Julian Rowe
Lamberhurst
My practice, which is principally three-dimensional and assemblage-based, is a form of cultural archaeology, seeking contemporary resonances and metaphors in the ideas and cultural baggage of the past
My practice is a form of cultural archaeology, seeking contemporary resonances and metaphors in the ideas and cultural baggage of the past. It is a practice in which painting, sculptural techniques, modelmaking and video all play significant roles. I have a particular interest in the language of the miniature and its relationship to Romantic and postmodern theories of the sublime.
Solo exhibitions
2012 - I'd Like to See the Governor Please ... or Whoever is in Charge, Parfitt Gallery, Croydon
2011 - Atlantis, Rochester Cathedral Crypt, Rochester
2009 - The House in the Middle, Newhaven Fort, Newhaven, W Sussex
2009 - Turn the Key Deftly, Quay Arts, Newport, Isle of Wight
2008 - Atlantis, Crypt Gallery, Seaford
2007 - The Heart is Another Country, 20/21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe
2006 - Julian Rowe, Weekend Gallery, Hastings, E Sussex
2006 - The Broken Love of Doctor Browne, Rochester Art Gallery, Rochester
2005 - Quiet Land, Rochester Art Gallery, Rochester
2005 - The Broken Love of Doctor Browne, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Hastings
2005 - The Raft, Meopham Library Gallery, Meopham
2004 - Art in SEEDA, South East England Development Agency, Chatham
2004 - Standing by Water, Crypt Gallery, Seaford
2002 - Curlew, Maidstone Library Gallery
2002 - Irnen, Weald Gallery, Cranbrook, Kent
2000 - How exquisitely the world is fitted to the mind, Otter Gallery, Chichester
1999 - After the Chinese, Trinity Arts Centre Gallery, Tunbridge Wells
1998 - Groundwork, Library Gallery, Sevenoaks
Group exhibitions
2012 - All at Sea, Pie Factory, Margate
2012 - Art in Romney Marsh, St George's Church, Ivychurch
2011 - I Can See You But I Can't Hear You, International Lighthouse Relay, Harbour Arm Lighthouse, Margate
2011 - Nordart 2011, Kunstwerk Carlshutte , Budelsdorf, Germany
2010 - Alturnertive, CRATE, Margate, Kent
2010 - Arts and Business, Liberty Property Trust, King's Hill, W Malling, Kent
2010 - Memory, Rottingdean Windmill, Rottingdean, W Sussex
2009 - Journey to the Centre of the Earth, 20/21 Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, N Lincs
2008 - Artvaults 2008, A-Space, Southampton
2008 - Quay Arts Open, Quay Arts Centre, Newport
2007 - Artists' Books, Border's Bookshop, Cambridge
2007 - ko-ax: Kent Open Art Exhibition, Mascalls Gallery, Paddock Wood
2006 - First Class Post, Sassoon Gallery, Folkestone
2006 - Salon des Fables, Cour des Arts, Saint-Emilion, France
2005 - Artvaults, A-Space, Southampton
2004 - The Garden of Earthly Delights, Brockwell Park, Brixton
2003 - Art in Romney Marsh, SS Peter and Paul Church, Dymchurch
2002 - Conjured Moments: Detached Fragments, Crypt Gallery, Seaford
2001 - Chichester Open
2001 - Experimental Spaces, Hastings Museum
2000 - 2000: A Rite of Passage?, Ramsgate Library Gallery
2000 - Groundwork, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton
2000 - Mayfield Festival, Mayfield
2000 - Summer Exhibition, Headcorn Gallery, Headcorn
1999 - 1ère Biennale de la Sculpture du Pays de Bray, Neufchâtel-en-Bray, France
1999 - Arthou2e, Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery
1998 - New Life, Holm Oaks Gallery, Deal
Degree shows
2010 - MA Degree Show, UCA, Canterbury
Residencies
2005 - Cill Rialaig Project, Cill Rialaig, County Kerry, Ireland
2003 - ES2003, Hastings Museum & Art Gallery, Hastings
2001 - Experimental Spaces, Hastings Museum & Art Gallery, Hastings
2000 - Gold Dust Spring (joint project with Dawn Badland), Chiddingstone Castle, Chiddingstone, Edenbridge, Kent
Public commissions
2006 - In Libris, East Sussex Libraries, Bexhill, Battle and Rye, E Sussex
2006 - My Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
2005 - Hieronymus Bosch Takes Tea in Dunorlan Park, Tunbridge Wells Museum, Tunbridge Wells
2004 - Alauda courtyard sculpture, Kent Count Council - Charing Library, Charing, Kent
2002 - Museum Pieces (joint project with Dawn Badland), Tunbridge Wells Museum, Tunbridge Wells
2001 - In Libris (joint project with Dawn Badland), Kent County Council - Cranbrook Library, Cranbrook
2000 - Five books complementing FRAC exhibition, Kent County Council, Sevenoaks
1999 - Swanley Omnibus sculpture, Swanley Library, Swanley
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