You can find Julia's drawings on a variety OF things: wallpaper, bedding, billboards, fabric, clothing, dishes, pillows, newspapers, magazines, books, subway posters, umbrellas, towels, mugs and more. 

For five years Julia had an illustrated column in the New York Times called Scratch with collaborator Shaina Feinberg about small businesses with big personalities.  

She has taught courses at School of Visual Arts and Rhode Island School of Design. You can take her short online class learning how to make a repeat pattern here.

Julia co-founded Women Who Draw, an open directory of female professional illustrators, artists and cartoonists with fellow illustrator Wendy MacNaughton. It was created in an effort to increase the visibility of female illustrators, emphasizing female illustrators of color, LBTQ+, and other minority groups of female illustrators. 

Often she collaborates with Jenny Volvovski and Matt Lamothe as ALSO. 

She also runs Ladies Drawing Night, a female-only (trans-inclusive) drink and draw, with Leah Goren and Rachael Cole. Look for upcoming events announced on her instagram.  Or start your own! Or follow along with them here or here. 

Julia has authored/illustrated over twelve books and hopes you might buy some of them for your library. You can purchase any of them on Amazon or Indiebound or support your local bookstore. 

Julia is the recipient of the 2023 Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf Visionary Award given by the Rhode Island School of Design.

Julia works from her studio in the back of her apartment in Park Slope, Brooklyn. She is married to the filmmaker Jan Oliver Lucks.

Follow along on her current projects on her Instagram @juliarothman.