BIOGRAPHY
Misty Segura-Bowers is an award winning fine artist and portrait painter known for capturing emotion and raw beauty in oil and watercolor. Her paintings deal with emotion, memory, and play with the fine line between abstraction and realism.
She studied fine art and visual effects at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, spending a decade as a visual effects artist for Hollywood films. During this time, she discovered her love of cinematic use of light and color, passion for interrupting realism, and the capturing emotion. Segura-Bowers constantly pushes the boundaries of the mediums she uses with themes exploring the human experience.
She has been featured in publications including American Art Collector, The Artist’s Magazine, Southwest Art Magazine, and Best of Watercolor presented by Artist’s Magazine.
She works and resides in the San Francisco Bay Area along with her husband and daughter.
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currently lives and works in Marin County, CA
education:
1998-2002 Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
exhibitions:
2020
Bartolini Gallery, San Rafael, CA
July- 100 years of Women Voting
Marinwood Community Center, San Rafael, CA
March - Home, juried by Libby Garrison
Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
March-April 100 Years of Freedom, juried by Christine Koppes
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
January-Feb Beneath the Surface, juried by Dewitt Cheng
2019
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
August - Transcend, juried by Amy Owen, Curator at di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art
Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
July-August - California Watercolor Association’s Exhibition of Watercolors, Juried by Carolyn Ward
Marin Center, San Rafael, CA
July - Marin County Fair Fine Art Juried Show
honorable mention award for “Frida’s shoes”
O'hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
April - Monochromatic, juried by Suzanne Gray
Marinwood Community Center, San Rafael, CA
March - 7th Annual Spring Art Show
O'hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
January - Salon des Refusés
2018
Marinwood Community Center, San Rafael, CA
October - 6th Annual Fall Art Show & Wine Tasting
O'hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
August - Bay Area Women Artists, juried by Donna Seager and Suzanne Gray
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
July through September - The World of Frida
Marin Center, San Rafael, CA
June through July- Marin County Fair Fine Art Juried Show
winner of Seager Gray Gallery special award
publications:
2020
-”Splash 21, Capturing Mood”- juried by Jamie Markle, book to be released August 2020
2019
-SouthWest Art Magazine, “Artists Magazine Annual Competition Winners/Finalists” article January 2019
-The Artist's Magazine “Eye on Excellence | Winners of the 35th Artists Magazine Annual Art Competition” article January 2019