Ronan Bowes

Ronan Bowes is an award winning contemporary Irish painter based in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland.
Bowes’ current work is a mixture of constructed (life), deconstructed (death), and reconstructed (re-birth) studio materials; pigments, canvas, aluminium, steel, wood, paper, and various unusual materials are experimented with to create painted 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional forms that range from assembled objects, drawings, and paintings to interior and exterior installations.

The life, death and rebirth of his studio materials are core thoughts during his process. Creating art for him, began and continues as a symbolic resource where autobiographical elements, considerations about society and art history find expression.

He has worked both as an artist, educator and curator in the UK and abroad, extensively exhibited in Ireland, Northern Ireland, England, Australia and USA.

Awarded the James Bernard Haggarty Scholarship as a participating artist through The Canopy Program NYC, USA 2024 a year long studio intense mentorship program later exhibiting in the cohort group show ‘Ten by Night’ at The Canopy Gallery, NYC.

‘Decompression’ was a recent retrospective of his works on paper represented by Gallery 545 in Belfast, UK in 2022...

The Canopy Program, James Bernard Haggarty Scholarship Recipient, NYC, USA 2024

Post Graduate Certificate in Art Education, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK 2010

BA 1st Class Hons Fine Art, John Moores School of Art, Liverpool, UK