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JULIA BURNS is a new media artist based in Sydney, Australia.	Her work to date has been concentrated on issues of PRIVACY and individuals' loss of CONTROL OF PERSONAL DATA ONLINE. In her 'The Psychology of Privacy' series, she considers the PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL, as well as the value of personal information to commercial third parties.	Recipient of the Freedman Foundation Scholarship 2010, FUSE and Videotage Residency in Hong Kong (2009), and Marrickville Arts and Culture Grant 2009. She has exhibited at Osage Gallery Hong Kong (2009), Griffith Regional Arts Gallery (d/Lux/Media/Arts Regional Tour 2010), beta_space The Powerhouse Museum (2008), Cleveland Street Theatre (2009), and First Draft Gallery (2008).
Conceptual artist, VIDEO ARTIST, PERFORMANCE ARTIST, public artist, installation artist, interactive artist, hybrid artist in AUSTRALIA.	Her research into privacy and its value led Julia to develop a deep respect for the nature of intimacy and the vulnerability of every person. She is now creating works that celebrate the beauty of courage, honesty and individuality in the face of the pressures of society.	She has done public performances at Bondi Beach (2010), Newtown Square and Martin Place (2009). In 2009 she published with ACM Press and presented an artwork developed as a result of her Masters of Computer Science Thesis at the Creativity Cognition 2009 Conference at UC Berkeley, California.