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About artist: Ciaran Bowen is a visual artist working and living in Co. Wexford. He achieved his BA (Hons) in Fine Art from South East Technological University in 2015. He has exhibited his work nationally and internationally: (2022) Cape Sacred, Wales, UK (2022) RHA Royal Hibernian Academy 192nd Annual Exhibition, Dublin, (2022) A Slight Hiccup, France, (2021) Playroom-Zaandam Group Show, The Netherlands, (2021) "Yellow Archangel" Lincolnshire, UK, (2021) He was a recipient of the “Making and Momentum: In Conversation with Eileen Gray” Artist Prize (2022) awarded by Fashion Designer Richard Malone, Artlinks Bursary Award (2022) and the Arts Council Agility Award (2022). His work is also held in public and private collections including Carlow IT (2015), Wexford County Council (2019) and Wexford Arts Centre (2018 & 2021).
About artwork: Bowen’s work predominantly focuses on the materiality of paint and how it can be manipulated and push through a variety of processes. By combining the paint with industrial materials, it allows the surface of the work to be moved outside the constraints of traditional painting and to oppose the aspect of the four cornered canvas. When trying to make paint behave in a way it wasn't designed to do so. It is apparent that trying to control and shape the composition of the work can be often hectic. It is not only about the surface of the work but the interplay of materials/ forms and how they intersect. By working with these unstable materials through a process of tentative restraints to establish forms and structures. The original surface of the work becomes clogged and obstructed by the many layers of paint.
Website: https://www.ciaranbowen.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ciaranbowenartist/
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Acrylic Paint Skin on Canvas

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