Curriculum Vitae

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