Anne Burgess Rowe Studio

Contemporary Original Art

Artist Resume

Anne Burgess Rowe
4466 West Pine Boulevard
Suite 21-A
St. Louis, MO 63108

Tel: 314-533-8932

Education

1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration and Painting, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
1994 University of Missouri in Kansas City, Art History, Kansas City, MO
1985 University of Missouri Extension, Painting, Sikeston, MO
1958 Associate of Arts Degree, Stephens College, Columbia, MO

Continuing Education

Famous Schools, Illustration, Westport, CT
Illustrators’ Workshop, Tarrytown, NY
National Portrait Seminars, Orlando, FL, New York, NY, and Washington, DC
Memphis Pastel Workshop, Memphis, TN
Great Confluence Art Workshops, Sikeston, MO
Scottsdale Artists’ School, Scottsdale, AZ
Portrait and Painting Workshop with Thomas Buechner, Corning, NY

Solo Exhibitions

Plaza Bank and Trust, Kansas City, MO
Harry Starker Private Reserve, Kansas City, MO
American Legacy Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Junior League Gallery, St. Louis, MO

Guadalupe Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Stephens College, Columbia, MO
Studio 505, Cape Girardeau, MO
Charleston Art Association (guest artist), Charleston, MO

Portrait Exhibitions - Public and Private

Kansas City, MO; St. Louis, MO; Columbia, MO; Falls Church, VA;
Chicago, IL; Memphis, TN; Overland Park, KS; Mission Hills, KS

Group Exhibitions and Juried Shows

“Contemporary Women Artists of St. Louis XII,” Faith Ringold, juror
St. Louis Artists’ Guild “Surface Impressions”
St. Louis Artists’ Guild “Face It: Portraits,” Paul Leveille, juror
Componere Gallery, St. Louis, MO, “Angels, Earth and People In-between”
Percival Gallery, Group Portraiture, Des Moines, IA
Memphis Pastel Society, Memphis, TN
Springdale Invitational, Springdale, UT
National Portrait Society, New York, NY, and Orlando, FL
Wichita Pastel Society, Wichita, KS
Degas Pastel Society, New Orleans, LA
New Artist Competition, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
The Drawing Group, Cape Girardeau, MO
Eva Reynolds Fine Art, Ltd., Music Theme Show, Kansas City, MO
Jayne Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Mid-Four Invitational, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Student Shows, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

Awards and Grants

National Portrait Society Competition Award
Scottsdale Artists’ School Scholarship Award
New Artist Competition, Guggenheim Museum
Thomas Hart Benton Scholarship Award, Kansas City Art Institute
Society of Illustrators Competition Award
“Contemporary Women Artists of St. Louis XII,” Honorable Mention
St. Louis Artists’ Guild “Surface Impressions,” Collection Prize

Partial List of Public Commissions

Portrait—President, Illinois College of Optometry, Chicago, IL
Portrait—Missouri Supreme Court Justice, Jefferson City, MO
Portrait—Building Donor to Rockhurst College, Kansas City, MO
Portrait—Vice Presidential Candidate Geraldine Ferraro
Portrait—Vicar, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Kansas City, MO
Portrait—Past President, First Ladies’ Club, William Jewell College, Kansas City, MO
Portrait—Chairwoman Emeritus, Pella Window Corporation, Pella, IA
Commemorative Painting—“Spirit of the Elbe,” World War II Museum, Moscow, Russia
Jazz Mural—Lodge of the Four Seasons, Lake Ozark, MO
Jazz Mural—Sauer Law Office, Kansas City, MO

Related Experience

Children’s book illustration
Art instruction
Graphic design
Editorial illustration

Professional Associations

Kansas City Artists’ Coalition—board member
Washington Society of Portrait Artists—charter member
American Society of Portrait Artists—member
Studio 150 of Kansas City—founding member
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art—volunteer member
St. Louis Artists’ Guild—member

Anne Burgess Rowe has been painting portraits for almost forty years. Her portraits in oil, pastel and graphite are well known nationally as well as internationally. She is also a studio artist whose paintings and bronze sculptures have won numerous awards in national juried shows.

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