Australian painter, sculptor, printmaker

(b. 1957, Vic)

Dean Bowen has been exhibiting paintings, bronze sculpture and prints in solo and group exhibitions throughout Australia and internationally for over 25 years. Bowen has held over 60 solo exhibitions in Australia, France, Japan, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. He has received a number of major sculpture commissions and awards including the Colas Fondation Commission, Paris, France 2010; 1st International Print Biennial of Beijing 2000; and the Daikin Industries Prize, Osaka Print Triennale, Japan 1997. 

A major monograph of Dean Bowen’s work was published in 2009 by Macmillan Art Publishing: Argy Bargy which documents Dean Bowen’s artworks over a twenty year period, includes 228 pages, richly illustrated with over 160 colour and black and white images including painting, sculpture, printmaking, tapestry and animation. The monograph is a comprehensive overview of Bowen’s artistic career with extensive biographical details and features a major essay by leading Art Historian and Curator, Sheridan Palmer.

Sourced from McCulloch’s Encyclopedia of Australian Art. Used with permission. Copyright: McCulloch and McCulloch.