Born in 1975 in San Francisco, Justin Bower earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Claremont Graduate University in 2010 and an undergraduate degree in Art and Philosophy from the University of Arizona. He currently resides and works in Southern California.
Bower’s art has been the subject of several solo exhibitions in galleries across the United States, including a 2010 exhibition at Ace Gallery in Beverly Hills and a later exhibition at New York’s Unix Gallery in 2013. Bower has had solo shows at Lancaster Museum of Art and History, the Pomona Art Museum, and the Riverside Art Museum, as well as group exhibitions at the Laguna Art Museum and the Torrance Art Museum in Los Angeles. He has received various grants and awards, such as the Feitelson Fellowship Grant, Joan Mitchell Award Nominee, four Outstanding Fellowships from Claremont Graduate University, the TACFA (Tustin Area Council of Fine Arts) Grant, and the Orange County Arts Grant for Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking - Honorable Mention.
Bower's artwork has been featured in publications such as American Art Collector, the LA Times, NY Times, Modern Painters (September 2013: 100 Best Fall Shows), Artillery, Juxtapoze Magazine, WIRED Magazine, Studio Visit Magazine, Huffington Post, Artillery Magazine, and New American Paintings. And soon will be featured in a book published by HENI titled Picasso's Playbook, featured with Tracy Emin, David Salle, Julie Mehretu and Ai Wei Wei.
Media
Justin Bower: Poet of the Singularity | HuffPost Entertainment
Justin Bower Intersecting Technology and The Human Experience | Guy Hepner
JUSTIN BOWER INTERVIEW — COUTEUR
JUSTIN BOWER - DO ANDROIDS DREAM? | Maddox Gallery
artnet Asks: Artist Justin Bower Got Stabbed, Went to Grad School
JUSTIN BOWER – COACHELLA MAGAZINE
Beneath the Skin: The Paintings of Justin Bower | Artbound | Arts & Culture | PBS SoCal
Art Report Today: The Paddock Gallery presents "Hybrid Pantheon" with Painter Justin Bower
Exclusive Interview with Justin Bower - Hi-Fructose Magazine
The Many Faces of Justin Bower - The Other Journal
Meet Justin Bower – CanvasRebel Magazine
Justin Bower: A Satellite of Direction - Execute Magazine!