Andrea Kowch (born 1986) is an American painter known for her magical realism paintings of the

Midwest The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four Census Bureau Region, census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of ...

Early life and education

Kowch was born in Detroit, Michigan, and enjoyed trips to the country while growing up. After winning two gold medals from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, she gained representation at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 2003 and the Diane von Furstenberg Gallery in 2004. She attended the College for Creative Studies with a double major in illustration and arts education. In 2009, she graduated with a

Bachelor of Fine Arts A Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) is a standard undergraduate degree for students for pursuing a professional education in the visual, fine or performing arts. It is also called Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVA) in some cases. Background The Bachelor ...

degree.

Art

Kowch received representation from the Richard J. Demato Fine Arts Gallery in 2009, after Richard Demato saw her work in art book ''Spectrum 16: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art''. In 2011, ''Southwest Art'' magazine listed Kowch as one of "21 under 31" rising stars in the art world. The next year, in 2012, SCOPE New York named her one of the top 100 emerging artists in the world. Kowch has had solo shows at

Art Basel Miami Art Basel is a for-profit, privately owned and managed, international art fair staged annually in Basel, Switzerland; Miami Beach; Hong Kong and from 2022, Paris. Art Basel works in collaboration with the host city's local institutions to help ...

, Grand Rapids Art Museum, the

Muskegon Museum of Art The Muskegon Historic District is a public and residential historic district in Muskegon, Michigan, consisting of the four blocks between Clay Avenue, Webster Avenue, Second Street, and Sixth Street, and the two blocks between Webster Avenue, M ...

Los Angeles Art Show The LA Art Show (Los Angeles Art Show) is an international encyclopedic art exhibition which was originally conceived by the Fine Art Dealers Association (FADA). The show annually takes place in Los Angeles, typically in January/February, and is no ...

ArtPrize ArtPrize is an art competition and festival in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Anyone over the age of 18 can display their art, and any space within the three-square-mile ArtPrize district can be a venue. There are typically over 160 venues such as museu ...

, and more. Her paintings feature women and animals in desolate American landscapes. She uses a small group of friends as models.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kowch, Andrea Living people College for Creative Studies alumni 21st-century American women painters 21st-century American painters Painters from Detroit 1986 births