'Black Parrot with Ladybird' by Dean Bowen
1957 - Born Maryborough, Victoria
1999 - Monash University, Ph. D (Printmaking)
1993 - Monash University, Master of Arts (Printmaking)
1976 - RMIT, Diploma of Fine Art (Printmaking)
2011
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2010
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Galerie Miyawaki, Kyoto, Japan
Greenhill Galleries, Perth
2009
Argy Bargy, The Art of Dean Bowen, Benalla Art Gallery
Beaver Galleries, Canberra
The Art of Dean Bowen Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria
Transmetropole, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
2008
Sculpture Survey,
Gomboc Gallery, Perth
2007
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Galerie Miyawaki, Kyoto
2006
Greenhill Galleries, Perth
Galerie Miyawaki, Kyoto
2005
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Galerie Miyawaki, Kyoto
2004
Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
Swan Hill Gallery, swan hill, Victoria
2003
Icon Museum of Art, Deakin University, Melbourne
Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2002
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Greenhill Galleries, Perth
Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
Galerie Miyawaki, Kyoto
2001
Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
BMG Art, Adelaide
2000 Bunkamura Gallery,
shibuya, Tokyo
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
Australian Galleries, Sydney
Greenhill Galleries, Perth
Beaver Galleries, Canberra
Galerie Miyawaki, Kyoto
1999
Shirota Gallery, Tokyo
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
BMG Art, Adelaide
Galerie Miyawaki, Kyoto, Japan
Galleries Fallet, Geneva
1998
Beaver Galleries, Canberra
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Galerie Miyawaki, Kyoto, Japan
Australian Galleries, Sydney
1997
Galleries Fallet, Geneva
Keihan Department Store Gallery— Moriguchi City, Osaka
Sogo Department Store Gallery, Japan
BMG Art, Adelaide
Grahame Galleries, Brisbane
Galerie Miyawaki, Kyoto
1996
Australian Galleries, Sydney
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
Galeries Miyawaki, Kyoto
1995
Galerie Miyawaki, Kyoto
Sogo Department Store Gallery, Japan
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1994
Galerie Australis, Adelaide
Motor Works Gallery, Melbourne Grammar School
1993
Australian Embassy, Paris
Galerie Franck and Herve Bordas, Paris
Grahame Galleries, Brisbane
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1992
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1990
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Group
Exhibitions
(selected)
2010
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Blake Prize, National Art School, Sydney
2009
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Salon Des Refuses, National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Regards Croises: Australie-France, Espace Beaurepaire, Paris, France
2008
International Print Exhibition, Yunnan, China
Tesselaar Sculpture Prize, Silvan
45 Downstairs, Melbourne
Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
The Helen Lempriere Sculpture Award and Exhibition, Melbourne
2007
Benalla Art Gallery, Melbourne
Internationale Kunstler, Burgdorf, Switzerland
Davidson Galleries, Seattle,
Harrison Galleries, Sydney
Museum of Modern Arts, Shiga, Japan
2006
Dusan Art Centre, Daegu, Korea
Montalto Vinyard, Red Hill
Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum
Australian Art Resources, Melbourne
2005
Melbourne Savage Club Invitation Prize for
Painting
Latrobe University Visual Arts Centre, Bendigo
Singapore Tyler Print Institute Gallery, Singapore
Lancaster Press, Brooklyn, Melbourne
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
Festival of Sculpture, New Quay, Melbourne
Hygo Perfectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan
2004
Shanghai International Art Fair, Shanghai
Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Collingwood
Institut des Sciences Cognitives, Bron, France
South Australian Museum, Adelaide
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Maryborough
Galerie Miyawaki, Kyoto, Japan
2003
Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award Jan Murphy Gallery,
Brisbane
The Lane Gallery, Auckland
Greenhill Galleries, Perth
Silpakorn University, Bangkok
Hotel de Ville, paris, France
BMG Art, Adelaide
2002
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Skydoor Artspace, Aoyama, Tokyo
Central Goldfields Sculpture Prize, Maryborough
Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
Busan, Chang Won, Korea
Australian Art Resources, Volvo Gallery, Sydney
5th Kochi International Triennial of Prints, Japan
Salon d'art contemporain d'Albigny, France
Sculpture in the City, Martin Place, Sydney
The Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart
Vienna Art Centre Gallery, Austria
Immigration Museum, Melbourne (touring)
Sungkor Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
World Award Winners Gallery, Katowice, Poland
Qingdao International Print Biennial, China
2001
Australian Embassy, Tokyo
Place Napoleon Bonaparte, Fontainebleau, France
Parly, Yonne, France
McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin
Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
International Print Triennial, Kanagawa, Japan
Ksiaz Castle Gallery, Walbrzych, Poland
2000
International Print Triennale, Krakow, Poland
Intergrafica 2000, World Award Winners Gallery,
Katowice, Poland
Qingdao International Print Biennial, PR China
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
Small Tapestries, Victorian
Tapestry Workshop, South Melbourne
Contemporary Linocuts, McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin (touring)
Awards (local and international)
2007
The Inaugural MacarthurCook Art Award 2007 (3rd Prize)
2003
Helen Lempriere, National Sculpture Award
1st International Print Biennial of Beijing, Tai-he Award, Beijing,
P.R.China
2002
12th Space International Print Biennial, Seoul, Korea
1999
Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
1998
Bathurst Art Purchase, Bathurst Regional Gallery
Sponsors prize, 4th Sapporo International Print Biennale, Japan
1997
Boyne Smelters Ltd Award
Nillumbik Art Award
Daikin Industries Company Prize, Osaka Print Triennale, Japan
1996/96/88
Mornington Peninsula Art Centre
1996
Toowoomba Biennale, Toowoomba Regional Gallery
Silk Cut Award
Arts 21, International Export & Touring Program Grant
Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award - Grafton Regional Gallery
1995
Murwillumbah Print Prize
1994
Monash University, Graduate Scholarship
Fremantle Print Award
Martin Hanson Memorial Art Award, Works on Paper,
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery
Mainichi Broadcasting System Prize, Osaka Print Triennale, Japan
1992
Australia-France Foundation Grant
Collie Trust Award
Dyason Bequest Grant
City of Logan
City of Richmond
2010 -
Linking Laverton Public Sculpture Commission, Hobsons Bay City Council
2010 - Colas Foundation, Paris, France
2008 - Centennial Sculpture.Canterbury Primary School, Sculpture
Commission
2007 - Public Art Acquisition, Petrie Plaza, artsACT,Canberra, ACT
2007 - Public Art Acquisition, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
2006 - City of Greater Shepparton, Sculpture Commission, Shepparton
Showgrounds
1999 - Small Tapestries Project, Victorian Tapestry Workshop
1995 - City of Melbourne, Melbourne Town Hall Tapestry
1991 - Transitional Times, Print Council of Australia (Member Print)
1990 - ICI Print Commission
1989 - Print Council of Australia (Member Print)
2000 - Nagasawa Art Park Artist-In-Residence
workshop program for Japanese woodblock printmaking, Awaji Island,
Hyogo, Japan
1994 - Melbourne Grammar School, Melbourne
Art Gallery
of New South Wales
Artbank
Atelier Devreux-Gerbaud, St Christol De Rodieres,
France
Atelier Franck Bordas, Paris
Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
Australian Securities Commission
Australian War Memorial, Canberra
A-Z Gallery, Tokyo
Baillieu Myer Collection
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Benalla Art Gallery
Bendigo Art Gallery
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery
Castlemaine Art Gallery and Museum
Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, UK
Channel 10, Sydney
City of Banyule
City of Fremantle
City of Logan
City of Melbourne
City of Richmond
City of Whitehorse
Cremona Public Museum, Italy
Crown Casino, Melbourne
Deakin University, Geelong
Deutsche Bank, Geneva, Switzerland
Flexovit Abrasives
Fukuoka Museum of Art, Japan
Geelong Art Gallery
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Grafton Regional Gallery
Hamilton Regional Gallery
ICI
James Hardie Collection, State Library of QLD
Kiriaki Company Ltd, Sapporo, Japan
Mackay City Library , Queensland
Maryborough Community Arts Centre
Melbourne Grammar School
Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
Monash University, Gippsland Campus
Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre
Muzeum Naradowe, Warsaw, Poland
National Bank of Australia
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Library of Australia, Canberra
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
New England Regional Gallery
Nillumbik Shire Council
O.T.C.
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra
Print Council of Australia
Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Tasmania
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Shell, North Fremantle, WA
Silk Cut Foundation, Melbourne
Silpakorn University, Bangkok
St George Bank, Sydney
Swan Hill Art Gallery
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah
University of Ballarat
University of Melbourne, Institute of Education
University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba
University of Sydney
URDLA Archives, Lyon, France
Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery
Warrnambool Art Gallery
World Congress Centre, Melbourne
Yarra Collection