Bio
Julien Comer-Kleine is an artist working and living in Naarm, Melbourne. He graduated from Fine Art (Honours) at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2020 after completing his undergraduate there. He primarily creates sound sculptures and installations but has worked as a choreographer/dancer previously. He currently works at the Victorian College of the Arts, along with maintaining a homebuilt foundry and workshop with other emerging artists.
Education
2020 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), Victorian College of the Arts
2017-19 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture and Spatial Practice), Victorian College of the Arts
Selected Exhibitions
2024 Ionised HAIR ARI [Solo Exhibition]
2024 Radio as Social Sculpture Neptune x Cashmere Radio (Berlin)
2023 An Elemental Exchange TCB [Solo Exhibition]
2023 Making The Invisible Visible Fiona Sidney Myer Gallery
2023 Menagerie Asbestos
2023 It’s Not You, It’s Me Fiona Sidney Myer Gallery
2023 Tech Support TCB
2022 Zombie! C A V E S
2022 Flowing Between States Woven Projects [Solo Exhibition]
2022 Shifting Forces C A V E S
2022 Lorne Small Sculpture Exhibition Lorne Sculpture Biennale
2021 Macquarie Emerging Artist Prize Macquarie Group Collection
2021 Fresh! Craft Victoria
2021 Scene/Unseen. George Paton Gallery
2020 Victorian College of the Arts Graduate Exhibition VCA
2020 A Proposal Online Exhibition
2020 Scape Gallery Collection Magnet Studios
2019 Victorian College of the Arts Graduate Exhibition VCA
2019 FIX 004 Kings Artist-Run
2019 Paper Mill Abandoned Paper Mill
2019 S/cens/us VCA Artspace
2018 PROUD VCA Artspace
2018 Afterthoughts VCA Artspace
2018 Cause and Effect Transit Studios
2017 I’d like to call it VCA Artspace
Awards & Achievements
2024 Received Emerging Artist Grant Ian Potter Cultural Trust
2023 Reviewed in Un Magazine Un Projects 2023
2023 Published essay written by Katie Paine on work exhibited in Making the Invisible Visible
2021 Video Work Field Vibration Network acquired by Macquarie Group Collection
2020 Reviewed in Memo Reviews Mass Memo 2020
2019 Daniel Dorall Art Award