{"id":24,"date":"2019-09-19T10:33:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T10:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wingedlionpress.com.au\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-06-01T05:51:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T05:51:48","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wingedlionpress.com.au\/index.php\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Rowden \u2013 A Life in Lino Prints, Paint & Passion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mark Rowden\u2019s works capture modern moments, memories, and the quiet echoes of the past.<\/strong>
Inspired by everyday interactions, isolation, and fleeting beauty, Rowden constructs images that invite reflection and movement. His work draws from a deep well of technical mastery and emotional insight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A master printer who has collaborated with many of Australia\u2019s renowned artists, Rowden brings decades of experience to every stage of the printmaking process. Specialising in traditional relief printmaking techniques, he breaks down visual forms into bold, graphic compositions\u2014carving shadows and spaces that speak to our shared stories of modern life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His prints are at once intimate and universal\u2014linked through symbolic language, personal memory, and a powerful sense of place.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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EDUCATION<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1999 <\/strong> 
BFA in Printmaking, National Art School Sydney<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1997<\/strong>  
Diploma in Fine Arts, TAFE NSW

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SOLO WORK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/strong>\u00a0
Contours – Larissa Wild Fine Art – Colorado, USA
2024\u00a0<\/strong>
Line and Leaf \u2013 Incinerator Art Space, Sydney<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023<\/strong>     
Whispers of Winter – Larissa Wild Fine Art – Colorado, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022 <\/strong>    
Mural – Public school NSW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019  <\/strong>   
Watching – Disorder Gallery, Sydney<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016 <\/strong>    
Animal Parade – Broken Hill regional Gallery, Broken Hill, NSW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015   <\/strong>  
Lane Cove Traffic Box Project, Sydney<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Woollahra Traffic Box Project, Sydney<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013 <\/strong>    
Ednamorphosis – Conductors Project\/St James & Museum station<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wonderland: memories of childhood – Sydney Children’s Hospital<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011  <\/strong>   
Burlesque, Ballet & Cirque – GAFFA gallery<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010 <\/strong>   
White Silence – Bondi Pavilion Gallery

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SELECT PRIZES<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2026<\/strong>
Winter Art Prize, NSCC Gallery, Sydney2026<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/strong>
Life Line Art Exhibition and Prize
9×5 Landscape prize – 2 works, was, Sydney (Finalist)
Nude and Naked – Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree (Finalist)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024<\/strong>
Small Summer Works Show & Prize – Brighton, Victoria (WINNER)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAP Portrait Prize – Mudgee, NSW – (FINALIST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greenway Art Prize, White Bay, Sydney – (FINALIST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EWART Art Prize – Willoughby, Sydney – (HIGHLY COMMENDED)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9×5 Landscape prize – 2 works, was, Sydney (DUO Finalist)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Sydney Art Prize, Coal loader, Sydney – (HIGHLY COMMENDED) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023 <\/strong>    
Gippsland Print Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunshine Coast Art Prize – (FINALIST) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remagine Art Prize – (FINALIST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021  <\/strong>   
Doug Moran Portrait Prize – (SEMI-FINALIST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remagine Art Prize – (FINALIST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Online Art Competition – (FINALIST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015<\/strong>     
Hornsby Art Prize – (FINALIST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glebe Art Prize – Glebe Library <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2009<\/strong>     
Glebe Art Prize – Glebe Library <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008<\/strong>     
Waverley Art Prize – (WINNER) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007<\/strong>     
Hazelhurst Art Award: Art on Paper – Hazelhurst Regional Gallery (FINALIST) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003 <\/strong>    
Waverley Art Prize – (FINALIST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n


SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


2026<\/strong>
Uncertain Sancturay – The Garden Gallery, Sydney
Beginning – Something Else Gallery, Sydney
Incognito – Brisbane
Rubbing Shoulders – Ewart Gallery, Sydney<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/strong>
Visible but Intangible – Lane Cove Gallery, Sydney
Intersect Art and Design Fair, Aspen, USA
Habitat – Belco Arts Centre, ACT
Unique State – Lane Cove Gallery, Sydney
Short n Sweet – Tiliqua Tiliqua Sydney
Visible but intangible – Megalo Print Studio, ACT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024<\/strong>
Dear Forests – Belco Arts, ACT
Sydney Contemporary – Whaling Road Studio, Carriage Works, Sydney \u00a0\u00a0
Art on Paper – New York, Manhattan, New York, USA
Visible but intangible – PCA Gallery, Melbourne
Selected – CBD Gallery, Sydney\u00a0
Divergent – Humble House Gallery, Canberra, ACT\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Sydney Printmakers – Lane Cove Art Gallery, Sydney
The Lanterns Pavilion – Haymarket Institute
Borglum and Wild Art Gallery – Colorado, US
Secret Sitter – GoodSpace\u00a0
Bare – Sol Gallery, Melbourne
Prints4Ukarine – CBD gallery, Sydney\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ATTACHED CV CLICK HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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COLLECTIONS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery, Broken Hill Regional Gallery, Geelong Regional Gallery, State Library NSW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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