Dave Bown Projects
The initiatives of the privately held U.S. company focus on advancing the field of visual arts by conducting research, buying works of art for the Collection of Dave Bown Projects, and providing unrestricted monetary awards to visual artists.
Dave Bown
Dave Bown was raised in upstate New York. He received a congressional nomination to the United States Military Academy at West Point by a New York State Congressman. However, he never matriculated. He took a three year hiatus from formal academics to reside predominantly in Cali and Medellin, Colombia. After he conducted research in East Africa, Europe, and Poland, he earned the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Brigham Young University. Shortly after graduation, he founded and continues to direct Dave Bown Projects.
Jurors (past)
Kashya Hildebrand, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich
Paddy Johnson, Editorial Director, Art Fag City, New York
Daneyal Mahmood, Private Art Dealer, New York
Diane Mullin, Senior Curator, Weisman Art Museum
Ron Platt, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Birmingham Museum of Art
Richard Polsky, Author and Art Dealer
Mónica Ramírez-Montagut, Curator, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Christina Strassfield, Director and Chief Curator, Guild Hall Museum, New York
Pete Surace, Founder, RARE, New York
Note: Each juror is listed with the job title and organization they held while serving as a juror for Dave Bown Projects.
Unrestricted monetary awards to visual artists (past recipients)
Austin Ballard
Roberley Bell
Larissa Borteh
Justin Bower
Dina Brodsky
Eliza Burke Greene
Giovanna Cecchetti
Allison Cortson
Michael Davis
Jonathan Lux
John Lyon
Brad Nelson
Liz Nielsen
Kelly O’Brien
Aurora Robson
Tim Rusterholz
Candice Smith Corby
SpY
Pat Swain
Josh Welker
John Westmark
Brenda Hope Zappitell
