TAWA at 45
The Exhibition
Valerie Bowe
Salt Marsh
archival digital print, 2015; 11.5″h x 14″w
Valerie Bowe has exhibited in numerous photography shows: Noyes Museum, Hammonton, NJ; Photography 24, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown; NJ Focus on Sculpture, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ; Phillips Mill Photographic Exhibition, New Hope, PA; Voices for the Marsh, Ellarslie, Trenton, NJ; Honorable Mention, Salon de Refusés, Ellarslie Open XXV, Trenton, NJ; TAWA Members Exhibit, Ellarslie, Trenton, NJ. She has had a solo show at Stuart County Day School, Princeton, NJ. Her sculpture shows are too numerous to mention, both juried and invitational, group and solo. Most exhibits were in New Jersey and Pennsylvania but also New York City, Connecticut, California, and Illinois. She studied digital photography and AA Advertising Design, Mercer County Community College, NJ. Bowe did independent study work with Barbara Tiso (sculpture), Frank Rivera Art Students League of NY (abstract painting), Sidney Simon (sculpture, and Carter McCaffrey (sculpture). She received her AA in Fine Arts from MCCC, NJ.
“My art making has always been largely in the world of sculpture. At the same time, I always seemed to have a camera handy to document images that interest me: ordinary, extraordinary, people, places, and more. It is very satisfying to be able to return to them again and again. It’s almost like the old TV show, This is Your Life.”