Bio
Alys is a visual artist living and working in Glasgow, UK. Owen’s paintings and sculptures explore the relationships between commerce, natural forms, and non-human intelligence. Her playful approach to making artwork often incorporates workshops and processes of collaborative engagement with communities. She is a lead coordinator of the Action Research Group DURTY BEANZ. For more information on any previous or forthcoming projects, you can email her: alyscowen[at]gmail.com
Selected Exhibitions / Projects
2025 Gwenan International, Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow, UK
2024 Coalesce. Reid Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
2023 All of You. New Glasgow Society. Glasgow, UK
2020 Navel Talks, Bangkok Biennial. With The Tip Gallery (DE). Bangkok, TH
2020 Relational Grounds: A Remix of Interactivity, North Wales Contemporary, UK
2019 Next Top Model, Govan Project Space, Glasgow UK
2018 In Residence, House For An Art Lover, Glasgow UK
2018 A hole in the sky is open, The Modern Institute, Aird’s lane, Glasgow, UK
2018 LOOP, Alys Owen & Beth Shapeero SPT Subway, Glasgow International, UK
2018 Foundation Painting Show, The British Heart Foundation, Glasgow International, UK
2018 Drawing show, Glasgow Project Room, Trongate 103, Glasgow, UK
2018 Françoise Tattoo, Drawing Book Collaboration, Lisbon, PT
2017 TikTakk, Sim Gallery, Hafnarstræti 16, 101 Reykjavík, IC
2017 Alys Owen & Gwenan Davies International Bargain, 160 Hope Street, Glasgow, UK
2016 Raoul Reynolds, Art-o-rama 2016, Friche La Belle de Mai, Marseille, FR
2016 The Clinic, Out of Sight Out of Mind festival, Summerhall, Edinburgh, UK
2016 The Clinic, The Albus, Glasgow International Festival 2016, UK
2016 Raoul Reynolds, Scotland Street School Museum, Glasgow International Festival, 2016, Glasgow, UK
2014 So it is, YAKA Collective, The Laurieston Arches, Glasgow, UK
2014 Forecasting, Fabriksgatan 48, Gothenburg, SWE
2014 Le Swimming, Group Exhibition, Underground Car Park, Glasgow International Festival 2014, Glasgow, UK
2014 Gwenan International, The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, UK
2014 Lucy Donna, with Sukaina Kubba & Jenny Lewis, The Underground Car Park, Glasgow, UK
2013 Che Vuoi, Group Exhibition, The Whisky Bond, Glasgow, UK
2013 Acts of Longevity, The Briggait, Glasgow, UK
2013 1913: Rite of Spring, The Hidden Gardens, Tramway, Glasgow, UK
2013 Erotta + – us, Gothenberg & Glasgow, The Glue Factory, Glasgow, UK
2013 Gwenan International, 42 Carlton Place, Glasgow, UK
2012 Masters of Letters Exhibition, Lume Centre, Aalto University, Helsinki, FIN
20112 Masters of Letters Exhibition, Bermondsey Project Space, London, UK
2012 GSA Postgraduate Degree Show, the Lighthouse, Glasgow, UK
2012 Masters Degree Show, The Glasgow School of Art, UK