2-Person Show
Silver Eye Center for Photography, 1015 East Carson St., Pittsburgh, PA. 1/12-1/29/2005.
Reception: January 12, 6 – 8 pm.
I will be exhibiting 8 pieces from the Iowa series. A two-person show with Alexis Dillon.
Solo Show
Zone VI Photography Gallery, Sinclair Community College
West Third St., Dayton, OH. 1/4-2/3/2005
Reception January 4, 6 – 8 pm.
I will be exhibiting 14 pieces from the Anti-Bush Protest and Anti-War Protest series.
Solo Show
SRO Photo Gallery, Texas Tech School of Art
18th Street and Flint Avenue, Lubbock, TX, 10/18-11/13/2004.
Reception: October 18, 6 – 8 pm..
I will be exhibiting 14 pieces from the Anti-Bush Protest and Anti-War Protest series.
Bowman, Penelec & Megahan Galleries, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA. 10/5-10/27/04.
Reception: October 5, 6 – 8 pm.
4 person show w/Sue Buck, David T. Collins, George Roland. 8 pieces from the Iowa series.
A Shenere Velt Gallery, the Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring, 1525 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA. 9/13-10/31/04. [1 piece: ‘Orange Jacket and Macy’s’]
Winner Best of Show award.
Texas Photographic Society, Davis Gallery, 837 W. 12th St., Austin, TX. 9/10/2004.
1 piece: ‘Blue Industrial’.
Solo Show Review: Crosby, Gregory. ‘Fusion Infusion’, Las Vegas City Life. 6/17/04, page 44.
Solo Show Review: Twardy, Chuck, ‘Fine Art: Fools for the City’, Las Vegas Weekly, 6/24/04, page 52.
Solo Show Review: Yowell, Erika. Art: ‘Urban Fusions at Reed Whipple’. Las Vegas Mercury, 6/24/04.
Solo Show
Reed Whipple Cultural Center, 821 Las Vegas Blvd. North, Las Vegas, NV. 6/11-8/15/2004.
Reception: June 11, 6 – 8 pm.
I will be exhibiting 24 pieces in this show.
Pick of the week
MON JULY 18, 2004
“Whether capturing a colorful Pride parade in NYC or sewing together a collage of ominous machinery on a Midwest farm, photographer Susan Bowen’s overlapping, panoramic technique manages to capture a sense of ceaseless motion. While the idea of a portrait series of mid-America landscapes might raise cynical eyebrows, Bowen’s Iowa Meanderings exhibit invites viewers into a stylized world even the local farmhands might fail to recognize.
Since I’ve never been to Iowa, my mental images of serene farmland were quickly shattered by Bowen’s eerily cobbled shots of the state’s heavily industrial underpinnings, and a series of John Deeres straight out of a creepy Tim Burton fantasy world. The candy-slick color scheme is powerfully disarming, and I’m still waiting for the rusted junkyard inhabitants to show up in my nightmares.
Bowen’s style is fast and furious, with chance overlaps playing a large role in the final product. It also presents a very personalized sense of place and perception, as the artist imposes her own unique vision into a pre-existing landscape, transforming clichés into something far more substantial. I’d be anxious to see her panoramic takes on Sin City.”
Kelle Schillaci, Las Vegas City Life
