Christa Kreeger Bowden Professor of Art

Wilson Hall 1008
540-458-8880
bowdenc@wlu.edu
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Education

Master of Fine Arts in Photography, with Honors & Distinction, 2000
Lamar Dodd School of Art
The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1996
Newcomb College
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

Teaching

Darkroom and digitally-based photography as well as alternative and 19th-century processes.

Exhibitions

Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions:

2015 Maternal Instincts, Williams School of Economics and Commerce, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
2014 Roots & Nests, The Cleo Driver Miller Gallery, Bridgewater College, VA
2013 Roots & Nests, The Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, VA
2012 Roots & Nests, Staniar Gallery, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
2010 Recent Work, WorkSpace Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2010 Recent Work, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
2010 Still Flight, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2010 Christa Bowden & Robert Sulkin, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Pauley Center, Richmond, VA
2010 Christa Bowden & Robert Sulkin, VMFA at Richmond International Airport, Richmond, VA
2009 Still Flight, Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA
2008 Still Flight, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2016 The Artist's Hand, Tilt Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2015 SPE Combined Caucus Exhibition, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
2014 Without Glass: Contemporary Lensless Photography, Curated by Christa Bowden and Kat Kiernan, The Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, VA
2013 The Fixed Shadow, Robert & Elain Stein Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
2013 Photo Craft 2, LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
2013 Antiquarian and the New Alchemy, Serenbe Photography Center, Chattahoochee Hills, GA
2012 Encaustics and Photography, Galerie BMG, Woodstock, NY
2012 Shift: Contemporary Photography, Parlkand College, Champaign, IL
2012 Center Forward 2012, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2012 Contemporary Photography, Biggin Hall Gallery, Auburn University, Auburn AL
2011 Transfixed: The Artist's Hand in Photographic Processes, Tuska Center for Contemporary Art, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2011 Seventh Photographic Image Biennial Exhibition, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2010 Grounded, 621 Tallahassee, FL
2010 Picturing Home, Visual Arts Gallery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2009 Crossroads, Museum of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, GA
2009 Signs & Revelations - Ultimate Eye Foundation, Peninsula Museum of Art, Belmont, CA
2009 New Directions 2009, WallSpace Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 Pictures of Things: Contemporary Still Life, 340 High Street, Portsmouth, VA
2008 Mixed Images: Photography & Encaustics, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Kingston, NY
2006 Scanner as Camera, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2006 Friends of the Gallery Emerging Artist Exhibition, Verve Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2005 Binary Articulations, George A. Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO
2003 Women in the New Millennium, Seton Hall University, S. Orange, NJ
2002 DPI Digitally Propelled Ideas, California State University, Pomona, CA
2002 Deus Ex Machina, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2002 Women?s National Art Invitational, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
2001 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA

Selected Honors and Awards

2014 Lens Culture Editor's Pick
2009-10 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship Recipient
2006 "Scanner as Camera" Panel Chair - Society for Photography Education National Conference
2005 Nominated for the Santa Fe Prize for Photography
2005 Qualex Award Winner, 4th Photography Image Biennial, East Carolina University
2003 Honorable Mention, Ultimate Eye Foundation Grants