biography

BORN
Warrnambool

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
small things, Pablo Fanque, Sydney
2008   	
Distant Elegies, Upstairs Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2007	
Distant Elegies, Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery
2004		
These are the things that hold me here, Craft Victoria

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Its Got Legs, School of Art Gallery, RMIT, Melbourne
2007	
Its Got Legs, School of Art Gallery, RMIT, Melbourne
2004	
New Social Commentaries, Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery 
2003	
Sample, e.g.etal, Melbourne
2001	
Fresh, Craft Victoria, Melbourne

PRIZES & AWARDS
2001-2004 
Australian Postgraduate Award
2001
Emily Hope Award for Figurative Work
1998	
Wolf Wenrich Award for Excellence in Design in Gold and Silversmithing

COLLECTIONS
Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008; The Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellers 2008, Darling Publications
2008; Oldfield, J. An elegy for ancestry, Dumbo feather, Pass It On, Issue 16 
2007; Barry, R. Duino Elegies: Katherine Bowman, Craft Culture
2004; Clement, T. Katherine Bowman: These are the things that hold me here, Craft Culture
2004; Crafti, S. These are the things that touch us, The Age
2004; Davern, A. Review, Katherine Bowman: These are the things that hold me here Object Magazine
2004; New generation: Monument presents Australia’s top 40 design graduates, Monument Architecture & Design

EDUCATION
2002-2004, Master of Fine Arts, RMIT
1996-2001, Bachelor of Fine Arts [Honours] Gold & Silversmithing RMIT 1988-1991, Bachelor of Arts, University of Melbourne