CATHY BOWMAN
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​I am an artist, writer and educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area.  I'm interested in the intersection of words and pictures and how we tell our stories. You can reach me at catbow.art@gmail.com.

Exhibitions
2026
Thresholds, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA (opening in May)
Urban Fae, Berkeley City Club, Berkeley, CA 
What About Age?, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, CA

2025
Cage Free, Corte Madera Library, Corte Madera, CA (solo show)
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tudent Art Show, College of Marin Fine Arts Gallery, Kentfield, CA

2024
Beauty and Her Shadow, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA 

2023 
de Young Open, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA 
Dreams and Nightmares, Marin Society of Artists gallery, San Rafael, CA.
On The Wall, Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael, CA
Inspire, YIA Gallery, San Rafael, CA

2021, 2022
Inspire, YIA Gallery, San Rafael, CA 

2019 
Walls, Petaluma Art Center, Petaluma CA 
Inspire, YIA Gallery, San Rafael, CA

2018
The Box Show, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA 
Inspire, YIA Gallery, San Rafael, CA 

2017
Tell Me a Story, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA 
Annual Student Show, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA 
Fine Arts, Crafts and Photography Show, Marin County Fair 

2016
Annual Student Show, College of Marin, Kentfield 
Inspire, YIA Gallery, San Rafael, CA 

2015
Inspire, YIA Gallery, San Rafael, CA

2014
25th Annual Children’s Book Illustrators Exhibition, Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA 

2002
Marin Society of Artists Exhibition, Marin Art and Garden Center, Kentfield, CA 

Performance Art 
2023 – present
Four Legs and a Funeral 
The Marsh Theater, San Francisco and Berkeley, CA
The Moth, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA
Bump Wine Cellars, Sonoma, CA
Studio 64 Marin, San Rafael, CA

The Candy That Saved My Life
The Moth, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley CA 
The Lark Theater, Larkspur, CA 

Awards and Press
"Queen for a Day" purchased in 2023 for On the Walls, the art lending program of the Marin County library system. 
Connectivity through an Artist's Lens, Enjoy Mill Valley Guide 2023-24, Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center
Charles Schulz Award, Marin County Fair, 2019, 2018, 2013, 2012
Best of Show, cartoon art, Marin County Fair, 2013
First prize for cartoon without a caption, San Francisco Bay Guardian, 1997

Education
College of Marin, Kentfield: AA Fine Arts (expected) 2027
Center for Cartoon Studies, Vermont: Graphic memoir workshop with 
cartoonist Mel Gilman, 2022
​Chelsea College of the Arts, London: illustration, drawing and painting 2009
Putney School of Art and Design, London: illustration 2009
University of California, Santa Barbara: BA Political Science 1983

Professional Affiliations
2nd Friday Art Salon 
Member, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Judge, Youth Creating Change, 2024, 2026







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