Daisy Billowes

Available Works

Biography

Daisy Billowes is a Manx-based artist raised in Athens & the UK. She studied Fine Art at Newcastle University (2015) and Print at the Royal College of Art, London (2017).

Daisy’s practice explores themes of mythology, folklore, and the female narrative through a multi-disciplinary approach, including painting and drawing. She has been Longlisted for the Jackson’s Art Prize and was recently included in ‘Dolce Far Ninete’, an exhibition by Vittoria Beltrame with myma. She was awarded a grant by the Manx Art Council to make a new body of work focusing on local folklore and mythology. In early 2024, she undertook a residency with Studio Umami on the Isle of Man, following her participation in Unit 1 Gallery Workshop’s Radical Residency VII in London (2022).

Education

MA, Royal College of Art, 2015-2017

BA, Newcastle University, 2011-2015

Exhibitions

selected shows

Myo New Street Square, London, 8 Jan- 31 May 2024
100 from 100, London, The Art Office, London, Dec 23 - January 24
’Entrevues’, Anncey, France, October 2023
The Other Art Fair, London, October 2023
’she used to be a troubled type’, Foraging Vintners, Isle of Man, May 2023
‘Insights Inside’, Annecy, France, March 2023
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London, November 2022
’four disproportionately sized chambers’, The Stone Space, Leytonstone, London, March 2020 (solo)
Exceptional, The Collyer Bristow Graduate Art Award, 7th November - 19th February 2019
Signature Art Prize Shortlist Exhibition, Somerset House, London, November 2018
Reckless Rawness, Coleman Project Space, London, 22nd June - 14th July 2019 (duo)
RCA Graduate Show 2017, Dyson Gallery, RCA, London, June 2017
Output, CPG Gallery, London, 2017