Chris Bowes is an artist based in Melbourne, Australia, who explores the potential of photographic techniques and found objects to be used as documentary devices. Through his practice he aims to stretch the definition of the photograph, and capture the breadth of the mediums ability to record.
Achievements
2016
Winner IRIS Award
2015
Winner of People's Choice Award - Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize
Finalist Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award
2014
Runner Up Australian Student Photographer of the Year 2014, Capture Magazine
Finalist Moreton Bay Art Award
Finalist DUO Magazine Percival Photographic Portrait Prize
Finalist CLIP Award
Finalist IRIS Award
Finalist Joesphine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award
Finalist Space & Place, Queensland Festival of Photography Prize
Griffith University Award for Academic Excellence
Solo Exhibitions
2017
Man-Made, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth
I Feel Like I Know You, First Site Gallery, Melbourne
2015
Leftovers, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth
2014
By The Way, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
Group Exhibitions
2018
Interface, Kings Artist-Run, Melbourne
2016
In Situ, Maud Creative, Brisbane
Artists Under the Great Sky, Rinchen Bzangpo Art Gallery, Jammu, India
2015
Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize, Space, Sydney
Photo Contemporary, Rahleigh Studios, Los Angeles
photo l.a., L.A. Mart, Los Angeles
2014
West 35th and 8th, The Hold Artspace, Brisbane
CLIP Award, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth
To Tabor, Hussite Museum, Tabor
Derive, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
Moreton Bay Art Awards, Strathpine Community Centre, Brisbane
Percival Photographic Portrait Prize, Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville
IRIS Awards, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth
A2B, White Canvas Gallery, Brisbane
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast
Space and Place, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane
40x40, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2013
Salon 13, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2high Festival, Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane
Interscapes, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
Illusions, Brew Gallery, Brisbane
Art and Activism, Ipswich Community Art Gallery, Ipswich
Art Snack, Southbank, Brisbane
2012
First Impressions, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
Collections
LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection
Queensland Centre for Photography Collection
Macquarie Group Collection
Yale University - Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Asia-Pacific Photobook Archive
Publications and Press
2017
Into the Undergrowth, Aint Bad
2016
Leftovers, Capture Magazine Online Projects (March)
The Howling Tasman Wind, Terratory Journal
2015
By The Way, Lensculture feature
LA Focus // Chris Bowes, Lucida Magazine
2014
Money Talks, self-published softcover, 34pMon
ARGUS: Volume II by The ARGUS
Money, Runway Issue #25
Australia's Top Emerging Photographers, Capture Magazine May/June
What is South Bohemia in the eyes of Australian Artists?, Kulturne.com
Interview: Chris Bowes, Lucida Magazine
2013
The ARGUS E-zine, Issue Two
Education
Honours in Fine Art (First Class) (2017)
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Photography (2012-2015)
Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
Bachelor of Business (Finance) w/ distinction (2007-2010)
Queensland University of Technology
Bachelor of Mathematics (2007-2010)
Queensland University of Technology