Julia Groves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selected  biography

 

 

 

 

Member of The Iceni Botanical Artist Society.

Exhibiting at their annual exhibitions.

Involved with the 'Fullers Mill Project' to document the rare plants at these special gardens.

With Exhibition and book publication in 2025

https://www.icenibotanicalartists.co.uk

 

Member of the East Anglian artists initiative

Artworks

Exhibiting at our annual show at Blackthorpe Barn near Bury St Edmunds

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Awards

 

 

 

2022              Awarded a Silver Gilt Medal at the RHS Botanical Art Show, Saatchi Gallery , London.

2018                Elizabeth Smail Memorial Award. Florum Botanical Exhibition.

 

2016               Kent Creative Live Awards - Winner in the Visual Arts Category.

 

2000                The Prince of Wales Trophy - Awarded to an outstanding student in the field of Organic Gardening by The Worshipful Company of Gardeners of London.

 

1999                Millennium Pioneer Award - The Millennium Commission. For my contribution in setting up 'The Coriander Club' at Spitalfields City Farm, London.

 

Exhibitions/Projects

 

 

2025       RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Painting of Benton Argent- from the Sir Cedric Morris Florilegium to be shown on Sarah Cooks exhibit.

 

2024     Two paintings commissioned for the Sir Cedric Morris Florilegium, exhibited as a whole collection at Gainsborough House this summer in Sudbury. Collection to be archived at Gainsborough House.

 

2024        Iceni Botanical Artists Exhibition at Becketts Chapel, Wymondham, Norfolk.

 

2024     Three paintings selected for the Royal Institute of Painters In Watercolour at The Mall Galleries, London.     

 

2023       Exhibition in The Lady Chapel at Ely Cathedral with the Iceni Botanical Artist Society

 

2023      'The Art of Trees' outdoor trail exhibtion moves to Lynford Arboretum.

 

2022       Seeds of Hope. Project exhibited at The Royal Horticcultural Society Botanical Art Show at the Saatchi Gallery, London

 

2019      Self initiated Residency and Exhibition inspired by the Apothecary Garden at The Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

 

2019      Iceni Botanical Art Society Exhibition. The Corn Hall Diss.

 

2019      Society of Botanical Artist Exhibtion. The Mall Galleries, London

 

2019      The Art of Trees, Outdoor exhibition by the members of the Bedgebury Pinetum Florilegium. Kent

 

2018      'Rosa Damascena' watercolour painting commisssioned for the Royal College of Physicians - Publication of the contemporary herbal ‘The Illustrated College Herbal’ Plants from the Pharmacopoea Londinensis of 1618,   with its accompanying Exhibition at the college in August 2018. 

  

2018      The Association of British Botanical Artists Exhibition- the Uk part of the 'Botanical Art Worldwide UK Event' – celebrating UK native plants, at The Ruskin Gallery, Lancaster University. 

 

2018  Invited to join the Chelea Physic Garden Florilegiu,

 

2018      ‘FLORUM’ - Botanical Art Exhibition, Goodnestone Park and Gardens, Kent.

 

2018      ‘Iceni Botanical Artists’ Exhibitions, Babylon Gallery, Ely.

 

2017      The Rose and Other Stories – Solo Exhibition, The Horsebridge Arts Centre, Whitstable, Kent.

 

2017      The Society of Botanical Artists Annual Exhibition.              

 

2016     ‘FLORUM’, Selected Botanical Art Exhibition, Kent Wildlife Trust Sevenoaks Nature Reserve, Kent.

 

2016     September. Bedgebury Pinetum Florilegium Society               Exhibition. The Artichoke Gallery, Ticehurst

 

2016   Selected to become a Member of 'The Bedgebury Pinetum Florilegium Society'.

 

2014   'RESPONSE' - Making Art Work exhibition 'streams' - work inspired by The Lyminge Archaeological Project and the Museums Anglo-Saxon collection.The Bentliff Art Gallery, Maidstone Museum, 

 

2014 Society of Botanical Artists Annual Exhibition, Westminster, London, 


2013 Volume One : briefs and proposals.The Foraged Book Project Exhibition.Nottingham,

 

2013 Mascalls Gallery - Group Exhibition. Ko-Ax Drawing, Paddock Wood, Kent. 

 

2013 The Beaney, Canterbury, Text Based Art Exhibition, 

 

2012 Whitstable Biennale Satellite programme.

 

1998 Solo Exhibition. 'Living Memory' Installation, Stoke Newington Midsummer Festival. London

 

1997 Solo Exhibition, 'Blown' Installation, Hidden Art of Hackney, London

 

1994 Open Studio, Hackney Arts Festival, London

 

1994 Open Studio, Whitechapel Open Studio Programme, London

 

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