RESUME
education
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan– Master of Arts, 1979
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio – Graduate Work - Painting and Sculpture
Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio – Bachelor of Science, 1968
juried exhibitions
Santa Fe Arts Commisson Community Gallery, Silk Purse/Sow’s Ear Exhibit, March 15-May 23, 2019.
Sculpture Key West: by land, sea and air, Key West, Florida, February 25-April 14, 2007; January 15-March 17, 2006.
Art Works Alliance 2006 Fine Arts Juried Exhibition, Traverse City, Michigan, May 25-June 24, 2006.
Midland Center for the Arts, Greater Michigan Juried Art Exhibitions, Midland, Michigan, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999.
McDonough Museum of Art 2004 Alumni Juried Exhibition, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, 2004.
25th Annual Frankfort Art Fair, Frankfort, Michigan, August 18, 2001.
Suttons Bay Juried Art Festival. Suttons Bay, Michigan, August 2001, 2000.
Butler Institute of American Art 65th Annual Midyear Juried Exhibition. Youngstown, Ohio, July 11 - August 19, 2001.
Traverse Area Arts Council Juried Shows, Traverse City, Michigan, 2001, 2000, 1999.
Grand Traverse Art Center Traverse Bay Outdoor Art Fair, Traverse City, Michigan, July 29, 2000.
South Haven Center for the Arts 42nd Annual Art Fair. South Haven, Michigan, July 2, 2000.
Kirtland Community College and Kirtland Warbler Festival Ausable Valley Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, 2000.
Crooked Tree Arts Center 20th Annual Juried Fine Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Petoskey, Michigan, May 2 - June 28, 2000.
Butler Institute of American Art 63rd Area Artists Annual Juried Exhibition. Youngstown, Ohio, November 13 - 28, 1999.
Michigan Educ. Assoc./Michigan Art Educ. Assoc. Annual Juried Purchase Shows, Lansing, Michigan, 1984,1982,1981,1975.
Tamarack Craftsman Gallery, Sculpture Exhibit, Omena, Michigan, June – July, 1980.
Power Center for the Performing Arts One-Man Sculpture Exhibit, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 1980.
Ann Arbor Art Association Juried Members Shows, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1980,1979,1977,1974,1973,1972.
Ann Arbor Art Association Four-Man Show, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 1975.
Washtenaw Community College Festival of the Arts, Ann Arbor, Michigan, October, 1973.
Ann Arbor City Hall Art Show, Ann Arbor, Michigan, January, 1973.
invitational exhibitions
Santa Fe Modern, Invitational Sculpture Exhibit, Santa Fe, New Mexico, September 2015 – June 2018.
Four Seasons Resort Encantado, Creating Live with Bobby Beals - Art in Action, Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 2014.
Sculpt Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 27 – 29, 2014.
Abiquiu Inn, Galleria Arriba, Two Person Show/Artist Demonstrations, Abiquiu, New Mexico, July 2014, July 2013.
Inn and Spa at Loretto, Artist in Residence/Art Exhibitions, Santa Fe, New Mexico, January 2012 - 2014.
Helio Gardens Gallery, Art at the Gardens, Three Person Show, Key West Florida, February - May, 2010.
Helio Gardens Gallery, Sculpture in the Garden, Key West, Florida, February - May, 2009.
Charest-Weinberg Gallery,Constructions...Deductions and Reductions,One Person Sculpture Exhibit, Miami, Florida,April 2009.
Charest-Weinberg Gallery, One Person Sculpture Exhibit, Key West, Florida, April-May, 2006.
Dennos Museum Center, Exploring Regional Identity: Heritage, Arts, and the Environment, Traverse City, Michigan,2001, 2000.
Dennos Museum Center, Traverse Area Arts Council Award Winners Exhibit, Traverse City, Michigan, January 24 - 28, 2001.
Portside Festival Market Place Invitational Exhibit, Toledo, Ohio, November 1984 - January 1985.
Ann Arbor Art Association, Sculpture in the Parks, Invitational Sculpture Exhibit, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 1983.
honors
Traverse Area Arts Council “Cast A Shadow” Juried Exhibit, Traverse City, Michigan, September, 2000, Honorable Mention.
Crooked Tree Arts Council 19th Annual Juried Fine Arst/Crafts Exhibition, Petoskey, Michigan, 1999, Honorable Mention.
Ann Arbor Art Association Juried Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Ann Arbor, Michigan, September – October 1884.
Michigan Art Education Association Project Teach Award, Lansing, Michigan, 1978.
Niles City Schools Scholastic Art Award, Niles, Ohio, March 1963.
Thomas-Carole Bowker Fine Art Studio-Gallery (Owner/Co-Curator), Santa Fe, NM, 2010-present.
T.C.Bowker Fine Art Studio/Gallery, (Owner/Co-Curator), Northport, MI, 1995-2009.
Fleming Street Gallery, Key West, Florida, 2009 - 2012.
Helio Gardens Gallery, Key West, Florida, 2008 - 2010.
Charest-Weinberg Gallery, Key West and Miami, Florida, 2006-2009.
gallery representation
Throughout the United States
private collections
Virginia Ball Associates, Muncie, Indiana
North Restaurant, Glen Arbor, Michigan
City of Key West, Key West, Florida
Corporate Collections
Video-Tom Bowker “Sanctuario” Monumental Sculpture Installation, Santa Fe Modern, Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 2015.
333 Montezuma Arts, Panel Discussion on Contemporaty Art, “The Liminal State Panels” – Rob Rikoon, Santa Fe, New Mexico, December 3, 2015.
Santa Fean Now, Sculpt Santa Fe, Monumental Sculpture “Sanctuario” Featured, July 2014.
Rio Grande Sun, “Tom Bowker Sculpture Demos and Exhibit at Abiquiu Inn”, July 2014.
Key West Citizen/Paradise, Group Show at Helio Gardens Gallery, February 2010.
Clay Times, “Haiku, Blue and Raku”, Clay Sculpture Featured, Summer 2010.
Charest-Weinberg Gallery, Constructions…Deductions and Reductions, Publication Remarks, April 2009.
Video-Tom Bowker Carving “Seasons of the Phoenix”, Northport, Michigan, November 2008.
Northern Express Weekly, Art Attack, July 2008.
Sculpture Key West: by land, sea and air, Catalog – Sculpture Featured, 2007.
Sculpture Key West: by land, sea and air, Catalog – Sculpture Featured, 2006.
The Ann Arbor News, “Why Carrotts?”, Art in the Parks, April 1983.
The Power Center for the Performing Arts-The University of Michigan,Program Brochure Sculpture Featured,March 1980.
The Ann Arbor News, Association’s Show Bit of a ‘Surprise’, October 1977.
The Niles Times, Scholastic Art Awards, March 1963.