effie bowen

is an artist making psychologically driven scenes that confront the tensions between gender, erotics, power, desire, obedience, and consumerism.
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    
 2011BFA in Dance, Hollins University
∟Frances Niederer Visual Arts Scholarship
● EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES 2025Figure 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 2024Bulge, Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS, New York, NY 2023Biting Range (solo), Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
Part Partner (Curated by Egbert Vongmalaithong) Institute for Contemporary Art, Richmond, VA2022 But you do want your presence known, Pyramid Scheme, Bass + Reiner, San Francisco, CA2021Because, you see, this feeling of alive is not so easy to experience (solo), The Anderson, Richmond, VA2019 Live Edit (solo), Sculpture + Extended Media Candidacy Show, Richmond, VA2018Untitled (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, NY2017 The Dykes Arrive at Noon in collaboration with lexi welch, Baby Company, New York, NY2016I 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 2021School of Making Thinking, NY2017Pieter, Los Angeles, CA2016PAM, Los Angeles, CA
Ponderosa, Stolzenhagen, DE2014Chez Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Chashama, Queens, NY2013Lake Studios Berlin, Berlin, DE2012BODEGA, Philadelphia, PA20112011 2011       Chen Dance Center, New York, NY
● SELECTED PERFORMANCE WORK2026Voyage into Infinity with Narcissister, Skirball Canter, New York, NY (forthcoming)2025In Our Decline with Jen Rosenblit and Simone Aughterlony, The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY2024Voyage into Infinity with Narcissister, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY
Infinity Kiss with Layton Lachman + Samuel Hertz, Amant, Brooklyn, NY2021Hand to Mouth with Deville Cohen, Performance Space New York, NY2019People with Narcissister, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA2018People 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, NY2017Clap Hands with Jen Rosenblit, American Realness, New York, NY2016Clap Hands with Jen Rosenblit, The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY / Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX2015Clap 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, NY2014The Limner Performance with Pope L., The Whitney Museum, New York, NY2013Platform 2012: Judson Now with Caroee Schneeman, Danspace Project, New York, NY
Walking Mirrors with Josiah McElheny, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY
● AWARDS AND HONORS2022Ox Bow School of Art and Artist’s Residencies Scholarship Student
Virginia Commonwealth University Travel Grant
Anderson Publishing Grant Winner2019Emerge Surface Be Fellowship Finalist, Poetry Project2017Women & Performance Grant2010Hollins University Hobby Trust Grant2010 - 2008American Dance Festival Scholarship Student
● ESSAYS AND WRITTEN WORK2024Bell Ringer, Overflow Journal, (Curated by Cara Benedetto)2023You Could Visit Me and Not Know I was There, Being Work, Insert Blank Press2018Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory, volume 28, no. 1, ‘effie bowen’s DANCESPORT and Wilmer Wilson IV’s Channel’ by Lauren Bakst2017Dance Score nr. 3, Girls Like Us, Issue #9, dance and dancing2014Hashtagging Dance, Reading: An American Realness Ziine
Rallying Cry: Bouchra Ouizguen and the Rita, Movement Research Performance Journal2013Ponderosa History: Community Connect, Movement Research Performance Journal
55th Venice Biennale Performance Map, Movement Research Performance Journal 



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