Biography

Rowan Booth (b. 2004, Akron, OH) is primarily a painter and printmaker, and a current BFA student at the Cleveland Institute of Art, graduating in 2027. His practice consists of figurative work and is an endeavor at capturing feelings caused by the contemporary sociopolitical climate. Informing the surfaces of his work are a wide range of painting techniques, experimental material practices, and the careful balancing of painting, drawing, and printmaking techniques. His work has recently been included in Love is Resistance, a group exhibition at the Transformer Station in Cleveland (OH) Uplift, a group exhibition and fundraiser at Spaces Gallery in Cleveland (OH) and Echoes of Opulence, a group exhibition at the West 78th St. Gallery in Cleveland (OH). Booth has an upcoming solo exhibition at Spaces Gallery opening November 2026.