Marcus Brownlow (b. 1965, UK) lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland. Working principally with photography, code and text, Brownlow's practice occupies the interstitial space between art and science. A former biologist and data scientist, he combines scientific and artistic research methodologies to explore the nature of the photographic image in a post-photographic world.
Brownlow holds a Ph.D. from The University of Adelaide (1997) and an M. Litt. in Fine Art Practice from The Glasgow School of Art (2022).
His current practice rejects photographic realism in favour of rules-based visual abstraction. The resulting photographic images, made without human intervention, are a painterly meditation on colour, landscape and place.
Recent exhibitions include RGB GLW (Glasgow 2024); Colour (Glasgow, 2023); It's easier to breathe underground (Skopje, 2022); Strewn Taboos (Glasgow, 2022); 20x20 (Sheffield, 2020); IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS (Berlin, 2019). He completed the PICTURE BERLIN artist residency programme in 2012.
Marcus Brownlow
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Education
2022:
M. Litt. in Fine Art Practice (with Distinction). The Glasgow School of Art.
2013:
Diploma of Photoimaging. The Centre for Creative Photography, Adelaide.
1997:
Ph.D. The University of Adelaide.
1988:
B.Sc. (Hons.) First Class. The University of Adelaide.
Solo exhibitions
2024
RGB GLW, New Glasgow Society, Glasgow, Scotland.
Group exhibitions
2023:
Colour, The Glasgow Gallery of Photography. Glasgow, Scotland.
2022:
It's easier to breathe underground, Skopje, North Macedonia, curated by Ivana Mircevska.
Strewn Taboos, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland, curated by Clare Stephenson and Cicely Farrer.
2020:
20x20 at Access.space Gallery, Sheffield, England.
2019:
In Search of the Miraculous, INTERIORS TO BEING, Berlin, Germany, curated by April Gertler.
Großkreisentfernung Mail Art, tête, Berlin, Germany, curated by Marcus Brownlow.
2015:
Time, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Ballarat, Australia, curated by Paul Atkins.
2014:
Reunion, International PICTURE BERLIN Festival. Lehrter Siebzehn, Berlin, Germany.
Hidden Places Hidden Lives, Kerry Packer Civic Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia.
Film Challenge Atkins Technicolour, Adelaide, South Australia.
2012:
It's not yesterday anymore, UFO Presents, Berlin, Germany, curated by Lotte Møller.
Before Berlin, LoBe gallery, Berlin, Germany, curated by Lotte Møller.
2011:
GHOTI 13, The Light Gallery, Adelaide.
2007
GHOTI 9, The Light Gallery, Adelaide.
Publications
2024:
RGB GLW Self-published. Glasgow, Scotland.
RGB GLW Artist Editions (x20) Self-published. Glasgow, Scotland.
2022:
Strewn Taboos Self-published. Glasgow, Scotland.
2019:
Großkreisentfernung Mail Art Self-published. Berlin, Germany.
2014:
Hidden Places Hidden Lives Seniors Information Service. Adelaide, South Australia.
It's not yesterday anymore PICTURE BERLIN, Berlin, Germany.
Teaching
2013-17:
Guest Assessor, The Centre for Creative Photography, Adelaide.
Residency
2012:
PICTURE BERLIN, Berlin, Germany