<p dir="ltr">Visitors to MIRROR are invited to take a seat, listen to the audio and begin to notice how narratives within the exhibition collide and cross over, beginning with an egg bursting in a bap. Sound within the gallery bears witness to events from different perspectives and viewpoints, with a series of glass and welded metal sculptural works poised around the outer perimeter of the gallery.</p> <p dir="ltr">Artist Harriet Bowman said: “I want visitors to experience the sense of something unfolding, just out of sight, to think about what is happening below the surface, to get the sense that everywhere we look and listen, something is close to rupturing.”</p> <p dir="ltr">During the afterparty on 28 March, Minerva Café will be serving egg baps in limited edition wrapping by the artist.<br /></p>

<p dir="ltr">Harriet Bowman is a multidisciplinary artist born in North Devon and currently living and working in Bristol with a studio at Spike Island. Recent exhibitions include ‘Maybe they had an urgent call’ (Touring), Exeter Phoenix, Exeter;<em> ‘</em>Maybe they had an urgent call’ (Touring), VOLT, Eastbourne; ‘All Round-er (sad sale)’, Spike Island, Bristol; ‘putting my foot down’, OUTPOST, Norwich; Text included TACO! DreamsTimeFree publication and ART LICKS city edition.</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Harriet was awarded Arts Council England DYCP grant in 2021; Parenting Artist Residency, Cow House Studios, Wexford. She has recently been nominated and is recipient of a Henry Moore Foundation Artist Award; is part of the Axis Fellowship cohort, selected for The Cornwall Workshop, Kestle Barton and a WEVAA Research and Development Bursary. Harriet is a Lecturer on the UWE BA Fine Art course and a trustee for Spike Island.<br /></p>

<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.aup.ac.uk/people/hannah-rose">Hannah Rose</a>Harriet works between writing and sculpture, shifting between a material-led practice and written works that accompany, are performed alongside or stand in for sculpture. In her writing, she focuses on non-human character development, giving human qualities to inanimate or micro-organisms to build relationships to other life forms that could exist in an alternate world. The writing is punctuated with detailed descriptions of materials and their processes, for example the tanning process of leather that goes on to form a car seat.</p> <p dir="ltr">Curator of MIRROR, Hannah Rose said: “Over the last year, Harriet has been working closely with our fantastic glass technicians to develop her sculptural practice, learning new techniques to create a new series of exciting works in glass. Alongside this she has formed a collaboration with <a href="https://www.aup.ac.uk/people/neil-rose">Neil Rose</a> (BA (Hons) Film &amp; Screen Arts Course Leader and sound specialist) to transform her writing practice into a new immersive audio work. It’s so exciting to see how opening up our incredible facilities to artists can be transformative for their practices. Harriet has really embraced this and run with it!” <br /></p>

<p dir="ltr">Harriet Bowman is one of two artists selected for the <a href="https://mirrorplymouth.com/projects/south-west-showcase" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">South West Showcase</a> (SWS) 2024. SWS is a recurring open call platform, established in 2013, showcasing artists from across the South West region. The showcase aims to support artists working and living in the South West through a year-long programme of mentoring and support with an exhibition outcome; presenting a long-term commitment to profiling and supporting the practices of artists in this region.</p> <p dir="ltr">MIRROR is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm, Saturday from 9am to 1pm, and closed on Sundays. It is free to visit MIRROR.<br /></p>