jeff lowe
Internationally acclaimed British sculptor, Jeff Lowe has lived and
worked in London and Portugal since the early 1970's. His sculptures
have been exhibited worldwide. Solo shows include the Serpentine
Gallery, (London) Centro Cultural, (Portugal), Centre for Contemporary
Art (Australia), Trem Gallery (Portugal), MAAK Gallery (London) and
recently at the Robert Steele Gallery, (New York).
Most recently Lowe participated in the '1979' show at Bloomberg Space,
London which focused on the first British Art Show of the that year.
Selected group exhibitions include Hayward Gallery, (London) Ikon
Gallery, (Birmingham), Gallery Josine Bockhoven, (Amsterdam), Bodo
Niemann Gallery (Berlin), Galeria Internacional de Arte (Portugal) and
the National Gallery (Melbourne).
Lowe won the Pollock-Krasner Award, New York in 1993 and consequently
was shortlisted for Hakoni Prize, Japan 1994; other awards include the
Greater London Arts Award (1976), and the Sainsbury Award (1975). Lowe
was an artist in residence at Mermer Stone Quarry, Yugoslavia, (1976)
and Praham College, Melbourne, Australia (1977). Public Collections
include Leicester Education Authority, Arts Council England,
Contemporary Arts Society, Channel 4 Television and the National
Gallery, Austrailia. He studied at Leicester College of Art (1970-72)
and St. Martin's School of Art (1971-75).
Jeff Lowe taught part-time in many Art Schools including Reading
University, Canterbury College of Art, and Nottingham School of Art as
well as the advanced course at St. Martins School of Art and concluded
his teaching in 1995 in order to concentrate fully on his own work.
He initiated the widely acclaimed 'Greenwich Artists Studios' in 1975
and started encouraging artists to join the Live/Work warehouses in
Havelock Walk, Forest Hill in 1995.
In the last 3 years he has expanded his living and working environment
in Portugal. This has been featured in many publications. The
Live/Work warehouse at Six Havelock Walk was also designed and
completed during the same period.
Jeff Lowe is currently working on smaller scale works in his studio in
Havelock Walk and in Portugal. He has recently taken on a 10,000 sqft
warehouse in order to realise a series of 15 large cast sculptures in
Iron, Aluminum and Bronze.
