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Roy Dowell - Artists - MILES McENERY GALLERY

Roy Dowell in his studio, Los Angeles, CA, 2024.

Roy Dowell (b. 1951 in Bronxville, NY) received his Master of Fine Arts and his Bachelor of Arts from the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA and studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA.

Dowell has been the subject of notable solo exhibitions at 1969 Gallery, New York, NY; Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA; James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA; Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; Proxy Paris @ Galerie Ygrec, Paris, France; Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA; The Landing, Los Angeles, CA; and Tif Sigfrids Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

His work has been included in institutional group exhibitions at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY; Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO; Centro Cultural del México Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Musée d’art moderne et d’art contemporain, Nice, France; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, and elsewhere.

Dowell’s work may be found in the collections of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA; Colección Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico; Hammer Museum (Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts), Los Angeles, CA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ; and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, among others.

He lives and works in Los Angeles, CA and Mexico City, Mexico.

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