Birth name Derek Rowen Siblings Trevor Rowan Role Artist ยท guggi.com | Name Derek Rowen Occupation(s) Vocals Genres Post-punkGothic rock | |
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Artwork Yellow Bowls, Speckled bowls, Jug 4 Albums If I Die - I Die, A New Form of Beauty, Heresie | ||
Day 50 in Dublin - Artist Guggi pt 1
Guggi (born Derek Rowen) is an avant-garde Irish artist, once a member of the goth/post-punk band The Virgin Prunes alongside his close friend Gavin Friday.
Guggi was born in Dublin in 1959. He grew up with and remains best friends with U2's Bono. In 1984 he left the Virgin Prunes to pursue his passion for art. Since then he has exhibited his minimalistic paintings, representations of bowls and vessels, in various galleries, among which the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in New York, the Osborne Samuel Gallery in London and the Solomon Gallery in Dublin.
He is the older brother of Peter Rowen, a photographer who as a child appeared on many of U2's release covers, and Johnny Rowen, a musician. Another brother, Trevor (Strongman), played bass in The Virgin Prunes.
He lives in Dublin with his wife Sibylle and their five sons.