John Bowstead (born 27 September 1940) is an English artist.
In 1962 Bowstead exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), as part of the exhibition Four Young Artists.
In 1963 he was one of three artists to receive an "Honourable Mention" in the John Moores Prize.
The same year, with fellow Slade painters Terry Atkinson, Roger Jeffs, and Bernard Jennings, he formed the art group "Fine Artz".
From 1965 he was part of the Light/Sound Workshop at Hornsey College of Art until its demise in 1968He co-authored, with Jeffs, The Archigram magazine (1961–1974).
In the magazine he self-advertised a 'John Bowstead and Friends' multi-media event for the Gulbenkian Theatre at the University of Kent.