Exhibitions

“Soft”
August – December 2025
West Gallery, Quay Arts Centre, Isle of Wight
National Bienniale Open

“Portfolio”
October/November 2024
West Gallery, Quay Arts Centre, Isle of Wight, UK
A group show celebrating the artists who have been tutors on the Portfolio course run by Quay Arts.

“Do Androids Dream” (BEEP 2024-25)
April – September 2025
Oriel Croesor, Hen Bryn, Croesor, Wales
Group exhibition, selected work from BEEP 2024 exhibitions at Elysium Gallery, Swansea and University of Aberystwyth, Wales. Curated by Theo Shields and Noelle Griffiths, featuring artistic responses to the unnerving AI-generated text by DeepSinkR1. “What do we say to the machine that claims to possess all knowledge, or more importantly, what optimism and hope can we offer to the world of artists?”

“I don’t want to live in a world without love”
November/December 2024, Feb- April 2025
Elysium Gallery, Swansea, and University of Aberystwyth, Wales
BEEP Biennial Painting Prize. Each selected artist created a piece inspired by an unwanted 7 inch single. Barbara’s single was “This is tomorrow” by Bryan Ferry. The exhibition toured to University of Aberystwyth, Feb-April 2025.

“Via Vitae” 
September 2024
Clayden Gallery, Quay Arts and Quarr Abbey, Isle of WIght. Group show by The Ryde Art Collective. Each artist responded to Quarr Abbey, a Benedictine monastery and the monk’s way of life (via vitae).

Barbara Gowan and Fiona Schindler
March 2023
Acons Gallery, Monkton Arts, Ryde, Isle of Wight