Meet the Artist: A Conversation with Claye Bowler and E-J Scott
Join us in celebrating the London debut of solo exhibition Top (2022) by artist Claye Bowler, with a special conversation between the Claye Bowler and E-J Scott, curator and creator of the Museum of Transology.
Exploring how trans stories are institutionally represented or erased in museums and archives, Top (2022) is a sculptural installation that mimics a museum store documenting Bowler’s six-year journey through the UK healthcare system to obtain top surgery.
Originally shown at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, this exhibition takes Claye’s personal journey as a starting point to talk about wider issues that affect trans people when accessing gender affirming healthcare.
The conversation will delve into the creative process behind the exhibition, the political significance of the work, and the power relations between museums and the protection of trans stories and experiences.
Claye BowlerClaye Bowler is an artist based in London. His practice centers on collection and documentation of experience, memory and the remnants of humanity.Bowler uses sculptural practices to highlight stories that are not historically collected through institutional means, often working with narratives of queerness and disability. Whilst also working in museum registration, Bowler often incorporates, yet questions, the ethics, administration and aesthetics of museum collecting in his work. Selected recent work includes - Solo Exhibition: Steamworks Gallery, London, Auction House, Cornwall, Yorkshire Sculpture Park (2025), Henry Moore Institute, Leeds (2022); Performance: Tate (2023) Yorkshire Sculpture International (2021); Group Exhibition: Haarlem Artspace (2025) Yorkshire Sculpture Park (2022), Attenborough Arts Centre (2022), Ugly Duck (2022). Residency: Yorkshire Sculpture Park (2024), Porthmeor Studios (2024), Jerwood Arts, Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange (2023); He was recipient of ACE DYCP Grant (2023) and Jerwood New Work Fund (2023) and ACE Project Grant (2024)His work is held in public collections: Arts Council Collection, Wellcome Collection, Otherness Archive, and Leeds Art Gallery.
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