Julie Read

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Born: 1971
Lives: Mid Lothian, near Edinburgh

Education
1998 - 1999 University of Strathclyde, Glasgow - P.G.C.E. for Further and Higher Education
1991 - 1994 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee - B.A.(Hons) Fine Art - Printmaking
1989 - 1991 Chesterfield College of Technology and Arts, Chesterfield - Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art & Design


Solo Exhibitions
Sept ’05 ‘Body Maps’ Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop, Edinburgh
Sept ’03 ‘Superficial or Inherent’ Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow
Sept ’02 ‘Superficial or Inherent’ Kunstverein Rastatt, Germany
March ’01 Open studio during IAAB residency. IAAB Riehen studio, Basel, Switzerland
April ‘00 ‘Existing Bodies’, Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow
June ‘99 ‘Existing Bodies’, George Watson's College, Edinburgh
Aug ‘98 ‘When Communities Collide’, Gallery 21, Edinburgh


Group Exhibitions
Feb’06 ‘Multiple Choice’, Fermyn Woods Contemporary Art, Brigstock
May ‘05 'Konstnärliga Strategier', 'The Mobile Archive of Wonders, Modern Museum, Stockholm
April ‘05 Glasgow Art Fair George Square, Glasgow
Jan ‘05 London Art Fair Business Design Centre, London
Nov ‘04 The Park Gallery Callendar House, Falkirk
Aug ‘04 ‘Synaesthesia’, Siggraph 2004 Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
April ‘04 Glasgow Art Fair George Square, Glasgow
Dec ’03 Visual Arts Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
May ’03 ‘Prospects’, Pizza Express finalists, The Old Truman Brewery, London
Dec ’01 ‘Regionale’ Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland
April ‘01 Artists Association of Tuzla touring show Tuzla, Zinice and Kalesija in Bosnia
April ‘00 Glasgow Art Fair George Square, Glasgow
Oct ‘99 ‘Created Space’ Atrium Gallery, London
July ‘97 Dom 'Armije' Tuzla, Bosnia
Aug ‘96 ‘Umjetnost Slobode’ Festival show Dom 'Môse Pijade' and the International Portrait Gallery, Tuzla, Bosnia
Feb ‘96 ‘A Sense of Place’ S.S.A. Smith Gallery, Stirling
Mar ‘95 ‘Contemporary Impressions’Crawford Arts Centre, Scotland
Jan ‘95 '10+’ Karelian State Museum, Russia
May ‘94 Aberdeen Artists Annual Exhibition, Aberdeen City Art Gallery

Bibliography
11/05 The Skinny, p48, Graeme Todd, Julie Read, Hazel Restall
11/03 Artist Newsletter, p.7 Julie Read: Superficial or Inherent
2003 ‘Superficial or Inherent’ catalogue (ISBN 1-897723-9-3)
21/09/03 Glasgow Sunday Herald ‘Signs of the Flesh’
10/09/02 Badisches Tagblatt ‘Nabelschau und Hautabdruck’
05/09/02 Badisches Tagblatt ‘Deutschland Premiere mit Bauchnabel Porträts’
30/03/01 Riehener Zeitung ‘Rendezvous mit Julie Read’
25/04/00 Scotsman ‘Word is, the writing’s on the wall for picture power’
27/04/00 The List - Review of ‘Existing Bodies’
1999 ‘Existing Bodies’ catalogue (ISBN 0-9539279-1-1)
1998 Radio Chameleon, Tuzla interview broadcast
1997 ‘Bosnia 1997;’ artists book (ISBN 0-9539279-0-3), ‘Taking sides’ published by Workers Aid for Bosnia, ‘Balkan arts link forged’ A.N. Oct ‘97, p.8, Bosnian national news, broadcast (Sarajevo)

Grants/Awards
2005 Hope Scott Trust, Nancy Graham Memorial Prize
2004 Friends of the Royal Scottish Academy bursary, Scottish Arts Council development award, Edinburgh College of Art research award
2003 Edinburgh City Council Visual Arts award, Edinburgh College of Art research award
2002 Edinburgh College of Art research award
2001 British Council Grants to artists, Hope Scott Trust, Scottish Arts Council development award, Edinburgh College of Art research award
2000 Edinburgh College of Art research award
1999 The Arts Trust of Scotland award, Scottish Arts Council Small Assistance grant
1998 Sponsorship from Number 21 Counselling services, Sponsorship from TGWU
1997 Sponsorship from Martin Bell MP, Scottish Arts Council Assistance Grant
1996 Sponsored by the Laing Group, Balkan Arts Link

Publications
2004 'Synaeathesia', Siggraph Conference Exhibition Catalogue
2003 ‘Superficial or Inherent’ catalogue (ISBN 1-897723-9-3)
1999 ‘Existing Bodies’ catalogue (ISBN 0-9539279-1-1)