Approved: 25.11.2007

Patrick Lowry

Artist

Approved: 25.11.2007

Patrick Lowry’s installations examine our relationship with objects and places. Through them, he explores various forms of economic, political and cultural hierarchies. Using processes of replication and displacement, Lowry interrogates the aspects of our made environment that help construct or maintain these hierarchies and our submissive or controlled positions of user or consumer.  His work stimulates the viewer to consider the subject that is being represented, and how this subject and/or its relationship to both its physical and wider social environment might be interpreted, and what it might imply.

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    Artist Statement

    Patrick Lowry’s installations examine our relationship with objects and places. Through them, he explores various forms of economic, political and cultural hierarchies. Using processes of replication and displacement, Lowry interrogates the aspects of our made environment that help construct or maintain these hierarchies and our submissive or controlled positions of user or consumer.  His work stimulates the viewer to consider the subject that is being represented, and how this subject and/or its relationship to both its physical and wider social environment might be interpreted, and what it might imply.

     

    CV & Education

    SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND RESIDENCIES

    2021  Factatory Resedency Lyon
    2021  Auction House, Auction House Gallery, Cornwall
    2019  No Public Access, Gallerie Showcase, Grenoble.
    2016  Surveillance, Hardwick Gallery, Cheltenham
    2014  Quantitive Easing, The Horse Hospital London, outcome of RBS Sculpture Shock residency
    2013  American Dream, The Exchange, Penzance Cornwall
    2012  Crushing the Tate, Bikini Espace d'art Contemporain Lyon
    2011  Travelodge, Residency in association with the Open West, Meantime project-space,                         Cheltenham
    2009  Basement Stairs, Residency Meantime project-space, Cheltenham
    2007  Escalator, New County Hall, Truro - intervention, part of MORE Cornwall
    2006  Waitrose, Waitrose, Brighton

    GROUP EXHIBITIONS

    2023 Flamm - Art Night, Red River Line

    2023 Albany Club, Redruth Cornwall   

    2023 Retrospective 2017-2022 Gallerie Showcase, Grenoble 

    2021 Make the World Bright Again – Short Circuit, Seoul South Korea

    2020  Borderland, Plymouth Art Weekender, Plymouth
    2018  Night Club, Redruth Cornwall
    2017  Little Dance, Redruth Cornwall
    2016  The World Transformed, Liverpool
    2016  Drive-in, Seoul South Korea
    2015  Second Site Hestercombe House Somerset
    2011  24 Hour Cash, The Open West
    2011  Summerfield Gallery University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham
    2010  Hidden Agenda, Hippodrome Four, Goonhilly Downes Cornwall
    2010  Lift, Reality Check, Newlyn Gallery Cornwall
    2009  Cash, Souvenir, Leeds Metropolitan Gallery, Leeds
    2009  Bunker, The Open West Summerfield Gallery University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham
    2008  Escalator 2, Can We Stay Over Tonight, Plan 9 Bristol
    2008  Mined, NT Cornish Mines and Engines Pool Cornwall
    2008  Beach, Martine Munnik Laaghalerveen Hooghalen Netherlands
    2008  Bunker, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Newlyn Gallery, Cornwall
    2007  Museum Marquette, Mix it up, Salt Gallery, Hayle, Cornwall
    2006  Can You Eat It? Stroud House Gallery, Gloucester
    2006  Blue Lift, Sovay Berriman, Jacqueline Knight, Patrick Lowry, County Hall, Truro Cornwall
    2005  Beach, The World Art Collection, Netherlands
    2004  Sea, Stuff in the Space, Space Gallery, Cornwall
    2003  1001 Reasons to Love the Earth, Sole, Korea - group exhibition and book
    2003  Hungerford Bridge, Falmouth College of Arts - postgraduate exhibition
    2002  Museum, IMP, Falmouth Arts Centre
    2001  Bristol Night, Build a Fort and Burn it Down, Falmouth Art Gallery
    2000  Tanker, Macro micro, An Artworks TR11

    AWARDS

    2018  British Council travel bursary to South Korea
    2009  Grants for the Arts for The Western Alliance exchange between the Southwest and Turkey.
    2009  Research fellowship University of Plymouth

    SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

    2022 Rendezvous, Eleonore Pano-Zvaroni, Editions AAA 

    2021 Urban Utopia, Alter Kim, Gost Company publications.

    2016  Surveillance, Hardwick Gallery, Linda Taylor
    2016  Sculptor Shock, Black Dog Publishing
    2015  Second Site Hestercombe House, Sarah Kent
    2014  Quantitive Easing, RBS, Sarah Kent
    2013  American Dream, The Guardian Guide, Pick of the week
    2013  American Dream, Art of England, May
    2012  les InRocKuptibles – pas d’ ateliers, pas d’ artistes October
    2012  Bikini Crushing the Tate Pierre Tillet
    2008  Galled, Porned & Cheeked, artist’s publication Folded, Glued & Printed
    2008  Vol2 - Folded, Glued & Printed, Transition: Curators Edition
    2007  Review by Rupert White, http://www.artcornwall.org/exhibition_more_july.htm 
    2007  a-n Magazine, September, p8

    EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS

    2003  MA Fine Art – Falmouth College of Arts (University of Plymouth)
    1971  DipAD - West Surrey College of Art & Design (Surrey Inst.)
    Member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors
    Fellow of the Royal Society Of Arts

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

    Founding Member, Co-Director BACK LANE WEST (Artist led project space), Cornwall
    www.backlanewest.org
    2013 - Visiting lecturer - Falmouth University
    2003 - 10 Course Manager FdA Fine Art Practice - Cornwall College (University of Plymouth)
    2010  Western Alliance, research group developing international residencies in the South West of UK
    2009  Curator The Purposes of Drawing CUBE3 Gallery Plymouth
    Instigator and co-ordernator Build Residency Programme, Cornwall College Camborne, in association with ProjectBase (see a-n magazine April 08 p26).