Biography
Visual Arts Education
Master of Fine Art – RMIT 2009
Visual Arts experience
Solo Exhibitions/Installations
2019 Ex Libris - Northcote Library Artspace - October
2019 Final Curtain - Windowspace - Beeac May - June
2019 Light Work - Fairfield Library Art Space - April
2018 Facades - Winter Residency Showing - Yarra Sculpture Gallery
2017 Suspended Animation - Summer Residency Show - Yarra Sculpture Gallery
2017 Circles - Altona North Community Library Hobsons Bay
2016 Shifting Contingencies - Beeac Window Space (October)
2015 SHOP - Glimpse
2015 Cascade - Atrium, Incinerator Gallery (Feb/March)
2014 Glyphs - Glimpse 273 High Street Northcote
2014 [Addendum] - 69 Smith Street Gallery
2013 Trace/s - Blindside
2012 Second Edition – 69 Smith Street Gallery
2010 Adaptation - Incinerator Arts Complex
2009 Seeing Things - First Site Gallery RMIT
2008 Mending - Vitrine at Platform Artists Space
2007
Shed - Albury Library/Museum
The Aha Moment - Vitrine at Platform Artists Space
Dead Men’s Clothes - Platform Artist Space
Group Shows
2023 Connective - 69 Collective - Yarra Sculpture Gallery
2022 Catch-2022 - 69 Collective - BlackCat Gallery
2021 It's the small things - 69 Collective - Alternating Current
Awkward Embrace - 69 Collective - Black Cat Gallery
2019 Glow - 69 Collective - Neon Parlour
Bonanza - Yarra Sculpture Gallery
2018 Bonanza- Yarra Sculpture Gallery
Darebin A1 Salon Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
2017 Bonanza - Yarra Sculpture Gallery
2016 Wahrnehmungen/Perceptions - Takt Winter Group Show (Berlin)
Bonanza - Yarra Sculpture Gallery
The Last Show - 69 Smith Street Gallery
Water - Yarra Sculpture Gallery
A1 Darebin Art Salon - Bundoora Homestead
CSA Survey Show - Yarra Sculpture Gallery
2015
Bonanza - Yarra Sculpture Gallery
Finalist - Incinerator Art Award - Incinerator Gallery
Pixel - Yarra Sculpture Gallery
I'd Like a Word with You - Upstairs at the Napier
Fragility - Upstairs at the Napier curated by Stepanie Karavasilis
CSA Survey Show - Yarra Sculpture Gallery
69 Steps Forward - Yarra Sculpture Gallery
Summer Artist in Residency Show - Yarra Sculpture Gallery
OPEN - 69 Smith Street Gallery
2014
Happy Hour - Upstairs at the Napier
Bonanza - CSA Members show - Yarra Sculpture Gallery
No Comment - Upstairs at the Napier
Flower - Yarra Sculpture Gallery
Contemporary Sculpture Association Survey Show - Yarra Sculpture Gallery
Autumn Residency Studio Exhibition - Yarra Sculpture Gallery
Workers Exhibition - 69 Smith Street Gallery
2013
Your Shout - Upstairs at the Napier
2013 Darebin Art Show - Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
69Fifteen - 69 Smith Street Gallery
Finalist - All Creatures Great and Small - Toyota Sculpture Exhibition
My WORD - Upstairs at the Napier
2012
Bottoms Up – Upstairs at the Napier
The Secret Life of Space - 69 Smith Street Art Prize
Home: a place of belonging - WTC Wharf Gallery
69 Smith Street Member Show – 69 Smith Street Gallery
Upstairs – 69 Smith Street Gallery
Bonanza – CSA Member Show – Yarra Sculpture Gallery
2011
Darebin Art Show - Bundoora Homestead
Finalist-Toorak Sculpture Prize
Bonanza – CSA Member Show – Yarra Sculpture Gallery
Post Card Show 2011– Linden
2010
Darebin Art Show - Bundoora Homestead
Finalist - Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize
Bonanza - CSA Member show - Yarra Sculpture Gallery
Summer in the City - Guildford Lane Gallery
2009
RMIT Master of Fine Art Graduate Show Guildford Lane Gallery
Finalist - Toyota Spirit Gallery Indoor Outdoor Sculpture show
Finalist - ARtECYCLE - The Incinerator Arts Centre
Artist in Residencies
2018 - Winter Residency - Contemporary Sculpture Association - Yarra Sculpture Gallery - July/August
2017 - Summer Residency - Contemporary Sculpture Association - Yarra Sculpture Gallery - February
2016 - Artsbox - Maribyrnong City Council - July
2016 - Takt Berlin - April
2015 - Summer Residency January/March - Contemporary Sculpture Association - Yarra Sculpture Gallery
2014 - Autumn Residency March/April - Contemporary Sculpture Association - Yarra Sculpture Gallery
2012 - Winter Residency August/September – Contemporary Sculpture Association - Yarra Sculpture Gallery
2010 - Katy was a Laughing Waters Artist in Residence at River-Bend house.
Visual Arts Prizes /Awards/ Visual Arts Grants
2014 CSA "Bonanza" - Arts Almanac subscription prize awarded by Ken Scarlett
2009 Incinerator Arts Complex Award
2007 City of Melbourne Arts Grant for Dead Men’s Clothes
2001 City of Melbourne Arts Grant for Branching Out
Katy has an extensive background in the performing arts as a performer, performance maker and designer. Katy co created/directed the multi award winning Museum of Modern Oddities (1999 – 2006) and Transfigurations creating and presenting performance installations nationally and internationally. Katy was also a member of Handspan Theatre http://handspantheatre.com.au/info/Katy+Bowman
Professional Memberships
69 Collective
Contemporary Sculpture Association
Katy has been a volunteer invigilator at Heide Museum of Modern Art since 2006.