Solo exhibitions
2015 - Joanna Mowbray, New small sculpture and wall based constructions,Lia Schelkens Gallery. Tweede Natuur, nr. Antwerp. Belgium.
2009-17 'Drawing in space no.1' 09-2011 & 'Drawing in space no.4', 09-2016, Lynne Green's garden - Art historian & Writer, West Yorkshire
2006 - Contemporary Sculpture Programme, Clifford Chance LLP, 10 Upper Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London
2002 - Joanna Mowbray, New Small Sculpture & Drawing , Lia Schelkens Sculpture Gallery, Tweede Natuur,nr Antwerp,Belgium
2000 - Incisions, Recesses , Rehovot Municipal Art Gallery,nr.Tel Aviv,Israel: Al Wasiti Art Centre, East Jerusalem, Palestine:, The Bruton Gallery,Leeds:The European Illustration Gallery,Hull
2000 - Installation of Abyss and Encompass, The Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
2000 - Joanna Mowbray, Small Sculpture & Drawing, 'Tweede Natuur' Lia Schelkens Sculpture Gallery, Nr Antwerp, Belgium
1998 - The Atrium Gallery, London
1995 - New Steel Sculpture And Drawings, The Yorkshire Sculpture Park and the Pavilion Gallery in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park
1991 - Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
1990 - Leeds City Art Gallery
1988 - Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
1987 - The Civic Centre, Huddersfield
1986 - Installation Of Sculpture, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
1985 - Huddersfield Art Gallery
1984 - Bretton Hall College, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
1984 - Heslington Hall, University of York
1983 - Huddersfield Sports Centre
1982 - Joanna Mowbray -sculpture and drawing, Falmouth Art School Gallery, Falmouth,Cornwall
1982 - Smith Art Gallery, Brighouse
1980 - Yorkshire Exhibition Circuit, Touring one person exhibition of drawings to educational institutions in the region , Yorkshire
Group exhibitions
2019 - '35 Years of WYPW'. West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Mirfield, West Yorkshire.
2019 - 'From the Kitchen Table' / Drew gallery Projects. Southwark Park Galleries, London.
2018 - ING Discerning Eye Exhibition. The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London.
2018 - 'From the Kitchen Table' / Drew Gallery Projects. Herbert Read Gallery,UCA Canterbury.
2012 - 'lentetentoonstelling', exhibition of small sculpture inside and large scale sculpture outside. Joint exhibition with the paintings of Raoul De Keyser. Lia Schelkens Gallery,nr.Antwerp, Belgium
2010 - 'herfstproject-tweede natuur', Tweede Natuur, Lia Schelkens Gallery,nr.Antwerp, Belgium
2010 - 'Precious' (national touring exhibition), Royal Pavilion & Museums, Hove Museum & Art Gallery, Hove,East Sussex
2009 - Newby Hall Contemporary Sculpture Park
2009 - Newby Hall & Gardens, Ripon, North Yorkshire
2008 - Drawn to sculpture, Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, Brigstock, Kettering.UK.
2005 - Sculptors Drawing, Burghley Sculpture Garden and Stamford Arts Centre, Burghley House, Stamford
2004 - 'A Shriek from an Invisible Box, revisited 11', Medialia - Rack and Hamper Gallery, New York, USA
2003 - Northern Sculptors, North Light Gallery, Huddersfield
2003 - Outdoor Exhibition, Newby Hall Sculpture Park, Newby Hall, Ripon, N Yorkshire
2003 - Sculptures in Schildehof, Schildehof, Schild, Nr Antwerp, Belgium
2002 - In Praise of Trees, Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury Festival, Salisbury, Wiltshire
2001 - A Shriek from an Invisible Box, The Meguro Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2001 - Exhibition of Sculpture Outside, Tweede Natuur, Lia Schelkens Sculpture Gallery, Nr Antwerp, Belgium
2001 - From Ritual to Romance, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, N Ireland
2000 - Bruton Collection Exhibition, Bruton Gallery, Leeds
2000 - The Music Show, Bruton Gallery, Leeds
1999 - Art in Northern Churches- Exhibition toured to 11 churches throughout the northern region , Hartlepool Art Gallery , Wooler, Bedlington, Blyth, Whitley Bay, South Shields, Sunderland, Durham, Sedgefield, Stockton, Middlesbrough
1998 - Art at 100, Hammerson, 100 Park Lane, London
1998 - Art Futures, The Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, London
1998 - Artranspennine 98,, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Bretton Hall, West Bretton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
1998 - Mail Art Exhibition, Ekaterinburg Union of Artists Gallery, Ekaterinburg, Russia
1997 - A major retrospective exhibition of 30 years of Cheltenham Fine Art Fellows 1967-97, Pittville Gallery, Cheltenham & Gloucestershire College of Higher Education, Cheltenham Art Gallery, Axiom Centre for the Arts, Cheltenham
1997 - Cheltenham Group Artists, Cheltenham Art Gallery, Cheltenham,Gloucestershire
1997 - 'Exported', Southern Cross University, Canberra,Australia
1996 - Cadzow Glen Sculpture Park Commissions, Exhibition of Sculpture Commission Proposals, Hamilton Town Centre, Scotland
1996 - Collection (sculpture on exhibition 96-02), New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
1996 - New Art Centre Collection ( 96-2002), New Art Centre, Roche Court, East Winterslow,Salisbury,Wiltshire
1996 - Yorkshire Park Collection, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Bretton Hall, West Bretton, Wakefield
1996 - Yorkshire Sculpture Park Collection - 'Beyond and Within' (sculpture on exhibition in park 95-04) , Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Bretton Hall, West Bretton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
1994 - Roadworks II, Proposals for Public Art Works on the Black Country Route, Bilston Art Gallery, Wolverhampton
1992 - BP Re-Vision : New Challenges in Contemporary Art, Touring exhibition, Greenwich Citizens Art Gallery, London
1992 - 'On The Brink?' An exhibition of Four Contemporary Women Sculptors. In conjuction with the International Art Historians Conference,titled-Subversions/Objects , The University Gallery, Leeds., Leeds,West Yorkshire.
1989 - Proposals For Dewsbury Town Centre Sculpture Commission, Dewsbury Town Hall
1988 - Wakefield Womens Festival, Wakefield 100
1987 - 'Four Artists from Huddersfield', Hotel de Ville, Besancon,France
1987 - Kirklees Artists Exhibition, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield,West Yorkshire
1987 - 'New Art in Yorkshire', Leeds Metropolitan University Gallery, Leeds.
1987 - 'Sculpture in Scarborough: June 87', Scarborough Art Gallery, Scarborough
1986 - '3rd Generation Women Sculptors', Canterbury Arts Festival, Canterbury
1986 - Holbeck Triangle-commission proposals., Bond Street Shopping Centre, Leeds
1986 - 'Open Air Sculpture Exhibition' Lincoln, Hull, Scunthorpe., Lincoln - Castle grounds, Hull - Queens Gardens, Scunthorpe -Town centre.
1984 - 'Paper Trails', Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
1983 - Artists in Industry Exhibition,Yorkshire Arts Association, Touring Exhibition: The Mappin Art Gallery-Sheffield,Rotherham Arts Centre,Piece Hall-Halifax,Bolton Art Gallery,Huddersfield Art Gallery,City Centre Arts Centre-Edinburgh, , Ferens Art Gallery-Hull,Cooper Art Gallery-Barnsley,Royal Festival Hall-London.
1983 - Joanna Mowbray and Jenny West, Manor House, Ilkley,West Yorkshire
1983 - Yorkshire Arts Touring Exhibition, St.Paul's Gallery-Leeds,Mapin Art Gallery-Sheffield,The Cooper Gallery-Barnsley,The Washington Arts Centre-Tyne and Wear,, The Elizabethan Gallery-Wakefield.
1982 - Bluecoat Summer Sculpture Exhibition, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
1982 - Group Exhibition, Piece Hall, Halifax
1982 - Summer Exhibition,Kirklees Artists Group, Huddersfield Sports Centre, Huddersfield 1982 - Two Sculptors- Nick Lloyd and Joanna Mowbray, Sheffield City Polytechnic Gallery, Sheffield,West Yorkshire
1981 - Kirklees Artists Exhibition, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield
1980 - Kirklees Art Action Group, Huddersfield Sports Centre, Huddersfield
1980 - Yorkshire Arts Association Award Winners, St.Paul's Gallery, Leeds
1979 - Cheltenham Group Artists, Cheltenham Art Gallery, Cheltenham,Gloucestershire
Live/Performance
2013 - 'StoRa', collaboration with performance artist Irit Bluzer. '25 Performance Art Platfrom' 5th December, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2002 - 'so far,so near', Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax
2000 - 'so far,so near' Sculpture,dance,performance,working with performance artist-Irit Bluzer,choreographer/dancer-Andrea Buckley,composer-James Beirne,video-George Saxon,, phonic art-Helmut Lemke,Rehovot Municipal Art Gallery, M.Smilanski Cultural Centre., Nr.Tel Aviv
1992 - Surface Tension (version 2) working with choreographer/dancer Gregory Nash and composer James Beirne,contemporary dancers and musicians. , The Contact Theatre, Manchester., Yorkshire Sculpture Park,Bretton Hall,West Yorkshire.
1991 - Vertigo - Dance,sculpture,music,collaboration working with choreographer/dancer Sue MacLennan and composer/musician Rob Worby,contemporary dancers and dance,fine art students. , The Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
1990 - 5x2 New Collaborations - 5 electronic composers,5 choreographers. Choreographer/dancer-Gregory Nash and Sculptor Joanna Mowbray,composer Augustin Fernandez, Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, London
1990 - Surface Tension (version 1) Dance,sculpture,music,collaboration with choreographer/dancer Gregory Nash and composer/musician James Beirne, Leeds City Art Gallery, The Headrow.Leeds.
1988 - 'some consolation' Dance,sculpture,music collaboration with choreographer/dancer Gregory Nash , The Mappin Art Gallery , Sheffield
Residencies
2002 - 'So far,so near' Sculpture,dance,performance,with video,music/sound collaboration, Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax,West Yorkshire
2000 - 'So far,so near' Sculpture,dance,performance,with performance artist-Irit Bluzer,choreographer/dancer-Andrea Buckley,video artist-George Saxon,composer-James Beirne, ,phonic art-Helmut Lemke:Rehovot Municipal Art Gallery, M.Smilanski Cultural Centre, Nr.Tel Aviv,Israel
1993 - Dance,sculpture collaboration with Gerry Turvey, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield,West Yorkshire
1992 - Dance,sculpture,music,collaboration,working with choreographer,Gregory Nash and composer,James Beirne,contemporary dancers and fine art students, Contact Theatre - Manchester, Yorkshire Sculpture Park,Bretton Hall,West Yorkshire
1991 - Dance,sculpture,music,collaboration working with choroegrapher/dancer Sue MacLennan and composer Rob Worby,contemporary dancers, dance and fine art students, The Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
1990 - Dance,sculpture,music collaboration,working with choreographer/dancer Gregory Nash and composer James Beirne,Gregory Nash Dance Group and fine art students. , Leeds City Art Gallery and the Henry Moore Centre for the study of sculpture. , Leeds
1988 - Dance,sculpture,music,collaboration working with choreographer/dancer Gregory Nash and composer James Beirne, contempoary dance and fine art students, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield 1985 - Research Fellowship, Humberside College of Higher Education, Hull
1983 - Yorkshire Arts Association, Artist in Industry Fellowship, Systime Computer Centre, Leeds
Private commissions
2020-21 - 'So close' Open Call / YSP Sculpture commission for a private garden in Yorkshire.
2016 - 2 'open hearts' , Private collections, Belgium.
2013 - 'Together' commision for Art historian and writer Lynne Green, West Yorkshire
2012 - 21 'open hearts', Private address, Belgium
2012 - 9 'open hearts', Private address, Belgium
2008 - Lia Shelkens Sculpture Gallery, private collection, Belgium
2007 - 'View from within' - Large scale outdoor sculpture , Private garden, Suffolk
2005 - University of York, Heslington Hall, York
2002 - Lia Shelkens Sculpture Gallery, private collection, Belgium
2000 - Lia Shelkens Sculpture Gallery, private collection, Belgium
Public commissions
2011 - N2: 'open leaves', Ritz Carlton Hotel, Hong Kong
2006 - Far and Beyond , Sculpture Commission by One NorthEast, Ashwood Business Park, Ashington,Northumberland
2006 - New Downe Hospital Art Commissions, Shortlisted for Sculpture Design proposal, New Downe Hospital, Downpatrick,Co.Down,Northern Ireland
2003 - Brewery Wharf, Shortlisted for Sculpture design proposal, Brewery Wharf, Leeds
2001 - Bath Lane, Shortlisted for Sculpture design proposal, Grainger Town Project, Newcastle upon Tyne
2001 - Northern Ballet Theatre and Phoenix Dance New Building,Shortlisted for Wall Sculpture design proposals., Northern Ballet Theatre & Phoenix Dance, Leeds
1996 - Cadzow Glen Sculpture Park Commissions-Shortlisted for Design Proposals & maquette., Cadzow Glen sculpture park, Centre of Hamilton,Scotland
1996 - Centro-West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive.Shortlisted for Sculpture design proposals for Tamebridge Gateway, Tamebridge , West Midlands
1996 - The Exterior Gardens -Shortlisted for Design proposals & maquettes , Public Arts, The Orangery, Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
1994 - Roadworks - Shortlisted for Design proposals & maquette for sculpture commission. , Hare Street Roundabout , Bilston, Wolverhampton.
1992 - Surface Tension (version 2) Dance,sculpture,music collaboration with choreographer/dancer Gregory Nash and composer/musician James Beirne commissioned by,Contact Theatre and YSP, Contact Theatre and Yorkshire Sculpture Park., Manchester and Bretton Hall,West Yorkshire
1991 - Vertigo-dance,sculpture,music performance with choreographer/dancer-Sue MacLennan and composer/musician-Rob Worby , Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
1990 - Surface Tension (version 1) Dance,sculpture,music,performance with choreographer/dancer-GregoryNash and composer/musician-James Beirne , Leeds City Art Gallery, The Headrow,Leeds
1988 - 'some consolation' Dance,sculpture,music,performance with choreographer/dancer-Gregory Nash and composer/musician James Beirne, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
Corporate commissions
2011 - H3: 'copper leaves', Ritz Carlton Hotel, Hong Kong,China
2011 - N1: 'open leaves' , Ritz Carlton Hotel, Hong Kong,China
2011 - N2: 'open leaves', Ritz Carlton Hotel, Hong Kong,China
2005 - BBC Public Art Commissions, Shortlisted for Sculpture design proposal, BBC, Hull
2004 - Novartis Ltd. Shortlisted for Sculpture Commission design proposals., Novartis, Grimsby
1989 - Side by Side - permanently sited outdoor sculpture, Halifax Building Society, Data & Distribution Centre,Copley, Halifax
1984 - 'untitled' sculpture - Artist in Industry , Systime Computer Centre, Leeds
Collections
2024 - Private collection, Belgium. ‘ Silent notes for Japan’
2022 - Private collection, West Yorkshire. 1 off Ltd. edition - 'Within Sight'. 22/25
2021 - Gemeetepark,(Public Park), Halle Hof, Zoersel, Antwerp, Belgium - 'Inside Out' Permanent sculpture installation.
2019 - Private collection, London. 1 off Ltd. edition - 'Within Sight'
2018 - Private collection, London. 1 off Ltd. edition - 'Within Sight'
2017 - Private collection, Zurich, Switzerland. 1 off Ltd. edition - 'Within Sight'
2016 - Lia Schelkens Sculpture Gallery - private collections, Belgium. ' 2 off 'Open Hearts'
2015 - Private collection Belgium, Schilde. 'Bird Notes'
2015 - Private collection Belgium. 'Drawing in Space no.1' maquette
2013 - Private collection Belgium, Schilde, Sculpture Installation - 'Surface Tension'
2013 - Lia Schelkens Gallery, Private collection, Belgium. 'Drawing in Space' no.2 ( full scale outdoor sculpture )
2013 - Private collections Belgium. 'Open Hearts' no.2
2012 - Private collections Belgium. 6 off Ltd.Editions - ( small sculpture) 'Within Sight'
2012 - Private Collectio, Belgium. 'Entwine'
2012 - Private Collectio, Belgium. 'Open Hearts' no.1
2012 - Private collection, Belgium. 'Silent Notes'
2012 - Axel Vervoordt Foundation, Antwerp, Belgium. 'Drawing in Space no.3' - maquette
2012 - Lynne Green, Private collection, direct studio sale. 1 off Ltd. edition - 'Within Sight'
2012 - Private collection, sale from Yorkshire Sculpture Park/ Shop. 1 off Ltd.edition-'Within Sight'
2011 - Private collection, sale from Yorkshire Sculpture Park/ Shop. 1 off Ltd.edition-'Within Sight'
2008 - Lia Schelkens Sculpture Gallery - private collection, Belgium.'Drawing in Space' no.2 maquette
2007 - Mr.& Mrs. Carrington - private collection, Suffolk Sculpture, 'View from Within'
2005 - University of York, Hesligton,York. Sculpture 'Beyond and Within'
2002 - Lia Schelkens Sculpture Gallery, private collection, Belgium. small sculpture 'Pockets'
2000 - Lia Schelkens Sculpture Gallery, private collection, Belgium. Drawings 'Specimens'
1998 - Yolande Szredzki - private collection, London. 4 maquettes 'Inside Out'
1996-2004 - 'Beyond and Within' sculpture on loan at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park,YSP collection.
1989 - Halifax Building Society. Permanent outside sculpture - 'Side by Side' no.1
1987 - Arthur Anderson Collection, - Drawing
1985 - Provident Financial Group,Bradford - Drawing
1983 - Huddersfield Art Gallery - Sculpture ' Ascension no.1'
1983 - John Hall Collection - Drawing
1982 - Educational Centre for Calderdale - Drawing
1982 - Arthur Haigh Collection - Drawing
1982 - Calderdale Museums Service - Drawing
1980 - Leeds City Art Gallery, Schools Art Loan Service - Drawing
Competitions, prizes and awards
2002 - Awards for All, Award for Sculpture,Dance,Performance,Collaboration Ltd., Yorkshire
2001 - Yorkshire Arts Award, Yorkshire Arts- Funding for new sculpture'Drawing in space 2' exhibition in Belgium., Schildehof,Nr.Antwerp,Belgium.
2000 - Research Funding, The University of Lincolnshire and Humberside, Hull
2000 - Yorkshire Arts Award, Yorkshire Arts- Funding for publication of website by the EICH Gallery: Joanna Mowbray-'Selected Works'1985-2000 , Hull
1999 - Combined Arts Award - Research and development of sculpture,dance,performance collaboration., Yorkshire Arts, West Yorkshire
1997 - Research Bursary, The University of Humberside, Hull
1997 - Yorkshire and Humberside Arts Award, Yorkshire and Humberside, Yorkshire
1995 - Research Bursary, The University of Humberside, Hull
1993 - Yorkshire and Humberside Arts Award, Yorkshire and Humberside, West Yorkshire
1991 - Henry Moore Bursary, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Bretton Hall, West Yorkshire
1980 - Yorkshire Arts Association Major Award, Yorkshire Arts, West Yorkshire