Kate Bowens' paintings are lit by her curiosity and love of colour, light and from the gigantic to the micro detail.
After nearly a decade of living in India and Myanmar she now lives in Suffolk where she is relishing the stunning Constable/Gainsborough landscape, making new works in oil and water based mediums and exploring printmaking at Gainsborough House Print room and the Curwen Print Centre.
Volunteers in garden, Galleries and House of Gainsborough House Museum. She enjoys allotment challenges in Long Melford and learning from knowledgeable neighbours.
She spent four years in Myanmar where she worked on various projects and exhibited in group and solo exhibitions.
Kate was asked to make an exhibition to highlight the Reforestation of the Mangroves. After 14 months of field trips, she made a large multi sensory installation art piece. She invited a Burmese artist Htein Lin to make a sculpture to reflect the story of deforestation.
In 2017 Kate moved to New Delhi.
Kate studied miniature painting with masters in Delhi and Jaipur.
She has worked with traditional stone pigments from Rajasthan. Jodhpur : - Rewilding of the Rajasthan Desert with Pradip Krishen. She exhibited at Mehrangagh Fort and Delhi and mentored workshops on Botanical art in the Desert Park.
In 2024 Kate was commissioned to take part in an exhibition at the Indira Gandhi National centre for Arts Bengalaluru. Exhibiton opens 1st February 2025. Living Lightly Journeys with Pastoralists in the Deccan Platteau.
She worked with laterite, volcanic and soft stone rocks collected from the region to grind and make pigments for the oil painting.
Paintings are in collections in USA, Europe, South and South East Asia.
