DAVID DOWLER / CV
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Arnot Art Museum - Elmira, NY
Brooklyn Museum of Art – Brooklyn, NY
Corning Museum of Glass – Corning, NY
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art – Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Musée des Arts Décoratifs - Paris, France
Musée de Design et d’Arts Appliqués Contemporains (mudac)- Lausanne, France
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - Kansas City, Missouri
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Objects and Outcomes, solo exhibition of metal works, Houghton Gallery, 171 Cedar Arts Center, Corning ,NY
2017
Cut & Welded: solo exhibition of metal works, Exhibit A, Corning, NY
2009
About Things: solo exhibition of paintings and sculpture Atrium Gallery Corning Community college, Corning, NY
2006
In Plein Site: solo exhibition of painting and sculpture, West End Gallery, Corning, NY
2002
Thirty Year Retrospective of Sculpture, Paintings and Production Designs, Corning Incorporated Gallery, New York, NY
2000
Inaugural Sculpture “Innerlight,” commissioned for new Steuben Gallery, The Gallery at Steuben Glass, New York, NY
1997
Structure Revealed: Glass Sculpture by David Dowler, Steuben Gallery, New York, NY
1990
Image and Framework: Sculpture in Crystal, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1980
David Dowler: Cast Crystal Sculpture, Steuben Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004
Corning on Canvas: exhibitor and curator, Houghton Gallery at 171 Arts Center, Corning, NY
2003
69th Regional Exhibition, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
Painting at Yellow Bird Gallery, Newberg, NY
13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, Atrium Gallery, Corning Community College, Corning, NY
1999
SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
1990
New Art Forms, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1988
The Steuben Project, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Pride of Place Setting, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1987
Glass 87 Japan, Tokyo and Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan
1986
Mostly 3D, Rockwell Museum, Corning New York
1985
Designed and Made for Use, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1982
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Habitat Gallery, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
1981
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Washau, WI
The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, New York
Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan,
1979
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
AWARDS
1982 “Progressive Architecture Magazine,” Furniture Design Award
FEATURED IN ARTICLES, REVIEWS, FILMS, and CATALOGS
Contemporary Glass Art, mudac, 2006
“New Paintings and Sculpture,” The Leader, 2004
“The Artist Eye,” Derrick Ek, The Leader, 2004
Steuben Glass: An American Tradition in Crystal Revised, Mary Jean Madigan, 2003
“Art Show,” Star Gazette, Wilson 2003
Structure Revealed: Glass by David Dowler, Thomas Hoving, 1997
The Steuben Project: Sculptures in Crystal, Heller & Geldzahler, 1988
“Keeping Tradition Exciting,” Jeremy Ehrenreich, The Leader, 1997
The Steuben Designers: Glass Art 1991, Waggoner, 1991
Contemporary Glass, Suzanne Frantz, 1989
David Dowler at Steuben and Alone: New Work 1988, Nancy Dickinson
“Steuben Breaks the Mold,” Sargent/Moore. Connoisseur
“Splendid Steuben, in a Dramatic Light,” Paul Hollister, New York Times, 1988
“Transformation,” a film by Mediaworks, 1987
Progressive Architecture, May 1982, p. 160
Steuben Glass: An American Tradition in Crystal, Mary Jean Madigan, 1982
“A Portrait of America,” Turner Broadcasting
Glass in Japan: Japan Artcrafts Association, 1981
“Assignment in Glass,” A film by Elliott Erwitt, 1978
EMPLOYMENT
Artist/Designer, Steuben Glass, 1972 – 2000
Artist/Designer, Samuel Kirk & Sons 1969 – 1972
Independent Artist, always
EDUCATION
Syracuse University School of Art, Syracuse, NY
BFA with honors, 1969