Derek Rowan (or Guggi as Bono would rename him in 1971) and his brothers went to church all day on a Sunday and to various children's Christian meetings during the week.

Bono tells how his boyhood pals, Gavin and artist Guggi Rowan, brought him back down to earth when his fame began to explode around the world in 1983.

As children, U2's Bono and the artist known as Guggi bonded over a shared love of punk rock, mischief-making and Jesus. As men, they have channeled the spiritual, cultural and personal tumult of ...

Derek Rowen - also known as 'Guggi' - is an artist, painter, sculptor and once a member of the post-punk band, Virgin Prunes. He is also credited with christening a certain Paul Hewson as Bono.

Guggi’s new exhibition is charged with memories of his late father, Robbie Rowan, and the house on Dublin’s northside that he grew up in.

Art by Guggi, Dorothy Cross and Shane MacGowan features in sale in aid of Gaza Proceeds of auction will go to Médecins Sans Frontières A Guggi artwork for sale Sat Feb 24 2024 - 04:00 ...

Vessels bound for Buenos Aires Dublin artist Guggi’s first exhibition in South America features his trademark paintings of jugs and bowls, says Tina O’Sullivan Wed, 21 Mar, 2012 ...

Guggi left the Prunes in 1984 to focus full time on his artwork. It was about this time, at his grandmother’s funeral, that he heard a message that changed the way he understood his calling as ...