Eve Fowler

Eve Fowler
Born 1964 (age 5152)
Nationality American
Alma mater Temple University,
Yale University
Known for Photography
Awards California Community Foundation Award

Eve Fowler (born 1964) is an American photographer based in Los Angeles.

Some of Fowler's more recognized work includes her series of texts appropriating Gertrude Stein's poetry, and her portraits of male hustlers in New York and Los Angeles in the 90s.[1][2] Identifying as a lesbian and feminist, Fowler's work tries to identify what she perceives as male biases in language and culture and reframe them around sex-positive, feminist, and queered images.[3]

Exhibitions

“Shared Women”, February - April 2007

A group exhibition hosted by the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE),[4] featuring Fowler's filmworks alongside with the works of feminist artists A.L. Steiner and Emily Roysdon. Emphasis was placed on themes such as cronyism, feminism, nepotism, elements of reaffirmation that depended on the reorganization of history from portraying ‘the women’ and ‘the gays,’ as outsiders to now insiders.

"Wimmin by Womyn who love Wymin", January - March 2006

A two-person exhibition at the Harry Levine Gallery in Culver City, California, "Wimmin by Womyn who love Wymin" featured the works of A.L. Steiner and Fowler. Both artists worked on a photo projected involving taking different pictures of the same women, juxtaposing themes depicting calm sexual subjects from rough, unmounted, and funny “snapshot porntraitrure”.[5]

Fowler received her BA in Journalism from Temple University in 1986, and her MFA in photography from Yale University in 1992.[6] Her work has been included in group exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, Hammer Museum, Yerba Buena Center, and San Francisco Museum of Art.

Awards

In 2007, Fowler received the California Community Foundation Award [7] for her photographic work that compassed the variety of aesthetic approaches, disciplines, and reflected the eclectic character of the Los Angeles contemporary art scene.

References

  1. Dazed. "Hustling on the streets of New York and LA". Dazed.
  2. Mizota, Sharon (27 May 2015). "Eve Fowler imagines Gertrude Stein's words as a visual cacophony". LA Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  3. "Eve Fowler Appropriates Gertrude Stein at MIER Gallery". Artsy. 12 June 2015.
  4. "Shared Women".
  5. Segade, Alex (2006). "Eve Fowler & A.L. Steiner". Artus (13): 4.
  6. "Eve Fowler Biography – Eve Fowler on artnet".
  7. 1 2 Muchnic, Suzanne (15 June 2007). "15 local visual artists will be named fellows; To boost L.A.'s art scene, the California Community Foundation will award $275,000 to a diverse group today" (HOME EDITION). LA Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.


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