Bio
Amy Vowles is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Magandjin (Brisbane), originally from Gimuy (Cairns). Informed by her connection to the coastal and wetland environments of Far North Queensland (FNQ), her practice explores the psychological experience of place through biomorphic forms suggestive of intertidal and internal landscapes. Working across painting, sculpture, projected moving image and immersive installation, Vowles investigates the shared instability of place and the self through materially driven, intuitive and site-responsive processes.
Drawing upon personal and collective experiences of the natural disasters recurrent to FNQ, Vowles combines organic matter such as dirt and sand with industrial and found materials including brick, rope, wire, plaster bandage and refuse. Through these contrasts, her work investigates vulnerability, resilience and recovery while reflecting the surreal realities of living at the edge of the climate crisis.
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EDUCATION
2018 - 2021 - Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art) (Distinction), Queensland University of
Technology
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 – The Lightness of Being, Queensland College of Art, Grey Street Gallery
2023 - Expanse, Land Street Gallery
RESIDENCIES / MENTORSHIPS
2025 - The Path, mentorship program facilitated by Kelly O’ Dempsey
2025 - Bios Infera, group residency, Backbone Youth Arts
2023 - solo residency and open studio, House Conspiracy
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 - Between Us, The Old Ambulance Station, Nambour
2026 - Analog, Scrap Haus Collective, Brisbane
2025 - 50 Artist Drawing Exhibition, Land Street Gallery
2025 - Regrowth, Flying Colours, Brisbane
2023 - Launch Exhibition, Nest Creative Space Meanjin
2023 - Corporeality in Motion, Vent Space, Emergence Collective
2022 - Future State, Vent Space, Emergence Collective
2021 – 57 Walls (Graduate Visual Art Showcase), Queensland University of Technology
2021 – A House is Not a Home, House Conspiracy, Brisbane
2020 – QUT Art and Design Showcase, Brisbane Art and Design Festival, Brisbane
2019 – Small Works Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2022 - 2025 - Stage mural design, Kuranda Roots
2024 – Bios Ante, Pitch Festival, Melbourne
2023 - 2025 Stage mural design, Earth Frequency Festival
2022 - 2024 - Stage design, Island Vibe Festival
2018 - Common Wealth Games Public Art Commission, Cairns
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2025 - Bios - Infera, multidisciplinary live performance, exhibited at Backbone Festival
2023 - 2024 – Bios Ante, multidisciplinary live performance, exhibited at Pitch Music & Arts +
Expanse, Land Street Gallery
2022 – Foetus Dance Party in the Womb Room, multimedia immersive installation, exhibited
at QUT Visual Art & Design Showcase, BAD Festival, Queensland University of Technology
AWARDS
2022 – Recipient of NAVA Ignition Prize
2017 – Bursary of Excellence in Visual Arts (Oxlade’s), Business Liaison Association, Cairns
2017 – Bursary of Excellence in Visual Arts (REACH Arts), Business Liaison Association, Cairns