Julie Blyfield has worked for over 30 years, currently from her own independent studio overlooking her garden in Maylands, South Australia.

Julie Blyfield won the $50,000 Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize in 2011, and was a recipient in 2010 of the prestigious South Australian Living Artists Award, which celebrated her achievements with a major monograph about her life and work published by Wakefield Press. An Australia Council Award (2015-16) offered Julie the opportunity to create and exhibit Panorama, a significant body of new jewellery and objects for an international touring exhibition at  Ruthin Crafts Centre, North Wales; The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh and Bilk Gallery in Canberra. 

In 2017,  Julie collaborated with Australian ceramicist Kirsten Coelho to present Ormolu at Funaki, which then toured to The Jam Factory in Adelaide and The National in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Julie's jewellery and metalwork is held in Australian and international museum collections including the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra; the Musée des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, France; the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, United Kingdom. Her work has been shown in International Art and Design Fairs such as Collect, London, UK and Chicago SOFA in America. Julie's work has also been selected for the prestigious international jewellery exhibition - Schmuck and her silver objects have been shown at the Schoonhoven Silver Award several times in her career.

Blyfield has travelled, lectured and presented workshops in Australia, United States of America, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. As part of her practice she regularly mentors emerging jewellers, sharing her knowledge, skills and professional experience. She is currently mentoring the Jam Factory Metal Associates in 2019. Julie has won numerous prizes for her work including the Overall Winner of the South Australian Museum Natural History Art Prize where her work was acquired by the South Australian Museum collection. Internationally, Julie's work is represented at Adrian Sassoon (London), The Scottish Gallery (Edinburgh), The National (Christchurch) and Funaki (Melbourne).