| Frank Kowing | |
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BIOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE |
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| 1944 | Born in Willamette Valley in Oregon. | |
| 1962-66 |
Attended Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon; BA in Art. |
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| 1966-68 | Military service in Vietnam with U.S. Navy. | |
| 1968-70 | Studied painting and drawing at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Group exhibition at Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, and exhibited at Galerie De Drie Haringen, Enkhuizen, Netherlands. | |
| 1970-71 | Attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania; studied painting, drawing and special education in the arts. | |
| 1971-73 |
Attended
Pennsylvania State University; studied painting, drawing, esthetics and art
history; symposia: Conservation and Museology with Dr. Eric Hulmer,Chief
Curator, Butler Institute of Art. Instructor, visual arts.
Museum technician, Palmer Museum of Art; MFA in Painting. |
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| 1973-79 | Painted in New York City and participated in solo and group shows with Spring Street Gallery, Soho. Group exhibition at Grey Gallery, New York University. | |
| 1979-81 | Participated in solo and group shows at Gallery Doshi, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Group exhibition at William Penn Museum in Harrisburg. | |
| 1981-83 | Visual art instructor, Alan Short Center, Stockton, California; exhibited at the White House Gallery in Stockton. | |
| 1983-86 | Traveled in Oregon and Washington; painted “Window” series of paintings. | |
| 1986-88 | Volunteer in U.S. Peace Corps in Tunisia. Art instructor, special education; in-service presentations on “Art and the Exceptional Child;” supervised construction of permanent outdoor installation and mural. | |
| 1989-96 | Exhibition Specialist at Meridian International Center, Washington, DC; worked with foreign embassies to exhibit artists from around the world in the U.S. | |
| 1990-96 | Solo and group shows at the Artists’ Museum, Washington, DC, and the Nouveau Museum in Georgetown. | |
| 1996-00 | Visual art instructor, The Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, Maryland. | |
| 1996 - | Acrylic painting instructor, Montgomery County Recreation Department, Silver Spring, Maryland | |
| 2003 | Group exhibition at Café Monet Gallery, Kensington, Maryland. | |
| 2009 | Harmony Hall Gallery, Fort Washington, MD | |
| 2010 |
Solo show,
"Heads of Mindless States," Takoma Park Community Center, MD |
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| 2011 | Group show, VisArts Center, Rockville, MD | |