www.ToryCowles.com
torycowles@comcast.net
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Background: Carpenter, woodworker, stonewall builder, interior decorator, representational painter. 30 years as an abstract painter and art construction builder.
Education: BA - Bennington College
Instructor of Abstract Expressionism: Yellow Barn, Glen Echo Park, MD
Current Galleries and Upcoming Shows:
Represented by Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
Solo Sculpture show at Touchstone gallery, September 2023
Recent Shows:
2022: * Reflections: Fire on the Water” Solo sculpture show at Artists and Makers. Rockville Md. September
* “Juxtapositions” Installation and dance collaboration with CityDance. BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
* “What a Relief” at the Phillips@TheARC. Juried by Nehemiah Dixon and Vesela Sretenoviuc from the Phillips Collection Jan - March 23, 2022.
* Studio and show space in Studio 7 at the Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA - Completed my lease and moved out in September
2021: * Given first prize in “Art Over Time”. Juried by Charlotta Kotik, Former Head of the Modern and Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum,
* Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC) Gallery, Red Hook, Brooklyn
* Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC - Virtual Solo Show and Artist Talk - May 2021
2019: * McLean Project for the Arts “Strictly Painting 12” Juried by Adah Rose Bitterbaum - McLean, VA
* BWAC Gallery “Wide Open” Juried by Ylinka Barotto - Assis. Curator at the Guggenheim - Red Hook, Brooklyn
* BWAC Gallery “Recycle” Juried by John Cloud Kaiser - Red Hook, Brooklyn. Given an award.
* Touchstone Gallery, “Hard Wired” - Solo Show: Installation with Dance - Washington, DC
* Plaxall Gallery - “Pairings” - Juried by Artist and Writer Nancy Gesimondo - Long Island City, NY
* Sense Gallery - “Quietly Powerful” - Juried by Artist Jenny Wu - Washington, D
2018: * BWAC (Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Gallery) Red Hook, Brooklyn. Three shows:
· “Color” – Juried by Marcela Guerro – Assis. Curator at the Whitney Museum -
· “Recycle” – Juried by John Cloud Kaieser from Material for the Arts, a recycling center.
· “Material Matters” – Juried by Artist and Journalist Melissa Stern - Given an award
* Serendipity Labs – “Abstract Artist Collective” – Bethesda, MD
* Solo Sculpture Show – Mosaic – Fairfax, VA
* Alexandria Art League – Landscape Show – Alexandria, VA
2017: * Strathmore Mansion Gallery – North Bethesda, MD – “La Vie en Bleu”
* McLean Project for the Arts– McLean, VA – “Sculpture Now 2017” – Feb.
* Target Gallery – Alexandria, VA – “March 150”
* Art League Gallery – Alexandria Va – March – Hon mention – June & July
* Glen Echo Park – Glen Echo, MD– ”Sculpture REMIX 2017” – April
2016: * McLean Project for the Arts – June – “Strictly Painting” – Juried by and given an award by Vesela Sretenovic, Senior Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art at the Phillips Collection - Given an award
* Plan b Gallery – DC – Jan. – “Anniversary Show”
* Plan b Gallery – DC – March – “10” x 10” Show”
* Delaplaine Arts Center – Frederick MD – “Outloud Show”
* Artists and Makers Studios Gallery – Rockville, MD – Solo Show for the grand opening of Artists and Makers Studios Gallery
2015: * Jerusalem Fund Gallery - “And We Have Countries” - DC
* plan b Gallery - December Year End Exhibit
* Art League Gallery - Alexandria, VA - Color Field Show, Juried by Timothy App, Artist and Professor at MICA. Tory was given the Adam Wishnow award for the most creative and innovative piece.
* Art League Gallery – Alexandria VA - Large and Small Works
2013: * Camp Rehobeth HeArt of the Community Auction - Rehobeth, DE
* Foundry Gallery - Washington, DC
* Montpelier Arts Center - Laurel, MD
* Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Center - "Alchemical Vessels" - DC
* Hill Center - Capital Hill, Washington, DC
* plan b Gallery - DC - 3 person Show
2012: * Romany Kramoris Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY - Featured Artist
* NIH Main Lobby - Solo Show - Bethesda, MD
* West Winsor Art Center - Princeton, NJ - October to November
* Ratner Museum - Bethesda MD
* Hill Center - Featured Artist - Wash. DC
2011: * Torpedo Factory Artist of the Year Award. Juried by Harry Cooper, Head of Modern and Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Art. Wash., DC
* Target Gallery – Solo Show – Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA