Dan Bowhay is a photographic artist working in the United Kingdom. His practice encompasses photography and moving image with a focus on installation. Much of Bowhay’s practice is autobiographical, with recent projects focusing on his disability through a personal, social, and political lens.
Bowhay’s projects ‘Between These Times’ and ‘Visual Un-impairment’ explore his visual impairment and how this affects his ongoing relationship with the world around him. In other projects, Bowhay explores the relationship between architecture and its communities, reframing photographic archives and their narratives, and his documentary works examine spaces and environments that are less familiar.
Interviews with him discussing his recent project, ‘Between These Times’, have been featured on BBC South Today and ITV Meridian, on various BBC Radio stations, and in a number of printed and online papers. An image from the project has also been shortlisted for The Penn Berkeley Prize. His work has been exhibited in Aberrations Collective’s exhibitions in BEAF’s B.A.D. Gallery in Bournemouth and at Copeland Gallery in London. He has also taken part in a residency program with the Bournemouth Underground Gallery (TheBUG), with an exhibition in 2024.
Exhibitions
2026
Upcoming: 19 Jan 2026 - 2 Apr 2026
Shutter Hub Pop-Up Photobook Library
Shutter Hub
CRASSH (Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities), Alison Richard Building, Cambridge University
2025
Southwest Graduate Photography Prize
Fotonow CIC, Plymouth
2025
'Art as Refuge' Conference
Outside In
The New Art Gallery Walsall
2025
The Penn Berkeley Prize Exhibition
Bridgy Gallery
2025
AUB BA (Hons) Photography Graduate Show
Aberrations Collective
Copeland Gallery
2025
Undergraduate Summer Shows 2025
Aberrations Collective
Arts University Bournemouth
2025
AUB Level 6 Work in Progress Exhibition
Aberrations Collective
Boscombe Arts Depot
2024
'Site - Sententia'
Summer Residency Exhibition
Bournemouth Underground Gallery
2024
AUB Level 5 End of Year Exhibition
Aberrations Collective
The Avenue, Bournemouth
2022
Level 4 Foundation in Art and Design - End of Year Show
Barton Peveril College
Awards
2025
Southwest Graduate Photography Prize
Shortlisted
2025
Outside In
Artist of the Month - September
2025
The Penn Berkeley Prize
Shortlist
Collections
2025
Wellcome Collection
‘Between These Times’ Photobook
Talks
2025
Art as Refuge Conference
New Art Gallery Walsall
Residencies
2024
Bournemouth Underground Gallery (TheBUG)
Summer residency
In Press
2025
Dan Bowhay photographs the “factual reality” of being a disabled passenger on public transport
Its Nice That
2025
BBC South Today
Discussing ‘Between These Times’
2025
'AUB student travels 850 miles on buses to highlight challenges faced by disabled bus pass users'
Arts University Bournemouth
2025
ITV Meridian
Discussing ‘Between These Times’
2025
ITV Tyne Tees
Featuring ‘Between These Times’
2025
BBC Radio 5 Live Drivetime, BBC Radio Solent Breakfast, BBC Radio Solent Dorset Breakfast
Discussing ‘Between These Times’
2025
“Bournemouth disabled student travels more than 850 miles across 10 days on public buses”
BBC, ITV, Independent, Bournemouth Echo
2024
'Representing monocular and binocular vision in photography'
Arts University Bournemouth
Education
2022 - 2025
Arts University Bournemouth – BA (Hons) Photography
First Class
2021 - 2022
Barton Peveril College – UAL Level 4 Foundation in Art and Design
Distinction

