Julie Brazil is an artist from New Ross, County Wexford who is currently based in Limerick city. She graduated from Crawford College of Art and Design with a BA in Fine Art Painting, and continued her academic studies in the University of Limerick, receiving her Doctorate in 2012. Brazil was a member of Contact Studios for over ten years and is now part of James Street Artists’ Studios. Her work has been exhibited in group shows nationally.
Exhibitions include Fragments (2019), Matisse’s Garden (2017), Small Artworks II (2016), Make (2015), Hive Emerging (2015) in Waterford and a solo show Landslide (2015) Kildare. Brazil lectures in art education at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick.
She conducted Art Educator Courses in the National Gallery of Ireland in 2015 and 2018. These involved helping the public engage with the Yeats’ archive by making art books in response to Yeats’s sketchbooks and artworks.
Artist Biography
Julie Brazil is an artist from New Ross, County Wexford who is currently based in Limerick city. She graduated from Crawford College of Art and Design with a BA in Fine Art Painting, and continued her academic studies in the University of Limerick, receiving her Doctorate in 2012. Brazil was a member of Contact Studios for over ten years and is now part of James Street Artists’ Studios. Her work has been exhibited in group shows nationally.
Exhibitions include Fragments (2019), Matisse’s Garden (2017), Small Artworks II (2016), Make (2015), Hive Emerging (2015) in Waterford and a solo show Landslide (2015) Kildare. Brazil lectures in art education at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. She conducted Art Educator in Residence Courses in the National Gallery of Ireland in 2015 and 2018.
She conducted Art Educator Courses in the National Gallery of Ireland in 2015 and 2018. These involved helping the public engage with the Yeats’ archive by making art books in response to Yeats’s sketchbooks and artworks.
Exhibitions – Solo and Group Shows
2020 Elsewhere, Solo online exhibition, Limerick Museum, Henry Street, Limerick.
2019 Fragments, Solo exhibition, Gallery Interlude, Lucky Lane, Catherine Street, Limerick.
2018 Network Contact, Group exhibition, Gallery Interlude, Lucky Lane, Catherine Street, Limerick.
2017 That was Then, This is Now, Group exhibition, Friar’s Gate Theatre & Arts, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick
2017 20 Years in the Making, Group exhibition, Project Motive, Limerick.
2017 Matisse’s Garden, Group exhibition, Mews Coach House, Limerick.
2016 Small Art Works II, Group exhibition, SAW II, Mews Coach House, Limerick.
2015 Make, Group exhibition, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick.
2015 Wet, Group exhibition, Hive Emerging, Waterford.
2015 Landslide, Solo exhibition, Leixlip Library, Kildare.
2014 Transient Spaces, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick.
2013 Culture Night, Contact Studios, Limerick.
2013 A Summer’s Work, Dooradoyle Library, Limerick.
2013 In Exchange, Group exhibition, Bourn Vincent Gallery, University of Limerick.
2010 Keeping Contact, Group exhibition, Contact Studios, Mulgrave Street, Limerick.
2008 Inside Contact, Group exhibition, Normoyle Frawley, Limerick.
2007 Reflection of Light, Foundation Building, University of Limerick.
2007 Contact 10, Group exhibition, Ruby Lane Gallery, Limerick.
1999 Degree Show, Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork.
1998 Diploma Show, Cork City Hall, Cork.
