Amanda Elise Bowles
B. Alexandria,VA
L. Chicago,IL
bowles.amanda@gmail.com


EDUCATION

2011-present, Northwestern University, Art, Theory & Practice Program, MFA Candidate - 2013
2010- 2011, Washington University in St. Louis, Danforth Scholar
2007- 2010, Kansas City Art Institute, BFA - Painting **GPA: 3.926/4


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2011
Agony + XTC, Spring Avenue Church, St. Louis, MO *** solo exhibition
!st Year MFA Show, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Good Shit, Pig Slop Gallery, St. Louis, MO
ma tu mi ami, Open House Gallery, St. Louis, MO
I am not a good enough feminist, Concrete Utopia, Brooklyn, NY
6ix, The Spray Booth Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2010
The Fox and the Hedgehog, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO
BFA Exhibition, H & R Blockspace, Kansas City, MO
KCAI BFA Exhibition, Dodge Gallery, Kansas City, MO
End of the Semester Show, Dodge Gallery, Kansas CIty, MO

2009
Pretty Ugly, Dodge Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Inside-Outside, KCAI Crossroads Gallery, Kansas City, MO ** solo exhibition
Is What You Know What You See? Longview Cultural Arts Center, Raytown
Corporate Install, EAG (Entrepreneur Advertising Group), Kansas City
All-Star Junior Combine, Dodge Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Periphery, Dodge Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2008
“Annual Undergraduate Show,” The Artist Coalition Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Finding the Edge, Dodge Gallery, Kansas City, MO

GRANTS
Collaborative Technology Center and Creative Research Institute
Grant, St. Louis, MO

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2010 - 2011 - Teaching Assistant, Washington University in St. Louis, MO
2009-2010 - Assistant to Warren Rosser (Painting Dept. Chair, KCAI) – KC, MO
2009-present - Special Exhibiting Artist /Corporate Collection, EAG – KC, MO