Madison Cowan

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

EDUCATION

Westmont College, Bachelors in Studio Art

The Tony Askew Award Recipient

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

November 2024 - 2025 |   Tlo Wines |   Bakersfield, CA

May - June 2018  |  In Transition  |  Salon Patine, Santa Barbara, CA

February 2017  |  Manifesto  |  Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA  

COLLECTION RELEASES

March 2022 | Navigating Home | photography

August 2021 | The Summer Collection | oil on canvas series

October 2020 | IUCN Red List Project | ink on paper

GROUP EXHIBITIONS & COLLABORATIONS

October - September 2025 | Halloween Art Show | Top Hat Art Collective | Bakersfield, CA

June - August 2025 | Endless Summer | Top Hat Art Collective | Bakersfield, CA

March - April 2025 | Through Orange Eyes | Kern Creatives & Top Hat Art Collective | Bakersfield, CA

February - April 2025 | The Plein Air Club Art Showcase |   Three Door Studios |   Bakersfield, CA

November - January 2025 | Contemporary Women’s Art Show |   Arts Council of Kern |   Bakersfield, CA

November 2024 | Art Heist |   Tlo Wines |   Bakersfield, CA

October 2024 | Inkspiration, Bubble Pop Gallery |   Three Door Studios |   Bakersfield, CA

June 2024 | The Dreamshop |   Three Door Studios |   Bakersfield, CA

June - July 2024 | Western Show Down  |   Top Hat Art Collective |   Bakersfield, CA

March 2021  |   Legacy Christian Academy Art Exhibition  |   Bakersfield, CA

August - November 2019  |  World Records Concert Hall  | World Records, Bakersfield, CA

May - August 2019  |   The Sublime: 2019 Visual Arts Festival   |   The Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA

May 2019  |   Legacy Christian Academy Art Exhibition  |   Bakersfield, CA

April - May 2019  |  Open | Close  |  Senior Art Capstone Exhibition  |  Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA   

November 2018  | Trophy Hunt  |   Ft. guest artist Sahara Barrett  |  Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA. 

April 2017  |  Night  |  Sophomore Exhibition  |  Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA

PUBLICATIONS & CLIENT WORK

October - January 2026 | Skidmore Commission | Portrait, oil on canvas

May - August 2025 | Hay Commission | Diptyck, oil on canvas

December 2024 | Cowan Commission | Diptyck, oil on canvas

October 2023 - Current | Abide, Capitol Campaign Case Study | Magazine design and publication, Legacy Christian Academy

March 2022 | Navigating Home, photography book

Winter 2021  |   Disciple, Volume 1, Issue 2 | Artist Faculty Feature | Magazine design and publication, Legacy Christian Academy

Summer 2020 | Barker Commission | Portrait, oil on canvas

November 2019 - April 2020 | Beyond the Pond and Back, Book 2 of the It Takes a Pond Series, written by G.S. Chambers |  Illustrations

Winter 2020  |   Disciple, Volume 1, Issue 1 | Magazine design and publication, Legacy Christian Academy

July 2019 - Dec 2019  |  Tadpoles on the Loose, Book 1 of the It Takes a Pond Series, written by G.S. Chambers  |  Illustrations

2019  |  Westmont College Phoenix Magazine, Ed. 59  |  Orange, oil on canvas

2019  |  Westmont College Horizon Newspaper, Artist of the Week Ed.

2018   |  Westmont College Phoenix Magazine   |  Amen, oil on canvas; Eclipse, oil on canvas

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

July 2021 | NAUMS Conference: Sustaining Growth in Marketing | Dallas, Texas

November 2020 | YWAM Creative Nights | Prague, Czech Republic

July 2019 | NAUMS Conference | Dallas, Texas

TEACHING RESIDENCY

2019 - Present | Legacy Christian Academy | High School Art Instruction

WORKSHOPS

November - December 2025 | Three Door Studios Handmade Holiday Series

July 2025 | Three Door Studios Creative Reset

June 2025 | Three Door Studios Dreamshop

June 2025 | The Painter’s Workshop

March 2025 | Three Door Studios Dreamshop

January - March 2024 | Hosting Young Creatives Workshops

April 2022 | Arts Council of Kern, Plein Air Festival

June 2019 | Hosted Summer Student Workshop

June 2018 | Hosted Summer Student Workshop