Work, The National (Carriageworks 2019)
Offical Portraits of Former Premier Anna Bligh AO and Former Speaker Peter Wellington, Queensland State Parliament (2017/18)
Official Portrait Deakin University (2017)
Education
2013 PhD, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane.
2001-2002 - Master of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney.
1995-1998 - Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, Bachelor of Visual Arts (Hons Class 1)
Current Academic Position
Program Director of Visual Arts and Head of Painting, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University.
Currently Represented
Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney.