b. Asheville, NC
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

effiebowen[at]protonmail.com

● EDUCATION

2023

MFA in Sculpture + Extended Media, Virginia Commonwealth University
∟Graduate Teaching Assistantship
∟Alice Cabell Horsley Parker Scholarship in Sculpture + Extended Media

2011

BFA in Dance, Hollins University
∟Frances Niederer Visual Arts Scholarship

● EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES

2025

Figure Grid (Curated by Mariah Barden Jones), Clique Books
A Requiem for Dead Phone Numbers (Curated by Savannah Knoop and Svetlana Kitto), Salma Sarriedine, New York, NY
But you do want your presence known (Curated by Patricia Margarita Hernåndez), A.I.R. Gallery Biennial, Brooklyn, NY

2024

Bulge, Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS, New York, NY

2023

Biting Range (solo), Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
Part Partner (Curated by Egbert Vongmalaithong) Institute for Contemporary Art, Richmond, VA

2022

But you do want your presence known, Pyramid Scheme, Bass + Reiner, San Francisco, CA

2021

Because, you see, this feeling of alive is not so easy to experience (solo), The Anderson, Richmond, VA

2019

Live Edit (solo), Sculpture + Extended Media Candidacy Show, Richmond, VA

2018

Untitled (After Felix), FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
Silent Soup (performance and installation), Walton, NY / Brooklyn, NY / Berlin, DE
g4q: experiments Movement Research at Judson Church, New York, NY
Sunday Sessions (Curated by Niall Jones), Knockdown Center, Queens, NY

2017

The Dykes Arrive at Noon in collaboration with lexi welch, Baby Company, New York, NY

2016

I dream of the elections in collaboration with Lauren Bakst (Organized by Ruth Pair), Danspace Project, New York, NY
DANCESPORT, Work Up at Gibney Dance, New York, NY
DANCESPORT, Pieter, Los Angeles, CA / PAM, Los Angeles, CA / Ausland, Berlin, DE
Big Boys Don’t Go There (Curated by Jibz Cameron and Adrienne Truscott), Danspace Project, New York, NY / Lake Studios Berlin, Berlin, DE

● RESIDENCIES

2021

School of Making Thinking, NY

2017

Pieter, Los Angeles, CA

2016

PAM, Los Angeles, CA
Ponderosa, Stolzenhagen, DE

2014

Chez Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Chashama, Queens, NY

2013

Lake Studios Berlin, Berlin, DE

2012

BODEGA, Philadelphia, PA

2011

2011 2011 Chen Dance Center, New York, NY

● SELECTED PERFORMANCE WORK

2026

Voyage into Infinity with Narcissister, Skirball Canter, New York, NY (forthcoming)

2025

In Our Decline with Jen Rosenblit and Simone Aughterlony, The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY

2024

Voyage into Infinity with Narcissister, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY
Infinity Kiss with Layton Lachman + Samuel Hertz, Amant, Brooklyn, NY

2021

Hand to Mouth with Deville Cohen, Performance Space New York, NY

2019

People with Narcissister, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA

2018

People with Narcissister, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Totem with Narcissister, Participant Inc. New York, NY
ME3M 4 Boston: A Story Ballet About the Internet with Ryan McNamara, ICA Boston, Boston, MA
Battleground with Ryan McNamara, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

2017

Clap Hands with Jen Rosenblit, American Realness, New York, NY

2016

Clap Hands with Jen Rosenblit, The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY / Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX

2015

Clap Hands with Jen Rosenblit, Tanzhaus Zurich, Zurich, CH / Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA / MoMA PS1, Queens, NY
A Natural Dance with Jen Rosenblit, The Kitchen, New York, NY

2014

The Limner Performance with Pope L., The Whitney Museum, New York, NY

2013

Platform 2012: Judson Now with Caroee Schneeman, Danspace Project, New York, NY
Walking Mirrors with Josiah McElheny, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY

● AWARDS AND HONORS

2022

Ox Bow School of Art and Artist’s Residencies Scholarship Student
Virginia Commonwealth University Travel Grant
Anderson Publishing Grant Winner

2019

Emerge Surface Be Fellowship Finalist, Poetry Project

2017

Women & Performance Grant

2010

Hollins University Hobby Trust Grant

2010 - 2008

American Dance Festival Scholarship Student

● ESSAYS AND WRITTEN WORK

2024

Bell Ringer, Overflow Journal, (Curated by Cara Benedetto)

2023

You Could Visit Me and Not Know I was There, Being Work, Insert Blank Press

2018

Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory, volume 28, no. 1, ‘effie bowen’s DANCESPORT and Wilmer Wilson IV’s Channel’ by Lauren Bakst

2017

Dance Score nr. 3, Girls Like Us, Issue #9, dance and dancing

2014

Hashtagging Dance, Reading: An American Realness Ziine
Rallying Cry: Bouchra Ouizguen and the Rita, Movement Research Performance Journal

2013

Ponderosa History: Community Connect, Movement Research Performance Journal
55th Venice Biennale Performance Map, Movement Research Performance Journal

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