Eileen Cowin's
work has been presented in over 30 solo exhibitions and in more than
165 group exhibitions. In 2000, Still (and all) Eileen Cowin 1971-1998,
curated by Sue Spaid, opened at The Amory Center for the Arts, Pasadena,
California. The exhibition was accompanied by a publication and traveled
to the Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida, the
University of Maryland Fine Arts Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland and
The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Other one person exhibitions include It's so good to see you,
Deep River, Los Angeles, California(1999) and Returning to Ordinary
Life, University Art Museum, California State University, Long
Beach, California(1998)
Eileen Cowin's work has been included in: New American Photography,
by Kathleen Gauss published by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art;
Eileen Cowin, John Divola : New Work, No Fancy Titles, published
by the California International Arts Foundation; The Privileged
Eye : Through the Narrative Portal by Max Kozloff, Eileen
Cowin published by the Min Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; Scene of
the Crime, by Ralph Rugoff published by the Armand Hammer Museum
at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, and Contemporary Art in Southern
California, by Mark Johnstone published by Craftsman House, Australia.
Cowin has received numerous awards, among them are Individual fellowships
from the National Endowment for the Arts (1979,1982,1990), a commission
from the Public Art Fund in New York, an Individual Artist Grant from
the City of Los Angeles(1997) and a Completion Grant, from The Durfee
Foundation(2000). Eileen Cowin was commissioned by the Los Angeles
County Museum of Art to do a billboard for Made in California and
was selected to be the inaugural artist for the Metro Rail Light Boxes
in Los Angeles.
Cowin is presently Professor of Art at California State University, Fullerton.
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