Julius Malkin

Julius grew up in South Africa in a small country town on the Highveld. Impressions of the Highveld light and landscape have always underlined and informed his work. He studied painting and printmaking in Cape Town in the early 1970s. He left South Africa at that time chiefly because of the oppressive Apartheid regime and relocated to London where he continued his post graduate studies at Central St Martin’s School of Art. Julius has been fortunate to have worked in several countries, including South Africa, England, France and latterly Australia. He has maintained a working studio throughout his artmaking. He has exhibited in London, Brighton and Cape Town.
Julius has always found his inspiration in landscape and the natural world. While most of his work is not directly representational and is in fact purely abstract it is always informed by the immediate visual world. For example, his recent work is directly influenced by the ocean and the sandstone cliffs of the eastern seaboard of Australia.
Julius has lived in Australia for close to 20 years after immigrating from London. He loves the physical feeling of living in the southern hemisphere. The huge skies, the beautiful birds, the towering gum tress, the pristine blu...

Diploma In Painting and Printmaking,Cape Town Visual Art Research Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
Post Graduate Advanced Diploma in Painting and Printmaking, St Martin's School of Art, London, UK
M.Phil. in Art and Education, University of London, London, UK.
Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling and Healthcare (Art Therapy), Royal Society of Health, London, UK.

Group Show, South African Association of Arts, Bo Kaap, Cape Town South Africa.
Loader Street Gallery, De Waterkant, Cape Town, South Africa.
Space Studios, Kings Cross, London, UK
Group Show, Camden Arts Centre, Camden, London, UK.
Group Show, The Chocolate Factory, Wood Green, London, UK.
Open Studios, The Nest Creative Space, Alexandria, Sydney.
The Other Art Fair, Sydney, 2019.
"To The Centre", M2 Gallery, Elizabeth Street, Sydney, 2020 solo show.
"Spring Back", Group Show, Wellington Gallery, Wellington Street, Sydney 2021