From familiar, everyday forms to bravura museum pieces, Stephen Bowers’ ceramics are acclaimed and collected across Australia and overseas. Discover selected works and the first major publication on his practice, Stephen Bowers: Beyond Bravura.

For more than 40 years, Stephen Bowers has shaped contemporary Australian ceramics with work that is both technically masterful and vividly narrative. His career as educator, studio manager and arts administrator sits alongside a prolific studio practice, resulting in an original contribution that is widely exhibited and collected nationally and internationally.

The publication Stephen Bowers: Beyond Bravura maps his inspirations and influences, traces the formation of his practice, and details the collaborative methods and creative techniques behind his celebrated pieces.