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.
Selected commissions/awards/grants
2009: Canberra Critics Circle Award
2008: artsACT Project Grant
2006: VAB New Work Established Grant, Australia Council
2005: artsACT Project Grant
2004: ANAT /Synapse New Media Artist in Residence, Australian National Botanic Gardens
2004: CAPO Singapore Airlines Award
1997: Winner, Gold Medal, International Textile Design Competition, Taegu, Korea
1996: Winner, City of Melbourne Award for Excellence & Innovation
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