Julia Morison was born in Pahiatua, New Zealand in 1952.
1972 Diploma in Graphic Design, Wellington Polytechnic
1975 Diploma in Fine Arts (Honours), University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts
1988 Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, University of Otago
1989 & 1994 New Zealand Arts Council grants
1990 New Zealand Moet & Chandon Fellowship
1990 - 1999 lived and worked in Oyes, France
1999 - 2006 Senior Lecturer in Painting, University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts
2005 New Zealand Arts Foundation Laureate
2007 Living and working in Christchurch, New Zealand.
  SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 In Afterimage, Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland  
  In Painting: Helen Calder and Julia Morison, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington  
  In Painting: One, Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland  
  Gargantua's Petticoat, Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland  
Endless Lanscape: Command a view of a distant cry wide of the mark, 64zero3, Christchurch
Julia Morison : a loop around a loop, Dunedin Public Art Gallery
2006
Julia Morison : a loop around a loop, Christchurch City Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
In Black, white and shades of grey, Gallery 64zero3, Christchurch
In Tribute: Visual Arts Celebrated by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand,
Auckland City Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
2005
Some works from Gobsmach & Flabbergast, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
Some works from Gobsmach & Flabbergast, The Signal, Hamilton
Gobsmack & Flabbergast, Gallery 64zero3, Christchurch
Teaching Aids, Gus Fisher Gallery, University of Auckland
In One Thing & Thing Too, Gallery 64zero3, Christchurch, curated by Madame
In Timeless Land Gala Concert (included Celestial Bodies , in collaboration with
John Chrisstoffels and Chris Cree-Brown)
Applaud 2005 Christchurch Arts Festival, Town Hall Auditorium, Christchurch
2004
no names for things no string for #2, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
Space Invaders, Lopdell House Gallery, Waitakere City
In Primary Connections (included Raiment tapestry, in collaboration
with Marilyn Rea-Menzies) Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
In Public / Private: Tumatanui / Tumataiti, The 2nd Auckland Triennial, Auckland
Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
In SOFA Print Project, SOFA Gallery, Christchurch
2003
Julia Morison: Works 1981 - 1984, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
no names for things no string for #1, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Threadbare, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
In Inaugural Contemporary Collection Exhibition, Christchurch Art Gallery
Te Puna o Waiwhetu
In Signs and Wonders He Tohu He Ohorere: Supernatural encounters
through art and taonga,
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
2002
Angels & Flies, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
From the Book of Shadows, Jensen Gallery, Auckland
Teaching Aids, Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton
In High Street Project Fundraising Show, High Street Project, Christchurch
In M.A.C. Artworks Art Auction, Royal & Sun Alliance Building, Auckland
In Painless, School of Fine Arts Painting Department exhibition, Sydenham
Heritage Church, Christchurch
In Sightlines: looking into the art collection, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa
Tongarewa, Wellington
2001
Crossing the Rubicon, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
In Dark Plain, Christchurch Arts Festival, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
In Menagerie:Animals from the Gallery's Permanent Collection,
Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
In New Work by Liz Coates, Ralph Hotere, Julia Morison, Philip Trusttum and
Mervyn Williams, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
In PAIN.01, School of Fine Arts Painting Department exhibition,
City Art Space, Christchurch
In Prospect 2001, City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi
2000
Madame & the Bastard do Black (collaboration with Heather Straka), Kiosk
(in association with The Oblique Trust), Christchurch
Not Seen to be Staring: Madame & the Bastard (collaboration with Heather Straka),
Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
In Canterbury Painting in the 1990s , Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
In In Glorious Dreams: New Art by Women, Govett- Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
In Jude Rae, Tony Lane, Julia Morison, Jensen Gallery, Auckland
In Millennium Exhibition, Pahiatua Town Hall
In The Numbers Game: Art and Mathematics, Adam Art Gallery,
Victoria University of Wellington
1999
Amperzand, Jensen Gallery, Auckland
Madame & the Bastard (collaboration with Heather Straka), Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Material Evidence: 100-Headless Woman
(collaboration with Martin Grant),Gallery, London
Selfridges Department Store, London and Judith Clark
Not Seen to be Staring: Madame & the Bastard (collaboration with Heather Straka),
Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
In 1999 APEC Conference, Town Hall Lounge, Auckland Town Hall
In 8th Annual Wallace Art Awards, Wallace Trust Gallery, Auckland, City Gallery
Wellington Te Whare Toi and Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
In Jardins Secrets - KP5 Biennale (collaboration with Martin Grant),
L'hospital Charles Foix, Paris
In Take 5, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
1998
Edicts & Tondos, Jensen Gallery, Auckland
Julia Morison, Jensen Gallery, Auckland
Material Evidence: 100 Headless Woman (collaboration with Martin Grant),
City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi
In L'Exposition de L'Ecole des Beaux Arts - Invite, L'Ancien College des Jesuites,
Reims, France
In The Adelaide Festival (collaboration with Martin Grant), Artspace, Adelaide
1997
[&] & 1, m0n0chr0mes #4, Jensen Gallery, Auckland
1, m0n0chr0mes #3: Conversing with Loplop, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Material Evidence: 100-headless woman (collaboration with Martin Grant),
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
Stuttering, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
1996
1, m0n0chr0mes #2, McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch
Command a view of a distant cry wide of the mark and Golem,
Jensen Gallery, Wellington
1995
1, m0n0chr0mes #1, New Gallery, Auckland
Decanted, Jensen Gallery, Wellington
End to Begin, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
In 25 into 41, Gold Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
In A Very Peculiar Practice: Aspects of Recent New Zealand Painting ,
City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi
1994
Amalgame Pt. 11, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland
Educating Miranda: prosthetic aesthetics for poetic ascetics
(collaboration with Micheal Ghent), Video de Poche, Paris
Love Philtres, Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch
Re-rite, Fisher Gallery, Auckland
In Localities of Desire: Contemporary Art in an International World,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
In Parallel lines: Gordon Walters in Context, Auckland City Art Gallery
In Taking Stock of the '90s, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
1993
Amalgame Pt. 11 and Encyclopedia, Centre for Contemporary Art, Hamilton
Codex, Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch
In Alter / Image: Feminism and Representation in New Zealand Art 1973-1993,
City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
In Mediatrix: New work by seven women artists , Artspace, Auckland and
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
In White Camellias: A Century of Art Making by Canterbury Women,
Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
In Women on Women: Art in Dunedin since 1893 , Dunedin Public Art Gallery
In group exhibition, Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
1992
O'Livia - "an alternative plan for Livia's garden" , Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
In Artists-in-Residence: The Frances Hodgkins Fellows Past and Present ,
Hocken Library, University of Otago, Dunedin
In Headlands: Thinking Through New Zealand Art , Museum of Contemporary Art,
Sydney; National Art Gallery, Wellington; Dunedin Public Art Gallery and
Auckland City Art Gallery
In The Boundary Rider , 9th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney
In group exhibition, Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
1991
Aller-retour, Artis Gallery, Auckland
Amalgame , Cadran Solaire, Troyes, France
Retables from 'Amalgame' , Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch
In The Cross, Artis Gallery, Auckland
In Works on Paper, Artis Gallery, Auckland
1990
Decan: A Work in Ten Parts, Artspace, Auckland
Equivocation A4, Artis Gallery, Auckland
In […] exuberant, floating, dancing, mocking, childish and blissful art ,
The George Fraser Gallery, University of Auckland
In Artis Group Show , Artis Gallery, Auckland
In the Forest of Dream , organised and toured by the Moet & Chandon New Zealand Art
Foundation to Dunedin Public Art Gallery; The Suter Gallery, Nelson; and Artspace,
Auckland
In Julia Morison, Pauline Rhodes, Graham Bennett and Simon Morris ,
Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch
In Now See Hear! Art, language and translation, City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi
In United New Zealand Modern Masters 11 Collection, Eastern Southland Gallery,
Gore and Southland Museum and Art Gallery, Invercargill. Toured to Forrester Gallery,
Oamaru.
1989
Anatomy, Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch
Decan: A Work in Ten Parts, Hocken Library, Dunedin and CSA Gallery, Christchurch
In Canterbury Belles, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch. Toured to
City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi; Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton;
Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland; Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth;
Gisbourne Museum and Arts Centre; and Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru.
1988
Four Works 1985-86, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
In Exhibits: The Museum Display and the Encyclopedia Plate,
National Art Gallery, Wellington and Artspace, Auckland
1987
Vademecum & Golem, Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington and Artis Gallery, Auckland
In ARX ' 87: Australia and Regions Artists' Exchange, Perth Institute of
Contemporary Art
In Content and Symbol, Artis Gallery, Auckland
In Sex and Sign, Artspace, Auckland; Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth;
City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi; Manawatu Art Gallery;
Hawke's Bay Art Gallery and Museum, Napier; Dunedin Public Art Gallery;
Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch and Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
1986
Inclinations, Artis Gallery, Auckland
In Content / Context: A survey of recent New Zealand art ,
National Art Gallery, Wellington
1985
Equivocation , Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington
Paintings and drawings, Centre Gallery of Contemporary Art, Hamilton
Three Works, RKS Art, Auckland
In Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, The Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
In The Word: An Introduction to Words as Imagery in Contemporary New Zealand Art ,
The Suter Gallery, Nelson. Toured to the Wairarapa Arts Foundation, Masterton;
Rotorua Art Gallery; Baycourt Community and Arts Centre, Tauranga;
Hawke's Bay Art Gallery and Museum, Napier; Forrester Gallery, Oamaru;
Hocken Library, Dunedin; and Aigantighe Art Museum, Timaru
1984
Invocation / Equivocation: Two Works by Julia Morison ,
The Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
Julia Morison - Recent Paintings, Petar / James Gallery, Auckland
In Apertures, CSA Gallery, Christchurch
In Joan Miro Drawing Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain and Okinawa, Japan
1983
In The President's Exhibition: mixed media on paper , CSA Gallery, Christchurch
In Works on Paper; 3rd Anniversary Exhibition , Gingko Gallery, Christchurch
1982
Julia Morison, Petar / James Gallery, Auckland
Julia Morison, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
1981
Recent Paintings - Julia Morison, Petar / James Gallery, Auckland
1980
Julia Morison, Elva Bett Gallery, Wellington
Julia Morison , Petar / James Gallery, Auckland
In Benson & Hedges Art Award , CSA Gallery, Christchurch
1979
Paintings: Contrastare and Black, The Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
In Drawing '79, CSA Gallery, Christchurch
In Show the Flag, National Art Gallery, Wellington
In Three painters, Barry Lett Gallery, Auckland
1978
Julia Morison , Victoria University of Wellington Library
In New Zealand Drawing '76, Auckland City Art Gallery
In The Wanganui Lions AA Travel Art Award , Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui (Toured)
1975
In Drawings and Small Works, The Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch