Caroline Lowe

Caroline is a contemporary abstract painter living in South Derbyshire. Her work is inspired by the visual ambiguity of the painted surface. By the performative process of paint, she creates works that give the viewer space to breath and just look, feel emotion and question. She is excited by process, using not only brushes but many varied tools and mark making implements, powerful colours, texture and chiaroscuro, creating many layers that result in powerful atmospheric surfaces. Caroline attempts to create art that is cathartic, to escape an ever increasing frenetic world.

She is often inspired by music, countryside, sea and architecture. Her works use shifting spaces that bounce between freedom and control. She is intrigued by how we perceive and emotional visual sensations.

Caroline received a first class Degree in Fine Art from the University of Derby. She also received the Vice Chancellors Award and her work is in the University collection. Following her success she was awarded the Gertrude Aston Bowater Scholarship Award towards her Masters in Fine Art at the University of Birmingham, which she completed in 2017. Caroline was recently shortlisted for The Wales Contemporary Exhibition and selected for The Royal Institute o...

Master of Arts Fine Art, Birmingham City University
First Class B A Hons in Fine Art, The University of Derby

2025 Wales Contemporary Art Competition, London & Wales
2025 RI 2025 Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours 213th Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2025 Derbyshire Open Arts, The National Stone Centre, Wirksworth
2025 ArtCan Art Fair, London
2025 Light in the Dark, BobCat Gallery, London
2025 Cupola Gallery, Under the Bed Sale, Sheffield
2024 Wirksworth Arts Trail
2024 Bonsall Arts Trail
2024 ArtCan, Fiesta, Inky Fingers Gallery, London
2024 Derbyshire Open Arts
2024 Bath Contemporary Art Fair
2023 Flux Exhibition, Piccadilly, London
2023 Melbourne Arts Festival, Derbyshire.
2023 Wirksworth Arts Festival
2023 Open 2023, Tarpey Gallery
2023 Dronfield Arts Festival
2023 ArtCan With Love, London
2023 ArtCan 10 x 10 Anniversary Exhibition, Notting Hill, London.
2023 Flux Exhibition, Design District, Greenwich Peninsula, London​.
2023 Open 2023, The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford.
2023 Derbyshire Open Arts, Mickleover, Derby.