Bio

Marcus Brownlow (b. 1965, Sheffield, UK) is a British-Australian visual artist based in Glasgow, UK. Working across photography and computation, he primarily creates pigment and digital C-Type prints on paper. He is best known for his minimal geometric works that engage directly with the possibilities of the digital image. His practice favours custom-coded processes as a means of creative control and conceptual inquiry.

His work explores the nature of the contemporary photographic image and its evolving relationship with technology. Characterised by a precise and reductive visual language, Brownlow’s compositions are oblique reinterpretations of the photograph. This methodical approach produces visually minimal yet conceptually rich works that exist on the boundary between representation and abstraction.

He has exhibited widely, including New Glasgow Society, Glasgow, UK; Access.space Gallery, Sheffield, UK; Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Ballarat, AU; and LoBe Gallery, Berlin, DE. His work is held in private collections in both the UK and Australia. In 2012, Brownlow participated in the PICTURE BERLIN artist residency.

CV

Education
2022 MLitt in Fine Art Practice, The Glasgow School of Art, UK
2013 Diploma of Photoimaging. The Centre for Creative Photography, AU
1997 PhD, The University of Adelaide, AU
1988 BSc (Hons.), The University of Adelaide, AU

Solo exhibitions
2024 RGB GLW, New Glasgow Society, UK

Group exhibitions
2022 It’s easier to breathe underground, curated by Ivana Mircevska, Skopje, MK
2022 Strewn Taboos curated by Clare Stephenson and Cicely Farrer, Glasgow, UK
2020 20×20 Access.space Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2019 In Search of the Miraculous, curated by April Gertler, Berlin, DE
2019 Großkreisentfernung Mail Art curated by Marcus Brownlow, tête, Berlin, DE
2015 Time curated by Paul Atkins, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Ballarat, AU
2014 Reunion curated by Lotte Møller. Lehrter Siebzehn, Berlin, DE.
2014 Hidden Places Hidden Lives, Kerry Packer Civic Gallery, Adelaide, AU
2014 Film Challenge Atkins Technicolour, Adelaide, AU
2012 It’s not yesterday anymore curated by Lotte Møller, UFO Presents, Berlin, DE
2012 Before Berlin curated by Lotte Møller, LoBe gallery, Berlin, DE
2011 GHOTI 13, The Light Gallery, Adelaide, AU
2007 GHOTI 9, The Light Gallery, Adelaide, AU

Publications
2024 RGB GLW Self-published, Glasgow, UK
2024 RGB GLW Artist Editions (x20) Self-published, Glasgow, UK
2022 Strewn Taboos Self-published, Glasgow, UK
2019 Großkreisentfernung Mail Art Self-published, Berlin,  DE
2014 Hidden Places Hidden Lives Seniors Information Service, Adelaide, AU
2012 It’s not yesterday anymore PICTURE BERLIN, Berlin, DE

Teaching
2013-17 Guest Assessor, The Centre for Creative Photography, Adelaide, AU

Residency
2012 PICTURE BERLIN, Berlin, DE