Julian Meagher is a 41 year old Sydney based artist who has exhibited extensively across Australia, Asia and America; including the Melbourne International Art Fair 2010, 2012 and 2014, Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair 2010, Scope Miami 2011, 2012 and Sydney Contemporary Art Fair 2013, 2015 and 2017. He is represented by Olsen Gallery, Sydney; Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane and Yavuz Gallery, Singapore. He was a co-director of Chalk Horse Gallery from 2009-2016.
Meagher has been a finalist in the Archibald Portrait Prize 2014, 2015 and 2018, the Wynne Prize 2015 and the Gold Award at Rockhampton Regional Gallery 2016. Meagher has also been a finalist multiple times in the Doug Moran Portrait prize, Salon Des Refuses, Metro Art prize, Blake Prize for Religious Art and the RBS Emerging Artist Prize. In 2009 and 2012 Meagher was a recipient of the New Work Grant from the Australia Council of the Arts.
Meagher’s work is included in numerous public collections including The Australian War Memorial, Canberra; Bega Valley Regional Gallery; Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery; Saint Paul’s College, Sydney University; Saint John’s College, Sydney University; The Australian Catholic University and Artbank Australia.
BORN 1978 Sydney, Australia
STUDIES
Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery,
University of New South Wales, 1997-2003
Portrait Painting at Charles H Cecil Studios, Florence, Italy, 2000
Part time student at Julian Ashton Art School, 1994-1997
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Pressure makes Diamonds, Aratong Gallery Australian High Commission Singapore
2012 As a matter of Fact, 52 Tins Flight QF1 Art Vault, Mildura
2011 Blue Ribbon. Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney
2011 The King of Good Times, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2011 From where you’d rather be, Gallery Ecosse, NSW
2011 Strong men also cry, Lindberg Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Small Heroes, Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney
2010 Portable Shrines, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2009 Mikoshi, Scott Livesey Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Inks in Oil, Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney
2008 The best gesture of my brain, Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney
2008 Scrub Series, Upstairs Flinders Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Integument, Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney
2006 Scanning, SNMI 06, Jamshedpur, India
2006 Dissections, Depot II Gallery, Dank Street, Sydney
2003 Sketches from India, New York & Jupiter, Knot Gallery, Sydney
2002 Double Exposure Oils on X Ray, Pavillion Gallery, Bondi Sydney
2000 Artist in Residence, Sydney Grammar School, Sydney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Location, Location Location, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2013 Fhloston Paradise, Merry Karnowski Gallery Los Angeles
2012 Miami Scope Art Fair, Chalk Horse Gallery
2012 Melbourne International Art Fair, Chalk Horse Gallery
2012 New Collectors, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2011 Miami Scope Art Fair, Chalk Horse Gallery
2011 Wattle, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2010 Tatau BMGART Adelaide
2010 Shanghai Art Fair, Future Perfect Contemporary Art Platform, China
2010 Melbourne Art Fair, Chalk Horse Gallery
2010 Aratong Gallery, Singapore
2009 Christmas Show, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2009 Australia Council for the Arts Group Show /Artbank, Sydney
2009 The Horn of Plenty, Para/site Gallery Hong Kong
2009 Inks, Concord Library, City of Canada Bay Sydney
2009 Smoking Guns, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong.
2008 Chalk Reindeer, Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney
2008 My Body, My Business, At The Vanishing Point Gallery, Sydney
2007 Chalk Reindeer, Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney
2007 Australia Council of the Arts Window Box Show, Sydney
2007 New Artists Collective Exhibition, McCulloch Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Cross Sections II Collector’s Choice, Rex-Livingston Gallery, Sydney
PRIZES/AWARDS
2012 Australia Council New Work Early Career Grant
2012 Doug Moran Portrait Prize Finalist
2012 Metro Art Prize Finalist, Melbourne
2011 Metro Art Award Finalist, Melbourne
2011 Salon Des Refuses Finalist, S.H Erwin Gallery Sydney
2010 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture Finalist, Perth
2010 Metro Art Award Finalist, Melbourne
2010 Salon Des Refuses Finalist, S.H Erwin Gallery, Sydney
2009 Royal Bank of Scotland Emerging Artist Award Finalist, Sydney
2009 Blake Prize Finalist, NAS Gallery, Sydney
2009 Metro 5 Art Award Finalist. Melbourne
2009 Doug Moran Portrait Prize Finalist. State Library NSW.
2009 Salon Des Refuses Finalist, S.H Erwin Gallery, Sydney
2008 Australia Council Emerging Artist New Work Development Grant
2003 Salon Des Refuses Finalist, S.H Erwin Gallery, Sydney
2002 Salon Des Refuses Finalist, S.H Erwin Gallery, Sydney
COLLECTIONS
Artbank
Australian War Memorial
St Paul’s College, Sydney University
St John’s College, Sydney University
St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Sydney
Private collections Sydney, Melbourne, Paris and Hong Kong