CV - Curriculum Vitae

Education

2019 BFA in Sculpture, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR

1999 Associates Degree, Sheet Metal Institute, Portland, OR

Guest Speaker

2024 Habatat Detroit fine Art, NGG 23, Award Winner’s Presentation (virtual), Detroit, MI.

2023 Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, AACG Zoom Friday’s Artist Spotlight Series, San Francisco, CA.

2023 GAS Detroit 2023 – Saxe Emerging Artist Award - Detroit, MI.

2023 Habatat Detroit Fine Art, Not Grandma’s Glass (virtual), Royal Oak, MI.

2022 Museum of Glass, Veterans Day Event - Hot Shop Heroes, Awards Ceremony. Tacoma, WA.

2022 James Renwick Alliance for Craft (virtual), Distinguished Artist Series, Washington, DC.

Grants & Awards

2024 Habatat Detroit Fine Art, Glass 52 Award of Excellence

2024 Critical Mass, Solo Show Award, by the Blue Sky & Nine Gallery

2023 Glass Art Society, Connections 2023, 1st place.

2023 Glass Art Society, Saxe Emerging Artist Award

2022 National Veterans Creative Arts Festival, 3rd place.

2020 Engage Art Contest, Honorable Mention

2020 National Veterans Creative Arts Festival, 3rd place.

2019 Warm Glass UK, The Glass Prize Award, 1st place.

2019 Windgate-Lamar Fellowship Award

2018 Penland School of Craft Scholarship Award

2018 May Georges Metals Scholarship Award

2015 Yellow Ribbon Program

Exhibition Record

2024 Habatat International Glass Invitational, Glass52 Award Winner’s Exhibition, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN.

2024 Public Installation, Mr. Stigma, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD

2024 Group Exhibition, Habatat Detroit Fine Art Annual Exhibition, Glass 52, Royal Oak, MI

2024 Solo Exhibition, Nine Gallery at Blue Sky, Critical Mass, Geoffrey Bowton, January, Portland, OR

2023 Group Exhibition, Habatat Detroit Fine Art Annual Exhibition, Glass 51, Royal Oak, MI

2023 Group Exhibition, Glass Art Society Members Exhibition, Connections 2023, Detroit, MI

2023 Group Exhibition, Habatat Detroit Fine Art, Not Grandma’s Glass 2023 (virtual), Royal Oak, MI

2023 Group Exhibition, Museum of Glass, Museum Gallery Store, Tacoma WA

2022 Group Exhibition, Bainbridge Arts & Crafts, Veteran’s Day, Nov 22, Bainbridge, WA

2022 Group Exhibition, Virtual, National Veterans Creative Arts Festival, USA

2022 Group Exhibition, James Renwick Alliance for Craft, Distinguished Artist Series (virtual), w.DC

2021 Group Exhibition, Virtual, ArtFolioAnnual.com, International

2020 Group Exhibition, Virtual, Engage Art Contest, International, North America

2020 Group Exhibition, Virtual, 2020 National Veterans Creative Arts Festival, USA

2020 Group Exhibition, Claghorn Gallery, Particles, Albany, CA

2020 Group Exhibition, Brassworks Gallery, Acrylic Warfare, Portland, OR

2019 Solo Exhibition, Museum of Glass, Veterans Day, Tacoma, WA

2019 Group Exhibition, Coach House Dublin Castle, Ireland Glass Biennale, Dublin, IE

2019 Group Exhibition, Blackfish Gallery, 24th Annual Recent Graduates Exhibit, Portland, OR

2019 Group Exhibition, Warm Glass UK, The Glass Prize (virtual), United Kingdom

2019 Group Exhibition, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Untitled No. 112, Portland, OR

2018 Group Exhibition, Sitka Art Invitational, Portland, OR

2018 Group Exhibition, White Stag, Frogwood Collaborative, Portland, OR

2018 Group Exhibition, Hoffman Gallery, Matter of Course, Portland, OR

2018 Group Exhibition, Society of North American Goldsmiths, SNAG Student Exhibition, Portland, OR

2018 Group Exhibition, Hoffman Gallery, Functional Objects, Portland, OR

Residencies

2024 - 2027 Penland School of Craft, Artist in Residence, Bakersville, NC

2023 Pilchuck Glass School, Emerging Artist in Residence, Stanwood, WA

2023 Museum of Glass, Hot Shop Collaboration, Tacoma, WA

2019 Frogwood, Frogwood Collaborative, Colton, OR

2019 Yellowstone National Park & Fusio Studio, Genius Loci, Bozeman, MT

2018 Frogwood, Frogwood Collaborative, Colton, OR

2018 Penland School of Craft, The Glass Skin, Ashville, NC

2018 Northlands Creative Glass, Seeking Stillness, Scotland, UK

2016 Northlands Creative Glass, Scotland: Casting and Sculpture, Scotland, UK

Bibliography

2023 Publication, Glass Art Society, Saxe Emerging Artist Geoffrey Bowton, Seattle, WA

2023 Press Release, Habatat Detroit Fine Art, International Glass 51, ABC WXYZ Detroit, MI

2023 Video Release, Habatat Detroit Fine Art, International Glass 51, You Tube

2023 Publication, Glass Art Magazine, Geoffrey Bowton, Sept-Oct. 2023, Buffalo, NY

2022 Video Release, Bainbridge Arts & Crafts: Artist Interview Geoffrey Bowton, Nov 2022, YouTube

2022 Press Release, BainbridgeCurrents.com, Ebb & Flo: Art & Service, Nov 16th, 2022, Bainbridge Island, WA

2022 Press Release, AAE Glass, Geoffrey Bowton, Sept 2022, NV

2022 Publication, Glass Art Magazine, Geoffrey Bowton, Sept-Oct. 2022, Westport, KY

2022 Publication, Schiffer Publishing, Pate de Verre The Material of Time, Sept. 2022, Atglen, PA

2022 Press Release, James Renwick Alliance for Craft, Distinguished Artist Series, April 2022, Washington, DC

2021 Publication, ArtFolio2021, 2020 December, South Korea

2020 Press Release, ENGAGEART.ORG, 2020 Engage Art Contest, North America

2020 Press Release, Public Affairs Story, 2020 National Veterans Creative Art Festival, Puget Sound, WA

2019 Publication, Military Officer Magazine, September, Alexandria, VA

2019 Publication, Glasshouse Magazine, Glashaus 3, Krefeld, DE

2019 Press Release, Warm Glass UK, 2019 The Glass Prize, Wrington, ENG

2019 Press Release, Center for Craft, 2019 Windgate Fellows, Asheville, NC

2018 Internship, Bullseye Projects, Bullseye Emerge 2018, Portland, OR

2018 Promotional Video, Interview, Oregon College of Art and Craft