Julie Ryder is a textile designer and artist who has gained international recognition for her work. She has exhibited in over 15 solo, and 130 group exhibitions, both nationally and internationally.
She has maintained an active professional studio practice, and has taught in tertiary institutions, workshops and community organisations for over 20 years.
Initially trained in science, Ryder subsequently graduated from the Melbourne College of Textiles in 1990, and completed a Master of Arts (Visual Arts) degree at the ANU School of Art in 2004. In 2005, Ryder was awarded the inaugural ANAT Synapse New Media Artist in Residence at the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra, where she worked closely with Dr Christine Cargill, Curator of the Cryptogam Herbarium.
Julie has received many grants, awards and residencies, and her work is represented in many private and public institutions including the NGA, NGV, Powerhouse Museum, The Art Gallery of SA, and the Textiel Museum in Tilberg, Nederlands.
elected exhibitions
| 2011: | Companion Planting, Jean Bellette Gallery - Hill End, NSW; Barometer Gallery - Sydney, Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre - Canberra |
| 2011: | Creative Alchemy, Belconnen Arts Centre - Canberra |
| 2010: | Abstract Nature, Samstag Gallery - Adelaide |
| 2010: | 13th International Tapestry Triennial - Lodz, Poland |
| 2009: | ArtCloth: Engaging new Visions, Fairfield City Museum & Gallery - Sydney |
| 2009: | Bravura: 21st century Australian Craft and Design, Art Gallery of South Australia - Adelaide |
| 2008: | Thread Bare, Manning Regional Art Gallery - Taree, NSW |
| 2008: | A Red World, Wangaratta Regional Gallery - Wangaratta, VIC |
| 2008: | In Repeat, Cowra Regional Art Gallery - Cowra, NSW |
| 2008: | generate, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra; Sturt Gallery - Mittagong, NSW |
| 2007: | cryptomorph, Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum - Bathurst, NSW |
| 2007: | transgenesis, Craft Victoria - Melbourne |
| 2007: | Hidden in Plain View:The Forgotten Flora, Royal Botanic Gardens - Melbourne |
| 2006: | Strange Attractors, Zendai Museum of Modern Art - Shanghai, China |
| 2005: | art and the bryophyte, Australian National Botanic Gardens - Canberra |
| 2005: | Constants and Variables, Kansas City Art Institute - Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
| 2004: | microcosm, CSIRO Discovery Centre - Canberra |
| 2004: | a matter of time, 16th Tamworth Fibre Biennial - Tamworth, NSW |
| 2004: | Pins and Needles, National Gallery of Victoria - Melbourne |
| 2004: | Pojagi and Beyond, Waco Arts Centre - Waco, Texas |
| 2003: | {b}iota, Sturt Gallery - Mittagong, NSW |
| 2003: | Unwrapped: Australian Fashion and Textile Design, Bendigo Art Gallery - Bendigo, VIC |
| 2002: | territory, Planet - Sydney |
| 2002: | Contemporary Australian Fabrics, Gallery Fleur - Kyoto-Seika University, Japan |
| 2002: | Australia-Korea Foundation Exhibition (Craftwest), Mokkumto Gallery - Seoul, Korea |
| 2001: | Asian Fibre Art Festival - Fukuoka, Japan |
| 2001: | Frisson, 14th Tamworth Fibre Biennial - Tamworth, NSW |
| 2000: | Australian Alchemy, Lesley Craze Gallery, London |
Selected publications
| 2009: | Walking with Darwin, Surface Design Magazine, Spring 2009, pp38-43 |
| 2007: | Matthew Koumis, Art Textiles of the World: Australia Vol. 2, Telos, UK |
| 2006: | Strange Attractors: Charm between art and science, Novamedia |
| 2005: | Sarah Braddock Clarke and Marie O'Mahony, Techno Textiles 2 : Revolutionary Fabrics for Fashion and Design, Thames & Hudson |
| 2005: | Textile Fibre Forum,Vol. 80, Front Page, inside cover and Page 10 |
| 2004: | Merryn Gates, Metis: Time:04, CCAS |
| 2004: | Fiberarts Magazine, Vol 31 No 1, p.16 |
