Exhibitions
Mary Jo Bowers’ art wall quilts have been exhibited nationally and internationally since 2001. Check the NEWS on my site for upcoming exhibits. She is represented by the Bradley Art Gallery in Stoughton, WI |
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Publications
500 Art Quilts 2009, Published by Lark Books, IT’S 5:00 SOMEWHERE & AN ABANDONED BARN |
| Featured Artist in the Fall 2009 issue of the Wilmette Arts Guild Newsletter |
| Contributor to ART + DESIGN by Lyric Kinard, Published 2009 |
| American Quilter Spring 2007, One of several quilts artists using circles in their work |
| American Quilter Magazine Spring 2007, CIRCLES IX featured in Editor's Choice Gallery pp 24-26. |
| American Quilters 2007, Catalogue of Show Quilts, pp 32 & 65 |
| Thinking About Women by Margaret L. Anderson, Cover Art BOXED IN Published 2006 |
| Form Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie, Cover of Gallery Catalogue, 2004 |
| America From the Heart, Remembering Sept 11, 2001, Published 2002 |
| Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc Portfolio 13 |
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Awards
Artist Career Training Challenge 2009 |
| Wayne Art Center 2005, National Spring juried Exhibition, Juror’s Choice Award |
| Fine Art of Fiber 2001, Second Place |
| Fine Art of Fiber 1997, Second Place |
| Smokey Mountain Quilt Show 1997, Third Place |
| Small Wonders Embellishment Show 1997, First Runner-Up |
| NEQA Wearables Show 1997, Third Place |
| Mid-Atlantic Wearable Art Festival 1996, Third Place |
| Holiday Garden of Quilts 1996, First Place |
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2009
Joint exhibition with Marge Graham, a watercolorist, at Senior Actions Service, Inc, Evanston, IL July- Oct |
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2009 - Group Exhibitions
Fine Art of Fiber - Glencoe, IL Fall |
| Greenleaf Art Gallery - Winter |
| Wilmette Art Guild - Wilmette March |
| Greenleaf Art Gallery - Chicago May-July |
| Wilmette Park District Gallery - Wilmette, IL Jan-March |
| Bradley Art Galley - Stoughton, Wi June-December |
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2008 - Group Exhibitions
Coldwell Banker Real Estate Gallery April-Aug |
| Chinoserie Gallery Wilmette Oct-Dec |
| Wilmette Pubic Library show March |
| Fine Art of Fiber November |
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2007 - Solo Exhibitions
Ditmar Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, January - February |
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2007 - Group Exhibitions
American Quilters Society Show |
| Art Encounter - Evanston Noyes Art Center |
| Earlville Opera House Gallery, Earlville, NY |
| Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM |
| Schwinfurt Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY |
| Wilmette Arts Guild, Wilmette, IL |
| Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, IL Sept-October |
| Illinois Artisan's Gallery - 2007, Wren, IL, January - December |
| Womanmade Gallery, February - May |
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2006 - Group Exhibitions
Mancuso Quilt Show 2006, Chicago, IL |
| Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago, IL, January - February |
| Rogers Park Art Walk, October |
| Rogers Park Group Show, Heartland Cafe, Chicago, October - November |
| Makeready Press Gallery, Montclair, NJ, Nov 2005 - Jan 2006 |
| Prudential Preferred Properties Gallery, Evanston, IL, Dec. 2005 -Jan. 2006 |
| Anderson Art Gallery, Kenosha, WI, January - April |
| Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, VA, February 2006 |
| Fine Line Gallery - 2006, St. Charles, IL, April |
| AQS Quilt Show and Contest, Paducah, KY, April |
| The 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, June |
| Whistler House Museum of Art, June - August |
| Chicago Labor and Arts Festival, Chicago, IL, May 2006 |
| Fine Art of Fiber - 2006, Glencoe, IL, November |
| International Quilt Festival - 2006, Houston, TX, November |
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2005 - Solo Exhibitions
Creative Essence Studio, Chicago, IL, March - April |
| Rogers Park Historical Society, Chicago, IL, February |
| Illinois Artisan's Shop Artist of the Month, Wren, IL, March and April |
| Vespine Gallery, Chicago, IL,, May 1-31 2002 |
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2005 - Group Exhibitions
Illinois Artisan's Gallery, Wren, IL, Jan-Dec |
| Fine Line Gallery, St. Charles, IL, February-April |
| Wayne Art Center, 2005, Wayne, Pa, April 1-30 |
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2004
Art and Soul of Quilting, Anderson Art Gallery, Kenosha, WI |
| Carneige Center for Art and History, New Albany, In |
| Elements Traveling Exhibit, South Carolina |
| International Quilt Festival, 2004, Houston, Tx |
| McCord House Gallery, Palos Park,IL |
| Page-Walker gallery, Cary, NC |
| Quilter's Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, Pa |
| Vermont Quilt show, Northfield, Vt |
| Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pa |
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2003
Fine Art of Fiber, Glencoe, IL |
| International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL |
| Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival, Williamsburg, VA |
| PAQA Small Works II, on tour, Venues include Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Golden, Colorado plus galleries in New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Connecticut 2003 -2005 |
| Quilt and Sewing Festival, Myrtle Beach, Fl |
| Raymond Street Art Gallery, Evanston, IL |
| Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY |
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2002
American Quilt Society Show, Nashville, TN |
| Bloomingdale Park District Art Gallery, Bloomingdale, IL |
| PAQA Small Works I on tour - 2001-2002 |
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2001
International Convergence Fiber Show, Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL |
| 10th International Open Show, Womanmade Gallery, Chicago,IL |
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