Katy Cowan
based in Berlin, Germany
Represented by Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY, and The Green Gallery Milwaukee, WI
EDUCATION
2014 Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA: MFA in Studio Art
2004 University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA: BFA in Painting
2003 Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland: Summer Semester
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
FIGURETHROUGHCONTOUR,DRIFT, 2023. Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Paris Internationale Art Fair, 2023. The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
gods on a bridge, 2023. Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
glow like stone, 2022. Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
as the sun chases the unfurling fray, 2022. Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Armory Show, 2021. DOCUMENT, Chicago, IL
breath shapes, 2021 / Philip Martin Gallery / Los Angeles, CA
winds glow unceasing, 2021 / DOCUMENT / Chicago, IL
Suns Pass Flat, 2020 / Philip Martin Gallery / Los Angeles, CA
the blue sun moans, 2020 / Kate Werble Gallery / New York, NY
Katy Cowan, 2019 / The Armory Show / Philip Martin Gallery / New York, NY
reflected-into-themselves-into-reflected, 2017 / Lynden Sculpture Garden / Milwaukee, WI
On ropes and bronze…, 2017 / Cherry and Martin / Los Angeles, CA
The Studio, The Sketch, 2015 / Cherry and Martin / Los Angeles CA
BRICKED, 2015 / Kittredge Gallery / The University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
LONGS/HAPPENS, 2015 / Green Gallery South / Oak Park, IL
Compressional(s), 2015 / Cherry and Martin / Los Angeles, CA
Lean-Twos, 2014 / ltd los angeles / Los Angeles, CA
Togetherers, 2014 / Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design / Los Angeles, CA
Eyes to the Unknown, 2009 / Green Gallery / Milwaukee, WI
Gestural, 2008 / Flatfile Galleries / Chicago, IL
New Paintings, 2007 / Caro d’Offay Gallery / Chicago, IL
SELECTED TWO/THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
We Became the River on Fire, 2022 / Los Angeles Valley College / Valley Glen, CA
Mirages, 2021 / Crisp-Ellert Art Museum at Flagler College / St. Augustine, FL
New Art Dealers Association, 2020 / DOCUMENT / Miami, FL
Left, Right, Left, Left, 2020 / The Green Gallery / Milwaukee, WI
something of a body, of a tempo, 2019 / Et Al. / San Francisco, CA
The Day in the Night, 2019 / Philip Martin Gallery / Los Angeles, CA
TOP HEAVY, 2016/ Cherry and Martin / Los Angeles, CA
Home Improvement, 2016 / Bahamas Biennale / Detroit, MI
Work:Work, 2015 / Devening Projects + Editions / Chicago, IL
2732: Katy Cowan and Ross Iannatti, 2014 / Cherry and Martin / Los Angeles, CA
The Fifth Wall, 2014 / Elephant Art Space / Los Angeles, CA
Living With Them, 2011 / Roots and Culture / Chicago, IL
Braided Bread, 2010 / The Hills Esthetic Center / Chicago, IL
Love and Heartbreak, 2010 / Metro Gallery / Baltimore, MD
You Can Build a House, 2009 / The Pigeon Wing / London, UK
Sandusky, 2009 / Caro d’Offay Gallery / Chicago, IL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Actual Fractals; Part 1, 2023. Sculpture Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
The Holographic Principle, 2023. Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Riga Confidential, 2023. Kim Contemporary, Riga, Latvia
Pocket Universe, 2023. Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Soulscapes, 2023. Meyer Riegger, Berlin, Germany
Lines of Thought; Gestural Abstraction, 2022. Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
Recent Acquisitions, 2022. Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
From the Collection of Anonymous, 2022. North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
FIAC OVR, 2021 / DOCUMENT / Chicago, IL
From Within, 2020 / Philip Martin Gallery / Los Angeles, CA
Art Basel Miami Beach, 2020 / Philip Martin Gallery / Miami, FL
Frieze New York, 2020 / Philip Martin Gallery / New York, NY
Expo Chicago, 2019 / Philip Martin Gallery / Los Angeles, CA
Art Basel Miami Beach, 2018 / Philip Martin Gallery / Los Angeles, CA
How They Ran, 2018 / Over the Influence / Los Angeles, CA
Reunion Tour, 2018 / Andrew Rafacz Gallery / Chicago, IL
EDDYSROOM @ Usable Space, 2018 / Usable Space / Milwaukee, WI
Do Something To It. Do Something Else To It., 2018 / Philip Martin Gallery / Los Angeles, CA
The Armory Show, 2018 / Philip Martin Gallery / Los Angeles, CA
Art Basel Miami Beach, 2017 / Cherry and Martin / Los Angeles, CA
Skip Tracer, 2017 / M. LeBlanc Gallery / Chicago, IL
Irene with an I, 2017 / Woodland Pattern / Milwaukee, WI
As if form were some pitcher, 2017 / Fourteen30 Contemporary / Portland, OR
Dallas Art Fair, 2017 / The Green Gallery / Milwaukee, WI
Wisconsin Triennial, 2016 / Madison Museum of Contemporary Art / Madison, WI
PDF-Objects, 2016 / Mana Contemporary / Chicago, IL
Jack and Diane, 2016 / Kate Werble Gallery / New York, NY
Memory Theater, 2016 / Upfor Gallery / Portland, OR
Condensed Matter Community, 2015 / Synchontron Radiation Center / Stoughton, WI
The Great Good Place, 2015 / Threewalls / Chicago, IL
Uncanny, 2015 / MuzeuMM / Los Angeles, CA
Imperceptibly and Slowly Opening, 2015 / Sector 2337 / Chicago, IL
Try Again, Fail Again, Fail Better, 2015 / Cherry and Martin / Los Angeles, CA
Listening and Making Sound, 2015 / The Poor Farm / Manawa, WI
False Scent, 2014 / 321 Gallery / Brooklyn, NY
MAS ATTACK, 2013 / Torrance Art Museum / Torrance, CA
GLAMFA (Greater Los Angeles MFA), 2013 / University of Long Beach / Long Beach, CA
Collaborations, 2013 / LVL3 Gallery / Chicago, IL
Come As You Are…, 2013 / Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND) / Los Angeles, CA
Snake Road, 2013 / Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design / Los Angeles, CA
GLAMFA (Greater Los Angeles MFA), 2012 / University of Long Beach / Long Beach, CA
PUBLICATIONS
"Gods on a Bridge" Exhibition Catalogue. Essays written by Stephanie Cristello and Stephanie Bailey, March 2023.
“Must See – Philip Martin Gallery: as the sun chases the unfurling fray,” Artforum Artguide, January 26, 2022.
“Information, essays and interviews with Elizabeth Atterbury, Strauss Bourque-LaFrance, and Katy Cowan about their exhibition Mirages,” Text by Julie Dickover. Crisp-Ellert Art Museum Press, 2021.
“60wrd/min COVID Edition: Srijon Chowdhury, Tamara Becerra Valdez, Katy Cowan, Ben Bogart,” Review by Lori Waxman, New City Art, October 23, 2020.
“Art in Isolation with Katy Cowan,” Text by Lindsay Preston Zappas, Contemporary Art Review LA, May 19, 2020.
“The Legacy of Artists a at LA’s Otis College, Which Turns 100 This Year,” Review by Lorissa Rinehart, Hyperallergic, October 8, 2019.
"Katy Cowan at Cherry and Martin". Review by Simone Krug / Contemporary Art Review, LA / http://contemporaryartreview.la/katy-cowan-at-cherry-and-martin / July 2017
"Imperceptibly and Slowly Opening" / Edited by Caroline Picard / Green Lantern Press / May 2017
"8 LA-based Emerging Artists to Keep on your Radar" / Editorial by Henri Neuendorf / ArtNet News / https://news.artnet.com/art-world/8-emerging-artists-from-la-on-your-radar-824300 / January 2017
"A Souk Inspired A-Frame in Portland, OR" / Editorial by Allison Burt-Tilden / Design Sponge / http://www.designsponge.com/2016/09/a-souk-inspired-a-frame-in-portland-or.html / September 2016
"Altered Drawings by Katy Cowan" / Essay in the publication, "Grateful Dead Takeover: A Collection of Artist's Writings Inspired by the Grateful Dead" / Published Independently / 2017
“Katy Cowan Poses Essential Questions Through Material Decisions”. Editorial by Rachel Will / Artsy / https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-katy-cowan-poses-essential-questions-through-material-decisions / November 2015
“Katy Cowan: Art about art, with a playful side”. Review by Sharon Mizota / LA Times http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-katy-cowan-at-cherry-and-martin-20151109-story.html / November 2015
Artforum Critic’s Pick: Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better. Review by Andrea Gyorody / http://artforum.com/picks/section=la#picks55057 / Sept. 2015
“Altered Drawings by Katy Cowan”. If the Head Fits, Wear It: A Collection of Artists Writing Inspired by the Grateful Dead / Independently Published / 2015
Katy Cowan + Emily Green : ACRE Basketball Game. Project Documentation by New Crafts Artists in Action / Golden Arrows Publication / 2014
Pledging Artistic Friendship: “2 of a Kind” at LVL3. Review by Caroline Picard / blog.Art21.org / July 2013
Artist of the Week: Katy Cowan. Interview by LVL3 Gallery / lvl3.tumblr.com / Feb 2013
Style and Interpretation : The Inevitability of Banality in a ‘Contemporary’ Art / Review by Scott Cowan / thanassuming.wordpress.com / Feb 2013
CURATION
Director, 2016 – 2020 / The Outlet Gallery / Milwaukee, WI
Water & Dreams, 2017 / Chicken Coop Contemporary, Portland, OR / Green Gallery West, Milwaukee, WI
Within and Out, 2015 / Marian Art Gallery / Milwaukee, WI
Co-Director, 2009-2011 / The Hills Esthetic Center / Chicago, IL
PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Art, Design & Architecture Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Art in Embassies, Maputo, Mozambique
Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
North Dakota Museum of Art, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Northwestern Mutual Insurance, Milwaukee, WI