Julie Dowling
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Warida kinship, Badimaya First Nation.
Born:        1969, Subiaco, Western Australia.
Lives:       Maddington, Western Australia.

education

1995       - 1st year Associate Diploma in Visual Arts Management, Perth Metropolitan TAFE, WA
1992       - Bachelor of Fine Art, Curtin University, WA
1989       - Diploma of Fine Art, Claremont School of Art, Perth, WA​
2002      - Honorary Doctorate in Literature (Honoris Causa), Murdoch University, WA

solo/survey shows

2019      - 'Julie Dowling', Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2018      - 'Wiru', Midland Junction Art Gallery in junction with Mundaring Art Center & Yamaji Art, Midland, WA
               - 'Babanyu (Friends for Life)', Art Gallery of Western Australia, Australia.
2017/18- 'Malga Gurbarl (Hard Secret)', K1 #5 -Seipple Gallery, (touring) Cologne to Berlin, Germany
               - 'Yagu Gurlbarl (Big Secret)', (touring with Art on the Move) Geraldton Regional Art Gallery to WA regional, WA
2017      - 'Yagu Gurbarl (Big Secret)', Geraldton Regional Gallery, WA
2016      - 'Burda Burda Dhulga (Telling a Story with Songlines)' - Joondalup Art Gallery, Joondalup, WA
2014      - ‘Wiru Bandyi (Spirit Possessions)’ - Heiser Gallery, Queensland, Australia
               - ‘Mirnuwa Wagu (Showing Home) - Harvison Gallery, Northbridge, WA
2013      - ‘Eewa Warnda* - spiritual love’- Michael Reid, Sydney.
2012      - ‘Julie Dowling ’ - Niagara Galleries, Victoria
               - ‘Julie Dowling ; Family & Friends’ – Lawrence Wilson Gallery, UWA, WA
2011      - ‘Maddington’-  Mossenson’s Gallery, Perth, WA
2010      - ‘Kuljak Djilba: Black Swan in September’, Brigitte Braun Gallery, Melbourne
2008      - ‘Oottheroongoo (Your Country)’ Multi Media Installation, PICA, Perth, WA
               - ‘Eegarra Beearaba (To Arise From Sorrow)’ - Brigitte Braun Gallery, Melbourne
2007      - ‘Strange Fruit: Testimony and Memory in Julie Dowling’s Portraits’ - Ian Potter  Museum of Art, Melbourne
2006      - ‘Widi Boornoo (Wild Message)’- fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, VIC
               - ‘Contrary Marban (Magic)’ - Caruana Reid, Sydney, NSW
               - ‘Nidja Widi (This is wild) - Works on paper’ - Brigitte Braun Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2005      - ‘Winyarn Budjarri (Sorry Birth)’- fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, VIC
               - ‘Marban Unna(Spiritual Magic Eh?)’ - Galerie Seippel, Koeln, Germany
2004      - ‘Warridah Sovereignty’- Artplace, Perth, WA
2003      - ‘...Yes, Boss!’ -  fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, VIC
2002      - ‘...big womanhead...’ Artplace, Perth,WA
2001      - ‘Melbin’, Span Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2000      - ‘Julie Dowling’ -  Artplace, Perth, WA
1999      - ‘Julie Dowling’ - Festival of Perth, Artplace
               - ‘Julie Dowling’ - Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA
1996      - ‘Julie Dowling’ - Artplace, Claremont, Perth
1995      - ‘Secrets About Being Strong‘, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA

selected group shows

2019      - 'The Artist and Her Work: Cruther's Collection of Women's Art' Lawrence Wilson Gallery, UWA, Australia.
               - 'Vis-ability: Artwork from the QUT Art Collection', Queensland University of Technology, Queensland, Australia.
               - 'The Alternative Archive: Truth, Myths & Legends of the Midwest', Gallery West/Geraldton Regional Gallery, WA, Australia.
               - 'Cases De La Terre De Lewin (Géographe Bay, W.A.), Art Gallery of Western Australia, Australia. 
               - 'While You Were Sleeping', aMBUSH Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
               - 'Danjoo - Interwoven' Midland Junction Arts Centre, WA, Australia.
2018      - 'Inner Atmospheres', Perth Comic Arts Festival, Edith Cowan University, Mt.Lawley Western Australia
               - 'HERE&NOW18: Besides, it is always the others who die', Lawrence Wilson Gallery, University of Western Australia 
              
- 'HEAD-TO-HEAD: Shifting perspectives in Australian portraiture', Flinders University City Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
               - 'Directors Cut', John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia.       
               - 'Colony: Frontier Wars', National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
               - 'Ever-present: Recent Works from the SAM Collection', Shepparton Art Museum, Victoria, Australia.

2017      - 'FavourEconomy: Stations' - George Paton Gallery, University of Melbourne, Australia
               - 'Country and Colony' - Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery University of Western Australia

2016-17 - 'Dissenting Voices' - Art Gallery of Western Australia, WA

2016       - 'Invisible Genres' - Curtin Gallery, Curtin University, WA
                -  Blue Chip XVIII: The Collectors’ Exhibition, Niagara Galleries, VIC, Australia
                - The Waiting Room, Artbank Gallery, Sydney, NSW
                - 'Sacred and Scarred', City Art Space, City of Perth, WA
                - 'For Country, for Nation', National War Memorial, ACT, Australia
                - 'Important Conversations', New Norcia Art Gallery, WA

2015-16  - 'RESISTANCE' - Art Gallery of Western Australia, WA

2015        - ‘Storm in a Teacup’ - Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC

                 - ‘Stations of the Cross’ – McGlade Gallery, ACU, Strathfield NSW
                 - ‘Stations of the Cross’ – Wesley Uniting Church, Perth, WA
                 - ‘The Pinjarra Massacre Memorial exhibition’ Touring WA; Collie, Rockingham, WA
                 - 'Object Lessons' - Lawrence Wilson Gallery, UWA, WA
                 - '
JUMPstart: Just Kids'. University of Queensland Art Museum. University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
              
2014        - ‘Fields of Vision: Art & Astronomy’ -  Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2013        - ‘Message Stick: Indigenous Identity In Urban Australia’ – Touring;  Australia,
                    South Africa, The Seychelles, Mauritius, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Nigeria, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, Indonesia.

2012        - ‘murr-ma: Uncovering Aboriginal & Australian Contemporary Art’ - Halle am Wasser & Preview Berlin - Germany.                                    - 'LOOK. LOOK AGAIN : Cruthers Collection of Woemn's Art' - Lawrence Wilson Gallery UWA, WA
                 - ‘Wonderland’ - Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan.
                 - ‘Heiser Gallery (Queensland)Stand’ - Melbourne Art Fair 2012

2011        - ‘Pinjarra Massacre Memorial Exhibition’ - Western Australia Museum, Perth, WA

2010        - ‘Slow Burn’ -  S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2009        - ‘Culture Warriors’-  Katzen Arts Centre, American University, Washington USA
                 - ‘Terra Nullis’ - ACC Galerie Weimar, and Halle 14 Leipziger Baumwollspinnerie, Leipzig, Germany
                 - ‘Show you colours’, Musem voor Hedendaagse Aboriginal Kunst, Utrecht, The Netherlands
                 - ‘Women in the Bible: Tricksters, Victors and (M)others’ - Jewish Museum of Austrlia, Melbourne, VIC

2010        - ‘The National Artists’ Self Portrait Prize’ - University of Queensland, QLD
                 - ‘A Fairy’s Tale’ - Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW

2008        - ‘Lines in the Sand: Botany Bay Stories from 1770’ - Hazlehurst Regional Gallery
                 - ‘Recovering Lives’ - Drill Hall Gallery, ANU, Canberra, ACT

2009        - ‘Premier of QL National Art Award in New Media’ - Queensland Art Gallery, QLD

2007        - ‘Culture Warriors - First National Indigenous Art Triennial’ - NGA, ACT
                 - ‘Accrochage - Malerei’ – Galerie Seippel, Cologne, Germany

2006        - ‘Prism-Contemporary Australian Art’ - Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
                 - ‘Stories: Country Spirit Knowledge & Politics’ - Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW
                 - ‘Dreaming their Way’ - National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington USA
                 - ‘Right here, right now’- NGA,  ACT
                 - ‘Sub-terrain’ -  UWA, Perth International Arts Festival, PICA, WA
                 - ‘Dancelines’ - George Adams Gallery, Arts Centre, VIC
                 - ‘Land Marks’ -  National Gallery of Victoria, VIC

2005-6     - ‘Australië, het land en de mensen’ - Rijkesmuseum voor Volkerkunde, Leiden, Holland

2005        - ‘Murdoch University Art Collection presents Julie Dowling, Galliano Fardin, Theo Koning, Artopia’
                 - ‘The Human Image by Indigenous and non-Indigenous Artists’ - Kluge-Ruhe Collection, University of Virginia USA

2004        - ‘Artplace Group Show 2004’ - Artplace, WA
                 - ‘Colour Power’ - National Gallery of Victoria, VIC
                 - ‘Melbourne Art Fair 2004’ -  Artplace Stand, Melbourne, VIC
                 - ʻTerra Alterius- Land of Anotherʼ -  Ivan Dougherty Gallery, University of NSW, Paddington, NSW
                 - ʻSpirit & Vision: Aboriginal Artʼ, Sammlung Essl, Vienna, Austria

2003        - ‘Artplace Group Show 2003’ - Artplace, Perth, WA
                 - ʻPlaces that Name Usʼ - Kate Challis RAKA Award , The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, VIC
                 - ‘The 2003 Portia Geach Memorial Award’ - S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
                 - ʻART AUSTRALIA - Zeitgenössische Kunstʼ - Kunst:Raum Sylt-Quelle, Galerie Seippel Koeln and Staetische Galerie                                   Delmenhorst, Germany
                 - 'MCA unpacked II : six Australian artists select works from the MCA collection' Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
                 - ʻHeatʼ - Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, QLD

2002        - ‘Artplace Group Show 2002’ - Artplace, Perth, WA
                 - “love your work” -  Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
                 - ‘Melbourne Art Fair 2002’ -  Artplace Stand, Melbourne, VIC
                 - “Urban Blackness” - Noosa Regional Gallery, QLD
                 - “itʼs a beautiful day” - New Painting in Australia: 2, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, and Art Galleryof NSW
                 - ‘Archibald National Portrait Prize’ - Art Gallery of NSW, NSW
                 - ʻNative Title Business’ - Quay Street Gallery (touring Nationally ), QLD
                 - ʻSpirit Country: Gantner Myer collection of contemporary Aboriginal art’ - Melbourne Museum, VIC

2001        - ‘Blake Prize’ - UNSW(touring exhibition), NSW
                 - ‘Mine Own Executioner’ - Mundaring Arts Centre, Mundaring, WA
                 - ʻFederation’ - NGA, Canberra, ACT (Touring exhibition)
                 - ‘Bunbury Biennale’ - Bunbury, WA
                 - ‘City of Joondalup invitation art prize’, Joondalup, WA
                 - ‘Archibald National Portrait Prize’ - Art Gallery of NSW
                 - ‘Art 01’ - The WA Art Fair, Artplace Stand,Perth,WA

2000        - ‘Beyond the Pale - Adelaide Biennale’ - AGSA, Adelaide, SA
                 - ‘Melbourne Art Fair 2000’, Artplace stand, VIC
                 - ʻMum Shirl Tribute Exhibitionʼ - Boomalli Aboriginal Arts Co-operative, Sydney, NSW
                 - ‘Doug Moran National Portrait Prize’ - touring exhibition, State Library NSW.
                 - ‘Mandorla Religious Art Award’ - Moores Building, Fremantle, WA
                 - ʻSide by Sideʻ -  AGWA, Perth, WA
                 - ʻAcrossʻ - Canberra School of Art, National Touring exhibition, ACT
                 - ‘Mornington Peninsula Works on Paper Prize’, Mornington Peninsula, NSW

1999        - ʻAboriginal Kunst aus West Australianʻ, Galerie Gaswerk, Schwabach, Germany
                 - ʻPeople, places, pastimes: Challenging perspectives of Ipswichʻ, Global Arts Link, Ipswich, QLD
                 - ʻGenerations, the stolen years of fighters & singersʻ, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth,WA
                 - ʻCeremony, identity and communityʻ - South African National Gallery, Capetown, South Africa

1998        - ‘Kate Challis RAKA Award’ - Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, VIC
                 - ‘Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair’, ACAF 6,Melbourne, Artplace Stand, VIC
                 - ‘15thNational Aboriginal & Torres Islander Art Award’, NT Museum & Art Gallery, NT
                 - ʻLandscapeʻ -  Charles Sturt University, NSW
                 - ʻCeremony, Identity and Communityʼ - Flinders Art Museum Gallery, Adelaide, SA

1997        - ‘Art Fair Cologne’ -  Gabrielle Pizzi Gallery, Germany
                 - ʻDaughters of the Dreamingʻ - AGWA, WA

1996        - ‘Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair’ - ACAF·5, Artplace Stand, Melbourne
                 - ʻArt and Politicsʼ - UWA, Nedlands, WA
                 - ʻOut of Australiaʼ - PICA, Perth, WA
                 - ʻH.J Wedge and Julie Dowlingʻ - Gallery Gabrielle Pizza, Melbourne, VIC
                 - ʻGuddhabungarʼ - The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
                 -ʻWijay Na ........?’ - 24HR Art, Darwin, NT

1995        - ʻUrban Belonging: The Raw Edgeʻ - AGWA, Perth, WA
                 - ʻOn a Missionʻ -  Boomalli Aboriginal Arts Coop, Sydney, NSW
                 - ‘11th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awardʻ, NTMAG, Darwin, NT
                 - ʻbur-ran-gur- ang (court out) - Women and the Lawʻ, Lawrence Wilson Gallery, UWA, WA

1994         - ‘Small Spaces: Curtin Students Painting’ Galerie Dusseldorf, Perth, WA

1993         - ‘National Graduate Degree Show, PICA, (Touring), Perth, WA
                 - ʻKyana Aboriginal Cultural Showʼ, Perth Esplanade, WA

grants & awards

2013         - Finalist - Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
                  - Finalist Archibald Portrait Prize 
2008         - Finalist National New Media Award Queensland Art Gallery
2006         - Honorary Doctorate in Literature, Murdoch University, Perth WA
                  - Australia Council Fellowship
                  - Finalist Portia Geach Memorial Award
2003         - Finalist RAKA Award
2002         - Finalist Archibald Portrait Prize
2001         - The People’s Choice Award; 18th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Art Award
                  -  Finalist - Archibald Portrait Prize
2000         - Winner - Mandorla Award for Religious Art
                  - Winner (Painting) - 17th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award
                  - Finalist - NAIDOC Aboriginal Artist of the Year
                  - Finalist - Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
1998         - Australia Council Development Grant
                  - Artist in Residence, Curtin University
                  - Finalist RAKA Award
1997          - Finalist Portia Geach Memorial Award
1995          - Australia Council Development Grant.

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  • About
  • CV
  • Publications
  • Collections
  • Gallery
    • Solo Shows >
      • JULIE DOWLING 2019
      • Wiru (Strong Spirit)
      • Malga Gurlbarl (Hard Secret)
      • Yagu Gurlbarl (Big Secret)
    • Group Shows
    • Competitions
    • Paintings of Family
    • Icons >
      • Large Icons
      • Mid-Sized Icons
      • Small Icons
      • Large Icon Series
      • Mid-Sized Icon Series
      • Small Icon Series
    • Black Works >
      • Large Chiaroscuro
      • Mid-Sized Chiaroscuro
      • Small Chiaroscuro
    • Works on paper >
      • Ink
      • Pastel
      • Mixed Media
    • Multimedia >
      • Film
      • Computer Art
      • Photography
      • Metaverse
    • Self Portraits
    • Cartoons >
      • KOORI MAIL CARTOONS 2004-06
      • NATIONAL INDIGENOUS TIMES CARTOONS 2010-13 >
        • NIT CARTOONS 2010
        • NIT CARTOONS 2011
        • NIT CARTOONS 2012
        • NIT CARTOONS 2013
      • RACISM IN SPORT 2006
    • CERAMICS
    • STUDIO BLOG
  • News
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Affiliates
  • Community
    • Badimaya Land Rights
    • Western Australia Nuclear Free Alliance
    • Resistance Fighters >
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