Resume: John Bower, photographer

Photography books:

The Common Good (2010)
Journey's End (2009)
Silent Workplace (2008)
After the Harvest (2007)
2nd Stories (2005)
Guardians of the Soul (2004)
Lingering Spirit (2003)

Other books, photo credits:

Healthy House Building
The New Natural House Book
Understanding Ventilation

Periodicals, photo credits (partial listing):

Bathtub Gin
Branches
Custom Builder
E Magazine
Grain Journal
Indianapolis Monthly
Journal of Light Construction
Living Forge
Mother Earth News
Poesy
Preserving Indiana
Professional Builder & Remodeler
Purdue Alumnus
So It Goes, The Literary Journal of the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library
The Hoosier Packet

CD cover, photo credit:

"Ghosts Like Me" by The Lopers

Videos (production):

The Healthy House Video Series
Your House Your Health

Permanent museum collections:

Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne
Indiana State Museum (Fine Art Collection), Indianapolis
Kinsey Institute Art Gallery, Bloomington
South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend
Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart

Awards and recognition:

Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant to pay expenses for a solo exhibition (FY2012-13).
Elected to the Board of Directors of Indiana Artisan for a 3-year term from 2012 thru 2014.
Named a Distinguished Hoosier (2011)
Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant for the purchase of a Pentax 67 camera and lenses (FY2010-11)
Indiana Artisan Business Development Grant for purchase of promotional materials (2009)
Juried into the Indiana Artisan Program (2008)
Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant for the purchase of audio-visual equipment (FY2007-8)
Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant for the publication of 2nd Stories (FY2005-6)
Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant for the publication of Lingering Spirit (FY2003-4)

Solo Exhibitions (partial listing):

Clark Art Gallery at the Honeywell Center, Wabash
Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City
Mathers Museum of World Cultures, Bloomington
Jeffrey R. Krull Gallery, Allen Co. Public Library, Ft. Wayne
Art Bank, Indianapolis
Arts Place, Portland
Evansville Central Library, Evansville
Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis
Monroe County History Center, Bloomington
Krempp Gallery, Jasper
Monroe County History Center, Bloomington
Brown County Art Gallery and Museum, Nashville
Southern Indiana Center for the Arts, Seymour
ART Columbus, Columbus
John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington

Two-person exhibitions (partial listing):

Gallery 406, Bloomington
Loudermilk Photography and Gallery, Indianapolis
BloomingArts, Bloomington
Monroe Bank, Bloomington

Juried group exhibitions (partial listing)"

“Landmarks through the Viewfinder” exhibit (4 photographs), sponsored by Indiana Landmarks encompassing nine venues
Monroe Bank Courthouse Centenary Exhibit (2 photographs), Bloomington
Art Museum of Greater Lafayette "Through the Lens" exhibit (2 photographs), Lafayette
South Bend Regional Museum of Art "Flatland: Imaging the Midwest" exhibit, (12 photographs), South Bend
Kinsey Institute "Expressive Bodies: Contemporary Art Photography" exhibit (3 photographs), Bloomington
Krempp Gallery Annual Art Exhibit, Jasper
"Preserving Place" exhibit (3 photographs), co-sponsored by The Nature Conservancy of Indiana and the Indianapolis Museum of Art, encompassing eight venues.
Swope Art Museum "Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition," Terre Haute
Indiana State Fair (3 photographs), Indianapolis
Evansville Arts Council "Working Together" Exhibition, Evansville

Audio-visual presentations (partial listing):

Monroe County History Center, Bloomington
John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington
ART Columbus, Columbus
Southern Indiana Center for the Arts, Seymour
Krempp Gallery, Jasper
Hancock County Public Library, Greenfield
Knox County Historical Society, Vincennes
Greenwood Public Library, Greenwood
Hussey-Mayfield Public Library, Zionsville
Aurora Public Library, Aurora
New Albany-Floyd County Public Library, New Albany
Plainfield-Guilford Twp. Public Library, Plainfield
Muncie Public Library, Muncie
Jackson County Public Library, Seymour
Scott County Public Library, Scottsburg
Indiana State Library, Indianapolis
Fulton Co. Public Library, Rochester
Morgan County Public Library, Martinsville
Bartholomew Co. Public Library, Columbus
Frankfort Public Library, Frankfort
Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis
Greensburg Public Library, Greensburg
Putnam County Public Library, Greencastle
Eckhart Public Library, Auburn
Lebanon Public Library, Lebanon
Evansville Vanderburgh Central Library, Evansville
Greentown Historical Society, Greentown
Lawrenceburg Public Library, Lawrenceburg
Harrison County Public Library, Corydon
Willard Library, Evansville
Arts Place, Portland
Elwood Public Library, Elwood
Tippecanoe County Public Library. Lafayette
Jay County Historical Society, Portland
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute
New Albany-Floyd County Public Library, New Albany
Portage Public Library, Portage
Monticello Public Library, Monticello
Shelbyville–Shelby County Public Library, Shelbyville
Mathers Museum of World Cultures, Bloomington
Allen Co. Public Library, Ft. Wayne

Education and photography-related experience

Master of Arts in Education, Ball State University 1972 (Graduate Teaching Assistantship 1971-72)

Bachelor of Science (Industrial Education), Purdue University 1971

Art & design; darkroom techniques; graphic arts; printing (lithography, letter press, gravure, silk screen); digital image processing; halftone production and processing; practical experience using the Zone System; special effects work, including solarization and posterization; video production, direction, and editing; vintage stereo photography