Michael Bowen

Michael Bowens work as an artist spans several decades and has been progressively documented in exhibitions, reviews, art periodicals, and in the media. He has exhibited in the United States and abroad, has a large following, and his work is housed by groups of private collectors and museums. He is considered one of the foremost core catalysts in avant-guarde art circles throughout the world. He was a youthful member of the abstract/assemblage group in the early fifties in Los Angeles, traveled to the east coast and Europe in the early sixties, and completed four world art tours between 1969 and 1988. Traveling to Japan, Cambodia, and India, he acted as a liaison in bringing together a fusion of eastern and western visual symbology. His etching series has been compared to Chagall, Fuchs, Fini, and Dali; works which comprise over ninety-five different editions in full color. In the mid-seventies, he turned his attention to the world of psychic pheonomenon and allied himself with the PSI Art Group, Ingo Swan, Hechelmann, and Schwertberger. The sensitivy of Michael Bowen's work provided direction and inspiration to the poets and writers of the mid-fifties such as Allen Ginzberg, Michael McClure, and Gary Snyder. His involvement with this movement has been chronicled in a wide spectrum of literary/art publications and established Michael Bowen as an artistic cultural hero. Bowen is currently utilizing new skills such as air brush technique to widen the spectrum of his abilities. He resides in San Francisco, California and the island of Hawaii, in the Hawaiian chain.