Amy Bowles

Amy graduated in 1996 with a BA Hons in Ceramic Design from the Cardiff Institute of Art and Design. After a few years working as an independent artist and children's entertainer, Amy left the UK and moved to Toronto, Canada.

In Toronto, Amy began exhibiting her work in group shows until 2003 when she had her first solo show at 64 Steps Gallery. Since then she has been represented by Paul Petro Contemporary Art Gallery, where she regularly shows ceramic sculptures, paintings, films, and drawings.

As a musician, Amy has been lyricist, co-songwriter, and vocalist for several Toronto-based bands, including Pony da Look, Permafrown and Hollow Earth.

Amy has acted in and co-written songs for five plays written and directed by Toronto playwright Alex Wolfson. Her other acting credits include 'The Last Act', a short film by Tony Romano, and 'Clear Grey' by Christian Hamilton. The latter film was shown at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2020.

Solo Exhibitions
2020	Places Where They Sing, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2019	Plucked from the Wild, Weird Things, Toronto
2018	Bottled, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2017	Bear It, Weird Things, Toronto
	Casting the Stones, Gallery 555, Toronto
2015	Echoing Wood, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2013	Silent Hand, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2011	In the Gargoyle's Head, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2009	Cranium, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2006	Beckoning, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2005	The Looming, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2003	Arrowhead, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2002	Paintings, 64 Steps Gallery, Toronto
2001	Job Lot, 1040 Bus Gallery, Toronto

Selected Group Exhibitions
2023	The Offering, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2023	Editions Part Two, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2020	100 Vases, The Shop, Toronto (part of the 2020 Design TO Festival)
2019	Three is Three, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2016	West Country (with Gary Evans), Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2010	The Cheaper Show #9, LES Gallery, Vancouver Homey Show, Double Double Land, Toronto Bitch Slap, Thrush Holmes Empire, Toronto Cities Biennale (Toronto Pavillion), Mediamatic, Amsterdam, NL
2009	T-Shirts By Artists, Paul Petro Special Projects Space, Toronto Taxi!, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2008	The Anonymous Drawing Show, Berlin and Rotterdam Decade Show, Katherine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto Horizontal Fortune, 6 Nassau, Toronto Christmas Spice, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2007	Little Dude, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto Totoparalala, Paul Petro Multiiples + Small Works, Toronto (with Jiva Mackay) The Drawing Club, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto (a benefit for C Magazine) Christmas Spice, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2006	Christmas Spice, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2005	Christmas Spice, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2004	Stoner Show, Zsa Zsa Gallery, Toronto Christmas Spice, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2003	Michael Jackson Show, Zsa Zsa Gallery, Toronto Christmas Spice, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2002	Apex Arts, New York, NY Synthetic Psychosis, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto (catalogue)
2001	Grand Expectorant, West Wing , Toronto Ghost Show, Penny Arcade, Toronto Instant Coffee Miniature Show, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto New Paintings, Katherine Mulherin Gallery, Toronto
2000	Five Artists, Anoush Gallery, Toronto Cuisine, The Money House, Toronto Long Hot Summer, A-Space, Toronto Mail art show, Strutts Gallery, Sackville, NB
1999	Bright Sparks, Saint Martin in the Fields Gallery, London , U.K.

Education
1993-96	Cardiff Institute of Art and Design, Cardiff, U.K.
1992-93	Yeovil College of Art and Design, Yeovil, U.K.

Grants
2006	Ontario Arts Council
2002	Toronto Arts Council