Education, 2009 (High Honors)
BFA, Summa Cum Laude, Illustration, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Visual Arts LQ Endorsement, Summa Cum Laude, Art Education, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
2023 Museum of Art–DeLand, Andrea Kowch: Mysterious Realms, DeLand, FL (January 14–April 9)
2019 RJD Gallery, Across the Open Sky, Bridgehampton, NY 2017 RJD Gallery, Into the Wind, Bridgehampton, NY
2015 RJD Gallery, Across a Rural Skyline, Sag Harbor, NY
2013 Muskegon Museum of Art, Andrea Kowch: Dream Fields,
Muskegon, MI (August 15–October 27)
2012 RJD Gallery, Metamorphosis of Mood, Sag Harbor, NY 2010/2011 RJD Gallery, Andrea Kowch: American Magic Realism,
Sag Harbor, NY
Group Gallery & Group Museum Exhibitions (Selected)
2025 Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Truthful Illusions: Realism in the Age of Abstraction, Fort Wayne, IN (April 12–July 5)
Muskegon Museum of Art, Transcending Tradition: Selected Works from The Bennett Collection of Women Realists, Muskegon, MI (February 6–May 11)
2024 The New York Academy of Art, Big Stories, New York, NY (January 26–March 3)
2023 The Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus State University, Big Stories, Columbus, GA (September 15–December 16)
2019 Art Market Hamptons, “Midwestern Master Solo” Andrea Kowch Booth of Original Art + Print Collection, Bridgehampton, NY Dorothy Circus Gallery, Mother and Child, Rome, IT, London, UK
2016 Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan Made, Grand Rapids, MI 2015 Art Southampton 2015, International Modern, Contemporary
+ Design Fair, Bridgehampton, NY
2014 Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Jacksonville, Get Real:
New American Painting, Jacksonville, FL (September 13– January 4, 2015)
LA Art Show 2014, International Fine Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
2013 RJD Gallery, Loyal Subjects, Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation Benefit, Sag Harbor, NY
Grand Rapids Art Museum, GRAM Selects ArtPrize 2012: Encore!,
Grand Rapids, MI
2012 Grand Rapids Art Museum & Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC,
Real/Surreal, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 RJD Gallery, Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation Benefit, Sag Harbor, NY
Art Hamptons 2011, International Fine Art Fair, Bridgehampton, NY 2010 Art Basel Miami 2010, International Fine Art Fair, Miami, FL
Art House (Traveling Exhibition), The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn, NY;
Los Angeles, CA; St. Louis, MO; Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA 2009 Northville Art House, Continuance: The Persistence of Personal Vision,
Northville, MI
Russell Industrial Center, I Hate Lucy: The Trials and Tribulations of Love, Detroit, MI
2008 College for Creative Studies, Senior Student Exhibition, Detroit, MI
Juried Exhibitions (Selected)
2024 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, Global (Musonium Grand Prize Award Winner)
2014 Art Kudos International Juried Exhibition, Global (First Place, Best of Show)
2012 Grand Rapids Art Museum, ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
Muskegon Museum of Art, 84th Regional Exhibition, Muskegon, MI (People’s Choice Award)
2011 Art Kudos International Juried Exhibition, Global (First Place, Best of Show)
2008 Northbrook Public Library, Caught In the Act, Northbrook, IL (First Place, Best of Show)
2007 Northbrook Public Library, The Five Senses, Northbrook, IL Art Kudos International Juried Exhibition, Global
2005 The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, NFAA Award Winners in Visual Arts, Miami, FL
Awards, Honours, Scholarships
CMYK Magazine, Aspiring Creatives Competition
(25 chosen nationwide)
Illustration Faculty Award Recipient, College for Creative Studies (10 chosen department-wide)
2005 National Young Arts Award Winner in Visual Arts, National Young Arts Foundation (20 chosen nationwide)
2004 College for Creative Studies, Walter B. Ford II Scholarship (8 chosen) First alternate for Award of Excellence full-tuition scholarship
Public Collections
R.W. Norton Art Gallery Museum, Shreveport, LA Bridgehampton Inn & Restaurant, Bridgehampton, NY The Bennett Collection of Women Realists, TX Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
Northbrook Public Library, Northbrook, IL
Private Collections
Worldwide, spanning North America, Europe, Australia, and Turkey
Books & Exhibition Catalogues (Selected)
2023 Bartlett, Bo, Big Stories, The Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus State University, and New York Academy of Art
Bennett, Steven Alan, and Pam Coffman, Andrea Kowch: Mysterious Realms, Museum of Art–Deland, January
2019 Martin, Art, Steven Alan Bennett and Elaine Melotti Schmidt, Maxwell King, Andrea Kowch, and Maria Tomasula, Rising Voices: The Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realist Painters, Muskegon Museum of Art, and The Pittsburgh Foundation, May
2015 Fenner, Cathy, and Lauren Panepinto, Women of Wonder: Celebrating Women Creators of Fantastic Art, Underwood Books, May
2014 Kloosterboer, Lorena, “The Foundation”, Painting in Acrylics:
The Indispensable Guide, Buffalo: Firefly Books Ltd., London: Quarto Inc., p. 93
Thompson, Ben, and P. Scott Brown, Get Real: New American Painting, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Jacksonville, September
2013 Connell, E. Jane, and Eric Ernst, Andrea Kowch: Dream Fields, Muskegon Museum of Art, August
Professional Activities (Selected)
September 2014–2016, Adjunct Professor, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2017 Artist Lecture/Presentation, The Hope Gap Project, Virtual Lecture Series, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2016 Artist Presentation, Michigan National Portfolio Day, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Alumni Panel Speaker, First-Year Connexion Conference,
College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2014 Panel Speaker, Women Painting Women, Panel Discussion,
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Keynote Speaker, Southeastern Michigan Scholastic
Art Awards Regional Award Ceremony, Detroit Film Theater, Detroit, MI
2013–2015 Juror, Scholastic Art Awards (Macomb, St. Clair, Lapeer, Oakland and Wayne Counties), Macomb Community College, Clinton Township, MI, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2013 Artist Presentation, Andrea Kowch: Dream Fields, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
Keynote Speaker, Michigan Thumb Region Scholastic Art Awards Regional Award Ceremony, Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, Clinton Township, MI
2012 Artist Presentation, Wendell W. Anderson, Jr. Auditorium, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Magazines & Periodicals (Selected, 2008–)
American Art Collector Magazine, Art & Critique, Artsy, Beach:
Modern Luxury, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Beautiful Surface,
Bl!sss Magazine, Booooooom Magazine, Burnaway Magazine, Catamaran, .Cent Magazine, CMYK Magazine, Columbus State University News, Combustus Magazine, Creative Boom, Dan’s Papers,
DD Magazine, Detroit Metro Times, Direct Art, Easy Reader News, Eclectix, Elevated Magazine, Escape Into Life, EU Jacksonville, Fine Art Connoisseur, Flamingo Magazine, Flavorwire, Hamptons Art Hub, Hamptons Magazine, Hestetika Magazine, Hi-Fructose: The New Contemporary Art Magazine, House Beautiful, Hyperallergic, Juxtapoz, Karin + Raoul Magazine, Long Island Pulse, Macomb Daily, Metro Jacksonville, Miroir Magazine, MLive, Monde Mosaic, My Modern Met, New Jersey Stage, Newsday, Oribe Hair Care, Punk Soul Poet: Art & Literary Magazine, Real Detroit: Stage & Canvas, Reed Magazine, Revue Magazine, Shreveport Times, Slice Magazine, Social Life, Southwest Art, Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, The Artist’s Magazine, The Artsy Forager, The East Hampton Press, The East Hampton Star,
The Florida Times-Union, The Grand Rapids Press, The Independent, The Jealous Curator, The Muskegon Chronicle, The Purist Magazine, The Sag Harbor Express, The Southampton Press, The Southampton Review, The West Volusia Beacon, UNF Inside, Visionarios, Whitewall Magazine: Contemporary Art & Lifestyle, Womankind Magazine
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Musonium Grand Prize Award, Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize
(1 chosen worldwide)
First Place, Best of Show, Art Kudos International Juried Exhibition (1 chosen worldwide)
People’s Choice Award, Muskegon Museum of Art, 84th Regional Exhibition (1 chosen statewide)
Finalist, SCOPE Art Show 2011 Year in Review, International Competition (100 chosen worldwide)
First Place, Cover Feature, Direct Art Magazine, International Competition (1 chosen worldwide)
First Place, Best of Show, Art Kudos International Juried Exhibition (1 chosen worldwide)
First Place Purchase Prize Winner, Northbrook Public Library International Juried Exhibition, Caught in the Act (1 out of 90 accepted artists worldwide)
2021 2018
Panel Speaker, Realism Live 2021, Global Virtual Art Conference Commencement Speaker, Graduation Ceremony, Studio Incamminati, School for Contemporary Realist Art, Philadelphia, PA
Juror, Rising Voices: The Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realist Painters, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
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