JULIE F HILL. From Dorset, UK. Lives and works in London.
EDUCATION
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
DUO EXHIBITIONS
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
AWARDS
RESIDENCIES
COLLECTIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PUBLIC TALKS & READINGS
PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS
Food & Art Studies, The Gramounce. 2023
London Creative Network, SPACE, London. 2018
Field/s, ARTQUEST Peer Forum, The Photographers Gallery/GASWORKS, 2017–
EDUCATION
| Royal Academy Schools, Digital Print Fellow |
| Royal College of Art, MA |
| Central Saint Martins, BA Hons. |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2024– | The Book of Sand, HS Projects. London, UK. (On permanent display) |
| 2023 | Earth, Water, Night, The Stone Space. London, UK |
| 2020 | Cavern, Glass Cloud Gallery. London, UK |
| 2019 | The Space Out of Time, Capture Photography Festival. Vancouver, CA |
| 2017 | Mirror Darkness, Lumen Studios. London, UK |
| 2017 | Deserts on the moons of other planets, Passengers. London, UK with Dark Quartet, choral performance |
| 2012 | A Rake’s Progress, Dimensions Variable. Miami, USA |
| 2008 | Single-Shot: Glass Gun, Manchester Craft and Design Centre. Manchester, UK |
DUO EXHIBITIONS
| 2023 | A Stone Sky, Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London, UK |
| 2019 | Of Stars & Chasms, ArthouSE1, London, UK |
| 2019–20 | Uncertain Ruins, Swiss Cottage Gallery, Camden, London, UK |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2025 | Aesthetica Art Prize, York Art Gallery. Yorkshire, UK |
| 2025 | The Geological Unconscious, Hypha Studios. London, UK |
| 2025 | Clinging On, ACME Glass Yard. London, UK |
| 2024–25 | An Xhibition of Small Things with Big Ideas, White Conduit Projects. London, UK |
| 2024 | HyperThyme, Espacio Gaviota/The Gramounce. Madrid, ES. |
| 2024 | Outside/In, SET Ealing. London, UK. |
| 2023 | Seventeen, Bomb Factory Marylebone. London, UK |
| 2022 | Aora IV: Light, Aora. Online. |
| 2022 | Heaven Neither Burning Farther, The Crypt Gallery. London, UK |
| 2022 | Seeing Stars, The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery. Leeds, UK |
| 2021 | The AI Gallery, National Gallery X: National Gallery. London, UK |
| 2021 | Thinking Machines, National Gallery X & RUSI: National Gallery. London, UK |
| 2021–22 | Astronomy Photographer of the Year, Fox Talbot Museum. Wiltshire, UK |
| 2020–21 | Astronomy Photographer of the Year, National Maritime Museum. London, UK |
| 2020–21 | Astronomy Photographer of the Year, Jodrell Banks. Cheshire, UK |
| 2020 | VIA Art Prize, Embassy of Brazil. London, UK |
| 2020 | Transits for Local Midnights, Part I & II, Home Cooking. Online |
| 2019 | The Immaculate Dream, Collyer Bristow Gallery. London, UK |
| 2018 | In Search of Darkness, Grizedale Sculpture Project Space. Cumbria, UK |
| 2018 | Recreational Grounds II, Wendover House. London, UK |
| 2016 | La Fine Dell’Universo, Lumen Studios. London, UK; Atina, IT. |
| 2016 | Pokey Hat, VERBureau, Glasgow International Festival. Glasgow, UK |
| 2015 | Activating the Archive, Banner Repeater/Hackney Archives. London, UK |
| 2011 | Salon Photo Prize, Matt Roberts Arts. London, UK |
| 2010–2011 | Ffilm: Single-Shot, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery/Film & Video Umbrella. Swansea, UK |
| 2010 | C.R.A.S.H: A Postcapitalist A–Z, Artsadmin. London, UK |
| 2007 | Festival Pocket Films, Forum des Images, Pompidou Centre. Paris, France |
| 2007 | ArtRadio, Cornerhouse. Manchester, UK |
| 2007–11 | Single-Shot, Tate Britain & touring. UK |
| 2006 | Object:React, ICA. London, UK |
AWARDS
| 2025–26 | First Contact, Arts Council England, Developing Your Creative Practice Award; Research at Harvard Plate Stacks, Harvard College Observatory |
| 2025 | Aesthetica Art Prize, Longlisted |
| 2018 | a-n Professional Development Award |
| 2020 | Annie Maunder Prize for Image Innovation, Astronomy Photographer of the Year, Royal Museums Greenwich |
| 2019–21 | Through Machine & Darkness, Arts Council England, Developing Your Creative Practice Award |
| 2016–17 | Arts Council Grants for the Arts Award |
| 2013 | Wellcome Trust People Award & Arts Council Award |
| 2012 | Arts Council Grants for the Arts Award |
| 2006 | Glass Gun, Arts Council & British Film Council New Cinema Lottery Fund Commission |
RESIDENCIES
| 2025 | The Bothy Project. Eigg, Scotland |
| 2023–24 | The Gramounce: Food & Art Studies with Institute of Post-Natural Studies, Spain & La Foresta, Italy |
| 2021 | Land Art Agency: Sustainable Futures Series: Outer Space, Partnered with Dr Valerie Olson |
| 2019 | DEFAULT 19, Ramdom. Gagliano del Capo, Italy |
| 2019 | Terminal Creek Contemporary. Bowen Island, Vancouver, Canada |
| 2018 | In Search of Darkness, Lumen + Grizedale Sculpture, UK |
| 2017 | Lumen. London, UK |
| 2016 | Lumen. Atina, Italy |
| 2013–14 | The Florence Trust. London, UK |
COLLECTIONS
| Harvard Plate Stacks | |
| ESR Europe | |
| GadCollection | |
| Private collections | |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| 2025 | The Geological Unconscious, contributions from Jason Groves and Ruth Siddall |
| 2023 | ‘Dark nights and signs of unseen things’, essay by Anjana Janardhan in A Stone Sky |
| 2023 | ‘But who can picture what the future holds?’ essay by Victoria Walters in Earth, Water, Night |
| 2023 | What makes a lake, Another Earth |
| 2023 | All the Libraries, Ruth Beale + Simon Elvins |
| 2021 | Less A Building, Michaela Nettell. Passengers |
| 2021 | Times III: Terrain, 87 Gallery |
| 2021 | Recreational Grounds, eds. Fiona Grady, Tim Ralston & Anna Lytridou |
| 2020–21 | The Universal Library, artist feature Sluice |
| 2020 | Uncertain Ruins, contributions from Roberto Trotta, Crystal Bennes, Libby Heaney et al. |
| 2019 | Default 19: Extreme Land, Ramdom |
| 2019 | Of Stars & Chasms, essay by Sara Jaspan |
| 2018 | ‘Deserts on the moons of other planets’, essay by Farrah Jarral. Passengers |
| 2016 | Ladies Room, texts by Marina Warner, Farrah Jarral & Nella Aarne. Petrel |
| 2015 | The Lost Aura, artist book. Petrel |
| 2012 | Crying Out Loud, with essays by Volker Sommer, Chantal Faust and Deborah Levy. Petrel |
| 2011 | Crisp Divination: Tuberosumography, artist book, Exposure Publishing |
PUBLIC TALKS & READINGS
| 2023 | Fine Art, London Metropolitan University |
| 2021 | Land Art Agency: Sustainable Futures: Outer Space |
| 2020 | An Evening of Astrophotography, Royal Museums Greenwich |
| 2020 | In Search of Darkness, Lumen, Yorkshire Dales Dark Sky Festival with Go Stargazing |
| 2017 | The Details are Invented Panel, Passengers, London |
| 2017 | Sensing Space, Super/Collider, The Collective |
| 2017 | Introduction to Antonioni’s The Passenger, Curzon Bloomsbury |
| 2017 | Artist dinner + Readings based on the Saturnian moon Titan, Passengers |
| 2017 | Reading, Pokey Hat, Glasgow International Festival |
| 2017 | Cultural Connections Panel, Visual Communication, Royal College of Art |
| 2015 | Performative reading with Scent of the Universe, Banner Repeater |
| 2015 | Criticism, Curation and Communication, Central Saint Martins |
PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS
Food & Art Studies, The Gramounce. 2023
London Creative Network, SPACE, London. 2018
Field/s, ARTQUEST Peer Forum, The Photographers Gallery/GASWORKS, 2017–