About
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Born in West Sussex, UK; currently working between South-East London, and Buckinghamshire.
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Bowen's work explores memory, sanctioned (versus unsanctioned) voices, multi-generational history, and how experience is stored in the body. We all have markings of physical trauma, but also experience more abstract things. The ‘thingness’ of our bodies can act as an anchor to trace those less tangible things. Memory is always in flux - it develops with time. Her work is mixed-media drawing and writing, in part as a reflection of this. That there is no singular perspective. Multi-media allows room for contradictions; that whilst everything in life is constantly shifting, we can also be weighed down by things that happened before we were born.
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Bowen's work is her own exploration of these themes. Revolving around experiences that shape us: her own history and those of others; individual and collective. She is fascinated by how we share these experiences, and how recollections and interpretations change over time. Non-linear and fluid timelines are of particular interest.
In addition to this; power, and its distribution within systems of society is another theme she often returns to. How systems of surveillance edit and manipulate, regardless of any apparent personal truth.
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Education
- 2021- present - BA Fine Art, Goldsmiths University of London
- 2020- 2021 - Art and Design Foundation Course, Oxford Brookes
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Exhibitions
- February 9-12th 2023, ICAT HFBK (Hamburg), Jahresausstellung: The London Look. Group show.
- February 16th 2023, Take Courage Gallery (Amersham Arms), London. The Drawing Room. Group Show.
- March 23rd 2023,Take Courage Gallery (Amersham Arms), London. An Articulate Eye. Group Show.
- December 2023, Goldsmiths, London. Headgear By BabyTeeth. Group Show.
-June 13-17th 2024, Goldsmiths (Ben Pimlott Building), London. Goldsmiths Fine Art Degree Show 2024.
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Phoebe Bowen in Studio, 2024