Zillah Bowes

Zillah Bowes is a filmmaker and multi-disciplinary artist working across film, photography, poetry and installation. Her work frequently explores the relationship between the individual and the natural environment. She has received the British Journal of Photography International Photography Award, Museum Wales Purchase Prize, Zealous: Amplify Environment and Aesthetica York Minster New Talent Award. She was awarded the Future Wales Fellowship (2023-25) and commissioned by the Welsh Parliament.

Her work is held in collections including Museum Wales and the Welsh Parliament, and has been featured in The Guardian, Aesthetica Magazine, It’s Nice That, NOWNESS, BBC, and Disney+ .

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Exhibtions: Aesthetica Art Prize Showcase, York, 2022-2025; ‘Sweet Loss’, Airside, Hong Kong, 2024; ‘Change Horses Midstream’ Hypha (HQ), London, 2024; New Collections Gallery, National Museum Wales, Cardiff, 2023; British Journal of Photography, Seen Fifteen, London, 2022; ‘Gwawr / Dawn’, Welsh Parliament, 2021; Residencies: Hypha Studios x Mason & Fifth, London, 2023; Jerwood Arts x g39 UNITe, Cardiff, 2022; Arts Council of Wales, Elan Valley, 2019.