Adger Cowans

Adger Cowans is an American fine arts photographer and abstract painter.[1]

Adger Cowans
Born1936 (age 84–85)
Columbus
Alma materOhio University

Life and work

Cowans was born in Columbus in 1936. He obtained a Bachelor of Art degree in photography from Ohio University in 1958 and also an alumnus of School of Motion Picture Arts and School of Visual Arts in New York.[2][3]

In 2001, he was awarded the Lorenzo il Magnifico alla Carriera in recognition of his Distinguished Career at Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art and also a recipient of the John Hay Whitney Fellowship and the Martin Luther King, Jr Visiting Scholars Award, Wayne State University.[4][5]

His work has been shown by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Harvard Fine Art Museum, the International Museum of Photography, and numerous other art institutions.[6] The legendary photographer Gordon Parks, called him one of the most significant artists of our time and noted, “Adger’s individualism sets him apart, simply because he follows his own convictions”.[7][8]

References
  1. "Adger Cowans - Artists - Bruce Silverstein". www.brucesilverstein.com. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  2. "Adger Cowans - Biography". Hearne Fine Art. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  3. "Adger Cowans by Carrie Mae Weems - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
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  5. "Adger Cowans". Photography Collections Preservation Project. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  6. "Adger Cowans - Biography". Hearne Fine Art. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  7. "Veteran photographer Adger Cowans is still learning at 81". ppmag.com. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  8. "One on One: Adger Cowans and Hank Willis Thomas". Cultured Magazine. 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2020-09-08.


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