Mark Bowden (born 1979) is a Welsh composer of classical music.

[1] Bowden studied composition with Richard Steinitz at the University of Huddersfield before completing a master's degree at the Royal College of Music where he studied with Julian Anderson.

With Anna Meredith and Emily Hall he created the Camberwell Composers' Collective.

[10] Bowden was the first composer-in-residence at Handel House Museum [11] and, with fellow composers in the Camberwell Composers' Collective, was New Music Associate at Kettle's Yard in Cambridge from 2008-2010.

Bowden was Resident Composer at BBC National Orchestra of Wales from 2011 to 2015 and Director of Composition at Royal Holloway, University of London from 2007-2022.