| Full Text | Solange Kowere Born in 1925, Montreal, Canada. Traveled in Italy. France, Spain, The Netherlands, in 1952. Educated at the Ecole du Meuble, Montreal; at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Maine, summers 1955 and 1956; and at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan, in 1956 and 1957. Moved to Oregon in 1958. Teaching Experience: Portland State University, 1960 - Present. One woman shows: Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 1960 Bush Barn Gallery, Salem, Oregon, 1966 Maude Kern Art Center, Corvallis, Oregon, 1965 Salishan Lodge, Gleneden Beach, Oregon, 1966 and 1973 Valley Art Center, Hillsboro, Oregon, 1972 West Hill Unitarian Church, Portland, Oregon, 1971 Coos Bay Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon, 1973 Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, 1974 Salishan Lodge Gallery, Gleneden Beach, Oregon, 1976-7 Lawrence Gallery, Bellevue, Oregon, 1977 Awards: Fiber-Clay-Metal 1960 Honorable mention Oregon Education College, Monmouth, Oregon 1973 prize Michigan Designer-Craftmen, 1958 prize Northwest Designer-Craftmen, 1965 prize N.E.A.Craftman Fellowship Grant 1975 Group Exhibitions: Invitational Craftmen Exhibition, Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967 -Northwest Designer-Craftmen, Henry Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1973 - Crafts of the Farwest States, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 1961 ; Contemporary Crafts Gallery, New York, New York - 30 Northwest Craftsmen, Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon, 1964 -Northwest Crafts, Friends of the Crafts, Seattle, Washington, 1973 - Fibrations, Boise Art Gallery, Boise, Idaho, 1973 -Contemporary Craft Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 1977 -Timberline Lodge Invitational, Government Camp, Oregon, 1977 |
