Bobby Dowler was born in London (UK) in 1983.Lives and works in Paris.
EDUCATION
2020-2022
Masters of Fine Art (with distinction), Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts (UAL) London, UK
2006-2007
Foundation in Art and Design, Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), London, UK
2001-2005
BA Film Studies, Solent University, Southampton, UK
SOLO AND DUO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2024
When You're Strange, Galería Alegría, Barcelona, ES
2023
MN' Atlas L'Atlas, (duo with Myriam Zarhloul), Atlas Plateau Urbain, Asnières-sur-Seine, FR
Paris, Texas, (duo with Stan Van Steendam), Barbé Gallery, Gent, BE
2022
Bobby Dowler (exhibition post residency), The Fores Project, London, UK
Roadworks, Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK
2021
<<"100,000!%">>, Galería Alegría, Barcelona, ES
2019
Sunday Art Fair, Galería Alegría, London, UK
2018
I will find one, Galería Alegría, Madrid, ES
2016
All thought is in signs, curated by Ute Burkhardt, Fine Art Network, Vienna, AT
L'œuvre: a question of form and necessity, curated by Mike Watson, Dino Morra Arte Contemporanea, Naples, IT
2015
Hooking on, Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK
Painting-Objects, La-Sira (formerly known as M.A.D Agency), Paris, FR
2013
Art Brussels, duo Christopher. P Green, with Hannah Barry Gallery, Brussels, BE
For Madmen Only, duo with Christopher P. Green, Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK
2011
Odd Paintings, Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK
2008
Many Worlds, Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK
Catastrophe, Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2024
Open Call, Phoney Collective, Brighton, UK
Clipper Cuts, curated by Stan Van Steendam & Sara Orato, Brussels, BE
Antipetra, La Méditerranée, Galeria Arniches 26, Madrid, ES
ARCOmadrid, Galería Alegría, Madrid, ES
In Colour, Haricot Gallery, London, UK
Construct, curated by Brooke Wilson, Cob Gallery, London, UK
Extempore 24, Tension Fine Art, London, UK
2023
Two For Joy, San Mei Gallery, London, UK
Slugtown Fundraiser, Slugtown, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
Spectrum, Cairos Editions, Pantin-Paris, FR
Recreational Grounds VII, Recreational Grounds, London, UK
Bronzers, Slugtown, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
133 Gallery, Tension Fine Art, London, UK
2022
Collection 1, La-Sira, Asnières-sur-Seine, FR
Field, Raum Gallery, London, UK
Paste Table show, Tension Fine Art, UK
Salon in Sabina, Demoni Danzanti, Torri in Sabina, Lazio, IT
WHAT MATTERS, Neoramart, Paris, FR
BLINK ROOM SHARE 3, Safehouse 1, London, UK
BOOKMARK, Kernaghan Books, The Bluecoat, Liverpool, UK
MFA Final Show, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
MERCH, Lethaby Gallery, London, UK
2021
Unwrap! Beaconsfield Gallery, London, UK
BAF BAF, Le 6B, Saint-Denis, FR
2019
Le Grand Détournement, Galerie Ceysson & Bénétière, Paris, FR
ARCOmadrid, Galería Alegría, Madrid, ES
Bienvenue Art Fair, Turtle Salon, with Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, FR
Paris is Burning Vol.1, Musée du Fumeur, Paris, FR
Material Art Fair, Frontón méxico, with Galerie Chez Mohammed, Mexico City, MX
2018
Parallel Vienna, Archive, with Fine Art Network, Vienna, AT
2017
You see me like a UFO, Marcelle Joseph Projects, Berkshire, UK
The Collective, Workspace Gallery, Gateshead, UK
2016
Radical Positions in London Painting Today, Alegría Gallery, Madrid, ES
What we all lack, Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK
2015
Architecture of Enjoyment part 2, Marcelle Joseph Projects, London, UK
2014
Architecture of Enjoyment part 1, Marcelle Joseph Projects, Athens, GR
UK Kaleidoscope, House of Culture, Smartmo, SI
2013
Shoot the Lobster, New York City, New York, US
2012
Sculpture Al Fresco II, Marcelle Joseph Projects, Great Fosters, Surrey, UK
From New Perspectives, Marcelle Joseph Projects, London, UK
2010
Let There Be Sculpture! New Art Centre, Roche Court, Wiltshire, UK
2009
Bold Tendencies, London, UK
Time Flies, Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK
53rd Venice Biennale, The Peckham Pavilion, Venice, UK
To Paint is to Love Again, Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK
2008
Optimism: The Art of Our Time, Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK
Bold Tendencies, London, UK
2007
Bold Tendencies, London, UK
2006
Spontaneous Academy, Architecture Association, London, UK
10 Rooms & a Sculpture Garden, Lyndhurst Way, London, UK
London Turtle Salon, Chelsea Space, Chelsea College, London, UK
AWARDS
2022
Alumni Art Award, Central Saint Martins, UAL, London, UK
2004
Erasmus Scholarship Award, FH Salzburg, Salzburg, AT
RESIDENCIES
2022
The Fores Project, London, UK
2014/2015
La Sira, Asnières-sur-Seine, FR
2013/2014
Villa Lena Foundation, Tuscany, IT
ARTIST-RUN SPACES
2006-2008
Lyndhurst Way, (co-founder), London, UK
2013-2014
Fokidos, (co-founder), Athens, GR