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1961 Born Toledo, Ohio
EDUCATION
1984 BFA Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
2001 MFA University of California at Davis, Davis, California
APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
1999Visiting Artist, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
1995 Assistant Professor, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
1996-1997Assistant Professor, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
2001-2002Assistant Professor, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
2003Assistant Professor, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
2003-2004Assistant Professor, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
2004—Professor, College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas
BIOGRAPHY
George Bowes works are primarily functional including tiles and mixed media installations. Bowes is also known as a sculptor. His works can be made of porcelain fired mid-range or high-fired. Mixed media installations works include use of non-clay materials such as wood, glass, acrylic, and paper.
George Bowes is influenced by living on the Gulf Coast of Texas, with its vast landscapes, and series of recent disasters (hurricanes, refinery explosion).
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
BIBLIOGRAPHY
“George Bowes.” Ceramics Monthly 36, no. 6 (June/July/August 1990).
“George Bowes.” American Ceramics 10, no. 1 (1992).
Bowes, George. “Using Utility.” The Studio Potter 27, no. 2 (June 1999).
Burleson, Mark. The Ceramic Glaze Handbook: Materials,
Techniques, Formulas. Asheville NC: Lark Books, 2001.
Daniels, Diane, and Martha Drexler Lynn. The Vase and Beyond: The Sidney Swidler Collection of the Contemporary Vessel. Sacramento CA: The Crocker Art Museum, 2010.
Hopper, Robin. Making Marks: Discovering the Ceramic Surface. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2004.
Morgenthal, Deborah, and Suzanne J. E. Tourtillott. The Penland Book of Ceramics: Master Classes in Ceramic Techniques. Asheville NC: Lark Books, 2008.
Peterson, Susan. The Craft and Art of Clay, 2nd ed. London, England: Calmann & King LTD, 1996.
_____________. Working with Clay. New York NY: Prentice Hall, 1998.
Pozo, Angelica. Ceramics for Beginners: Surfaces, Glazes, & Firing. Asheville NC: Lark Books, 2010.
Schwartz, Judith. Confrontational Ceramics. New York, NY: Rizzoli, 2008.
Scott, Paul. Painted Clay: Graphic Arts and the Ceramic Surface. Danvers, MA: Watson-Guptill Publications: 2001.
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Known marks as of February 2017 are: 1. Lower case gb, sometimes with date above and below. 2. Upper case GB, with a black circle around the initials. 3. Entire last name BOWES, spelled out in caps, with date below. All in black on base of pot.
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