Julie Dowling: ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

Julie Dowling, Self-portrait: in our country, 2002 National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 2002 © Julie Dowling/Copyright Agency, 2024

Julie Dowling‘s work features in two important exhibitions. Following a national and international tour, Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia returns to Kamberri/Canberra for its final showing at the National Gallery of Australia until 24 August. This survey of historical and contemporary works of art by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from across Australia is curated by Tina Baum, drawing from the national collection and Wesfarmers Collection of Australian Art.

In addition, Julie Dowling’s work features in the recently opened exhibition Blak In-Justice: Incarceration and Resilience at Heide Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition calls attention to the pressing issue of Indigenous incarceration in Australia and is curated by Kent Morris, Barkindji artist, curator and Creative Director of The Torch and consulting curator Tina Baum, Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, National Gallery of Australia.

Blak In-Justice: Incarceration and Resilience
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
until 20 July 2025

Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
until 24 August 2025

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