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Ronan Bowes

Ronan Bowes is an award winning artist creating abstract paintings and objects. He has worked both as an artist and curator in UK and abroad and has extensively exhibited in Northern Ireland, England, Australia and USA. Among others he showcased his work with the Delphian Gallery (London, UK), Boyle Arts Festival (Roscommon, Ireland), El Triunfo (New York, USA) and Saatchi Art online. After several years abroad, in 2019 he relocated in his hometown Omagh, Co. Tyrone N. Ireland.

Bowes' current work is an amalgamation of constructed, deconstructed and reconstructed studio materials - pigments, canvas, wood, paper or unusual materials, in painted 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional handmade forms. The life, death and rebirth of these studio materials are...

Ronan Bowes is an award winning artist creating abstract paintings and objects. He has worked both as an artist and curator in UK and abroad and has extensively exhibited in Northern Ireland, England, Australia and USA. Among others he showcased his work with the Delphian Gallery (London, UK), Boyle Arts Festival (Roscommon, Ireland), El Triunfo (New York, USA) and Saatchi Art online. After several years abroad, in 2019 he relocated in his hometown Omagh, Co. Tyrone N. Ireland.

Bowes' current work is an amalgamation of constructed, deconstructed and reconstructed studio materials - pigments, canvas, wood, paper or unusual materials, in painted 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional handmade forms. The life, death and rebirth of these studio materials are core thoughts during his process. Creating art for him, began and continues as a symbolic resource where autobiographical elements, feelings, emotions as well as considerations about society find expression.

READ his BLOG INTERVIEWabout his work and his solo exhibition 'Decompression: Abstract Works on Paper 2026-2022'.

Bio

BASED in Omagh, Northern Ireland

EDUCATION

2008 Degree (1st Class Hons) in Fine Art, John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
2010 PGCE Art & Design Education, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

AWARDS

2017 Winner of ArtSlant's Annual Showcase, Los Angeles, US
2016 Winner of ArtSlant's Annual Showcase, Los Angeles, UK

COLLECTIONS

National Collection BBC "Your Paintings", England, UK
Private collections

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 'Decompression: Abstract Works on Paper 2016-22', Gallery 545, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
2014 ‘Detonator’, Crosshill Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland, UK
2013 ‘Don't Shoot’, BSG Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2007 ‘Reflect and Progress’, Myrtle Street Gallery, Liverpool, UK

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024, 2023, 2022 'Gallery 545: Contemporary Art of Northern Ireland #5, #4, #3', Gallery 545 Online & at the Island Arts Centre, Lisburn, N. Ireland
2024 'Art at the Modernist House', Gallery 545 at La Roche House, Belfast, N. Ireland
2021, 2020 'Gallery 545 Group Exhibition', Gallery 545 Online and at Blick Studios, Belfast, N. Ireland
2020 'Gallery 545: Contemporary Art of Northern Ireland #2', Gallery 545 Online, N. Ireland
2019 'Gallery 545 Pop-up: Contemporary Art of Northern Ireland', Sea Holly Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland
2019 ‘Delphian Open Call’, The Print Space, London, UK
2018 ‘Gathering’, Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon, Ireland
2017 ‘To Go’, El Triunfo, Manhattan, USA
2017 ‘Settling the Ghost’, Standard Projects, Wisconsin, USA
2016 ‘Greenpoint Annual’, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
2014 ‘CGP Annual Opening’, CGP Gallery, London, UK
2014 ‘Tyrone Open’, Strule Arts Gallery, Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK
2013 ‘In Progress Group Show’, White Elephant Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2013 ‘Rubix’, Tetris Gallery, Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia
2013 ‘Now You See Me, Now You Don't’, Group Annual, Terrace Studios, London, UK
2011 ‘Without Institution’, (Two Person Show) Strule Arts Gallery, Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK
2010 ‘Hang Then Decay' Group Annual, Terrace Studios, London, UK
2009 ‘Derek Hill Foundation Group Annual', Glebe Gallery, Co. Donegal, Ireland
2009 ‘Imagination Group Show’, APW Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2007 ‘Inside Outside’, Philharmonic Street Fashion & Printmaking Building, Liverpool, UK

ART FAIRS

2016 AQUA Art Fair, Aqua Hotel, Miami, FL, USA
015 FLUX Art Fair, Rag Factory, London, UK

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

2008 'Superlambanana' Liverpool Capital of Culture, Aintree Hospital, Liverpool, UK
2008 ‘Two Reproductions’, Blood Clinic, Aintree Hospital, Liverpool, UK

ART RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE

Art teacher - Bowes has taught his subject through schools in Ireland, England and students with special needs in New York.
Curator - He has curated exhibitions at Aside Bside Gallery (London, UK), White Elephant Arts (Melbourne, AU) and John Moores University (Liverpool, UK).