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Fiona Lowry

Born in 1974, Fiona Lowry currently lives and works in Sydney. Lowry graduated with a, Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) from the Sydney College of the arts. She is currently completing a Masters of Visual Arts Sydney College of the Arts.

Since her first exhibition at Firstdraft gallery, Sydney (2002), Lowry has held several major solo exhibitions such as, Executioners Drop, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney (2004); Left behind, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney (2005); one mind, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney (2006); all I want to do is spend my life with you, Roger Williams Contemporary, Auckland (2007) I'm having dreams about you, Gallery Barry Keldoulis (2007); I ACT AS THE TONGUE OF YOU, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney (2008) and most recently, I loved you yesterday, at Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney and, Lost to Nothing at Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide (2010).

Lowry is also an accomplished curator. Her paintings cite specific locations such as, Belanglo State Forest in New South Wales and engage in the origins of a related dialogue about the power of landscape working with an airbrush technique.

As a part of Fiona's time with Wavelrey Council she curated "In great trouble." The exhibition featured work by Craig Bender, Julie Fragar, Simryn Gill, Shaun Gladwell, Jonathan Jones, Fiona Lowry, Angelica Mesiti, Nigel Milsom, Jamie North, Tim Silver and Ben Quilty. An free catalogue of the exhibition is available at Bondi Pavilion

Fiona Lowry is a 2011 Archibald Prize finalist for her portrait of Tim Silver

"In great trouble" was curated by Fiona Lowry, the exhibition featured work by Craig Bender, Julie Fragar, Simryn Gill, Shaun Gladwell, Jonathan Jones, Fiona Lowry, Angelica Mesiti, Nigel Milsom, Jamie North, Tim Silver and Ben Quilty.

An free catalogue of the exhibition is available at Bondi Pavilion

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