BIO
Julianne Piko is a multidisciplinary artist, graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) in the School of Creative Arts with majors in both 2 and 3 Dimensional art. After many years working as a designer and creative director across various disciplines, Julianne has opened her creative studio in North East Victoria. It is here that she explores materials and theories of deep time and ritual on an intimate scale - of mementos and small shrines, of coveted objects.
Mediums and processes are explored through curiosity and deep driving into the potential of shape, form and texture. The work itself becomes a relic symbolic of the artist's conversation with both materials and ideas. Taking cues from brutalist architecture, physics, anthropology and Lo-TEK Julianne assembles unexpected and opposing materials into neo-ritual assemblages fit for the end of the Anthropocene.
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EDUCATION
BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS
VICTORIAN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS / THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
POSTGRADUATE DIP. GRAPHIC DESIGN & COMMUNICATIONS
RMIT UNIVERSITY
SOLO EXHIBITION
2022
FAMILIAR STRANGE, MAMA - MURRAY ART MUSEUM ALBURY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2001
THIS WAY COMES, THE STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA
2000
SPRING, LA TROBE ART GALLERY, BUNDOORA
AWARDS/GRANTS/RESIDENCIES
2022
SUSAN MOOREHEAD MEMORIAL AWARD, MAMA ART FOUNDATION
2022
REGIONAL FUTURES PARTICIPATING ARTIST, REGIONAL ARTS NSW
2021
ART>WORK RESIDENCY, MURRAY ARTS
2020
CREATIVE BUSHFIRE RECOVERY, REGIONAL ARTS VICTORIA
2000
YOUNG ARTIST AWARD, LA TROBE UNIVERSITY / BANYULE CITY COUNCIL
PRESS
2022
JULIANNE PIKO ON HER FAMILIAR STRANGE EXHIBITION, ABC RADIO INTERVIEW
2000
YOUNG ARTISTS, ART STREAMS
2000
BEST OF THE BEST, THE HEIDELBERGER
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL, WORKING WITH SWISS ARTIST UGO RONDINONE ON SHADOW OF FALLING STARS
HEIDI, MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, EXHIBITION INSTALLATIONS & CURATORIAL SUPPORT
ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, MURAL ARTIST
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CREATIVE DIRECTOR, COMMON STATE
CREATIVE PRODUCER, JANE AGENCY
PANELS
2006-2011
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION WARRIGAL, JUDGE ALL CATEGORIES
COURSES & SELF-INITIATED LEARNING
DESIGN KIT: THE COURSE FOR HUMAN-CENTRED DESIGN, IDEO
INTERIOR & EXHIBITION DESIGN, RMIT UNIVERSITY
CIRCULAR DESIGN: WASTE MASTERCLASS COURSE, KATIE TREGGIDEN UK
BIODESIGN CHALLENGE, GENSPACE, NEW YORK
BIOSYMBIOSIS - 9TH INTERNATIONAL ALVAR AALTO DESIGN SEMINAR,
FINLAND (ONLINE MEMBER)
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