Bio:

Vernon Bowden is an artist jeweller working in Australia and New Zealand.  His work has been shown in numerous Australian galleries including the Jam Factory, Manly Art Gallery, Rockhampton Art Gallery, Grafton Regional Gallery, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery and various Sydney galleries as well as being selected for the North Sydney Art Prize.  Internationally he has exhibited at Imperial War Museum, London;  Sieraad Jewellery Art Fair and Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem, Netherlands; and has been selected twice for Legnicia International Jewellery Competition in Poland.  He was the artist in residence at Te Auaha, visual arts department 2019-20. He has taught jewellery design at the Enmore Design Centre in Sydney and Whitirea in Wellington, New Zealand.