SELECTED SHOES & EXHIBITIONS

• October 2026: Joint show - J/M Gallery, 230 Portabello, London

• July 2026: MA Fine Art Summer Show, University of Brighton.

• November 2025: This is Now - Atrium Gallery, University of Brighton

• September 2025 & s026: Materiality - The Handbag Factory, London

• October 2024 & 2025: What If? - Atrium Gallery, University of Brighton

• July 2025: MA Fine Art Summer Show: - University of Brighton

• May 2025 & 2026: Solo Open Studio - Lion Mews, Hove.

• Feb 2025: Unfolding Practice - Edward Street Gallery, Brighton,

• July 2022: Summer Show - Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells

• March 2020: Here Comes The Sun - Hicks Gallery, London

• 2002 - present: Various art fairs, pop-ups and open houses across the UK and Europe.

 

EDUCATION

2007: Mentor Training Programme, Working Together Project, Brighton

2002 - 2003: Sussex University, Falmer, Brighton. Postgraduate Certificate in Arts Management.

• 1989 - 1993: Oxford Brookes University. BA Hons degree - Visual Studies & Publishing.

• 1988 - 1989: Hastings College of Arts and Technology, Archery Road, Hastings. Foundation Course in Art & Design.

CURATON

• September 2025 & 2026: Co-curator, Materiality 1 & 2, No Place Art, The Handbag Factory, London

• 2002 - present: Multiple pop-ups and art fairs across the UK and Europe, representing 15 Sussex-based artists as Lara Bowen Contemporary.

 

TEACHING

• 2022 - ongoing: One day painting and creative workshops at Hove studio

• February 2025 - ongoing: Termly 1-3 day workshops including Contemporary Still Life, and Abstraction and Circular Compositions, Westdene College, Chichester

• 1993-1997 Head of Art, The Heritage School, Cyprus

 

TALKS

• June 2026: The Button Box for Material Histories Research Excellence Group Annual Conference. University of Brighton

• May 2026: Revival - The 35mm Slide in Academic and Creative Practice. UofB MHG REG

• November 2025: Multiplicity & Me - Fictive Immersive and Speculative Forms, Postgraduate Research Symposium, University of Brighton

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