Julie Parsons

Summary

Julie's creative palette is her diversity of practice led by a life-long interest and commitment to exploration of the act of creation in its many semblances.

Julie's recent work in biography is informed by her academic background and arts practice in visual and public art, integrated with design for performance. This diversification in studio practice provides her with opportunities to research, imagine, inspire, and realise imagery as a creator, collaborator, academic and freelance writer.

Biography

Julie Parsons is a professional arts practitioner and writer based in Fremantle, Western Australia. Work as an artist has entailed responding to complex public art proposals and theatrical production design commissions. Her focus on art, history and performance led to a Master’s in Creative Arts, exploring the design history of the harlequin costume.
Julie currently writes for arts journals and is a non-fiction author.
Her achievements are cited in "Inspired by Light and Land", “Artlink”, “Craftswest”, “A Dictionary of Women Artists in Australia”, “Who’s Who of Australian Visual Artists”’ and a “Spirited Place”. With work in private, corporate and government art collections, her personal output include solo and numerous group exhibitions Australia wide, as well as in France, Germany, Wales and Vietnam.

Relevant qualifications

2012 Cert IV in Training & Assessment, WA
2009 M.A. in Creative Arts, WAAPA, Edith Cowan University, WA
2005 B.A. in Design for Performance, WAAPA, Edith Cowan University, WA
2000 Honours in ART (Public Art), Curtin University, WA
(incomplete, due to work commitments in the field of Public Art)
1994 Certificate of achievement, teaching and learning WA
1974 Associateship in Fine Art, WA Institute of Technology (Curtin University)

Recent experience

2018-24 researched and wrote hybrid memoir/biography about artist Ray Moult-Spiers
2023-24 researched and wrote biography about international jeweller, art critic, historian, and author Dorothy Erickson AM
2020 researched and wrote short biography about sculptor Andrew Hickson
2015 researched and wrote short biography about circus performer Joel Salom
2010-14 Lecturer in illustration, sculpture, art history/theory, design,
painting & drawing. North Metropolitan TAFE, Perth
2013 Summer School tutor in Illustration at Claremont School of Art
2013 Short Course lecturer in Illustration Central Institute of Technology
2006-10 Sessional drawing lecturer for Production and Design
for lighting, costume and set design
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, ECU