Name:
Ciaran Bowen
Education:
2011-2015
B.A Honours in Art, Carlow IT Wexford Campus, Wexford
Solo Shows:
2023
GOMA, Waterford, Ireland
2019
Fake Utopia, The Presentation Center, Wexford, Ireland
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2022
A Slight Hiccup curated by Ludovic Dervillez, La Grange Gallery, France
2021
44 the Quay Artform, Waterford, Ireland
Artist Support Pledge, A Generous Space curated by Matthew Burrows MBE,
Hastings Contemporary, UK
Art in Progress Curated by Anya von Gosseln, Wexford, Ireland
World of Art Playroom-Zaandam Curated by Jeroen van Paassen, The Netherlands
Without Borders (Curated by Jonathan Powell), travelling show: Wales, USA, Japan
The Overhanging Garden (Curated by Helena Gorey & Rob Pearson) AKA Festival, Kilkenny, Ireland
Artform Summer Exhibition, The Strand Inn Dunmore East, Waterford, Ireland
Yellow Archangel (Curated by Paul Bramley & Allyson Keehan), General Practice, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
2020
Winter Open 2020, The Courthouse Gallery, Clare, Ireland
44 the Quay Artform, Waterford, Ireland
Wells Art Contemporary, Somerset, United Kingdom
Beep Painting Prize, Wales United Kingdom
Umbrella Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
2019
Material Objects, Creative Hub, Wexford, Ireland
2019
Cairde Festival, The Model, Sligo, Ireland
2018
The Winter Open 2018, RUARED, Dublin, Ireland
2018
Vital Material, Creative Hub, (Curated by Mary-Ruth Walsh), Wexford, Ireland
2018
Claque, Creative Hub, (Organized by Ciaran Bowen & Ceri Ryan), Wexford, Ireland
2018
betwixt End of Residency Exhibition, The Annexe at Wexford Arts Centre
2017
PeripheriesOPEN , PERIPHERY SPACE, selected by Paul Carter, James Merrigan and Emma Roche.
2017
And Creatures Dream… A New Language, A two- venue show at Wexford County Council & Wexford Arts Centre (Curated by Catherine Bowe & Helen Gaynor) Wexford, Ireland
2017
Evo Festival, Wexford, Ireland
2016
Touch Me Baby, Bones & Pearls Studio (Curated by Anna Choutova), London, United Kingdom
2015
Round, The Saturday Gallery, Wexford, Ireland
2015
Wish You Were Here, The Saturday Gallery, Wexford, Ireland
2015
Amalgamations Ba Degree Show,Wexford Art Center, Wexford, Ireland.
2015
WET 3rd Annual Exhibition, Hive Emerging, Waterford, Ireland
2014
Perpetual Flux, The Red Door Gallery, Wexford, Ireland
2013
La Amenaza Constante, Visual Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow, Ireland.
2012
The Great Famine Exhibition, MacDonagh Junction, Kilkenny, Ireland
Selected Collections:
2021 The Wexford Arts Centre
2019 Wexford County Council
2018 The Wexford Arts Centre
2015 Carlow IT (Wexford Campus)
2015 Carlow IT (School of Art & Design Dept.)
Private Collections in Ireland, United Kingdom
Awards and Residencies:
2021
GOMA Solo Show Award Presented by 44 the Quay Artform
2019-2021
Artist in Residency, The Bull Ring Mall, Wexford
2018-2019
Artist in Residency, The Bull Ring Mall, Wexford
2017 – 2018
Artist in Residency, The Wexford Arts Centre Annexe
2015
Carlow Institute of Technology Purchase Award
Bibliography:
2021
Yellow Archangel
2020
Beep Painting Prize Catalogue
2019
Irish Arts Review Magazine
2018
Irish Arts Review Magazine
2016
Dublin Inquirer- Curios About:
2015
Irish Arts Review Magazine- New Generation Artists 2015
2015
Aesthetica Issue 67 October/November 2015, Artists Directory