Pauline Rowan received a distinction for her MFA in Photography from Ulster University in 2019. On graduating Rowan was invited by Paul Seawright and Peter Richards to exhibit in Dissolving Histories – New Narratives, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast. She has recently been selected for New Irish Works IV, PhotoIreland and FUTURES_PHOTOGRAPHY. Rowan was awarded an Arts Council of Ireland Bursary in both 2020 and 2021. She lives in Dublin, Ireland.

Rowan explores sanctuary, as well as home, through landscapes, settlements and our underpinned relationships with belonging and abandonment. With a background in FineArt and Film, her predominately lens-based works incorporate documentary as well as collaborative and performative elements. Rowan is interested in layers of history in place, family and society, systems of defensive and offensive tactics used upon land, home and ritual.