Sara Bowers

SARA BOWERS is an American-born Contemporary Artist making her home adjacent the Grampians National Park in Australia. Her current work is a response to the intricacies and uniqueness of Australian nature in the form of illuminated sculptures, works on paper, paintings, and carved sculptures in indigenous stone and wood. Aside from her work as an artist, Sara is a rock climber, graphic designer, and an avid lover of nature. Recent works address natural effects of fire and flood.


ARTISTS STATEMENT:
“From Seattle I moved to Australia in 2003 and was struck by the beauty of survival in an often parched, barren land. It has come to be a representative metaphor of many personal perseverances for me. In the last few years, I have dedicated my artistic focus to an awareness, response, and examination of the Australian landscape as it relates to my life.

”My work centers on the representation of subtleties and sensuousness of colour, shape and texture. I frequently focus on the changes and effects of weather, time, and seasons, as well as nature’s process and progress of birth, growth and rest. My work balances geometric shapes with organic forms and materials, in response to the balance of urban with rural, and of the fragility o...

SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Seattle, WA, USA
1996 - 2000 | B.A. in Fine Art and Design (grad. with honours)
Recipient of 1999 Fine Arts Grant

THE ART INSTITUTE OF SEATTLE, Seattle, WA, USA
1999 - 2000 | Diploma in Design, (grad. with honours)

EUROPEAN STUDY PROGRAM, (Through Seattle Pacific University)
1997 | Study focus in art, culture and artchitecture. Italy and France

PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIES COLLEGE, Melbourne VIC
2004 - 2005 | Traditional and creative techniques in color and BW darkroom.

2012, Above and Below (solo exhibition) Brushes Festival, Halls Gap VIC
2012, Reflections/Refractions (solo exhibition), Goat Gallery, Natimuk VIC
2009, In the Space Between, (solo exhibition), Three Stories Gallery, Healesville VIC
2008, Caravan Sculptors Group Show, Richmond VIC
2007, Of Beauty Rich & Rare (solo exhibition), Hogan Gallery, Collingwood VIC
2007, Artist’s Salvage Trail, "The Long Now" public sculpture commission, Nowa Nowa VIC
2007, LightCycle Design Festival, FAD Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2007, Art Red Hill Sculpture Exhibition, Red Hill VIC
2007, Black & White, Common Grounds, Lakes Entrance VIC
2006-2007, Summer Works at Yelen’s Studio Gallery, Nowa Nowa VIC
2006, Art at Burnley Harbour - Contemporary Art Society, Richmond VIC
2006, Caravan Sculptors December 06 Exhibition, Richmond VIC
2006, Nowa Nowa Nudes, Nowa Nowa VIC
2005, Art at Burnley Harbour - Contemporary Art Society Richmond VIC
2005, Collector's Exhibition - Contemporary Art Society, Carlton VIC
2004, G4 Group Exhibition, Footscray VIC
2000, Seattle AI Exhibition, Seattle USA
2000, The Arts Center Summer Exhibition, Seattle USA