Noel Bowler is a photographer and educator. Born in Ireland, He holds an MFA in photography from University of Ulster, Belfast and a BA (Hons) Degree in Documentary Photography from the University of Wales, Newport. His work has been exhibited worldwide including New York Photofestivel and Les Recontres d’Arles, with recent exhibitions in Tokyo, Dali International Photography Festival, Yunan, China and the Design Museum London. Bowler has been nominated for the Deutsche Borse Photography Prize in 2011 and for the Prix Pichtet Photography Prize in 2012 and 2016.
Teaching
Portrait and Light
Individual Practice
Professional Practice 2
Critical Studies: Photography and Visual Culture
Degree Project (contributor)
Dissertation (contributor)
Research interests
Bowler is interested in studying the familiar and everyday interior environments and how these spaces impact on the decisions made by those who occupy them. His current body of research, in conjunction with The New York Times and The Washington Post is looking at the downturn in the newspaper newsroom and its effects on the global labour market.
Publications
Union, New Irish Works, (Library Project Press, 2016)
Union, (Kehrer Verlag 2015)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 Union, Impressions Gallery, Bradford, UK
2018 Union, Remainders Stronghold Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2017 Union, Waterfront Gallery, University of Suffolk
2017 Union, Seen Fifteen Gallery, London
2017 Union, Gallery of Photography, Ireland
2016 New Irish Works, Paris Photo, Paris
2016 New Irish Works, Library Project, Dublin
2015 Dali International Photography Festival, Yunan, China
2015 Nine Lives, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ireland
2015 Nine Lives, Design Museum London