Nina Mae Fowler

Born London, UK, 1981
Lives and works in Norfolk

EDUCATION
2000 – 2003 Bachelor of Fine Art: Sculpture
Brighton University, East Sussex

REPRESENTED BY
The Cob Gallery, London
Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris

AFFILIATED GALLERIES
Kalkman, Maastricht

  • 2024 — Sleeping Beauties, The Beaumont Collection, commissioned by Hotel Beaumont, Maastricht

  • 2024 - Snails and Oysters, 15 April — 18 May, Cob Gallery, London

    2023 - Just a little piece of leather, stripped off the skin of life, Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris

    2021 - COMING HOME: Sir Ridley Scott, Laing Art Gallery in partnership with the National Portrait Gallery

    2019 - If you don't want my peaches..., Cob Gallery, London

    2019 - Luminary Drawings, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

    2018 - Who wants to see a dame go blind?, artnow Gallery, Berlin, Germany

    2018 – Death Takes A Holiday, Silencio, Paris, Cob Gallery and Drawing Now

    2017 - While I'm Still Warm, The Cob Gallery, London

    2017 - The Day Cary Came To Norwich, The Fairhurst Gallery, Norwich

    2014 – The Lure of Collapse, Galerie Dukan, Leipzig

    2013 – That's Right Mister....? Cob Gallery, London

    2011 – It's Just My Funny Way of Dancing: Parts I-XIII, Lazarides, London

    2011 – A Real Allegory: Parts I & II, Dukan Hourdequin, Paris

  • 2024 - This Person Does Not Exist, RNat5A Rob and Nick Carter, London

    2024 - The Incorrigible Drawing Clüb 2, Ladies Drawing Club, Online Exhibition

    2023 - Je ne suis pas ce que tu vois de moi, group show, Fondation Francès, Paris

    2023 - The One Moment, Joint exhibition with Edith Held, Artnow Gallery, Berlin

    2022 - Artist Mothers & Other Parents, TJ Boulting Gallery, London

    2022 - Group show, artnow Gallery, Berlin

    2020 - De Anima: Nina Mae Fowler | Casper Sejersen, Cob Gallery

    2020 - Drawing Wow 2, curated by Anna Gille, Philip Loersch, Tim Plamper, Berlin, Germany

    2020 - Art Deco by the Sea - Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Museum Shop, Norwich

    2020 - Picture Palace, Transition Gallery, London

    2019 - The Most Powerful Woman In The Universe, Gallery 46, London

    2019 - Through The Looking Glass, Cob Gallery, London

    2018 - New Work Part III: SUBJECT, Cob Gallery, London

    2017 - UNSEEN Between Worlds, artnow Gallery, Hamburg

    2017 – Under Influence, curated by Michaela K. Kühn, Galerie Dukan, Leipzig

    2016 - Debut 7, artnow Gallery, Berlin

    2016 - White on White, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Springs, USA

    2016 - Drawn, curated by Guy Noble, University College London Hospital

    2014 – Pastiche, Parody & Piracy, The Cob Gallery, London

    2014 – Artists of the Colony Room (1948- 2008), England & Co, London

    2013 – Starke Frauen, Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, Germany

    2013 – Young Masters, Focus on the Figure in Art, Cynthia Courbett, London

    2013 – In Dreams, Cob Gallery, London

    2012 – Young Masters, Sphinx Fine Arts + Cynthia Courbett, London

    2012 – Savorr VIII, Savorr Collective, Norwich

    2012 – Hors Les Murs, Drawing Now, Paris

    2012 – Face Value, Contémporary by Angela Li, Hong Kong

    2011 – Anatomy, Guts For Garters, Cob Gallery, London

    2010 – Winter Exhibition, Lazarides, London

    2010 – New Entries, Dukan Hourdequin, Marseille

    2008 – Soho Society, Lazarides Gallery, London

    2008 – Don't Stop Me Now - The Body Beyond Death, Trolley Gallery, London

  • 2024 - Drawing Now, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris

    2023 - Drawing Now, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris

    2022 - Art The Hague, Kalkman Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands

    2022 - Drawing Now, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris

    2021 - Positions, artnow Gallery, Berlin, Germany

    2019 - Draw Art Fair, Cob Gallery, London, UK

    2017 - ST-ART, Galerie Dukan, Strasbourg, France

    2017 - Young International Art Fair, Galerie Dukan, Paris, France

    2017 - Art Market Budapest, Milestone Institute, Budapest, Hungary

    2017 - ART The Hague, Galerie Dukan, The Hague, Netherlands

    2017 - Drawing Now, Galerie Dukan, Paris, France

    2014 – Art Southampton, Cynthia Courbett, Miami, USA

    2014 – Drawing Now FRESH (solo), The Cob Gallery, Paris

    2013 – Art Miami, Cynthia Courbett, USA

    2013 – Art13 (solo), Galerie Dukan, London

    2012 – Drawing Now (Hors Les Murs), Dukan Hourdequin, Paris

    2012 – Contemporary Istanbul, Dukan Hourdequin, Turkey

    2011 – Scope, Dukan Hourdequin, New York

    2011 – Drawing Now, Dukan Hourdequin, Paris

    2010 – Drawing Now, Dukan Hourdequin, Paris

    2010 – Scope, Dukan Hourdequin, Basel

    2009 – Dock's Art Fair (solo) Dukan Hourdequin, Lyon 

  • The National Portrait Gallery, London

    Colección Al Limite, Santiago, Chile

    Imago Mundi, Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche

    Try-Me Collection, Richmond, Virginia, USA

    Groucho Club, London

    Soho House Group, London

    New College, Oxford University, UK

    Bailliol College, Oxford University, UK

    Magdalene College, Oxford University, UK

    Fondation Francès, France

  • 2016 - ING The Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary Award (shortlist)

    2015 – Jerwood Drawing Prize (shortlist)

    2014 – Aesthetica Art Prize (longlist)

    2014 – DRAWING NOW Award (shortlist)

    2012 – The Young Masters Prize (shortlist)

    2010 – Jerwood Drawing Prize (shortlist)

    2008 – BP Portrait Prize (shortlist)

  • 2023 - This Person Does Not Exist, Exhibition catalogue, foreword by Paul Carey Kent

    2023 - an end to a kind of loneliness, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve

    2022 - How Not To Exclude Artist Mothers (And Other Parents) by Hettie Judah, Published by Lund Humphries

    2020 - Ruined Finery: Nina Mae Fowler, published by Cob Gallery

    2020 - England: Talking of Art, Published by Imago Mundi and La Fábrica

    2019 - Only Artists, Nina Mae Fowler meets Nick Park, BBC Radio 4

    2018 - Who wants to see a dame go blind? Published by artnow Gallery

    2017 - While I'm Still Warm, Published by Cob Gallery, London

    2015 - Measuring Elvis: Nina Mae Fowler, Published by Cob Gallery, London

    2015 - The Groucho Club, Penguin Random House UK

    2015 - Nina Fowler - Works, Published by Dadiani Fine Arts

    2013 – Starke Frauen, exhibition catalogue, Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg

    2010 – Valentino's Funeral, Artists Publication, Dukan Hourdequin, Marseille

  • View all selected press and publications here.

    2022 - How Not to Exclude Artist Mothers (and other parents), Hettie Judah, Published by Lund Humphries

    2022 - Art Salon - I Walk Alone, Felix Brosius

    2022 - Elevated Magazines, Cinema Portraits

    2021 - Cultured Magazine, Final Fantasy, p176-179

    2020 - Soho House Magazine, House Notes, Kate Bryan on the art world in action

    2020 - Arty - Makeup, Issue 43, p.10

    2019 - Pure Filth, Issue 001, published by Sam Harris

    2019 - Soho House Magazine, House Notes

    2019 - Face to Face, National Portrait Gallery Members Magazine

    2019 - The Art Newspaper, Watching the directors

    2019 - The Evening Standard, Portrait of a favourite film? Draw your own conclusion

    2019 - Art Daily, National Portrait Gallery unveils newly commissioned portraits

    2018 - LONDNR Magazine, Nina Mae Fowler - Origin Stories

    2017 - Arte Al Limite, Demystifying Hollywood on a Large Scale

    2017 - Evening Standard - Catch Marlon Brando in the shower...

    2016 - Arty - Isolation Chamber Vacation, Issue 37, p.31

    2016 - Observer Magazine, We Love, 26 March 2016, p.6

    2016 - Vanity Fair, (on gifts), Condé Nast, p.46

    2015 - Evening Standard, Nina Mae Fowler draws from Hollywood's Golden Age

    2015 - Art in Private Places, F22 Magazine, issue 17, p.24

    2015 - Interview, Future Dreams Magainze, p.20

    2014 – Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology, p.24

    2014 – Eastern Daily Press, Wartime Role of Hollywood Star is Cast Again, 9 Sept

    2014 – Le Quotidien De L’Art,Drawing Now Fair, 26 March

    2013 – Mythiq 27, exhibition catalogue, Gotham.lab, p103

    2013 – Main Echo Aschaffenburg, Glamour, Glitz and the Everday, Kultur, 27 July

    2013 – Event Magazine (The Mail on Sunday) 28th April

    2013 – Charlotte Cripps, Everyone's Talking About, The i paper, 12 Feb

    2013 – An Appetite For Wonder: The Making of a Scientist, Richard Dawkins

    2013 – Carla Borel, In Focus, F22 Magazine, issue 09 Jan/Feb

    2012 – Young Masters, exhibition catalogue, p.13

    2012 – C.Cripps, One To Watch, The Independent, Radar 27 Oct.

    2012 – TANK, The Precious Paradigm, Volume 7 issue 6.

    2011 – Livia Lüthi, L'Envers Du Décor, Les Lettres & Les Arts, No. 10 Oct.

    2011 – 500 Portraits, National Portrait Gallery

    2010 – Jerwood Drawing Prize, Catalogue, p.37

    2009 – R.Azimi, Une foire qui prend ses marques, Le Journal des Arts, No. 310 Oct.

    2009 – Soho Society, Bernie Katz, Quartet Press, London, p.21

    2008 – BP Portrait Award, exhibition catalogue, p.18

    2005 – Eva Wiseman, Introducing..., Observer magazine, August.