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
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
2013
2011
2009
  • Cranium, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2006
  • Beckoning, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2005
2003
  • Arrowhead, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2002
  • Paintings, 64 Steps Gallery, Toronto
2001
  • Job Lot, 1040 Bus Gallery, Toronto
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
2023
2020
  • 100 Vases, The Shop, Toronto (part of the 2020 Design TO Festival)
2019
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