Born 1955
1971 - 72 Medway College of Art - Foundation Course  
1972 - 73Maidstone College of Art - Foundation Course
1973 - 76Exeter College of Art - BA (Hons) Degree in Fine Art
1976 - 78 Reading University - postgraduate - MA Degree in Fine Art
1978 - 79Fellowship in Sculpture - Cheltenham Art College
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire College of Higher Education
1978 - 91Part-time and Associate Lecturer; Fine Art, Sculpture
Art Institutions; Art Departments in Universities nationally, including the former Humberside College of Higher Education from 1985
1991 - 98Associate Lecturer, Fine Art, Sculpture, University of Lincolnshire and Humberside
1998 - SeptAppointed Reader in Sculpture, University of Lincolnshire and Humberside
1998 - NovAwarded Title, professor of Sculpture, University of Lincolnshire and Humberside
Lives and Works in Huddersfield
Awards and Projects
1980 Yorkshire Arts Association Major Award
1983 Yorkshire Arts Association, Artist in Industry, Fellowship - Systime Computer Centre, Leeds
1985 Research Fellowship - Humberside College of Higher Education
1985 - 86Sculpture Fellowship - Yorkshire Sculpture Park
1988'Some Consolation' - Public Performance
Dance Sculpture Collaboration and residency with Gregory Nash - Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
1990'Surface Tension' - Public Performance
Dance, Sculpture, Music Collaboration with Gregory Nash and James Beirne - Leeds City Art Gallery. Commissioned by the Henry Moore Centre for the Study of Sculpture
5 x 2 New Collaborations 5 Electronic Composers 5 Choreographers.
Composer Augustin Femandez, Choreographer and Dancer Gregory Nash and Sculptor Joanna Mowbray - Sculpture 'Side by Side' No.2 - Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, London
1991'Vertigo' - Public Performance
Dance, Sculpture, Music Collaboration and residency with Sue MacLennan and Rob Worby - Ferens Art Gallery
1991 Sculpture/Dance - Public Performance. Collaboration with the Choreographer and Dancer Gregory Nash, Purcell Rooms, South Bank Centre, London
1991 - 92Henry Moore Foundation Bursary, in connection with the Yorkshire Sculpture Park
1992'Surface Tension' - Public Performance. Commissioned by the Contact Theatre, Boddington's Manchester Arts Festival and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Dance, Sculpture, Music Collaboration and residency with Gregory Nash and James Beirne. At the Contact Theatre and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park
1993Shaping Paper Dreams' - Public Performance
Dance, Sculpture, Collaboration with Gerry Turvey at Huddersfield Art Gallery
1993 Yorkshire and Humberside Arts Award
1995 Research Bursary - The University of Humberside, Hull
1997 Joanna Mowbray. Work dated from 1985 to 1997. CD-ROM published by Goodwood Sculpture Park, West Sussex, which forms part of the only exclusive CD-ROM library of contemporary British sculptors in the country
1997Research Bursary - The University of Humberside, Hull
1997Yorkshire and Humberside Arts Award
1998 Awarded the title of Professor of Sculpture - The University of Lincolnshire and Humberside
1999-2000Sculpture, Dance, Performance collaboration with Irit Bluzer, Interdiscipline Artist, Israel, Andrea Buckley, choreographer and dancer. Commissioning of Music: James Beirne. Givataim Theatre, Tel Aviv, Israel and The Arts Residence, Herzliya, Israel. Public performances in conjunction with the 'Givataim Arts Festival', October-November
1999Yorkshire Arts: Combined Arts Award, Research and Development of SPDC with Irit Bluzer and Andrea Buckley, commissioning of music: James Beirne
2000 Yorkshire Arts Award
2000 Joanna Mowbray - Selected Works 1985-2000. CD-ROM catalogue and web site, published by The EICH Gallery. Launched July 2000
Selected One Woman Exhibitions
1980 - 81Yorkshire Exhibition Circuit
1982Falmouth Art School, Gallery, Cornwall
1982Smith Art Gallery, Brighouse, West Yorkshire
1984 Bretton Hall College, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield
1984 Heslington Hall, University of York
1985Huddersfield Art Gallery, West Yorkshire
1986Installation of Sculpture - Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Bretton Hall, West Bretton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
1988Mappin Art Gallery - Sheffield
1990 Leeds City Art Gallery
1991Ferens Art Gallery - Hull
1995 - 1996'Joanna Mowbray - New Steel Sculpture and Drawings'. The Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Bretton Hall, West Bretton, Wakefield
1998The Atrium Gallery, Coopers and Lybrand, 1 Embankment Place, London
2000The Ferens Art Gallery, Hull. Exhibition of Sculpture in conjunction with Professorial Lecture at the Ferens Art Gallery; University of Lincolnshire and Humberside, Hull School of Art and Design, 2 Feb - 20 Feb. Lecture - 2 Feb
2000The European Illustration Gallery, Hull. 'Incisions and Recesses' Exhibition of Drawings, 27 March - 20 April
2000The Bruton Gallery, Leeds. 'Incisions and Recesses'. 26 July - 25 August
2000The Givataim Theatre, Tel Aviv, Israel. Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings in conjunction with Sculpture, Dance, Performance collaboration. October-November
2000Al Wasiti Art Centre, East Jerusalem. Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawing. 20 September - 15 October
Group Exhibitions
1979Cheltenham Group Artists, Cheltenham Art Gallery, Gloucestershire
1980Yorkshire Arts Association Award Winners, St. Paul's Art Gallery, Leeds
1982Bluecoat Summer Sculpture Exhibition, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
1983Joanna Mowbray and Jenny West, 'Manor House', Ilkley, West Yorkshire
1983 - 84Arts in Industry Exhibition, The Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield and tour
1984'Paper Trails' - an exhibition of artists working with the medium of paper - Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
1986'Open Air Sculpture Exhibition', Lincoln, Hull and Scunthorpe, 1986
1986'3rd Generation Women Sculptors', Canterbury Arts Festival
1987 'Sculpture in Scarborough: June 1987', Scarborough Art Gallery
1987 'Four Artists from Huddersfield', Hotel de Ville, Besancon, France
1987 'New Art in Yorkshire', Leeds
1987 - 88 Kirklees Artists Exhibition - Huddersfield Art Gallery, West Yorkshire
1992'On the Brink? Four Contemporary Women Sculptors' - The University Gallery, Leeds. In conjunction with the International Art Historians Conference, titled: Subversions/Objects
1992 - 93BP Re-Vision: New Challenges in Contemporary Art, Greenwich Citizens Gallery and tour
1996Cadzow Glen Sculpture Park commissions
Exhibition of Sculpture Commission proposals. Hamilton Town Centre, Scotland
1996 - 2001 New Art Centre Sculpture Park at Roche Court, Salisbury, Wiltshire
1996 - 2001Yorkshire Sculpture Park - Sculpture 'Beyond and Within' sited in the park. (Originally part of the exhibition 'New Steel Sculpture and Drawings' 1995 - 96 at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park)
1997'Exported' - Southern Cross University, Australia
1997 A major retrospective exhibition of '30 Years of Cheltenham Fine Art Fellows, 1967 - 1997'. Cheltenham and Gloucestershire College of Higher Education
1998 'Mail Art Exhibition', Ekaterinburg. Union of Artists Gallery, Ekaterinburg, RUSSIA
1998 YSP Collection, to coincide with Artranspennine 98. Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield
1998 'Art at 100', Hammerson, 100 Park Lane, London
1998 ART futures. An exhibition, organised by the Contemporary Art Society. The Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, London SE 1
1999 Art in Northern Churches - Hartlepool Art Gallery, Church Square, Hartlepool. Group Exhibition: Joanna Mowbray; Steve Hines; Pete Symonds
The exhibition then toured eleven church venues throughout the northern region until December 1999
1999 Manchester Academy of Arts 140th Annual Open Exhibition 1999. Invited to exhibit a work, as a Guest Selector, Bury Art Gallery and Museum
2000 'The Music Show', Bruton Gallery, Leeds 5th April - 17th May
Commissions
1984 Systime Computer Centre. Leeds
1988 'Some Consolation'. Dance, Sculpture, Collaboration with Gregory Nash - Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield. Commissioned by Mike Tooby - Curator of the Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
1989 Halifax Building Society
Permanently Sited Outdoor Sculpture for the Data and Distribution Centre, Copley, Halifax
1990 'Surface Tension'
Dance, Sculpture, Music Collaboration. Leeds City Art Gallery. Commissioned by Terry Friedman - Director of the Henry Moore Centre for the Study of Sculpture
1991 'Vertigo'
Dance, Sculpture, Music Collaboration. Commissioned by Louise Carlson - Curator of the Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
1992 'Surface Tension' (Version No 2)
Dance, Sculpture, Music Collaboration. Commissioned by the Contact Theatre, Boddington's Manchester Arts Festival and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park
1994'Roadworks'
Design proposals and maquette for Sculpture Commission. Hare Street Roundabout, Bilston, Wolverhampton, Bilston Art Gallery
1996'Cadzow Glen Sculpture Park Commissions'
Design proposals and maquette for Sculpture Commission
1996 97 Public Arts, The Orangery, Wakefield.
Design proposals - The Exterior Gardens
1996 - 97 Centro - The West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive, Birmingham.
Design proposals - Tamebridge Gateway Sculptures
Collections
1980 Leeds City Art Gallery, Schools Art Loan Service
1982 Calderdale Museums Service
1982 Arthur Haigh Collection
1982 Educational Centre for Calderdale
1983 John Hall Collection
1983 Huddersfield Art Gallery
1985 Provident Financial Group, Bradford
1987 Arthur Anderson Collection
1989 Halifax Building Society
1996 Yorkshire Sculpture Park Collection (on loan)
1998 Yolande Szredzki - Private collection, London
2000 Private collection, Luxembourg