Amelia Bown

Northamptonshire based printmaker and illustrator, Amelia Bown, works primarily in screen printing and illustrations, since learning both disciplines in her MA in Visual Communication (illustration) from the University of Derby. Graduating in 2012 and not returning to the art world till 2020 with an Air art award from the Derby Print Open for a linocut turtle print made during lockdown. This encouraged her leap into the professional art world and was the start of her journey in celebrating and promoting the natural world.

Wishing to share her passion for art and wildlife Amelia creates prints and home-ware that highlight the beauty and wonder of the natural world through the use of patterned paper and mark makings to simple line drawings which she incorporates into Illustrations and intricate silk screen printings.

Amelia takes part in art fairs and art exhibitions around the UK and has exhibited in London and Edinburgh by becoming a Sketch for Survival finalist in 2020, 2021 and 2023 with her illustrations of endangered species.