Kristen Bowen
Kirsten Bowen (b. 1966 Akron, Ohio) is an American painter living in Harrison, NY, with a working studio in Port Chester New York.
She is a scholarship graduate of the Columbus College of Art and Design,
and a former gallery owner in Bexley Ohio between the years of 2004-2007.
Her two solo museum exhibitions include the Coral Springs Museum of Art
in Florida and the Evansville Museum of Arts History and Science in Indiana.
Her 2 person museum exhibitions include Capital University's Schumacher gallery, and at the Thousand Islands Art Center ~home of the Handweaving Museum in Clayton New York. 2 of her paintings were included in a group show at the Farmington Museum in New Mexico.
She was the New Albany Symphony's artist in residence for 2017-2018, and is sometimes referred to as an "artist's artist."
Bowen's work is in many corporate and private collections in the US and abroad.
She is represented by the Feldspar Gallery in Savage Maryland, Apropos Showroom in New York City, the C.Parker Gallery in Greenwich CT, the Bonfoey Gallery in Cleveland OH, the Rumjahn Gallery in Evansville, IN, and the Paula Estey Gallery in Newburyport MA
During the pandemic, Kirsten and her husband spent extra time exploring the Long Island Sound and East Coast while traveling on their Down Easter known as the "Big Mac." This experience brought Kirsten to explore a new media that enabled her to paint on board. Choosing to work in acrylic for its environmentally friendly nature, she creates photorealistic paintings of water and nautical elements, both on and off the boat. Her work has grown to include reflections in pools, lakes and rivers, as well as oceans. Her lifelong fascination and love of water stems from generations of family vacationing at the St. Lawrence River's 1000 Islands and spending all her childhood summer days at the neighborhood pool. Her curiosity about the layers of depth and reflection seen while looking at water is evident in her seemingly liquid abstract brushstrokes. She hopes to capture the serene and meditative feeling of escape one feels while gazing at the water.
