Mark Rowden

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Mark Rowden (born in 1979) is an Australian printmaker.

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Training

Rowden was born in Margate, England and received a Bachelor of Arts at the National Art School, [1] Sydney. He trained and worked under Master Printer Diana Davidson at Whaling Road studios, [2] one of Sydney oldest fine art editioning studios. He printed the first ever prints of Adam Cullen [3] and Mclean Edwards, [4] he worked with some notable artist Charles Blackman, Martin Sharp & Peter Kingston

Exhibitions

He has shown throughout sydney and Melbourne, and is represented by PG gallery, Melbourne.

  1. Mark Rowden. "National Art School)", Mastered in Printmaking 2000.
  2. Whaling Road Studios. "Diana Davidson – Whaling Road Studios", State Library. Retrieved 2005.
  3. Adam Cullen "First suite of etchings", Printed by Diana Davidson and Mark Rowden. Retrieved March 2000.
  4. Mclean Edwards. "Mark Rowden, Master Printer", Winged Lion Press.

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