About
Alistair Fowler (he/him) is an award winning, exhibiting artist, based across Melbourne Naarm and the Daylesford Macedon Ranges region, on Wurundjeri and Dja Dja Wurrung Country, respectively.
Inspired by his love of the natural world.
Alistair’s work often reflects the fragility and patchwork nature of the human condition.
Evoking emotive feelings of familiar with a sense of play.
With a background in building and antique conservation, Alistair’s attention to detail is reflected in his trademark fantastical creatures and unique glaze finishes.
Alistair works across a range of mediums, including ceramics, drawing, painting and woodwork, often incorporating up cycled materials and found items into his work, centring his practise around ceramic sculptures.
Alistair also raises awareness through his exhibition pieces for marginalised peoples, climate crises and endangered species.
Alistair's artwork is held in private collections across Australia, parts of Europe, Asia, Maroondah City Council, St Kevins College Toorak and The Victorian State Library.
AUTONOMY -Purchased by The Victorian State Library, March 2024.
Awards, Prizes~
Flinders Art Show Prize winner 2024, (Donated by Flinders General Store)
Highly Commended Award ~ Eltham Art Show 3D 2024.
29th Annual Mayoral Art Exhibition, Maroondah City Council acquisition prize 2024.
Special Mention Prize ~ Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2024.
Association of Sculptors of Victoria, Sculpture Prize.
Winner ~ Queerthentic Reginal Art Prize 2024
Best Non Functional Item Ceramics-Melbourne Royal 2023
Special award-Best Exhibit Ceramics-Melbourne Royal 2023
Very Highly Commended Award-Melbourne Royal 2023
Community Choice Award. Redtrospective 20 Year Art Prize-Red Gallery 2022
Prize winner ~ Sculpture Now-Yarra Sculpture Gallery members show 2022.
Best Non Functional Item Ceramics-Melbourne Royal 2022.
Special award-Best Exhibit Ceramics-Melbourne Royal 2022.
Exhibitions ~ Solo ~ Group Shows
The Brunswick Street Gallery
Hut Gallery
Apollo Bay Art Show
The Old Auction House
Toorak Village Sculptures
Post Gallery
AGRA Gallery
APC Art Show Finalist
FortyFive Downstairs Gallery
East Gippsland Art Gallery
Red Gallery
Alternating Current Art Space Gallery
The Royal Melbourne Show
Yarra Sculpture Gallery
SOL Gallery
Warrandyte Pottery Expo-Clay Connect
Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show. (Gallery & Sculpture Garden.)
Solo exhibition - Sol Gallery Fitzroy
Victorian Artists Society VAS
LOT19 Spring Sculpture Prize
Mc Clelland Sculpture Park and Gallery
Finalist-No Vacancy Gallery-Midsumma and Australia Post Award 2024.
Finalist-Trails Sculpture Prize 2024.
Maroonda Federation Estate Gallery.
Quadrant Gallery.
Toorak Village Sculpture Finalist 2024
Eltham Art Show Finalist 2024
Flinders Art Show Finalist 2024
Off The Kerb, End of Year Award Finalist 2024
Linden Postcard Show Finalist 2024
Midsumma Group show Sol Gallery 2025
Midsumma Nights Dream Exhibition, Artemisia Gallery 2025
Solo Midsumma Exhibition, Forever Fabulous, Forever Queer 2025
Omnia Art Prize Finalist 2025
Solo-Another Quiet Protest tour, Old Auction House Gallery Kyneton 2025
TBH Studio Ballarat
Solo-Another Quiet Protest tour, Montsalvat Eltham 2025
ASV awards finalist, VAS Gallery East Melbourne 2025
Solo-August. Mutts-A celebration of dogs. Artemisia Gallery 2025.
Liminal Art Prize finalist 2025
Linden Postcard Show finalist 2025
Solo-November. Another Quiet Protest tour. Pride Centre 2025.
Workshops/Learnings~
Ros Epstein & Rhona Gaitz - Ros Epstein Pottery Studio
Vally Potters
Emma J V Parker
Ri Van Veen
Marlize Myburgh - My studio
James Lemon
Jack Latti
Ilona Toposcsanyi - Cone 11
Alistair Whyte (R.I.P.)
Pie Bolton - The Kiln Room
Rob Barron - Goose Neck Pottery
Sales Outlets~
https://www.artemisgallery.com.au/stockroom-artists
https://www.clayfire.com.au/collections/alistair-fowler
Ballarat Gallery Shop
Storehouse St Kilda
Professional Memberships~
NAVA
Association of Sculptors of Victoria
Contemporary Sculptors Association (CSA)
MAVA.
