There Is A Creek Somewhere Julia Sirianni Julia Sirianni - There Is A Creek Somewhere
There Is A Creek Somewhere 2020
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There Is A Creek Somewhere2020
Oil On Board
62 x 62 cm
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I Can See Rainworth Julia Sirianni Julia Sirianni - I Can See Rainworth
I Can See Rainworth 2020
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I Can See Rainworth2020
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Waiting For It Julia Sirianni Julia Sirianni - Waiting For It
Waiting For It 2020
Waiting For ItJulia SirianniWaiting For It
Waiting For It2020
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Just Far Enough Julia Sirianni Julia Sirianni - Just Far Enough
Just Far Enough 2020
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Just Far Enough2020
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A Peace Of Mind Julia Sirianni Julia Sirianni - A Peace Of Mind
A Peace Of Mind 2020
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A Peace Of Mind2020
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The City Farm Julia Sirianni Julia Sirianni - The City Farm
The City Farm 2020
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The City Farm2020
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Leaving The House Julia Sirianni Julia Sirianni - Leaving The House
Leaving The House 2020
Leaving The HouseJulia SirianniLeaving The House
Leaving The House2020
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Walking A Long Road Julia Sirianni Julia Sirianni - Walking A Long Road
Walking A Long Road 2020
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Walking A Long Road2020
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Hidden Path, Finsbury Park Julia Sirianni Julia Sirianni - Hidden Path, Finsbury Park
Hidden Path, Finsbury Park 2020
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Hidden Path, Finsbury Park2020
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Wired And Protecting Julia Sirianni Julia Sirianni - Wired And Protecting
Wired And Protecting 2020
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Wired And Protecting2020
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Tiny City Julia Sirianni Julia Sirianni - Tiny City
Tiny City 2020
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Tiny City2020
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Looking Back Julia Sirianni Julia Sirianni - Looking Back
Looking Back 2020
Looking BackJulia SirianniLooking Back
Looking Back2020
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Julia Sirianni is an urban explorer, discovering unique scenes hidden throughout our suburbs. Documenting each location encapsulates the different emotions stirred by these sanctuaries. The scenes she selects are often absent of people but retain a trace of the humans that impact them, whether it be through a man-made structure or a path created from walking the same track every day. Many of these works were realised while the city was in isolation with most people confined to their homes. Each piece evokes memories of the calming effect experienced at the locations. This body of work combines the immediacy of plein air painting with the artist’s studio practice.

Julia Sirianni 'Suburban Sanctuaries'

For Julia Sirianni, painting is more than a pastime – it is a way of finding calm in a world that causes anxiety. Location is everything. Each painting is the result of hours of research, scouring landscapes for the perfect space in which to immerse herself. Trained formally in Fine Art, Sirianni gravitated towards plein air painting when she discovered its intuitive, fast nature suited her own drive and boosted the confidence with which she viewed her practice. Soothed by her surroundings, Siranni’s attention shifts to atmosphere, and using light and colour to evoke the elements in front of her.

Lately, Sirianni has sought places of calm in the inner city, a result of the restrictions the world is currently living under. Able only to take photos or complete a few short sketches, her new body of work has been completed in the studio, leading to more detail, and focus on the manmade – though she continues to push herself to complete the works quickly, while her senses retain the memory of the place she has been. These works highlight the odd beauty of human traces, and the will of nature to regrow and repair.

Julia Sirianni completed her Bachelor of Visual Art at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, in 2015. Winner of the Macquarie Group Emerging Art Prize People’s Choice Award, Sydney (2019), she was a finalist in the Rotary Art Spectacular (2019), the Morris Art Prize (2018), Nundah Art Show (2017) and the Brisbane Art Prize (2016).

Carrie McCarthy 2020

Julia Sirianni

EDUCATION

2020

  • Queensland University of Technology, Master of Teaching (Secondary) (Visual Art & FTV)

2015

  • Griffith University QCA, Bachelor of Fine Arts

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022

  • 'On My Mind', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane

2021

  • 'In the Distance', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane

2020

  • 'Suburban Sanctuaries'[Online], EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane

2019

  • 'From Life', Innerspace Contemporary Art, Brisbane

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021

  • 'Sydney Contemporary Art Fair Online', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane

2020

  • 'My Imagination', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane

2019

  • 'Open Air', Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
  • 'Macquarie Group Emerging Art Prize', Space Gallery, Sydney

2015

  • 'Sculpture 15 Graduate Show', River Studios Griffith University, Brisbane
  • 'Six Plus Seven', Red Door Gallery USQ, Toowoomba

AWARDS AND PRIZES

2020

  • Finalist, Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize

2019

  • People’s Choice Award, Macquarie Group Emerging Art Prize, Space Gallery, Sydney
  • Finalist, Rotary Art Spectacular, Queensland

2018

  • Finalist, Morris Art Prize, Gold Coast

2017

  • Finalist, Nundah Art Show, Brisbane

2016

  • Finalist, Brisbane Art Prize, Brisbane

RESIDENCIES

2019

  • Mitchelton State High School, Mitchelton, Queensland

PROJECTS

2016

  • Album Art, Maybe I Was A Beast, Buellers

2015

  • Album Art, Cassowary Rider, Buellers

May 15, 2020

JULIA SIRIANNI - Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize

The Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize is an annual acquisitive prize that was launched in 2017 to advance art and opportunity for emerging and established women artists in Australia. It is the highest value professional artist prize for women in Australia.

There are three prize categories – the Professional Artist Prize of $35,000, the Emerging Artist Prize of $5,000 and the Indigenous Emerging Artist Prize of $5,000.

Congratulations to Julia Sirianni for being a finalist in the Emerging Artist category for 2020.

Title: A Place to Hide
Medium: Oil on board
Size: 60 x 60 cm

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