Jessy Boon Cowler, b.1987, London, UK
based between London & Barcelona
Education
2019 | Photography MA, Arts University Bournemouth
2010 | Photography BA Hons., Nottingham Trent University
2007 | Art Foundation Diploma, Wimbledon School of Art, University of the Arts London
Residencies
2023| Can Serrat Retorns, Barcelona, Spain
2023| Estudio Yucca, Portugal
2022| Can Serrat, Barcelona, Spain
2021 | AIR.Cat, Tossa de Mar, Spain
2017 | Escuela Alma, Chirilagua, El Salvador
2015 | Casa B, Bogota, Colombia
Solo Exhibitions
2021 | Bodies in Nature, Oscar Galleri, Norway
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023| Dear Earth - with Atmos, Barbican Gallery, London
2023| Women on Women, AMP Gallery, London
2021 | L'arbre i la Roca, Museu Municipal de Tossa de Mar, Catalunya
2021 | Struck by Light, Valid World, Barcelona Experimental Photo Festival
2021 | Lusted Men, Photo Saint Germain Festival, Paris
2021 | Have a Butchers, book fair and print sale, London
2020| Struck by Light, Hundred Heroines, Online
2020| Fresh Cuts, Sid Motion Gallery, London
2019 | SE15, The Bottle Factory, London
2019 | Dancing in Peckham, Peckham 24, London
2018 | New Psychedelics, Humble Arts Foundation, Online
2016 | Reverse Culture Shock, St. Bride Foundation, London
2014 | The Scars Are Not Just Skin Deep, The Cob Gallery, London
Selected Print Publications
2020 | Exquisite Features, Revolv Collective, Plagiarism
2019 | Photograd PGZ19, Postcards from Pachamama
2019 | AINT-BAD No.15, NY Pooches
2016 | Uncertain States, Reverse Culture Shock
Selected Online Features & Press
2023| Dear Earth - Atmos Magazine
2021 | Women’s History Month, Musée Magazine, Postcards from Pachamama
2020| ‘Artist Jessy Boon Cowler Explores Exoticism and Places’, Reform the Funk
2020| Firecracker 10 Women to Watch, PH Museum
2020| ‘The Female Gaze Part Two’, PhotoFemme United, Postcards from Pachamama
2019 | ‘Explorations of the Self’, Revolv Collective, Multi Love
2019 | Der Grief Artist Feature, Postcards from Pachamama
2018 | Photoworks Artist Feature
Collections
Museu Municipal de Tossa de Mar, Spain
Soho House, London
Selected Workshops, Teaching and Talks
2023 | Shells as Symbols of Home, Sexuality and Spirituality, Can Serrat: community building workshops
2015-22 | Volunteer Photo Group Leader, Helen Bamber Foundation, London
2020-22 | The Moat Sixth Form, Photography Teacher for children with Special Educational Needs, London
2021 | Supporting SEN students through photography, The Photographer’s Gallery, London
2017 | My Chirilagua, Escuela Alma: Participatory Photography Facilitator, El Salvador
2015 | Futuroscopio, Casa B, Bogota, Colombia: curriculum design & facilitator for participatory photo project with NGOs in Bolivia and Mexico
Curatorial
2016 | Life in a Maze, St. Bride Foundation, London
2014 | South London goes to the Seaside, Viking Gallery, Margate
2013-14 | Art in the Crypt, St Giles Church, London (series of arts and performance events)