Stephen Lowery

EDUCATION:

        Tulane University, MFA, 1971 
        School of the John Herron Art Institute, BFA, 1966 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

        1986-Present  Aurora University, Aurora Illinois, Instructor - Professor 
        1985-86           Aurora University, Aurora Illinois, Part-time Instructor 
        1981-85           Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, Illinois, 
                                 Part-time Instructor 
        1980-83           Aurora College, Aurora Illinois, Part-time Instructor 
        1971-74           Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, Part-time Instructor 
        1969-71           Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 
                                Graduate Teaching Assistant 

ACADEMIC AWARDS:

        1991     Sears-Roebuck Foundation Teaching Excellence and 
                     Campus Leadership Award
        1966     Roger Gould Wolcott Graduate Award for travel and study in Europe 

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:

        Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, Mississippi 
        Dulin Gallery of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee 

GALLERY AFFILIATIONS:

        1980-83         Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 
        1973-74         Michael Ledet Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana 
        1971-73         Bienville Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana 

  RELATED EXPERIENCE

        1972-1986     Owner/operator of Stephen Lowery Decorative Arts, a wholesale 
                               outlet to interior designers and  architects specializing in the design 
                               and manufacture of stained, etched, beveled and hand painted glass 
                               windows.  Other craft oriented products included decorative 
                               paintings and hand painted upholstery fabric. 

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITS:

        2000     Aurora University, Aurora, Illinois
        1996     Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, Illinois 
        1990     Joliet Junior College, Joliet, Illinois 
        1989     North Central College, Naperville, Illinois 
        1986     Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana 
        1984     Kankakee Community College, Kankakee, Illinois 
        1982     Illinois Central College, East Peoria, Illinois 
        1982     Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, Illinois 
        1982     Aurora College, Aurora, Illinois 
        1981     Oakton Community College, DesPlaines, Illinois 
        1981     Wedge Public Cultural Center for the Arts, Aurora, Illinois 
        1980     Mid-town Court House, (alternate space, Joy Horwich Gallery) 
                     Chicago, Illinois 
        1980     Beverly Art Center, Chicago, Illinois 
        1980     Sauk Valley College, Dixon, Illinois 
        1979     Two Illinois Center, Chicago, Illinois 
        1979     Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, Illinois 
        1978     Illinois Arts Council Gallery, Chicago Illinois 
        1973     Michael Ledet Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana 
        1971     Bienville Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana 
        1971     Newcome College Art Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana 
 

  GROUP EXHIBITS:          

        2009     Lost and Found, APAC, Aurora, illinois                                                                                                       2002     Fox Valley Arts Council Members Invitational, APAC, Aurora, illinois
        2000    Joe Hernandez and Steve Lowery, Marmion Academy, Aurora, Illinois
        1998    Aurora Public Art Commission Invitational Exhibition, Aurora, Illinois 
        1998    Paint Seen, Norris Gallery, Saint Charles, Illinois 
        1996    Illinois Benedictine College: An Invitation to Tomorrow, Lisle, Illinois 
        1986    Indiana University Northwest (Two-person Exhibit), Gary, Indiana 
        1985    Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center: Five Sides and 
                    Some Tops, Portsmouth, Ohio 
        1980-84   Wedge Public Cultural Center for the Arts: Group Exhibits, 
                    Aurora, Illinois 
        1983    Coos Art Museum (Three-person Exhibit), Coos Bay, Oregon 
        1980-82   Illinois Arts Council: Illinois Painters III, Toured State of Illinois 
        1981     Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center: About Faces, 
                     Portsmouth, Ohio 
        1980     Joliet Junior College: Illinois Car Invitational, Joliet, Illinois 
        1980     Hubbard Gallery 8 ½" x 11" Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois 
        1980     Contemporary Art Workshop (Two-person Exhibit), Chicago, Illinois 
        1979     Facets Gallery (Four-person Exhibit), Chicago, Illinois 
        1978     Joliet Junior College (Two-person Exhibit), Joliet, Illinois 
        1977     Paula Insel Annual Art Exhibition, New York, New York 
        1977, 76  Sidney Rothman - The Gallery: Exhibit of Paintings and Sculpture,
                    Barnegat Light, New Jersey 

  JURIED EXHIBITS (Selected List)
 
        2009, 1999, 93, 86, 85   Norris Gallery Vicinity Exhibition, Saint Charles, Illinois                                                   2000   Artistic Fusion, Fermi Lab, Batavia, Illinois
        1987, 86, 83   Paper in Particular, Columbia, Missouri 
        1986     Muscatine Art Center Biennial Juried Show, Muscatine, Iowa 
        1986     Third Floor Gallery Works on and of Paper, Oakland, California 
        1986     Dreams: Pictures of the Mind National Exhibit, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 
        1986, 85   National Artspace Exhibition, Sacramento, California 
        1986, 84   Quincy Annual Tri-State Art Show, Quincy, Illinois 
        1986, 82, 81   Kansas National Small Painting, Drawing and Print Exhibition,
                      Hays, Kansas 
        1985     Alabama Works on Paper, Auburn, Alabama 
        1985     College of the Mainland National Printmaking and 
                     Drawing Competition, Texas City, Texas 
        1985     Mt. San Jacinto Juried Open, San Jacinto, California 
        1984     Berkeley Gallery National Drawing Competition, 
                     Meriden, New Hampshire 
        1984     MoMing Gallery Juried Show, Chicago, Illinois 
        1984, 83   Schoharie County Arts Council National Small Print and 
                    Drawing Competition, Cableskill, New York 
        1984, 81, 80   Spiva Art Center Annual Competitive, Joplin, Missouri 
        1984, 82, 80, 73   DelMar College National Drawing and 
                Small Sculpture Show, Corpis Christi, Texas 
        1984, 83, 73   Ball State Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Muncie, Indiana 
        1983     Hoyt National Painting show, New Castle, Pennsylvania 
        1983     Angels Gate Cultural Center 2D National, San Pedro, California 
        1983     Appalachian National Drawing Competition, Boone, North Carolina 
        1983     Virginia Intermont College National, Bristol, Virginia 
        1983, 82, 81   West Bend Gallery: Men and Women in the Arts, 
                     West Bend, Wisconsin 
        1982     Coos Art Museum Juried Exhibit of Fine Art, Coos Bay, Oregon 
        1982     Galerie Triangle Annual National Exhibition, Washington, D.C. 
        1982     Great Lakes Regional Art Exhibit, Cleveland, Ohio 
        1982     Biennial Michiana Regional Art Competition and Exhibition, 
                     South Bend, Indiana 
        1982     Mid-America Biennial, Owensboro, Kentucky 
        1982     Galex Annual Competitive Art Exhibition, Galesburg, Illinois 
        1982, 81   Abilene Fine Arts Museum Painting Competition, Abilene, Texas 
        1982, 81   Green Art Gallery Juried Exhibition, Gilford, Connecticut 
        1982, 80, 79   Shelby Art League Juried Exhibition, Shelby, North Carolina 
        1981     Center Gallery: The Car Show, Madison, Wisconsin 
        1981     Artist's Guild of Chicago: Prints and Drawings, Chicago, Illinois 
        1981     Oklahoma Art Center Art Annual Two, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 
        1981     Chicago Art Institute: Exhibition of Artists of Chicago and Vicinity:
                     Print and Multiples, Chicago, Illinois 
        1981     Terrance Gallery: National Juried Drawing Show, Palenville, New York 
        1981     Artist's Guild of Chicago: The Contemporary Figure, Chicago, Illinois 
        1980     Nab Gallery: Suspense Invitational, Chicago, Illinois
        1979     Northwestern University: Vehicles 1979, Evanston, Illinois 
        1979, 77  Valley City State College: 2nd Crossing Gallery National Art Exhibit,
                     Valley City, North Dakota 
        1979, 75  Rutgers University National Drawing Exhibition, Camden, New Jersey 
        1978     Dulin National Print and Drawing Competition, Knoxville, Tennessee 
        1978     Harper College: Illinois Print and Drawing Competition, Palatine, Illinois 
        1977     Edinboro State College: Intent/Drawings/'77, Edinboro, Pennsylvania 
        1977     3-D '77, Chicago, Illinois 
        1977, 76, 72   Washington and Jefferson National Painting Show, 
                    Washington, Pennsylvania 
        1976, 74, 73   National Small Painting Exhibition, Mount Clemens, Michigan 
        1976, 72   Chautauqua Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua, New York 
        1975     New Horizons in Art, Chicago, Illinois 
        1974     Eight State Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, 
                     Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 
        1974, 73   Arkansas Arts Center Prints, Drawings and Small Sculpture Show,
                     Little Rock, Arkansas 
        1973, 72   Oklahoma Art Center National Exhibition of Prints and Drawings,
                     Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 
        1971     Lauren Rogers Museum of Art Regional Exhibition, Laurel, Mississippi