Surya Bowyer Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

AHRC-funded placement working with the Science Museum's art collections and exhibitions.* Co-delivered an online tour of highlights from the museum's Art Collection, with an accompanying online exhibition. For Art UK. Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrdGdTzunoY / Exhibition: https://artuk.org/discover/curations/art-unlocked-science-museum * Part of a team of 4 across the curatorial & interpretation departments of the museum, working on a special exhibition on Versailles & Science.… Show more AHRC-funded placement working with the Science Museum's art collections and exhibitions.* Co-delivered an online tour of highlights from the museum's Art Collection, with an accompanying online exhibition. For Art UK. Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrdGdTzunoY / Exhibition: https://artuk.org/discover/curations/art-unlocked-science-museum * Part of a team of 4 across the curatorial & interpretation departments of the museum, working on a special exhibition on Versailles & Science. Conducted object research, developed interpretation, and wrote exhibition labels. Also worked on loan justification and administration. * Researched long-term artwork loan options for the forthcoming Energy Revolution permanent gallery. * Co-developed permanent displays of art across the museum site. * Improved interpretation of works of art on display from the permanent collection. Show less

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

* Taught seminars in the history of art, within Birkbeck's School of Historical Studies. * Created my own class plans and structures from scratch. * Gave 1:1 feedback and support to students. * Chose to pick up the organisation and chairing of a reading group on Racial Capitalism, after the colleague who intended to run it went on sick leave.

* Curator of permanent exhibition: Ties Through Time. Photographic exhibition of 232 images dating from 1880 to the recent past. Exhibition visited by HRH The Duke of Gloucester. I led the exhibition project from initial conception to delivery, collaborating with design firm (Bisset Adams) and manufacturers (MX Design) to ensure a high quality presentation of assets. * Editor & project manager of new book charting the 450-year history of the school: facilitating use of assets from QE… Show more * Curator of permanent exhibition: Ties Through Time. Photographic exhibition of 232 images dating from 1880 to the recent past. Exhibition visited by HRH The Duke of Gloucester. I led the exhibition project from initial conception to delivery, collaborating with design firm (Bisset Adams) and manufacturers (MX Design) to ensure a high quality presentation of assets. * Editor & project manager of new book charting the 450-year history of the school: facilitating use of assets from QE Collections in the book, negotiating publishing contract, editing manuscript. Show less

Arts and Humanities Research Council funded research group for collaborative doctoral students working in the fields of histories of collecting and institutions. Organised a public programme of events including industry-leading guest speakers, research discussions, and a conference event hosted at the Science Museum. Gained experience hosting public events online and in-person, as well as all the behind-the-scenes administrative work needed for events programming.

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Curator of the exhibition Paper Cuts: Art, Bureaucracy, and Silenced Histories in Colonial India. Peltz Gallery, 25 April - 12 July 2024. * Led project from initial conception in 2022 to opening in 2024, including an accompanying events programme. * Independently fundraised to deliver project. * Worked in collaboration with Peltz Gallery, lending institutions, and the two exhibited contemporary artists. * Hosted and taught visiting students from Central Saint Martins… Show more Curator of the exhibition Paper Cuts: Art, Bureaucracy, and Silenced Histories in Colonial India. Peltz Gallery, 25 April - 12 July 2024. * Led project from initial conception in 2022 to opening in 2024, including an accompanying events programme. * Independently fundraised to deliver project. * Worked in collaboration with Peltz Gallery, lending institutions, and the two exhibited contemporary artists. * Hosted and taught visiting students from Central Saint Martins (University of the Arts London) on the Curating Performance module.* Led curator's tours of the exhibition, including to undergraduates from Central Saint Martins and to students of the London Critical Theory Summer School. Show less

Supported by Tate and the Paul Mellon Centre, the British Art Network (BAN) promotes curatorial research, practice, and theory in the field of British art. BAN awards bursary funding to fifteen emerging curators each year, forming the Emerging Curators Group (ECG). The ECG is a supportive forum for the next generation of curators in the UK, enabling peers to come together and share experiences and thinking around curating British art. Bursary funding supports attendance at workshops, as well as… Show more Supported by Tate and the Paul Mellon Centre, the British Art Network (BAN) promotes curatorial research, practice, and theory in the field of British art. BAN awards bursary funding to fifteen emerging curators each year, forming the Emerging Curators Group (ECG). The ECG is a supportive forum for the next generation of curators in the UK, enabling peers to come together and share experiences and thinking around curating British art. Bursary funding supports attendance at workshops, as well as individual curatorial & research projects for the members of the ECG. Show less

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

York, England, United Kingdom

AHRC-funded placement working predominantly with nineteenth-century visual culture, looking at artworks at all stages in the museum life cycle: • Researching potential acquisitions to attribute them in conversation with colleagues at other institutions, e.g. Yale University Art Gallery. • Writing interpretation for major recent acquisitions and under-explored existing holdings, e.g. George Turnbull Collection, Cooper Collection of hand-coloured lithographs, miniature moving panorama… Show more AHRC-funded placement working predominantly with nineteenth-century visual culture, looking at artworks at all stages in the museum life cycle: • Researching potential acquisitions to attribute them in conversation with colleagues at other institutions, e.g. Yale University Art Gallery. • Writing interpretation for major recent acquisitions and under-explored existing holdings, e.g. George Turnbull Collection, Cooper Collection of hand-coloured lithographs, miniature moving panorama (number 2006-7639). • Conservation experience: diverse object handling; cleaning marble sculpture; examination and condition reporting for works on paper and paintings. • Researching and producing board of survey cases for artworks considered for transfer out of the museum. • Writing object-based content for the website, e.g. https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/working-horses-iron-horses-change-railways Show less

Paris Area, France

London, United Kingdom

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, History Of Art / History Of Science

Activities and Societies: Student representative sitting on the Science Museums and Archives Consortium governance panel. Student.

Master Of Arts - Ma, European Culture And Thought, Distinction

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English