Julie Gough
Name
Julie Gough
Culture
Aboriginal Australian
Gender
Female
Birth date
1965
Birth place
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Occupations
Artist (installation) | Printmaker | Sculptor
Summary
Worked: Australia (WA, TAS)
NGA IRN
18777
Context
Australia
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Biography
Julie Gough is a Tasmanian Aboriginal artist, writer and curator. Her art practice often involves uncovering and representing conflicting and subsumed histories, many referring to her family’s experiences as Tasmanian Aboriginal people. Since 1994 she has exhibited in more than 130 exhibitions including: TENSE PAST, solo survey exhibition, at TMAG until 3 November 2019; Divided Worlds, Adelaide Biennial of Australia Art, 2018; Defying Empire, National Gallery of Australia, 2017; THE NATIONAL, MCA, 2017; With Secrecy and Despatch, Campbelltown Arts Centre, 2016; undisclosed, National Gallery of Australia, 2012; Clemenger Award, National Gallery of Victoria, 2010; Biennial of Sydney, 2006; Liverpool Biennial, UK, 2001; Perspecta, AGNSW, 1995. Gough holds a PhD from the University of Tasmania (2001), a Masters degree (visual arts) University of London, Goldsmiths College (1998), and Bachelor degrees in visual arts, prehistory and English literature. In 2018 a monograph on her art: Fugitive History, was published by UWA Press, and her short fictionella: Shale, was produced by A Published Event. Gough’s artwork is held in most Australian state and national gallery collections, and she is represented by Bett Gallery, Hobart. [Prints, printmaking and Philanthropy, 2019].
Affiliation
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