Julia Holden - CV
+64 274 788 725
msjuliaholden@gmail.com
b. 1960
Lives and works Aotearoa New Zealand
Education
2011 Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Master of Fine Arts by Research.
2007 Elam, School of Fine Arts, Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand, Bachelor of Fine Arts.
Public Performances
2024 Self Portrait (Philip Woollaston, after Toss Woollaston), New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata, Wellington
2022 The Great Waiheke Nude (Audrey Baldwin), Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2021 Self Portrait (Emily Hartley Skudder, after Liz Maw), Every Artist, City Gallery, Te Whare Toi, Wellington, NZ
Paul Ridley Smith (after David Hockney), for Face to Face Portrait Festival, Wellington, New Zealand
2018 Marven Fuller (Jessica Kidd, after Yvonne Todd), Sarjeant Gallery, Te Whare o Rehua, Whanganui, NZ
2017 Draped Nude (Audrey Baldwin, after Henri Matisse), Auckland Art Gallery, Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland, NZ
Caroline (Ruby Cumming, after Leo Bensemann), New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington , New Zealand
2016 Leo (Sam Clague, after Rita Angus), The Arts Centre, Te Matatiki Toi Ora, Christchurch, New Zealand
The Lyttelton Venus (Audrey Baldwin, after Diego Velazquez), Lyttelton Arts Centre, Lyttelton, New Zealand
Olympia (Audrey Baldwin, after Edouard Manet), Chambers241 Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Upcoming: The Artist. Artist Residency and exhibition,Te Atamira, Queenstown
Best in Show 2025 (Pet Refuge, Arthaus Contemporary, Auckland
2024 The Artist. PG Gallery 192, Christchurch, New Zealand
Best in Show 2024, SPCA Artist Residency and exhibition at Parrotdog, Wellington
2023 Best in Show. Anomalous Gallery, Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand
2022 A Day At The Beach, PG Gallery192, Christchurch, New Zealand
A Day At The Beach, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand
2020 Luna Meditates, online exhibition COVID lockdown. Instagram
2019 Her Indoors. Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua, Whanganui, New Zealand
Newly Formed. PG Gallery192, Christchurch, New Zealand
2018 Julia Holden: Performance Painting. New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Te Pūkenga Whakaata, Wellington, NZ
fanfiction. PG Gallery192, Christchurch, New Zealand
2017 Lyttelton Redux, Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand
2016 I’m Your Fan, Chambers241, Christchurch, New Zealand
Lyttelton Redux, Installation and Walking Tour, Lyttelton, New Zealand
2015 Through the Glass Ceiling, Tin Palace, Lyttelton, New Zealand
2014 its like now, CPIT Artbox installation, Christchurch, New Zealand
#WishYouWereHereChch, billboard installation and postcards, Auckland, New Zealand
#WishYouWereHereChch, billboard installation and postcards, Wellington, New Zealand
#WishYouWereHereChch, billboard installation and postcards, Christchurch, New Zealand
Julia Holden, 30 Upstairs Gallery, Courtenay Place, Wellington, New Zealand
38 Days (Delaney Davidson), CPIT Artbox, Christchurch, New Zealand
Wish You Were Here: Present Tense, The Inconvenience Store, Christchurch, New Zealand
2013 38 Days (Delaney Davidson), Federation Square Screens and No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Wish You Were Here, The Inconvenience Store Pop-up Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
2011 Master of Fine Art Graduation Exhibition, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Group Exhibitions
2025 Upcoming: New Zealand Portrait Gallery: Artist’s Self Portraits
Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Awards, Whakatāne, NZ
Zonta Ashburton Female Art Awards, Ashburton, NZ
2024 Pushing Clay Contemporary Clay Awards, Refinery ArtSpace, Nelson
Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award, Waiheke Community Art Gallery
Under the Table, Studio Ten81, Waiheke Island
2023 Atawhai Whenua, and all I can see from here, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2021 Every Artist, City Gallery, Te Whare Toi, Wellington, New Zealand
Molly Morpeth Canaday Award, (Peoples’ Choice Award Winner) Whakatāne, New Zealand
2020 Adam Portraiture Award, New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Te Pūkenga Whakaata, Wellington, NZ
Wallace Trust Art Awards, Pah Homestead, Auckland, New Zealand
2018 To Otautahi With Love, public outdoor exhibition, Christchurch, New Zealand
Making Space, The Social, The Arts Centre, Te Matatiki Toi Ora, Christchurch, New Zealand
Ka Awatea, The Time of Awakening. Responses to Lyttelton Museum collection, Lyttelton, NZ
Say It, Just Say It. Toi Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga, New Zealand
Inside/Outside. Millennium Gallery, Blenheim, New Zealand
2017 Audrey, Tiny Mural, The Social, CoCA Centre for Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand
Shared Lines. Thistle Hall Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2016 The Front Room, group show. NEXT Gallery, Christchurch
2013 Wallace Trust Art Awards, Pah Homestead, Auckland, New Zealand, New Zealand
Off the Strip New Genres Festival 2012, Centre for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, USA
The Extraordinary Shapes of Geoffrey Rush, The The Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia
Drawn Together, Temporary exhibition space, Lyttelton, New Zealand
Scattershot, Temporary exhibition space, Christchurch, New Zealand
2012 The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, (finalist) Sydney, Australia
SafARI 2012, Sydney Artist Run Spaces Unofficial Fringe to the Biennale. Sydney, Australia
AUSthetic 2012, Federation Square Screens, Melbourne, Australia
ThreeOneSixOh 2012 Experimental Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
State of Design Festival, South Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia
2011 The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (finalist) Sydney, Australia
The Churchie National Emerging Art Award (finalist) Griffith University Art Gallery, Australia
2010 Digital Fringe, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Seventh Gallery, Gertrude Street, Melbourne, Australia
Gertrude Street Projection Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Choice, C3 Gallery, Abbotsford Convent, Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia
Erotica, Artworkers Alliance Art Prize, PS Gallery, Paddington, Australia
2009 Drawing Time. Monash University Faculty Gallery. Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
dreambetweenday. Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Collingwood. Melbourne, Australia
Linden Postcard Show 2009. Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts. Melbourne, Australia
2007 Emerging Artists, City Art Rooms, Auckland, New Zealand
Paintings and Sculpture, pop-up exhibition space, Auckland, New Zealand
Group Show, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland University School of Fine Arts, Auckland, New Zealand
Grants and Awards
2025 Artist in Residence, Te Atamira Queentown, Whakatipu
Winner William Akel Award, Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards for Painting and Drawing, Whakatāne, NZ
Winner Zinni Douglas Award, Walker and Hall Waiheke Island Art Award, Waiheke Island, Auckland NZ
Finalist, Zonta Ashburton Female Art Awards, Ashburton, NZ
2024 William Akel Award, Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Awards, Whakātane.
Runner Up Award, Forsyth Barr Pushing Clay Awards, Refinery ArtSpace, Nelson.
Winner Zinni Douglas Award, Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award, Waiheke Island
Artist in Residence, Dunedin School of Art, Dunedin
Jan Warburton Trust Grant
Artist in Residence, SPCA Wellington Centre
2022 Finalist, Molly Morpeth Canaday Award for Painting and Drawing. Whakatāne, New Zealand
2021 People’s Choice Award Winner, Molly Morpeth Canaday Award for Painting and Drawing. Whakatāne, NZ
2020 Finalist, Adam Portraiture Award. New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2019 CNZ Suffrage Fund for Her Indoors, Sargeant Gallery, Te Whare o Rehua, Whanganui, New Zealand
Vermont Artist in Residence Award, Wallace Trust Art Awards, Pāh Homestead, Auckland, New Zealand
2018 Artist in Residence, Tylee Cottage, Whanganui, New Zealand
Outstanding Contribution to Heritage Award, Canterbury Heritage Awards, Christchurch, New Zealand
Shortlisted finalist, BP Portrait Award. Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Finalist Zonta Ashburton Female Artist Awards 2018, Ashburton Art Gallery, Ashburton, New Zealand
2016 CNZ Quick Response Grant for Lyttelton Redux
Christchurch City Council Community Arts Grant
2014 Arts Foundation Boosted Fundraising Campaign, #WishYouWereHereChch Auckland
Arts Foundation Boosted Fundraising Campaign, #WishYouWereHereChch, Christchurch
2013 Salon des Refuses, Wallace Trust Art Awards, Auckland.
2011 Finalist, The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Sydney, Australia
Finalist, The Churchie National Emerging Art Award, Griffith University Art Gallery, Griffith, Australia
2009 Monash Postgraduate Travel Scholarship to Europe. Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Finalist, ‘Erotica,’ Artworkers Alliance Art Prize, PS Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, Australia
2008 Ake Ake Fund, Private Arts Trust, Auckland, New Zealand
2007 Gordon Harris Painting Award. Elam, School of Fine Arts, Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand
2006 Jean Hamlin Scholarship. Elam, School of Fine Arts, Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand
Further Qualifications
1991 New Zealand Certificate in Architectural Drafting, Wellington Polytechnic, Wellington, New Zealand
1994 – 2016: Storyboard and Concept Artist, New Zealand and Australian film and television productions