Julie Dowling b. 1969

  • Artist (Painter)
Julie Dowling is a Badimaya Aboriginal woman whose portraits have been exhibited in 'Culture Warriors' at the National Gallery of Australia, 'Colour Power' at the National Gallery of Victoria and 'Lines in the Sand: Botany Bay Stories from 1770' at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery.
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exhibited at
Oottheroongoo (Your Country) Multi Media Installation
Date
2008
Place
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, WA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Strange Fruit: Testimony and Memory in Julie Dowling's Portraits
Date
21 July 2007 - 14 October 2007
Place
Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Julie Dowling is a painter whose work has focussed mainly on the tradition of portraiture. Her cultural heritage as an Aboriginal Australian of Badimaya descent strongly impacts upon her subject matter. Dowling draws upon a wide range of sources within the traditions of European and Indigenous Australian painting. She combines social realism, Surrealism, sixties Pop Art, and motifs from contemporary Aboriginal painting, in her portraiture. Dowling’s art is influenced by the dot and circle motifs in the Papunya and Yuendumu traditions, the rock art of the Kimberley, and the graphic arts of the Torres Strait. The art of Frida Kahlo also directly influences her work.This exhibition is the first survey of this prominent artist, featuring over sixty works.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/art_exhibitions_detail.aspx?view=119&category=Past
exhibited at
Colour Power: Aboriginal Art post 1984
Date
2004 - 2005
Place
The Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/colourpower/
exhibited at
Urban Blackness
Date
2002
Description
Type
Exhibition

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Related stub people
  • Dowling, Carol (sibling of)
Related works
  • Self-portrait: in our country (creator of)
  • Her father's servant (creator of)
  • Falls the third time (creator of)
  • Takes up his cross (creator of)
Related collections
  • Australian National University, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • City of Banyule, Banyule, VIC (collected in)
  • Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Western Australian Museum, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Bunbury Regional Art Galleries, Bunbury, WA (collected in)
  • Reconciliation Council of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • City of Joondalup, Joondalup, WA (collected in)
  • Town of Vincent, Leederville, WA (collected in)
  • City of Wanneroo, Wanneroo, WA (collected in)
  • University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD (collected in)
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • New Norcia Monastery, WA (collected in)
  • Kelton Foundation collection, California, USA (collected in)
  • The Hyphema collection (collected in)
  • Carrillo Gantner collection (collected in)
  • Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW (collected in)
  • Kerry Stokes collection (collected in)
  • Ian and Sue Bernadt collection (collected in)
  • Colin and Elizabeth Laverty collection (collected in)
  • Sir James and Lady Cruthers collection (collected in)
  • Kent-McNeil Inc, Canada (collected in)
  • National Native Tital Tribunal (collected in)
  • King Edward Memorial Hospital, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Artbank, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Murdoch University, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • University of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Portia Geach Memorial Award (received)
  • RAKA Award (received)
  • Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (received)
  • NAIDOC Aboriginal Artist of the Year (received)
  • Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (received)
  • Mandorla Award for Religious Art (received)
  • People's Choice Award, 18th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (received)
  • Archibald Prize (received)
  • RAKA Award (received)
  • Portia Geach Memorial Award (received)
  • Australia Council Fellowship recipient (received)
  • National New Media Award (received)
Related events
  • Oottheroongoo (Your Country) Multi Media Installation (exhibited at)
  • Strange Fruit: Testimony and Memory in Julie Dowling's Portraits (exhibited at)
  • Urban Blackness (exhibited at)
  • Colour Power: Aboriginal Art post 1984 (exhibited at)