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JOHN E. DOWELL

ARTIST PHOTOGRAPHER

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“Capture the spirit of the moment. All things may not be related, but they are connected.”

JD

COTTON

COTTON: THE SOFT, DANGEROUS BEAUTY OF THE PAST evokes the remembering, feeling, and sense of wonder in African American ancestral strategies of survival. It includes approximately 35 photographs, 1 installation, and an altar, while featuring the little-known history of slavery in New York City. COTTON is timely as countless African Americans are losing their lives…

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White Paintings, by John Dowell Artist Photographer

Paintings

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Shakeray, Harlem Drum Circle, by John Dowell artist photographer

PHOTOGRAPHS

Capture the spirit of the moment. All things may not be related, but they are connected. I photograph urban nocturnal landscapes in an attempt to capture the excitement of the city. Working primarily from sunset until dawn, I am able to deal with the surface of the buildings, the reflections on their exterior and finally…

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NEWS

  • Cotton: A Lecture with John E. Dowell in Philly
  • Honoring my mentor, Romas Viesulas
  • Exhibition at the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute

BIO

Dowell has worked as an artist for over four decades. A master printmaker whose prints, paintings and photographs have been featured in 50 one person exhibitions, he is represented in the permanent collections of 70 museum and public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, France. Dowell’s photographs have been added to the collections of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, the Fogg Museum of Harvard University, the Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design, and the Lehigh University Museum.

LINKS & DOWNLOADS

John Dowell featured in WHYY's Movers and Makers segment highlighting Black Image Makers (Aired February 4th)

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"The Night Before the Run" animated and edit by Thomas Lloyd

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A Video walk through with Poet Sonia Sanchez from COTTON: THE SOFT DANGEROUS BEAUTY OF THE PAST

Video Conversation

A Video walk through highlighting works from my exhibition COTTON: THE SOFT DANGEROUS BEAUTY OF THE PAST

Video tour

Cotton In Motion Dance Performance at the African American Museum of Philadelphia

Cotton In Motion

1979 Talk at the University of Washington

University of Washington 1979

A full curriculum vitae in PDF format

Curriculum Vitae

A "brief" 3-page resume in PDF format

Resume

Commissions

For Hire Rates

Concert and video projection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

"Cotton"

Interview at the Brandywine Print Workshop

"Night Light Reflections"

JOHN E. DOWELL

Dowell is a Philadelphia native and Professor Emeritus of Printmaking at the Tyler School of Art at Temple University

NYC Studio Location
45 W. 132nd Street, Harlem

Philly Studio Location
1849 N. 6th Street, Philadelphia

Mailing Address
P.O. Box 3489, Philadelphia, PA 19122

NEWS

  • Cotton: A Lecture with John E. Dowell in Philly
  • Honoring my mentor, Romas Viesulas
  • Exhibition at the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute
  • The Art Blog: Review of Cotton Exhibition

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