| Stephen Lowery was born in Muncie, Indiana in 1943 where he
lived until
graduating from high school. He attended the Herron School of Art in
Indianapolis
where he obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a primary
emphasis
in painting and a secondary emphasis in sculpture. He was the recipient
of the Roger Gould Wolcott Graduate Award, given by the school, which
allowed
him to spend the summer of 1966 in Europe. He went to graduate school
at
Tulane University in New Orleans and graduated in 1971 with a Master of
Fine Arts degree. For more biographical information and current contact
information see Curriculum Vita. Mr. Lowery has lived in the far western Chicago suburbs, specifically the Fox Valley, since 1974. He has taught studio art at Aurora University since 1986 where he currently is a Professor of Art. He works in both two dimensional and three dimensional media, for no logical reason, but has done so since undergraduate school. He began a series of paintings in December of 1997 on which he is currently working and believes this to be the most productive period he has had in the forty, or so, years that his primary focus has been the creation visual art. For more information on the current series of paintings see Artist Statement and Gallery. Mr. Lowery has few interests or hobbies. His time, energy and focus, after practical considerations, are given to his art. He isn't very social and not much fun at a dinner party. He is passionate about his teaching; his grown children; two grandchildren and a few close friends. His current outside interest is Russian art and culture. Has made four trips to Russia since 2000 and is attempting to learn the language. |