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Jeff Cowen's works are included in numerous private and public collections all over the world. In 2024, his project "Provence Works" is presented in a joint exhibition by the Huis
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in New York City. Padilla later earned a scholarship at
Princeton University where he graduated with the highest distinction and was offered full scholarship at Oxford University. Due to Padilla's illegal immigrant status, Padilla and Cowen were both featured in an article in the
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Stockholm, Sweden; Kunsthalle
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art photographer. He is known for painterly silver gelatin photo murals and photo collages. Various chemical procedures, mark-making, brushwork, and post darkroom mixed media finishing techniques are often contained in his artworks.
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that highlighted some of the absurdity and rigidity of U.S. immigration laws. Dan-el
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Cowen taught photography to underprivileged, inner-city kids at LEAP between 1990 and 1994. Cowen discovered and mentored the young and brilliant illegal immigrant
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2014: Jeff Cowen, Yamamoto Masao, Arno Rafael Minkkinen. Blomqvist Kunsthandel, Oslo (group exhibition)
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1993: Jeff Cowen. West 14th Street at The Space, New York, curated by Chris D’Amelio (solo exhibition)
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2014: Jeff Cowen. Paris Photo 2013, Michael Werner Kunsthandel, Grand Palais, Paris (solo exhibition)
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2016: Jeff Cowen Sculpture Photographs. Michael Werner Kunsthandel, Köln (solo exhibition)
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2015: Jeff Cowen Capturing Eclipse. Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven (solo exhibition)
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2020: The Lives and Loves of Images. Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen (group exhibition)
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1999: Shoot and Die. Vitrinen Calvin Klein, Bergdorf Goodman, New York (solo exhibition)
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2016: Back To The Future Of Photography. DZ Art Collection, Frankfurt (group exhibition)
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