Art Brut is a term invented by the artist Jean Dubuffet to denote Art made outside standard
curatorial or historical perspectives, such as graffiti, child art or art by those experiencing adverse mental health/psychiatric conditions.
Richard Butler Bowdon’s body of work displays a distinct affinity with Franz Kafka’s German-language fiction piece ‘Metamorphosis’, where the protagonist changes into an insect, or more specifically, ‘Das Ungeziefer’ (monstrous vermin).
This body of work marks a departure from Butler Bowdon’s prior dozen or so years working in the realm of the International/African art scene, mainly exhibiting with First Floor Gallery Harare (Zimbabwe) and Ebony Curated (Capetown/South Africa).
Born in Cape Town, South Africa - lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.
2024: Darling Portrait Prize finalist, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia.
2023: ‘Africa Supernova’ (Schulting Collection exhibition): Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, NL.
‘Paperweight’ - First Floor Gallery Harare, Karigamombe Centre, Zimbabwe.
2022: Len Fox Painting Prize finalist exhibition, Castlemaine Art Museum, VIC, Australia.
2021: ‘Reclaiming the Magic’ Royal Academy Summer Show, London, UK (curated by Yinka Shonibare).
2019: First Floor Gallery Harare, Zimbabwe: Karigamombe Centre inaugural exhibition.
2017: ‘Another Antipodes’: PS artspace, Fremantle, Western Australia.
2022: ‘The Solo Project’ Brussels Art Fair satellite event with Nomad, Brussels, Belgium.
2021: ‘Looking In’ (duo with Stephen Allwright) Ebony Curated, Cape Town, South Africa.
2018: ‘The Mirror Project’, Ebony Curated, Cape Town, South Africa.
2016: artist eponymously titled, Ebony Curated, Cape Town, South Africa.
2014: Kuona Art Centre, Nairobi, Kenya - studio residency/exhibition.
2012: ‘Austral > Afric’, Substation, Newport, Victoria, Australia, 3015.
'Austral > Afric #02 ’, The Basement, HIFA event, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Exhibitions
Richard Butler Bowdonb 'Ungeziefer'Project type
Salon: Scape #2 (Group Exhibition)Project type
Siobhan Kelly 'Melange'Project type
Salon: Only Human #2 (Group Exhibition)Project type
Emma BorlandProject type
Peter Robertson 'IN CASSUM'Project type
Nick Herd 'The Story of the Wind'Project type
Bern Barry 'Distraction by Abstration'Project type
Ashley Crawford 'Memorial Exhibition'Project type
Mark Schaller 'Arid Bloom'Project type
Connor Grogran 'HYPERCENE'Project type
Darren Tanny Tan 'Afterimage'Project type
Kana Philip 'Irreversible Presence'Project type
Mitchell McAuley 'Scratching Lines'Project type
In StillnessProject type
Francisco Tavoni 'The Source'Project type
Su Baker 'Apparent Structures'Project type
Jane Burns 'Movement (Arrest)Exhibition
Tal Fitzpatrick 'Space Won't Save Us'Upcoming: 16 June - 12 July
Amanda MorganProject type
Joan LetchersProject type
FIGMENTSProject type
ALIENATION 疏离Project type
The Lennox Award Recipient: Dominic KavanaghProject type
Bertie Blackman 'Night Time, My Time'Project type
Su Baker 'New Works on Paper'Project type
Sarah Berners - AnesthesiaExhibition
Nathalie Dumont —Terra TechnicolourExhibition
Moya Delany – dreamcargoExhibition
INTOMISSIONExhibition
Lisa RoetExhibition
Marc De Jong – Overlay PaintingsExhibition
Francisco TavoniExhibition
Ryan McGennisken ‘Supergrime’Exhibition
'In The Shadows’ Lindberg GalleryExhibition
Tony Irving- West Coast (Another Place)Exhibition
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