Born 1974 Australia
Studies
2006 BFA Honours Painting, UNSW College of Fine Arts, Sydney
2003-2005 BFA Painting, National Art School, Sydney
1998-1999 The Art Students League of New York
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Defiance Gallery Paddington, Sydney
Group Exhibitions
2024 Defiance Gallery at Mary Place, Paddington, Sydney
2019 Defiance Gallery at Mary Place, Paddington, Sydney
2018 Paddington Art Prize (winner Defiance Gallery Award)
2018 BAM Art Prize, Byron Bay
2018 Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize, Lismore Regional Gallery
2018 Gallery 7, Byron Bay
2018 Border Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery
2013 Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown
2013 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
2013 Manning Art Prize, Manning Regional Gallery
2011 Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2010 A Perfect Day to Chase Tornadoes, Bethanien House, Berlin
2008 Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2008 Artbreak Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2007 Same Place, Many Views. Painting the Australian Landscape. Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2006 Honours Degree Show. UNSW College of Fine Arts, Sydney
2006 ILIRI Fowlers Gap Field Trip. UNSW College of Fine Arts, Sydney
2006 Kudos Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
2005 NAS Degree Show. National Art School, Sydney
2005 FONAS Show, Cell Block Theatre, National Art School, Sydney
2005 MCQ International Art Prize, Chifley Plaza, Sydney
1998 Chinese Theatre, Carlton Arms Hotel, New York
Bibliography
2023 Nathan, Marie Eve Nadeau (Front cover artwork)
2016 Black Night, Black Knight, Mike Tyler (Front cover artwork)
2018 Bangalow Herald
2006 New Blood, Australian Art Review, March 2006
2002 New York Hotel Story, Nathalie Daoust, 2002
Awards
2018 Paddington Art Prize (Defiance Prize)
2013 Manning Art Prize (runner up), Manning Regional Gallery
2005 Parker's Art Prize, National Art School, Sydney
2005 William Fletcher Trust Drawing Prize, Sydney
Residencies
2019 Nock Art Foundation, Queenstown NZ
Collections
ICAA, Sydney
The Art Cannot Be Damaged, New York
The Molongo Collection, Canberra
André Bowen is currently living and working in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales. André lived in Leipzig and Berlin, Germany for ten years after studying at the National Art School, Sydney, Australia. André was selected as a finalist for the Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize at Lismore Regional Gallery 2018, finalist in the 2018 Border Art Prize and the joint winner of the Paddington Art Prize Defiance Gallery Award for 2018, which led to an exhibition at Defiance Gallery Mary Place in 2019.