Born: Oceanside, CA, 1947
Resides: Atlanta, GA
Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
M.F.A. in Sculpture, May 1990. Thesis advisor: Jim Hirschfield.
Studied with Harmony Hammond, 1982, and Dorit Cypis, 1991.
B.A. in Studio Art, August 1969.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Graduate Art Courses, 1980, 1977. Studied with Scott Burton, 1977.
Undergraduate Courses, 1973-74 and 1965-67.
de Young Museum School of Art, San Francisco, CA, 1972-73.
Gallery Affiliation
SOHO20 Gallery
56 Bogart Street
Brooklyn NY 11206
(1) 718.366.3661
http://www.soho20gallery.com
Solo Exhibitions
Riffs and Contortions, The X Change Gallery, The Arts Exchange, Atlanta, GA
Soft Works, Jim Cherry LRC Gallery, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA.
Cut to Size, Chelsea Gallery, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.
Closet Installation: Memory & Fantasy, Artspace, Raleigh, NC.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Cone Galleries, Charlotte, NC.
Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC.
Gallery A, Raleigh, NC.
Brevard College, Brevard, NC.
Threads, Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC.
Meredith College, Weems Gallery, Raleigh, NC.
Hyperplasia, Hanes Art Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC, 1988
Garments, Center/Gallery, Carrboro, NC, 1987
Emerging Icons, Center/Gallery, Carrboro, NC, 1987
Selected Recent Exhibitions
2015
Mark, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens GA.
37th Annual Tri-State Sculptors Members Exhibition, Wilma Daniels Gallery, Cape Fear Community College, ,
Mid-South Sculpture Alliance Professional Indoor Exhibition, Welch School of Art & Design Galleries, Atlanta, GA.
Up Close, SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY.
Center/Gallery: Feminist Legacy/Feminist Future, The Carrack, Durham, NC.
MSA Select, AVA-Association for Visual Arts, Chattanooga, TN.
2014
Exquisite Exhibit: Parlour Games from the Studio Artist Program, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA,
Women’s Work, Sellars Gallery, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA,
Hungry Eyes, SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY.
Body Conscious, The Weave Shed Gallery, Hambidge Creative Residency Program, Rabun Gap, GA.
Equal: Modern Family in Contemporary Art, Tipton Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.
Roots, Blue Mark Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Equilibrium, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Positive/Negative 29, Tipton Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.
The Third Act, ATHICA: Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA.
2013
More, Sellars Gallery, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA.
HERoica, SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY.
Crossing into Abstraction, Jim Cherry Gallery, LRC, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA.
2012
Woman + Body, Kepco Plaza Gallery, Seoul, and Media Cube 338, Gwangiu, South Korea
Our Bodies, Our Health, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC
FIBERS, Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA.
Visual Poetry, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library, 1 Margaret Mitchell Square, Atlanta, GA
2011
Lair, Sixfold Collective, Abernathy Art Center, Atlanta, GA
Ann Rowles & Linda McCune, Front Gallery, Chattanooga, TN.
I'M IN LOVE WITH THIS IDEA, Jim Cherry LRC Gallery, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA.
Brainstorm, UPSTAIRS Artspace, 49 S. Trade Street, Tryon, NC
2010
Brainstorm, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library, 1 Margaret Mitchell Square, Atlanta, GA
Sculpture in the 21st Century, Center for the Arts, Towson University, Towson, MD
Hand to Hand, Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens, GA, and The Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, VT.
New Directions: National Affiliates 2010, SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
Gendered, Desotorow Gallery, Savannah, GA
2009
Hand to Hand, Fine Arts Center, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
Tri State Sculptor’s Annual Exhibition, Elon University, Elon, NC.
National Affiliate Exhibit, SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
Earthly Structures, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library, 1 Margaret Mitchell Square, Atlanta, GA
2008
Explorations: Art and Science, Arts Clayton, Jonesboro, GA, August 2008
Hand to Hand, Carol Henry Studio Gallery, Agoura Hills, CA and Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Earth: A Microcosm, Ferst Center for the Arts, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
Decatur Fine Arts Exhibition, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
National Affiliate Exhibit, SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery , New York, NY
R.E.S.P.E.C.T., CreateHere Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
Body Image: Betrayal beyond Appearance, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA.
2007
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center Studio Artists, Lenox Walk Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
National Affiliate Exhibit, SOHO20 Gallery Chelsea, New York, NY.
Tension, Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, NC.
Tri State Sculptors Exhibition, Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
2006
Paradigm, Center for Visual Arts, Greensboro, NC
Art and War, Elon College, Elon, NC
Form in Translation, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
Some Restrictions Apply, Shorter College, Rome, GA.
Turnout, The Forum Gallery at the DeFoor Centre.
National Affiliate Exhibit, SOHO20 Gallery Chelsea, New York, NY.
NASCAR Inspired, Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
2005
Tension, Moving Spirits Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2005.
Redefining Space, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
Force of Nature, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA.
National Affiliate Exhibition, SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY.
Refusing to Dance Backward, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
A Reflection on Women, Chaney Gallery, Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD.
2004
Visual Quartet, Moving Spirits Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Undercurrents, Moon Gallery, Berry College, Mt. Berry, GA (with Jennifer Julian)
Sculpture on the Grounds: Ann Rowles and Danielle Roney, The Cultural Arts Center, Douglasville, GA
Roots to Radicals, Sawtooth Center for the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
Identity Crisis, Claypool-Young Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY.
Infusion, The Forum at DeFoor Centre, Atlanta, GA.
Lore, Ballroom Studios, Atlanta, GA.
2003
It’s Better Live: Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC.
SECAC & TSS Juried Exhibition, NC State University, Raleigh, NC
When I Was a Child, Youth Art Connection, Atlanta, GA.
National Affiliate Exhibition, SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY.
Emergence, Fine Arts Gallery, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA.
Emergency Room, White Space, The Mattress Factory, Atlanta, GA.
The Emory Chair Project, Emory University Campus, Atlanta, GA.
Not Just a Pretty Face, Fine Arts Gallery, Seminole College, Sanford, FL
Normal/Abnormal: Bodies & Minds, Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, IL.
I See London, I See France, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2002
Crossing the Line, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
Thrive, Fine Arts Gallery, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA.
Change of Space, SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY.
Urban Mythology, Youth Art Connection Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
2001
Ready or Not, SOHO20 Chelsea Galler, New York, NY.
Origins, Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
National Affiliate Exhibition, SOHO20 Gallery, New York, NY.
Sculptural Works, Hart-Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC.
2000 + 1, Washington Square, Washington, DC.
Selected Exhibitions 2000-1985
2000
New Materials, New Processes, New Directions, Brevard College, Brevard, NC.
Connections, SOHO 20 Gallery, New York, NY.
The Passage of Time, Youth Art Connection Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
1999
SECAC Members Exhibition, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA. 1
From the Belly of the Country, SOHO 20 Gallery, New York, NY.
Just Racin’: Artists Look at NASCAR, Green Hill Center for Art, Greensboro, NC.
FAT, R3 Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Body, Gallery 100, Atlanta College of Art, Woodruff Center, Atlanta, GA.
Blurring the Lines, William King Regional Art Center, Abingdon, VA.
1998
MASS Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Greensboro Arboretum, Greensboro, NC,
Out There, SOHO 20 Gallery, New York, NY.
1997
Kerek Zold/ Circle Green, (two exhibits)
Budapest Galeria, Budapest, Hungary
Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC.
Think Dinky International Invitational Exhibition, the Modern Museum, Durham, NC.
Famous Artist Show, Individual Visual Artist Coalition, Atlanta, GA.
From the Center, Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, NC.
From Far Corners, SOHO 20 Gallery, New York, NY.
1996
Sculpture on the Grounds, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.
Tall and Small, Washington Square, Washington, DC.
1995
Installation/Collaboration, Community Center for the Arts, Kinston, NC.
Defining Ourselves, Radford University Galleries, Radford, VA.
1994
Fabulous Figures, Shirley Fitterman Gallery, CUNY, New York, NY.
The Cutting Edge, Gallery 10, Washington, DC.
NC Arts Council Artist Fellowship Exhibit, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art,
Winston-Salem, NC.
1993
Revising Boundaries: Southern Women Artists, Seattle, WA.
Sculpture Garden Exhibition, Burlington County College, Pemberton, NJ, 1993–1995.
1992
Radford University Sculpture Exhibition, Burde Sculpture Court, Radford, VA, 1992–1993.
Extended Boundaries, Arts Festival of Atlanta, The Bathhouse Exhibit, Atlanta, GA.
Interviews: An Expose of Women Artists, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
New Work: Ann Rowles and Michele Richards, Barton College, Wilson, NC.
1991
Individuals: 13 Women Artists, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC
1989
Working Title: Pants, Vests, and Shirts, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh.
Women Artists, Catherine Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University.
1985
Ann Rowles and Chester Williams, Hanes Art Center, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Emerging Artist Grant Recipients Exhibition, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC.
Ann Rowles and Mary Todd Shaw, Raleigh Little Theater Gallery, Raleigh, NC.
Grants & Awards
Recurrence (with the Sixfold Collective), Art on the Beltline, Summer Outdoor Exhibition, Atlanta, GA, 2010
Studio Artist Program, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA, 2005-2010
Fulton County (GA) Arts Council grant, 1997-98, Mentor in ArtSHARE Program, Individual Artists Coaltion.
North Carolina Arts Council, Visual Artist Fellowship, 1993-94.
Associate Artist Residency, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL,
Faith Ringgold, Master Artist, March–April 1992.
“Indy” Triangle Arts Award in Visual Arts, presented by The Independent Weekly, Durham NC, 1990.
Smith Graduate Research Award, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1990.
North Carolina Arts Council Scholarship to Public Art Dialogue Southeast, 1989.
Emerging Artist Grant, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC, 1984.
Collections
William King Regional Art Center, Abingdon, VA.
North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Cullowhee, NC.
Private collections in Georgia, California, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina and Virginia.
Professional Experience
Teaching Experience
Vermont College of Fine Art, Montpelier, VT: Artist Teacher, 2014-
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC: Visiting Professor, Summer Session, 2003
Introductory & Intermediate Sculpture
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC: Visiting Professor, Summer Session, 2001.
Sculptural Approaches to the Body: An Introduction
North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC: Visiting Lecturer,1994, Drawing I.
Durham Technical Community College, Durham, NC: Instructor, 1994
Renaissance to Contemporary Art History
Durham Technical Community College, Durham, NC: Instructor, 1990, Art Appreciation.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC: Visiting Lecturer, 1991 & 1992,
Introduction to Sculpture and Three-Dimensional Design.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC: Teaching Assistant, 1988-1990
Introduction to Sculpture and Three-Dimensional Design. (Full responsibility for course)
Durham City Recreation Department, Durham, NC: Arts Specialist, 1977. Taught arts and crafts
to students aged 5-18 at four recreation centers in city public housing projects.
Lectures, Workshops, Panels and Presentations
Soft Sculpture Workshop, Art Department, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA, 2008.
Body Image: Betrayal beyond Appearance, Panel Discussion, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA, 2008.
Form in Translation: A Feminine Perspective on the Third Dimension, Panel Discussion,
Meredith College, Raleigh, NC, October 29, 2006.
The Female Form: Women, Art, & Politics, Symposium sponsored by Atlanta College of Art, the
University of West Georgia and Ballroom Studios, Atlanta, GA, March 2001.
New Directions: Work in Progress, Chair, Discussion Session, Tri State Sculptors Annual Conference,
UNC-Asheville, October 2000.
Slide presentation, art student seminar, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC, November 1994.
Artist-in-Residence, Artspace, Raleigh, NC, Summer 1994.
Closet Installation: Memory & Fantasy, gallery talk,
Artspace, Raleigh, NC, August 1994,
Gallery talk ,University of NC at Charlotte, Cone Center, NC, March 1993,
Slide presentation and talk,Brevard College, Brevard, NC, October 1992.
Gallery talks,Student Union Gallery, UNC-Chapel Hill, November 1990 & March 1992
Slide presentation and artist’s talk,Meredith College, Raleigh, NC, February 1990.
Working Title: Pants, Vests, and Shirts, artists and curator’s exhibition panel,
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, April 1989.
Exhibition Juror or Curator
STRETCH,Chase Street Warehouses, Unit 4, Athens, GA, 2007
Western Carolina University Juried Art Student Exhibition, Cullowhee, NC, 2007.
Annual Boys & Girl Clubs of Metro Atlanta Fine Arts Program Exhibition, Youth Art Connection,
Atlanta, GA, 2006
Student Art Competition, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA, 2005.
Annual Arts Competition, Cultural Arts Center, Dawsonville, GA, 2001.
Western Carolina University Juried Art Student Exhibition, Cullowhee, NC, 1999.
Juried Patient Art Competition, Dorothea Dix Hospital, Raleigh, NC, 1991, 1992.
Non-Profit Organizations
Women’s Caucus for Art, National Board
Southeastern Regional Vice President, 2010-
2005 National Conference Coordinator 2004-2005
Chapters Council Representative 2005-2008.
Co-Founder Women’s Caucus for Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA, 2000
Treasurer, 2006–2010
President, 2000-2006.
ArtSHARE Mentoring Program, co-sponsored by the Youth Art Connection Gallery,
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, and Individual Visual Artists Coalition.
Mentor for two students from the Carver/Eastside Boys and Girls Club, 1997-2002.
Tri State Sculptors Educational Association,
Nominating Committee Chair, 2002-06;
Editor, Tri State Sculptors Newsletter (Sculptors Voice), 1992–2000;
Secretary, 1986-1990.
Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC,
Board of Directors, 1988-92.
Forest History Society, Durham, NC, Library Assistant, 1984-1988.
Managed small special library single-handedly until accredited librarian hired in 1987.
Center/Gallery, Carrboro, NC.
President, 1983–85;
Grants Officer, 1985–1987;
Publicity Director, 1980–82.
Pocket Theatre, Durham, NC,
Costume Design (The Sunrise Project, 1982; Buddy Bolden’s Blues, 1979),
Poster Design and Publicity, 1976-1979.
Bibliography
Selected Articles & Reviews
Cullum, Jerry, “Lively ‘Exquisite Corpses’ ” ArtsATL, http://www.artsatl.com. September 29, 2014
Hudson, Taylor, "Growing Old Examined in 'The Third Act' at ATHICA," BURNAWAY, February 7, 2014
Crumb, Michael, "On the Art Front at the Front Gallery"
Hansell, Sally, "Site Specific in Georgia," Fiberarts, Nov/Dec 2010
Hansell, Sally, “Bourgeois’s early tale of death will have added poignancy,” BURNAWAY.
http://www.burnaway.org, 6/3/10
Greenberg, Blue, “4 artists will create 'Tension',” Durham Herald Sun, 1/20/2007
Natale, Michele, “Women explore myriad media,” Raleigh News and Observer, 11/12/2007
Metcalf, Susie, “Dis/Ability Through Artists’ Eyes,” Art Education, July 2005.
Feaster, Felicia, “My So-Called Life," Creative Loafing, 6/10/04.
Fox, Catherine, “Campus Sit-In” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 3/28/03.
Byrd, Cathy, “Phat FAT,” Creative Loafing, 5/22/99.
Cullum, Jerry, “Fabulous ‘Fat’ is heavy stuff,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 5/14/99.
Patterson, Tom, “Eye on Art,” Winston-Salem Journal, 5/4/97.
Byrd, Cathy, “Spaced Out,” Creative Loafing, 4/19/97.
Ariail, Kate Dobbs, “Center/Gallery then and now,” Independent Weekly, March 1997.
Natale, Michele, review of From the Center, Chapel Hill News, 3/9/1997.
Weinstein, Ann, “Art in View,” V Magazine (Roanoke, VA), March, 1995.
Halpern, Max, “Imagine, Remember,” Spectator, 8/18/94.
Greenberg, Blue, “Exhibit stimulates child in everyone,” Durham Herald Sun, 7/24/94.
Twardy, Chuck, “Fashioning a body language,” Raleigh News and Observer, 7/17/94.
Twardy, Chuck, “Ann Rowles,” (artist profile) Raleigh Extra, 7/10/94.
Twardy, Chuck, “Good Fellows,” Raleigh News and Observer, 3/18/94.
Patterson, Tom, “Sculptors’ displays at SECCA are impressive,” Winston-Salem Journal, 3/13/94.
Fox, Catherine, “Witness an artist’s take on the world, rendered in most ordinary materials,”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 9/21/92.
Ertelt, Bonnie Arant, “Ann Rowles: Threads,” Art Papers, March-April 1992.
Shearin, Margaret, “Individuals: 13 Women Artists,” Art Papers, Nov.-Dec. 1991.
Ariail, Kate Dobbs, “Reflections on Feminism and All-Women Art Exhibits,” Artvu, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Fall 1991).
Bennett, Kathryn, “Tri State Sculptors,” Art Papers, May-June 1991.
Patterson, Tom, “Women’s Views,” Winston-Salem Journal, 5/26/91.
Oberlaender, Michaela, “Tri State Sculptor’s Guild,” Art Papers, July-Aug. 1990.
Murphy, Laura, “Female Perspective is Dominant,” Cue Magazine, 5/3/90.
Independent Weekly, “The Indies – Triangle Arts Awards,” 5/9/90.
Ariail, Kate Dobbs, “Full-bodied beauty,” Independent Weekly, 2/15/90.
Greenberg, Blue, "Campus Holds Out Against Twists of Fashion,” Durham Morning Herald, 2/11/90.
Litt, Steven, “Saving Face,” Raleigh News and Observer, 9/8/89.
Ariail, Kate Dobbs, “Impulse to Connect,” Artvu, Vol. 3, No. 2, (1989).
Vermillion, Henry, “Hanging Out the Clothes,” The Arts Journal, June 1989.
Greenberg, Blue, “Exhibit Shows a Merging of Art with Real World,” Durham Morning Herald, 6/2/89.
Halpern, Max, “From everyday to beyond reality,” The Leader, 5/18/89.
Thornton, Gene,, “Wearing your art on your sleeve,” Raleigh News and Observer4/30/89
Gibson, Janet, “Clothing for art’s sake,” Raleigh News and Observer, 4/21/89.
Pascal, Huston, “Working Title: Pants, Vests, and Shirts,” Preview, The North Carolina Museum of Art,
Spring 1989.
Jones, Allison, “Profiles in Plumage: Four Artists/Artisans Who Are Making or Mocking Their Medium,”
Independent Weekly, June 18-July 1, 1987.
Catalogues & Publications
Equilibrium, Woman Made Gallery, Women's Caucus for Art, 2014
SOHO20 Gallery - 1973-2013; 40th Anniversary Catalogue, SOHO20 Artists, Inc., 2013.
Woman + Body, Kepco Art Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2012.
SOHO20 Catalogues: #1 ,2008; #2, 2011; #3, 2012. SOHO20 Artists, Inc.
Emory Chair Project 2003, Visual Arts Program, Emory University, 2004.
Just Racin’: Art on Wheels, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, 1999.
A Paen to the Puny, Roger Manley, (catalogue: The Think Dinky International Invitational Exhibition,)
The Meta Museum, 1997.
Kerek Zöld/Circle Green, Budapest Galéria and Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, 1997.
Defining Ourselves, M. Anna Fariello, Radford University Galleries, 1995.
North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowships 1993-94, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, 1994.
Working Title: Pants, Vests, and Shirts, The North Carolina Museum of Art, 1989.
Ann Rowles,
Mixed Media Sculpture
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