Julie Lynch

Dr. Julie Lynch APDG

Biography
Julie Lynch enjoys a successful costume design career spanning 35 years, working with many of Australia’s leading directors, including: Neil Armfield AO, John Bell AM OBE, David Berthold, Jonathan Biggins, Richard Cottrell, Eamon Flack, Gale Edwards AM, Lee Lewis, Stuart Maunder, Elke Neidhardt, Marion Potts and Richard Wherrett. She has designed for Australia’s leading theatre companies, including: The Sydney Theatre Company, Opera Australia, Belvoir St, Bell Shakespeare, Victoria State Opera, The State Theatre Company of South Australia and Opera South Australia.
After a year of teaching young students online during the first wave of COVID-19, Lynch decided to leave her leadership position as Director for Design Practices at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) to pursue her passion for Visual Art and has loved every minute!

Exhibitions
Visual Art
2022 Vivida, Solo Exhibition, Thienny Lee Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Design
2021 Australian Curator and Selection Jury Member for 2022 World Stage Design Exhibition, Calgary, Canada.
2018 Australian Curator: Innovative Costume of the 21st Century: The Next Generation, A.A. Bakhrushin State Central, Theatre Museum, Moscow, Russia.
2015 Exhibitor and Australian Curator: Costume Design at the Turn of the Century, A.A. Bakhrushin State Central, Theatre Museum, Moscow, Russia.
2009 Curator and Designer, 40 Year Anniversary Exhibition, NIDA, Sydney, Australia.
2004 Curator and Designer, Jean Carroll Exhibition: 70 Years of Millinery, NIDA, Sydney, Australia.
1990 Curator and Designer, 20 Years of The Sydney Theatre Company, STC Pier 4, Walsh Bay, Sydney, Australia.
1988 Curator and Designer, 15 Years in the Playhouse, State Theatre Company of South Australia.
1988 Curator and Designer, Magpie Touring Exhibit, Magpie Theatre Company, South Australia.

Professional Accreditation
2013 Australian Production Design Guild (APDG) Accredited Designer – awarded to designers who have demonstrated consistent high creativity, aesthetic innovation, and have actively promoted the values of good design and given back to industry.

Awards
2016 Best Set Design – APDG Awards nominee, for ‘The Tempest’, Bell Shakespeare Company
2014 Best Costume Design -Sydney Theatre Awards winner for ‘Noises Off’, Sydney Theatre Company
2014 Excellence in Drawing and Concept Illustration – APDG Awards nominee for ‘Noises Off’, Sydney Theatre Company
2013 Best Costume Design – APDG Awards winner for ‘Carmen’, Opera Australia
2012 Best Opera Design – Green Room Awards winner for ‘Salome’, Opera Australia
2012 Best Costume Design – APDG Awards nominee for ‘Spiral’, Wanda Arts Beijing
2011 Best Costume Design – APDG Awards winner for ‘La Bohème’, Opera Australia
2009 Best Costume Design – Sydney Theatre Awards winner, for ‘Travesties’, Sydney Theatre Company
2008 Best Costume Design – Helpmann Awards winner for ‘The Rocky Horror Show’, Paul Dainty and Associates
2006 Best Costume Design – Sydney Theatre Awards winner for ‘The Bourgeois Gentleman’, Sydney Theatre Company
2005 Best Costume Design – Sydney Theatre Awards winner for ‘Festen’, Sydney Theatre Company
2003 Best Costume Design – Helpmann Awards winner for ‘The Way of the World’, Sydney Theatre Company
1999 Best Opera Design – Green Room Awards nominee for ‘Love Burns’, Victoria State Opera

Teaching & Leadership
2017-2020 Director Centre for Design (NIDA)
2016-2017 MFA Design Lecturer (NIDA)
2015 Head of Theatre Design, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA)
1994-2015 Guest Design Lecturer, NIDA and NIDA Open
2013 Curriculum Review and Design for BFA Design for Performance, NIDA
2019 Resident Artist, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA)
2000-2005 Head of Costume, NIDA
2000 Curriculum Review and Design for BDA Production Crafts Costume, NIDA
1995-2010 Guest Design Lecturer, Sydney Institute of Technology (TAFE, NSW)
1998-2014 Guest Design Lecturer, University of Technology (UTS)

Education
1984 Bachelor of Dramatic Art (BDA) Design, The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)
2013 Master of Arts (MA) by Research, University of Sydney (Thesis – From Character to Cloth: analysing costume design on screen)
2018 Doctor of Arts (D. Arts) by Research, University of Sydney (Thesis -Costume’s Mirror up to Nature: costume’s integral role in scenography)