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Julie Shiels (born in the 1954) is an Australian sculptor, photomedia artist, writer and former lecturer at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, RMIT. In 2006 she graduated from RMIT with a master's degree in Art in Public Space and obtained a PhD in Fine Art from Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne in 2014.

Career
Shiels began her art career making political posters and was one of the founders of Another Planet Posters.

Throughout her career, Shiels has participated in artistic and collaborative ventures with diverse communities, museums, and art institutions, such as the Immigration Museum, Melbourne as well as local councils, including Banyule, Albury, Bayside, and the City of Port Phillip.

Shiels' artistic practice involves reimagining ordinary objects, text, and often overlooked spaces. Her work illuminates aspects of our surroundings that are typically disregarded or under appreciated, addressing issues of inequality and societal transformation.

Shiels is a regular writer for The Conversation.

Solo Exhibitions

 * Hidden Life, Linden New Art, St Kilda (2019)
 * All that Remains, Benalla Art Gallery, Benella (2019)
 * Resisting Disappearance, AC Institute, New York (2015)
 * Ubiquitous Object, Ambivalent Things, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne (2015)
 * Material Affect, The Substation, Newport (2013)
 * Sleeper, Monash Gallery of Art, Wheelers Hill (2009)
 * Flock, Ararat Regional Gallery (2008)
 * Monument, Albury Regional Gallery (2007)

Group Exhibitions

 * Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (2018)
 * Land/resistance, Defying Empire, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (2017)
 * Don’t Be Too Polite: Posters and Activism, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne (2016)

Public Art Commissions

 * Material Fix, Pipemakers Park, Maribyrnong (2022)
 * The Grand Masters, South Melbourne (2020)
 * Just Passing Through, Rosanna Station, commissioned by the Victorian Level Crossing Rail Authority (2019)
 * Small moments on a long street, City of Bayside (2014 -15)
 * The Last Move, Albert Tower, South Melbourne (2013)
 * Aunty Alma’s Seat, St Kilda, commissioned City of Port Phillip (2006)
 * Margins, memories and markers, commissioned by City of Port Phillip (2002-3)
 * Maria’s Story, South Melbourne, commissioned by City of Port Phillip (2002)

Publications
Shiels, J. A. (2015). Ubiquitous Object, Ambivalent Things (Doctoral dissertation, University of Melbourne, School of Art, Faculty of the Victoria College of the Arts and Conservatorium of Music).

Shiels, J. A. (2018). "A riotous, often ribald exploration of feminism's unfinished business". The Conversation.