{"id":517,"date":"2019-05-08T19:21:37","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T18:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1pcd.co.uk\/?page_id=517"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:47:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T14:47:06","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eleanorbowen.co.uk\/art\/bio","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-517\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-517-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div id=\"standfirst\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-517-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-517-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-517-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"animate-69dcec523d3a1419657185 panels-animation-hide panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-517-0-0-0\" data-so-animation=\"{&quot;selector&quot;:&quot;.animate-69dcec523d3a1419657185&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;breakpoint&quot;:&quot;780px&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:1,&quot;repeat&quot;:0,&quot;hide&quot;:1,&quot;disableAnimationMobile&quot;:0,&quot;finalState&quot;:&quot;visible&quot;,&quot;delay&quot;:0.5,&quot;debounce&quot;:0.1,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;enter&quot;,&quot;offset&quot;:0}\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"eleanor-h3\">Biography<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><strong>Eleanor Bowen<\/strong> is a visual artist and writer, currently an associate lecturer at the University of the Arts London. She studied painting at Camberwell School of Arts &amp; Crafts, and holds an MA in Visual Art and Theatre and a practice-based PhD (Wimbledon School of Art). Her practice operates primarily through sketchbook practice, devised\/performed text and paratext, between image and text.<\/p>\n<p>Further information:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arts-london.academia.edu\/eleanorbowen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/arts-london.academia.edu\/eleanorbowen<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-517-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-517-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-517-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"animate-69dcec523d824362566433 panels-animation-hide panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-517-1-0-0\" data-so-animation=\"{&quot;selector&quot;:&quot;.animate-69dcec523d824362566433&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;breakpoint&quot;:&quot;780px&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:1,&quot;repeat&quot;:0,&quot;hide&quot;:1,&quot;disableAnimationMobile&quot;:0,&quot;finalState&quot;:&quot;visible&quot;,&quot;delay&quot;:0.5,&quot;debounce&quot;:0.1,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;enter&quot;,&quot;offset&quot;:0}\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4>Publication links:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.growkudos.com\/publications\/10.1080%252F23322551.2017.1326753\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.growkudos.com\/publications\/10.1080%252F23322551.2017.1326753<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/eprint\/hj8uGpwT7mXCa6s3VhP4\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/eprint\/hj8uGpwT7mXCa6s3VhP4\/full<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-517-1-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"animate-69dcec523d93e326765681 panels-animation-hide panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-517-1-0-1\" data-so-animation=\"{&quot;selector&quot;:&quot;.animate-69dcec523d93e326765681&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;breakpoint&quot;:&quot;780px&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:1,&quot;repeat&quot;:0,&quot;hide&quot;:1,&quot;disableAnimationMobile&quot;:0,&quot;finalState&quot;:&quot;visible&quot;,&quot;delay&quot;:0.5,&quot;debounce&quot;:0.1,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;enter&quot;,&quot;offset&quot;:0}\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4>Education and qualifications<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>1974-7 BA (Hons) Fine Art (Painting), Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, London<\/li>\n<li>1977-9 Abbey Major Scholarship, British School at Rome<\/li>\n<li>1997-8 MA Critical Studies, Visual Arts and Theatre, Wimbledon School of Art<\/li>\n<li>2000-5 Practice-based PhD (AHRB Doctoral Award in Creative and Performing Arts), Wimbledon School of Art, London<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-517-1-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"3\" ><div class=\"animate-69dcec523da2d379842224 panels-animation-hide panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-517-1-0-2\" data-so-animation=\"{&quot;selector&quot;:&quot;.animate-69dcec523da2d379842224&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;breakpoint&quot;:&quot;780px&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:1,&quot;repeat&quot;:0,&quot;hide&quot;:1,&quot;disableAnimationMobile&quot;:0,&quot;finalState&quot;:&quot;visible&quot;,&quot;delay&quot;:0.5,&quot;debounce&quot;:0.1,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;enter&quot;,&quot;offset&quot;:0}\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4>Selected group and solo exhibitions<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>1996 <em>For All Beneath the Moon,<\/em> RSC residency touring exhibition of drawings: Newcastle Playhouse; RSC Collection, Stratford; Barbican Foyer Gallery, London<\/li>\n<li>2011 <em>Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Exhibition,<\/em> Kings Place Gallery, London<\/li>\n<li>2011 <em>Many Hands,<\/em> Royal Society, London<\/li>\n<li>2011 <em>Manual Setting,<\/em> Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London<\/li>\n<li>2012 <em>Art on Fire,<\/em> Camberwell Space, London<\/li>\n<li>2016 <em>Ruth Borchard Collection: Next Generation,<\/em> Piano Nobile, King\u2019s Place, London [<a href=\"http:\/\/ruthborchard.org.uk\/collection\/eleanor-bowen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">web link<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>2018 <em>Time Unwrapped, Out of Time<\/em> (Ruth Borchard Collection: Next Generation), Kings Place, London<\/li>\n<li>2019 <em>Borderland, installation<\/em> (image with text, archive objects, soundscape, text\/image presentation), Wessex Gallery, Salisbury Museum<\/li>\n<li>2021 <em>Can We Ever Know the Meaning of these Objects?<\/em>, installation for group exhibition at Gallery 46, Whitechapel, London<\/li>\n<li>2023 Ruth Borchard Self Portrait exhibition online [<a href=\"https:\/\/ruthborchard.org.uk\/self-portrait-prize-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">web link<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-517-1-0-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"animate-69dcec523db82365665588 panels-animation-hide panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-517-1-0-3\" data-so-animation=\"{&quot;selector&quot;:&quot;.animate-69dcec523db82365665588&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;breakpoint&quot;:&quot;780px&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:1,&quot;repeat&quot;:0,&quot;hide&quot;:1,&quot;disableAnimationMobile&quot;:0,&quot;finalState&quot;:&quot;visible&quot;,&quot;delay&quot;:0.5,&quot;debounce&quot;:0.1,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;enter&quot;,&quot;offset&quot;:0}\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4>Selected residencies, awards and commissions<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>1994 Northern Arts Major Bursary (shared award)<\/li>\n<li>1994 Drawing Residency, Royal Shakespeare Company, Newcastle season<\/li>\n<li>2009\/2010 Residency, Centre for Drawing Project Space, Wimbledon College, University of the Arts London<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-517-1-0-4\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"5\" ><div class=\"animate-69dcec523dc62074269696 panels-animation-hide panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-517-1-0-4\" data-so-animation=\"{&quot;selector&quot;:&quot;.animate-69dcec523dc62074269696&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;breakpoint&quot;:&quot;780px&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:1,&quot;repeat&quot;:0,&quot;hide&quot;:1,&quot;disableAnimationMobile&quot;:0,&quot;finalState&quot;:&quot;visible&quot;,&quot;delay&quot;:0.5,&quot;debounce&quot;:0.1,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;enter&quot;,&quot;offset&quot;:0}\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4>Devised\/performed text<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>2012 Co-devised and performed text with image, with Dr Laura Gonzalez, <em>\u2018The Hysteric as Mad: Unfolding an Exquisite Corpse\u2019,<\/em> for Inter-Disciplinary.Net conference \u2018On Madness: Probing the Boundaries, Mansfield College, Oxford<\/li>\n<li>2014 Co-devised and performed text with image, with Dr Laura Gonzalez, <em>\u2018Reading Hysteria: Between Laughter and Crying\u2019<\/em>, Acts Re-Acts, Wimbledon College of Arts, University of the Arts London \u2013 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wimbledonspace\/sets\/72157641906772165\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see images<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>2015 Devised and performed text with image, <em>\u2018This is That Has Been\u2019,<\/em> Acts Re-Acts 2, Wimbledon College of Arts, University of the Arts London<\/li>\n<li>2015 Co-devised and performed text with image, with Dr Laura Gonzalez, <em>\u2018Mothers, Daughters and Cryptophores\u2019<\/em>, Motherhood and Creative Practice: Maternal Structures in Creative Work, London South Bank University<\/li>\n<li>2015 Co-devised and performed text with image, with Dr Laura Gonzalez, <em>\u2018The object as witness\u2019<\/em>, Material Culture in Action: Practices of Making, Collecting and Re-enacting Art and Design, Glasgow School of Art<\/li>\n<li>2025 Devised and performed text with image, 'Drawing the Borderline' in <em>Sensing Space Differently<\/em>, Camberwell College, University of the Arts London<\/li>\n<li>2025\u00a0Co-devised and performed text with image, with Dr Laura Gonzalez, <em>The Hysteric, Outline of a Figure<\/em>, Freud Museum, London<\/li>\n<li>2025 Co-devised and performed text with image and conversation with Dr Laura Gonzalez,\u00a0<em>The Hysteric, Outline of a Figure<\/em>, Idler Festival, Fenton House, London<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-517-1-0-5\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><div class=\"animate-69dcec523dd62593741831 panels-animation-hide panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-517-1-0-5\" data-so-animation=\"{&quot;selector&quot;:&quot;.animate-69dcec523dd62593741831&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;breakpoint&quot;:&quot;780px&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:1,&quot;repeat&quot;:0,&quot;hide&quot;:1,&quot;disableAnimationMobile&quot;:0,&quot;finalState&quot;:&quot;visible&quot;,&quot;delay&quot;:0.5,&quot;debounce&quot;:0.1,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;enter&quot;,&quot;offset&quot;:0}\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4>Publications<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>2006 <em>Performance Research<\/em> Vol 11 No. 3 \u2018Lexicon\u2019<\/li>\n<li>2008 <em>Performance Research<\/em> Vol 13 No. 2 \u2018On Choreography\u2019, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/13528160802465482\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[web link]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2011 Visual Dialogues Brochure, Tate Britain (co-authored)<\/li>\n<li>2011 Visual Dialogues Strategic Commissioning Programme Evaluation Report, Tate Britain (co-authored)<\/li>\n<li>2012 <em>Drawing and Longing: Proposal for Drawing as Paratext,<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/process.arts.ac.uk\/content\/drawing-and-longing-proposal-drawing-paratext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[web link]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2013 Dr Eleanor Bowen and Dr Laura Gonz\u00e1lez, \u2018The Hysteric as Mad: Unfolding an Exquisite Corpse\u2019, in \u2018Beyond these Walls: Confronting Madness in Society, Literature and Art\u2019 [ebook], edited by Helen Goodman, Bernadette V. Russo and Joana Z\u00f3zimo, Oxford, Inter-Disciplinary Press. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inter-disciplinary.net\/probing-the-boundaries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/gonzalesmadpaper.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[web link]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2014 \u2018Between Laughter and Crying\u2019, co-written with Dr Laura Gonzalez in <em>Madness, Women and the Power of Art,<\/em> edited by Frances Davies and Laura Gonzalez, Oxford, Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2014<\/li>\n<li>2015 \u2018this is that has been\u2019 in Performance Research Vol 20 No. 3 \u2018On Ruins and Ruination\u2019, London\/NY: Routledge<\/li>\n<li>2016 \u2018Parergorn: Proposal for an Inverse Archive\u2019 in <em>Bright Light<\/em> 3: Ethos, University of the Arts London<\/li>\n<li>2017 \u2018Drawing the Borderline\u2019 in <em>Theatre and Performance Design,<\/em> London\/NY: Routledge <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/eprint\/hj8uGpwT7mXCa6s3VhP4\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[web link]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2019 \u2018Drawing and Longing: Reading the Relics of Practice\u2019, <em>Journal of Juvenilia Studies, Juvenilia Press,<\/em> University of New South Wales<\/li>\n<li>2020 Dr Eleanor Bowen and Dr Laura Gonz\u00e1lez, \u2018Blueprint for a Ghost\u2019 in <em>Maternal in creative work: Intergenerational discussions on motherhood and art,<\/em> London\/NY: Routledge<\/li>\n<li>2023 Dr Eleanor Bowen and Dr Laura Gonz\u00e1lez, <em>The Hysteric: Outline of a Figure,<\/em> Taylor and Francis, Routledge (Taylor &amp; Francis Group): London &amp; New York<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-517-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div id=\"signpost\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-517-2\" ><div id=\"pgc-517-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-517-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"7\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eleanorbowen.co.uk\/art\/artworks\">Artworks<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eleanor Bowen is a visual artist and writer, currently an associate lecturer at the University of the Arts London. She studied painting at Camberwell School of Arts &amp; Crafts, and holds an MA in Visual Art and Theatre and a practice-based PhD (Wimbledon School of Art). 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