Enda Bowe

Enda Bowe is an Irish photographer that lives and works in London.^[1] His publications include Kilburn Cherry (2013) and At Mirrored River (2016). Bowe was joint winner of the SOLAS Ireland award in 2015 and won second prize in the 2018 and 2019 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. He has had solo exhibitions in Carlow and in Dublin.

Work

Kilburn Cherry is a collection of photographs of cherry blossoms in Kilburn, London,^[1] traditionally the home of the Irish diaspora.^[2] The work was inspired by Japanese renku poetry.^[2] Bowe has said the "bold appearance of the cherry blossom seemed to play with ideas of hopefulness and revival".^[2]

At Mirrored River was made over four years in an unspecified Irish midlands town.^[1][3] It contains portraits of young people at a point of transition to adulthood, depicted in their home setting of housing estates, supermarkets and social functions, juxtaposed with images of the town and its surrounding landscape.^[1][3]

Publications

Publications by Bowe

• Kilburn Cherry. Includes a poem by Don Paterson ("Renku: My Last Thirty-Five Deaths").
  • First edition. London: Jane & Jeremy, 2013. Edition of 100 copies.
  • Second edition. London: Jane & Jeremy, 2016. Edition of 100 copies.
• At Mirrored River. Blue Swallow, 2016. ISBN 978-3902993304. Includes a poem by John Glenday ("The River") and a short story by Lucy Caldwell ("Days"). Edition of 800 copies.
• This Thing I Want. I Know Not What. Paper Tiger, 2018.

Zines by Bowe

• Me and My Friends. Issue 4. Nicole Bachmann.

Awards

• 2015: One of 7 joint winners, SOLAS Ireland award, Source and Gallery of Photography, for At Mirrored River. The other winners were Ciarán Óg Arnold, Eamonn Doyle, Emer Gillespie, Shane Lynam, Dara McGrath and Yvette Monahan.^[4][5][6]
• 2018: Second prize, Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London for "Cybil McAddy with daughter Lulu"^[7][8][9]
• 2019: Second prize, Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London for "Neil", a portrait from a series exploring youth culture on either side of the Belfast peace lines^{[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]}
• 2019: First Prize, Zurich Portrait Prize, National Gallery of Ireland^[17]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• At Mirrored River, Visual Centre of Contemporary Art Carlow, Carlow, Ireland, 2016 as part of PhotoIreland Festival.^[1][18][19]
• At Mirrored River, The Library Project, Dublin, 2018 as part of PhotoIreland Festival.^[3][20]

Group exhibitions

• "Samantha Nolan" in Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London, 2010.^[21][22]
• Plat(t)form, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland, 2011.^[23]
• SOLAS Photography Award Winners, Gallery of Photography, Dublin, 2015. Work from At Mirrored River.^[1][24]
• Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London, 2018.^[9][25]
• Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London, 2019.^[12]

References

1. "Once upon a time in the Irish midlands". The Irish Times. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
2. AnOther (3 January 2014). "The Cherry Blossom in Kilburn". Another Magazine. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
3. "Art in Focus: Enda Bowe – At Mirrored River". The Irish Times. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
4. Hull, Stephen. "Solas Prize Winners". source.ie. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
5. "Solas Awards Exhibition 2/12/15 - 10/01/16 - Gallery of Photography". Gallery of Photography. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
6. "An exciting moment for Irish art photography". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
7. "Drum majorettes series scoops major portrait prize". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
8. "Drum majorette portraits win photo prize". BBC News. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
9. "Winner of the 2018 Taylor Wessing photographic portrait prize announced – in pictures". The Guardian. 16 October 2018. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
10. "Photographer wins portrait prize with snap of his mother". Independent.ie. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
11. "Pat Martin wins Taylor Wessing prize for intimate portraits of his late mother". British Journal of Photography. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
12. "'Sensitive' mother pictures win top portrait prize". 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
13. "Photographer wins portrait prize with snap of his mother". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
14. "Pat Martin's 'sensitive' photographs of his late mother win leading portrait prize". Creative Boom. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
15. "Photographer wins portrait prize with snap of his mother". The Irish News. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
16. "Son's pictures of his drug addict mother win £15,000 portrait prize". Metro. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
17. "National Gallery of Ireland: Zurich Portrait Prize 2019". Retrieved 23 December 2019.
18. "Enda Bowe, At Mirrored River". PhotoIreland Foundation. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
19. "At Mirrored River - Enda Bowe - VISUAL Carlow Carlow". www.visualcarlow.ie. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
20. "Hot list: What we want to see, do and buy this weekend - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
21. Daly, Susan. "Slideshow: Irish photographers are picture perfect winners". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
22. "Work of five Irish photographers selected for exhibition". The Irish Times. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
23. "Enda Bowe - Artists - Plat(t)form - Explore - Fotomuseum Winterthur". Fotomuseum Winterthur. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
24. "Solas 2015: Enda Bowe: 'At Mirrored River' - Gallery of Photography". Gallery of Photography. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
25. "Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize shortlist announced – British Journal of Photography". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 26 October 2018.

External links

• Official website