Julie Apap

Julie Apap (1948 – 16 March 2011) was a Maltese ceramicist based in Msida. Active from the 1990s until her death in 2010, she exhibited in Malta, the U.S., Egypt, and Croatia. The studio was a hub for a number of female Malta-based ceramicists during the 2000s. She taught privately at the studio for 20 years.

Apap worked in both clay and porcelain. She created a range of ceramic work, including "functional ware," jewelry, and more sculptural pieces.

Exhibitions Between 1990 and her death in 2010, Julie Apap participated in a variety of solo and group exhibitions both within Malta and internationally. In Malta, she exhibited her work at Mdina Cathedral Museum. the National Museum of Archaeology, and the Banca Giuratale in Victoria. Internationally, she showed her work in California, U.S. and Zagreb, Croatia. In 2000, she showed her work at the 5th Cairo Biennale for International Ceramics (Egypt). In 2007 and 2009, her work was included in group exhibitions held jointly with Cypriot ceramicists.

Some of Apap's work was posthumously exhibited at the inaugural Malta Ceramics Festival in 2011 in Attard, alongside the work of ceramicists Joseph Casha and Neville Ferry, who also died in 2010.

Selected group exhibitions

Group Exhibition with Jeni Caruana and Hedwig Hauck, Mdina Cathedral Museum, Mdina, Malta (1993) Saint James Cavalier, Valletta (2009) Tribute, Parish Centre, Papa Ġwanni Pawlu II, Attard (2011) Banca Giuratale, Victoria, Gozo Region, Malta (2007)