Events
Dean Bowen's Happy Birds
25 June 2010 - 18 July 2010
Dean Bowen is exhibiting at Galerie Miyawaki, Kyoto with his new project in June-July 2010. Bowen continues his collaboration with Galerie Miyawaki in launching 'Argy Bargy', a publication of popular illustrations.
In his dream-like humorous imaginary world, the happy world of Bowen's natural sensorium flows in abundant life. In this particular exhibition, Bowen focuses on his main motif of birds, in over 40 paintings in several styles - oil, monotype, watercolour - and in an animation produced with Ayumi Sasaki. His birds navigate the mysterious worlds of space, the universe, the cosmos, as well as the more familiar earthen locales in a defamiliarising yet evocative mysterium.
Dean Bowen
Born in Victoria Australia in 1957, he graduated from RMIT in 1976. In 1992 while residing in France and Italy he conducted research at several atelier and in 1993 completed a Masters at Monash University. In 1994 he won the coveted Fremantle art prize and Osaka International Triennale Special Prize (a repeat winner in 1997). After his Japanese debut in 1995 he has held exhibitions at Galerie Miyawaki every year since. In 1998 he won the Sapporo International Biennale sponsor prize, and received his PhD in 1999. His sculpture was exhibited as part of the 2001 Fontainbleu contemporary outdoor sculpture exhibition.
He received the Seoul Space International Biennale prize in 2002 and in 2003 he was awarded the masterpiece prize at the Beijing International Art Biennale. In 2005 his exhibition 'Renascence' was chosen for the Hyogo Prefectural Art Gallery and 'Journey' was exhibited at Seoul SIPA International Art Fair. In 2006 he exhibited in the Taegu Dusan International Art Fair. Most recently he has exhibited in Australia at the Greenhill Galleries, Beaver Galleries and Gomboc Galleries, and launched Argy-Bargy, a publication of paintings, prints, sculpture at the Benalla Art Gallery, 1993-2009.
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25 June 2010 - 18 July 2010 |
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13:00 - 19:00 Closed on Mondays |
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| Venue |
Galerie Miyawaki East, Nijo-noboru, Teramachi-dori, Phone: 075-231-2321 Website: |
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Admission free |
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