George Rowbottom

I was born in North Wales, educated in the North of England and grew up in London.
I attended art college for five years graduating from Leeds College of Art (now Leeds Arts University) with a 1st. Class Honours BA in Fine Art (Painting).
Amongst an array of artistic endeavours I’ve been a creative director in London ad-agencies, a copywriter, an animator, a comedy writer and performer, an art director and a graphic designer.
In 2002, having tired of London, I migrated to the sun-drenched shores of Queensland, Australia which
is now my home.
In the years before this adventure I was commissioned to paint murals on the walls of Elton John’s Rocket Records. I designed and devised a host of album sleeves for world-wide, chart-toppers and worked extensively with George Harrison’s HandMade Films and with the Monty Pythons.
I created movie posters and campaigns for the iconic Life of Brian and the Bond Movies, sold Bentley motor cars to the Japanese market and I’ve written strap-lines for Hollywood blockbusters.
My career which has always been, let’s say unconventional, has now come full circle and to my complete surprise I’ve picked up the brushes again.
I paint whatever interests me although I openly admit I’m unsure where the ideas spr...

LA Art Show 2023
ArtBasel Miami 2019 and 2022
SwissArtExpo, Zurich 2019 and 2020
The Other Art Fair, Melbourne 2019
Bonhams Auction House, London and New York 2019
Finalist, Lethbridge 20,000 2018 and 2020
Finalist, Moreton Bay Region Art Awards 2018
Finalist, Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular 2018
Finalist, Brisbane Art Spectacular 2017
Finalist, Lethbridge 10,000 2017
Finalist, Brisbane Art Spectacular 2016
Finalist, Lethbridge 10,000 2016
Moreton Bay Region Art Gallery: Reanimating the Inanimate 2016
Finalist, Moreton Bay Region Art Awards 2015
Finalist, Clayton Utz Art Award 2015
Finalist, Brisbane Art Spectacular 2015
Finalist, Lethbridge 10,000 2015