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Solo Exhibitions
2025
“Runway Collection” Orland Park Library, Orland Park, Illinois
2023
“James Eli Bowden Paintings”, Crete Creative Gallery, Crete, Illinois
"James Bowden", Iowa Artisans Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
2021
"Exuberant Graphics & Improbable Spaces", South Shore Arts, Munster, Indiana
2019
“James Eli Bowden Paintings”, Frankfort Public Library, Frankfort, Illinois
“FORMidable Edge”, Gretchen Charlton Art Gallery, Kankakee, Illinois
2018
“James Bowden Paintings”, Governors State University, University Park, Illinois
“James Bowden Cutouts”, Governors State University, University Park, Illinois
“James Bowden”, Orland Park Library, Orland Park, Illinois
1968
“James Bowden”, Chicago State College, Chicago, Illinois
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Small Group Exhibitions
2023
"Anthology", Tall Grass Arts Gallery, Park Forest, Illinois
"Expressive Geometry", Prairie State College Christopher Art Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois
"Bowden, Moyer, Smith", Quad City Arts, The Quad Cities International Airport
"Focus Exhibit", Tall Grass Arts Gallery, Park Forest, Illinois
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Juried Group Shows/Exhibitions
2025
“Sanctuary”, Tall Grass Gallery, University Park, Illinois
“CAVA Members Show”, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
2024
“December 2024 Members Show”, Water Street Studios, Batavia, Illinois
“Winter Wonderland”, FAA Studio C, Frankfort, Illinois
“81st Annual Salon Show”, South Shore Arts, Munster, Indiana
“The Power of Abstraction”, Online Exhibition, www.sitebrooklyn.com, Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“CAVA Members Show”, North Shore Art League, Winnetka, Illinois
“IlliArt”, Gallery Seven, Lockport, Illinois
“15th Anniversary Show”, Water Street Studios, Batavia, Illinois
“Statewide Illinois Artists Showcase”, M.G. Nelson Gallery, Springfield, Illinois
“All Mixed Up”, FAA Studio C, Frankfort, Illinois
“Tempo”, FAA Studio C, Frankfort, Illinois
“Verde Variants”, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois
“Mimic”, FAA Studio C, Frankfort, Illinois
“Viva Magenta”, FAA Studio C, Frankfort, Illinois
2023
"2023 Community Juried Art Show", Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, Illinois
"Monochrome", Frankfort Art Association, Frankfort, Illinois
"CAVA Members Show", Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
"Shape/Form/Structure", Online Exhibition, www.sitebrooklyn.com, Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
“80th Annual Salon Show", South Shore Arts, Munster, Indiana
“Spring Invitational", Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois
"ARTCOMP46", Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, Illinois
"Color", ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2022
“6th Annual Community Showcase", Crete Creative Gallery, Crete, Illinois
"Winter Sparkle", Frankfort Art Association, Frankfort, Illinois
"Later Impressions", Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois
“79th Annual Salon Show", South Shore Arts, Munster, Indiana
"13th Anniversary Show", Water Street Studios, Batavia, Illinois
"CAVA Members Show 2022", Berger Park Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
"No Place to Show", Springfield Arts Association, Springfield, Illinois
"Wild Things", Frankfort Arts Association, Frankfort, Illinois
"Consciousness of Abstraction II", ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
"50 and Older", Juried Online Exhibition, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
“Multi-Plicity", Tall Grass Arts Gallery, Park Forest, Illinois
“Verdent", Studio C, Frankfort, Illinois
“Collective Awakening", Beverly Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
“Black and/or White", Tall Grass Arts Gallery, Park Forest, Illinois
“Recently", Studio C, Frankfort, Illinois
“CAVA Winter Exhibition", Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook, Illinois
2021
“5th Annual Community Showcase", Crete Creative Gallery, Crete, Illinois
“Painting 2011-2021", Juried Online Exhibition, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
“78th Annual Salon Show", South Shore Arts, Munster, Indiana
“Later Impressions", Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
“Not Really", Tall Grass Arts Gallery, Park Forest, Illinois
“64 Arts", The Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, Illinois
“What is Abstract Art Today", Juried Virtual Exhibition
“Union Street Invitational", Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois
“Reunion 2021", Tall Grass Arts Gallery, Park Forest, Illinois
“CAVA Members Show 2021", Grandville Storefront, Chicago, Illinois
“9th Annual Art Competition", Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
“Symmetry", Tall Grass Arts Gallery, Park Forest, Illinois
“Evanston & Vicinity Biennial", Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois
2020
“Anything is Possible", Frankfort Arts Association Gallery, Frankfort, Illinois
“77th Annual Salon Show", South Shore Arts, Munster, Indiana
“Purely Abstract Show", Kavanaugh Gallery, St. Charles, Illinois
“2020 Later Impressions", Old Town Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
“Who's Afraid of Red", Studio Oh, Chicago, Illinois
“2020 Visions”, Annual Tall Grass Artists Exhibit, Park Forest Illinois
“8th Annual Art Competition”, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago Illinois
“Chicago Alliance of Visual Artists Member Show 2020”, Virtual Gallery Exhibit
“2020 Frankfort Arts Association Virtual Gallery Exhibit”
“Symmetry: Concepts Captured in Art”, Tall Grass Arts Gallery, Park Forest Illinois
2019
“Beyond Pedagogy”, Prairie State College Christopher Art Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois
“Dreams Come True”, Frankfort Arts Association, Frankfort, Illinois
“76th Annual Salon Show”, South Shore Arts, Munster, Indiana
“The Sky's the Limit”, Tall Grass Arts Gallery, Park Forest, Illinois
“The Art of Illinois”, Gallery Seven, Lockport, Illinois
“Seven”, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois
“Intersection of Art and Music”, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois
“7th Annual Art Competition”, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
2018
“Soundwaves – Colorcodes – Natureforms”, Tall Grass Arts Gallery, Park Forest, Illinois
“The Art of Illinois”, Gallery Seven, Lockport, Illinois
“Taking an Art Trip”, Tall Grass Gallery, Park Forest, Illinois
2017
“The Art of Illinois”, Gallery Seven, Joliet, Illinois
“Mark of the Hand”, Tall Grass Arts Gallery, Park Forest, Illinois
“Creative Imagination”, Tall Grass Arts Gallery, Park Forest Illinois
2016
“Tall Grass Annual”, Tall Grass Arts Gallery, Park Forest, Illinois
2015
“Tall Grass Annual”, Tall Grass Arts Gallery, Park Forest, Illinois
“16th Annual”, Gretchen Charlton Art Gallery, Kankakee, Illinois
2014
“Tall Grass Annual”, Tall Grass Arts Gallery, Park Forest, Illinois
“15th Annual”, Gretchen Charlton Art Gallery, Kankakee, Illinois
2013-2007
“Tall Grass Annual”, Tall Grass Arts Gallery, Park Forest, Illinois
1978
"1978 New Horizons in Art", Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
1977
“Gavin and Bowden”, Beverly Art Center Chicago, Illinois
“Art Fair & Festival”, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, Illlinois
1975
“All Media Exhibit”, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
1974
“Illinois Grand Salon”, Mid-Continental Plaza, Chicago, Illinois
“Flat Works”, Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
1973
“Auben, Bowden, Maldre, Madura”, Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois
1970
“MFA Exhibitions”, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
1968
“2nd National Palymer Exhibition, Ypsilanti, Michigan
“Art and Industry”, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, Kentucky
“On the Grass”, Phalanx Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1967
"36th Annual Salon Show", Northern Indiana Arts Association, Hammond, Indiana
“Phalanx”, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
“Swedish Days Festival Art Exhibit”, Geneva, Illinois
“Old Orchard Art Exhibit”, Skokie, Illinois
Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois
1966
"35th Annual Salon Show", Northern Indiana Arts Association, Hammond, Indiana
Murray State College, Murray, Kentucky
“Mid-South Art Exhibition”, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tenn.
“Mid-State Craft Show”, Evansville Museum, Evansville, Indiana
“1st Central South Exhibition, Parthenon, Nashville, Tennessee
“2nd National Print & Drawing Exhibition”, Western Michigan University
“Annual Art Center Show”, 21C Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
1965
“Chicago and Vicinity ‘65”, Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois
University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
“Art Across America”, Columbus Museum, Columbus, Ohio
“1965 Fine Arts Festival:, Highland Park, Illinois
“Mid-State Art Show”, Evansville Museum, Evansville, Indiana
1964
“Chicago and Vicinity ‘64”, Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois
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Awards
“Award of Excellence", CAVA Collective Awakening Show, Beverly Art Center
“Orval O. & Margaret Haag Memorial Award", 78th Annual Salon Show, South Shore Arts
“Merit Award", 77th Annual Salon Show, South Shore Arts
“2nd Place", 8th Annual Art Competition, Bridgeport Art Center
“Key Award" and "Honorable Mention", Gretchen Charlton 15th Annual Exhibition, Gretchen Charlton Art Gallery
“2nd Place", Gretchen Charlton 14th Annual Exhibition, Gretchen Charlton Art Gallery
“Purchase Award", 2nd National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Western Michigan University
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Murals
2004 Mural for exterior of a Platinum Car Wash location
1999 Mural for employee exercise area, Northern Trust Corporation
1997, 1996, 1995 Murals for convenience stores, Kean Brothers, Inc.
1989 Mural for entrance to car wash, Turtle Wax Corporation
1986 Mural for can printing plant, Continental Can Company
1984, 1983 Four murals for Broadview plant, Amphenol North American
1977 Mural for exercise room, Feminique Facial & Figure Salon
1976 Mural for administrative and sales office area, Noral Color Corporation
1975 Mural for University Presidents Conference Room, Chicago State University
1975 Exterior Bicentennial Mural, Noral Color Corporation
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