Virginia Bowen

Education:
MFA San Jose State University, Suma Cum Laude, Pictorial Arts Major
BFA Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, Suma Cum Laude, Painting Major, Minor in Art Education
San Francisco State, Courses in Single Subject Art Education Major

Teaching:
2007-present - Evergreen Valley College
Courses:  Beginning Drawing, Figure Drawing, Expressive Drawing, Color, 2D Design, 3D Design

2009 - present - City College of San Francisco
Courses:  Beginning Drawing, Watercolor, Life Drawing, Color, 2D Design, 2004-2022     

2005 - 20016 Canada College, Redwood City 
Courses: Beginning Drawing, Color , 2D Design, Form & Composition,3D Design, Gallery Design & Management    

I am a mixed-media painter, an art educator, and a mother of two teens.  I have been teaching art for 20 years and have exhibited nationally and locally since 1983.    
 

My artwork explores the delicate and sometimes broken relationship between nature and human culture. It incorporates representational images of butterflies, coral, glaciers, and other environmentally fragile natural forms, with abstract painterly passages.  I work mainly with oil paint, acrylic, wax, collage, graphite, and watercolor.   I have also coordinated, curated, and served as a juror and judge for numerous exhibitions and arts events in New York City and the Bay Area and worked as an illustrator, on sets and lights for off-Broadway shows in New York, and painted murals in San Francisco.

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When I’m not teaching and working on art, I spend time with my wife and kids traveling, camping, and hiking.   I volunteer as a 4H leader because my kids raise livestock and do leadership work with 4H.