Approved: 16.08.2006

Day Bowman

Artist, Curator, Maker

Approved: 16.08.2006

In my latest body of work I have set out to investigate how and why we travel the landscapes of Britain that are passed through, ignored or deleted from the collective memory.

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  • Location: London
 
 
 

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    Artist Statement

    In my latest body of work I have set out to investigate how and why we travel the landscapes of Britain that are passed through, ignored or deleted from the collective memory.

    Whilst the paintings represent snapshots of journeys taken through cities, suburbs, retail parks, parking lots and endless motorways, the rear-view mirror - a constant in the works - represents a two-way mirror of past and future.  The mirror comes to represent a gateway, very much in the present, but allowing us to reflect on what has gone before and what might take place.

    Thus our daily journeys to work, the station or retail parks is laid open and the routine criss-crossing the land and our daily lives is brought into focus; journeys which we absorb, acknowledge or ignore.

     

    CV & Education

    DAY BOWMAN

    Email: day@daybowman.com     www.daybowman.com

    1980     Graduated Chelsea School of Art and London University

    Recent Selected One-Person Exhibitions

    2015        Musgrove Park Hospital Taunton

                    Alchemy, Jenny Blyth Fine Art at Art Jericho Oxford

    2014/15   Borders, Boundaries and Margins, Art Gene, Barrow-in-Furness

    2014        Dorset County Hospital

    2012        Barclays Premier, Piccadilly London

                    ICCI Dome, Weymouth beach Olympic celebrations

                    Olympic Commission at Weymouth Station

                    Atkinson Gallery Millfield

    2011        Kelly Ross Fine Art, The Art Stable

                    Quay Arts, I.O.W.

                    Black Swan Arts, Frome Festival

    2008        Study Gallery of Modern Art, Poole

    2006        Art First, London ‘WaterZones’

                    Karin Sanders Fine Art, New York, USA

                    Sherborne House, Dorset ‘Coast Works’

    2005        Art First, London ‘Paint’                          

                    

    Recent Selected Group Exhibitions

    2017        [Painting Now]: Studio One Gallery London

                    Art Bermondsey Summer Salon

                    Studio 1.1gallery London Open

                    Edgelands  - touring exhibition:

                    Aberystwyth Arts Centre; Hartlepool Art Gallery, ARB Cambridge  

                    University; Beverley Museum and Art Gallery; The City Gallery

                    Gloucester Museum                          

    2016        Edgelands: A.P.T Gallery, Deptford London

                    Edgelands: The Crypt, St. Marylebone Parish Church London

                    The Sunday Times Watercolour Open - touring

                    ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries London

                    RWA Open, Bristol

                    Columbia Threadneedle Painting Open

    2015        Drawn: Royal West of England Academy

                    The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition - touring

                    ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London

    2013/14   Soft Estate: The Bluecoat Liverpool; Spacex Exeter

    2014        Royal West of England Academy Open

                    Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

                    Aesthetica Art Prize: York St. Mary’s, York

                    John Moores Painting Prize (shortlisted)

    2013        Nord Art 2013, Germany

                    Aesthetica Art Prize: York St. Mary’s, York

    2012        RWA Open

               ING Discerning Eye

               National Open Art Competition

    2011        Millfield Open (Prizewinner)

                    RWA Open

    2010        Fringe Mk Open

                    CUBE (Centre for Urban Built Environment), Manchester

    Installations:

    2016 - ‘Weymouth/Portland 2012’ hoardings from the installation at Weymouth Railway Station during 2012 Olympics acquired by Dorset County Hospital and sited on entrance tower.

    ICCI Dome 2012:  Projected images from the Weymouth/Portland Series during concert with Phoria and Nordic Giants

    ‘Weymouth/Portland 2012’ a commission by b-side Festival, part of the London Cultural Olympiad, at Weymouth Station during the Olympic Sailing and Paralympic Sailing Events 2012

    2011/12 The Urban Wastelands Project: a collaboration with Ian Knox, award winning film-maker, and Trans Global Underground, multi-national music group

    2008/9  The WaterZones Project: a collaboration with Steve Harris, jazz improvisational composer, and Ian Knox , film-maker.

    Recent Reviews and Publications

    2017       Art Reveal Blog

                   Art Reveal interview

    2016      The Jackdaw

                  State Media magazine

                  Devon Life Magazine

    2015      The Oxford Times

                  Oxford Mail

                  Fine Times Recorder webzine

    2014      Guardian Review

                  Art Monthly

                  Isendyouthis – webzine

                  Aesthetica Art Magazine

    2013      Nord Art 2013 catalogue

                  Aesthetica Art Prize Magazine

                  Galleries Magazine

    2012      Proof/isendyouthis webzine

                  Bristol Magazine

                  Country Calling webzine

    2011      Proof/isendyouthis; Frome TV; Evolver Arts Magazine

    2008     The Spectator; Proof Magazine; The Week; Galleries Magazine

    Collections

    British Dental Association

    St Vincent and the Grenadines Govt. Art Collection

    Bournemouth University Art Loan Collection

    Hilton Hotel Group

    Phillip Morris Inc 

    ING

    R.N.L.I. 

    WEB LINKS

    www.thebluecoat.org.uk/events/view/exhibitions

    www.spacex.org.uk/exhibtions/soft-estate-8march-3-may-2014

    www.artmonthly.co.uk/magazine/site/issue/april-2014 Edward Chell: Soft Estate

    http://www.artrevealmagazine.com/edgelands-2017-tour-travels-to-hartlepool/

    https://issuu.com/artrevealmagazine/docs/no24/10