Julie Dowling (born 1969) is an Indigenous Australian artist whose work, in a social realist style, deals with issues of Aboriginal identity.
[2][3] Their single mother, Veronica, was a member of the Badimaya nation, whose traditional lands are around Paynes Find and Yalgoo in Western Australia's Gascoyne region.
[2][4] The twins spent their early childhood with their mother and extended family, including Molly, in the outer Perth suburb of Redcliffe when it was mostly bushland.
[2][4] While on train trips to visit their grandmother, their mother would point out people who might be trying to hide their Aboriginality, and would encourage Julie to sketch them while Carol would interview them.
[6][9][10][11][12] It is inspired by such traditions as European portraiture and Christian icons, Mexican muralism, Papunya Tula dot painting, and Noongar iconography.