biography of Dennis J. KOWAL (1937)

Birth place: Chicago, IL

Addresses: Worthington, OH; Cohasset, MA

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: AIC; Southern Illinois Univ. (B.A., 1961; M.F.A., 1962).

Exhibited: 66th Artists Chicago Ann., 1963 & Soc. Contemp. Am. Art, 1964, AIC; PAFA Ann., 1964; Illinois Sculptors, Arts Council, Illinois State Mus., 1968; Smithsonian Traveling Exh., Wash., DC, 1969-70; Plastics in Sculpture, Boston Univ. Gals., 1972. Awards: artist-in-residence fellowship, MacDowell Colony, NH, 1965 & 1972, Yaddo, NY, 1970 & Dartmouth College, NH, 1971.

Member: AIC; Boston Visual Artists Union; New England Sculptors Assn., Boston; MoMA

Work: A. Robbins Office, Chicago; N. Dehann Arch. Office, Chicago. Commissions: mon., comn. by Dr. N. Giarretta, MD, 1969, Sacred Heart Hosp., MD, 1970, Allegheny College, MD, 1971 & Krannert Performing AC, Univ. Illinois, 1971.

Comments: Preferred media: stone, wood, metal, plastic. Teaching: Columbus (OH) College Art, 1963-64; Univ. Illinois, Champaign, 1966-70; Mass. College Art, Boston, 1971-72. Publications: contrib., Contemporary Wood Sculpture, 1968, Contemporary Stone Sculpture, 1969 & auth., Casting Sculpture, 1972, Crown.

Sources: WW73; J. Kind, Chicago Sculptors," Art News (summer, 1966), "Sculpture," The Art Gallery (1971); "D. KowalóSculptor," Channel Five TV, Boston, 1972; Falk, Exh. Record Series.