BIO
Ginger Owen is Professor of Photography and Intermedia at the Gwen Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI. Owen-Murakami holds an MFA in Photography from Louisiana State University and a BFA in Photography from The University of Central Florida. Owen’s artwork derives imagery from narratives and themes of family history, race, gender, and culture. Her interdisciplinary practices include installation, sculpture, digital, traditional and non-silver photographic processes. She has lectured, worked, and exhibited internationally and has been awarded numerous awards and grants including, a Fellowship at Tisch School of Arts, New York University, The Photography Institute; Ambassador to Takasaki, Japan; Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency; Artist Grants from the Arts Council of Kalamazoo; and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies Residency. Owen’s exhibitions include: Houston Museum of Art, Living Design Center OZONE, Tokyo, Japan, Texas Tech University, Stony Brook University, NY, Tilt Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, and the Center for the Living Arts, Mobile, AL. Owen is also in the following collections; Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, UK, Houston Museum of Art, Mc Neese State University, Lake Charles, LA; J. Paul Getty Museum, The Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
GINGER OWEN-MURAKAMI
Professor of Photography and Intermedia
Western Michigan University, Gwen Frostic School of Art
Western Michigan University, Gwen Frostic School of Art
Email ginger.owen@wmich.edu
Website http://gingerowen.com
Website http://gingerowen.com
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS
Faculty Research and Creative Activities Award, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 2022-21
Faculty Development Fund, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 2019-03
Publication of Papers and Exhibition on Creative Works, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 2020-03
Faculty Research & Travel Fund, Office of the Vice President for Research, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI 2019 -15, 08
Faculty Research and Creative Activities Award, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 2018-17
Kalamazoo Artistic Development Initiative, Collaborative Researcher with Vicki VanAmeyden, 2016
Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo, MI
Individual Artist Grant, Arts Council of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI 2014 & 08
Artist Residency at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock, UK 2014
Distinguished Service Honor Award, Midwest Region, Society for Photographic Education 2011-12
Battle Creek Ambassador, Exchange Program, Takasaki, Japan 2004
Faculty Development Fund, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 2019-03
Publication of Papers and Exhibition on Creative Works, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 2020-03
Faculty Research & Travel Fund, Office of the Vice President for Research, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI 2019 -15, 08
Faculty Research and Creative Activities Award, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 2018-17
Kalamazoo Artistic Development Initiative, Collaborative Researcher with Vicki VanAmeyden, 2016
Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo, MI
Individual Artist Grant, Arts Council of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI 2014 & 08
Artist Residency at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock, UK 2014
Distinguished Service Honor Award, Midwest Region, Society for Photographic Education 2011-12
Battle Creek Ambassador, Exchange Program, Takasaki, Japan 2004
SABBATICAL LEAVES
Heritage Habitats: fusing Eastern and Western methods of storytelling 2022-21
Birthplaces of Photography 2015-14
Birthplaces of Photography 2015-14
SOLO EXHIBITIONS - HERITAGE HABITATS
Mt. Dora Center for the Arts, Mt Dora, FL 2022
Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Almont, Ontario, Canada 2020
Nuna Jean Hulsey Art Gallery, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK 2019
Prescott Art Gallery, Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ
Art Gallery, College of the Sequoias, Visalia, CA
Rosewood Gallery, Rosewood Arts Centre, Kettering, OH 2018
Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
Gallery 1308, University of Wisconsin- Madison, Madison, WI
Boseman Gallery, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC
Sarah Silberman Art Gallery, Montgomery College, Baltimore, MD
Caldwell Arts Council Gallery, Caldwell Arts Council, Lenoir, NC
Herrett Center, College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls, ID
The UCC Art Gallery, Whipple Fine Arts Center, Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, OR
Thonson Gallery, Morris Grave Museum of Art, Eureka, CA 2017
Gallery at Traux, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI
City of Las Vegas, Charleston Heights Art Center Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Gallery 321, Park Trades Center, Kalamazoo, MI
New Genra Festival, Myers Gallery, Living Arts of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
Betty Feves Memorial Gallery, Blue Mountain Community College, Pendleton, OR
The University Gallery, Department of Art, Texas A&M University- Commerce, Commerce, TX 2016
Jerome J. Crowley Community Gallery, South Bend Art Museum, South Bend, IN
Hindsight, Fitton Center for the Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH
University Art Gallery, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI
Park National Bank Art Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Clermont College, Cincinnati, OH 2015
Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Almont, Ontario, Canada 2020
Nuna Jean Hulsey Art Gallery, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK 2019
Prescott Art Gallery, Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ
Art Gallery, College of the Sequoias, Visalia, CA
Rosewood Gallery, Rosewood Arts Centre, Kettering, OH 2018
Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
Gallery 1308, University of Wisconsin- Madison, Madison, WI
Boseman Gallery, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC
Sarah Silberman Art Gallery, Montgomery College, Baltimore, MD
Caldwell Arts Council Gallery, Caldwell Arts Council, Lenoir, NC
Herrett Center, College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls, ID
The UCC Art Gallery, Whipple Fine Arts Center, Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, OR
Thonson Gallery, Morris Grave Museum of Art, Eureka, CA 2017
Gallery at Traux, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI
City of Las Vegas, Charleston Heights Art Center Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Gallery 321, Park Trades Center, Kalamazoo, MI
New Genra Festival, Myers Gallery, Living Arts of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
Betty Feves Memorial Gallery, Blue Mountain Community College, Pendleton, OR
The University Gallery, Department of Art, Texas A&M University- Commerce, Commerce, TX 2016
Jerome J. Crowley Community Gallery, South Bend Art Museum, South Bend, IN
Hindsight, Fitton Center for the Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH
University Art Gallery, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI
Park National Bank Art Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Clermont College, Cincinnati, OH 2015
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Girl’s Own Guide, Rose Netzorg & James Kerr Gallery, Richmond Center for Visual Art, 2022
Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Talbot’s Ghost, DeVries Student Gallery, Kellogg Community College, Battle Creek, MI 2019
Ancestral Presence, Studio 341, First Friday on the Avenue for the Arts, Grand Rapids, MI 2017
Talbot’s Ghost, Kalamazoo Art Hop, Gallery at Diekema-Hamman, Kalamazoo, MI 2015
New Works: Owen - Murakami & VanAmeyden, Manierre Dawson Gallery, West Shore Community 2014
College, Scottville, MI
New Works: Owen - Murakami & VanAmeyden, Flora Kirsch Beck Gallery, Clack Art Center, 2013
Alma College, Alma, MI
Second Hand, Anna Whitten Hall Gallery, Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Kalamazoo, MI 2011
Umbra, TECO Exhibition Hall, Tampa, FL
PRINTS: Recent Works Owen - Murakami & Vicki VanAmeyden, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center,
Kalamazoo, MI
Umbra, Rose Netzorg & James Kerr Gallery, Richmond Center for Visual Art, Frostic School of Art,
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
President’s Office, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Collecting Memories, Ybor City Art Gallery, Tampa, FL 2010
Ancestral Presence, Bliss Hall Gallery, Department of Art, Youngstown State University, 2009
Youngstown, OH
Ancestral Presence, Arts Council Gallery, Sponsored by United Arts Council of Kalamazoo, 2008
Kalamazoo, MI
Ancestral Presence, Diekema- Hamann Architecture Firm, Sponsored by United Arts Council
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Art Hop, Kalamazoo, MI
East West (Owen-Murakami collaborative), SRO Photo Gallery, School of Art, Texas Tech University, 2007
Lubbock Texas
East West (Owen-Murakami collaborative), Brownstone Gallery, Battle Creek, MI 2005
East West (Owen-Murakami collaborative), Synapse Gallery, Benton Harbor, MI
Owen-Murakami and Schmidt, (two-person exhibit), Gallery 2, Western Michigan University, 2003
Kalamazoo, MI
Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Talbot’s Ghost, DeVries Student Gallery, Kellogg Community College, Battle Creek, MI 2019
Ancestral Presence, Studio 341, First Friday on the Avenue for the Arts, Grand Rapids, MI 2017
Talbot’s Ghost, Kalamazoo Art Hop, Gallery at Diekema-Hamman, Kalamazoo, MI 2015
New Works: Owen - Murakami & VanAmeyden, Manierre Dawson Gallery, West Shore Community 2014
College, Scottville, MI
New Works: Owen - Murakami & VanAmeyden, Flora Kirsch Beck Gallery, Clack Art Center, 2013
Alma College, Alma, MI
Second Hand, Anna Whitten Hall Gallery, Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Kalamazoo, MI 2011
Umbra, TECO Exhibition Hall, Tampa, FL
PRINTS: Recent Works Owen - Murakami & Vicki VanAmeyden, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center,
Kalamazoo, MI
Umbra, Rose Netzorg & James Kerr Gallery, Richmond Center for Visual Art, Frostic School of Art,
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
President’s Office, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Collecting Memories, Ybor City Art Gallery, Tampa, FL 2010
Ancestral Presence, Bliss Hall Gallery, Department of Art, Youngstown State University, 2009
Youngstown, OH
Ancestral Presence, Arts Council Gallery, Sponsored by United Arts Council of Kalamazoo, 2008
Kalamazoo, MI
Ancestral Presence, Diekema- Hamann Architecture Firm, Sponsored by United Arts Council
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Art Hop, Kalamazoo, MI
East West (Owen-Murakami collaborative), SRO Photo Gallery, School of Art, Texas Tech University, 2007
Lubbock Texas
East West (Owen-Murakami collaborative), Brownstone Gallery, Battle Creek, MI 2005
East West (Owen-Murakami collaborative), Synapse Gallery, Benton Harbor, MI
Owen-Murakami and Schmidt, (two-person exhibit), Gallery 2, Western Michigan University, 2003
Kalamazoo, MI
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Faculty Exhibit, Brown Gallery, Richmond Center for Visual Art, Western Michigan University, MI 2019-10
Hand/Eye, form & concept, Santa Fe, NM 2018
Photography in its Birthplace, Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, UK 2017
ArtPrize 2016, Juror: Don Desmett, Western Michigan University, Grand Rapids, MI 2016
Land, Group Exhibit, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS
Heritage Habitats, ARTWALK, Battle Creek, MI 2015
ArtPrize 2015, Juror: Vicky Wright, Western Michigan University, Grand Rapids, MI
Methods (Alternative), Juror: Aimee Holmes George, The Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, VA
Double Take: Artist Respond to the Collection, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
ArtPrize, Western Michigan University, Grand Rapids, MI 2014-13
Continuum, MWSPE Member’s Exhibit, Juror: Catherine Evans, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts 2012
Center in Covington, KY
The International Pixelstorm Award, curated Andres Wanner, The Basil School of Design, Switzerland 2009
Annual New Artists Exhibit, curator: Anne Wilkes Tucker, Houston Museum of Art, Houston, TX 2008
Cranbrook in Japan 2008, Sponsored by the American Embassy in Japan, OZONE Gallery
Living Design Center OZONE (3F OZONE Plaza), Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku Park Tower, Tokyo, Japan
Photography Re-Imagined: A Juried Alternative & Historical Process Show, Honorable Mention, 2007
Juror: France Scully Osterman, Tilt Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
20th Annual Works on Paper Exhibition, Purchase Award, Juror: Anne Wilkes Tucker, Abercrombie Gallery,
Mc Neese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Transformation: Photography of the 21st Century, Space 301 Center for the Living Arts, Mobile, AL 2006
Hand/Eye, form & concept, Santa Fe, NM 2018
Photography in its Birthplace, Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, UK 2017
ArtPrize 2016, Juror: Don Desmett, Western Michigan University, Grand Rapids, MI 2016
Land, Group Exhibit, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS
Heritage Habitats, ARTWALK, Battle Creek, MI 2015
ArtPrize 2015, Juror: Vicky Wright, Western Michigan University, Grand Rapids, MI
Methods (Alternative), Juror: Aimee Holmes George, The Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, VA
Double Take: Artist Respond to the Collection, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
ArtPrize, Western Michigan University, Grand Rapids, MI 2014-13
Continuum, MWSPE Member’s Exhibit, Juror: Catherine Evans, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts 2012
Center in Covington, KY
The International Pixelstorm Award, curated Andres Wanner, The Basil School of Design, Switzerland 2009
Annual New Artists Exhibit, curator: Anne Wilkes Tucker, Houston Museum of Art, Houston, TX 2008
Cranbrook in Japan 2008, Sponsored by the American Embassy in Japan, OZONE Gallery
Living Design Center OZONE (3F OZONE Plaza), Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku Park Tower, Tokyo, Japan
Photography Re-Imagined: A Juried Alternative & Historical Process Show, Honorable Mention, 2007
Juror: France Scully Osterman, Tilt Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
20th Annual Works on Paper Exhibition, Purchase Award, Juror: Anne Wilkes Tucker, Abercrombie Gallery,
Mc Neese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Transformation: Photography of the 21st Century, Space 301 Center for the Living Arts, Mobile, AL 2006
COLLECTIONS
Fox Talbot Museum, National Trust at Lacock Abbey, Lacock, UK
Houston Museum of Art, Houston, TX
Mc Neese State University, Lake Charles, LA
J. Paul Getty Museum, The Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Houston Museum of Art, Houston, TX
Mc Neese State University, Lake Charles, LA
J. Paul Getty Museum, The Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, CA
PROFESSIONAL TALKS
Cyanotype Workshop for Special Studies Course, Adriane College, Covert, MI 2020
Kellogg Community College, Battle Creek, MI
Art Break, Kalamazoo Institute for the Arts, Kalamazoo, MI 2018, 2016, 2015
Lecturer, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 2017
Lecturer, Mid-America Print Conference, Louisville, KY 2016
Texas A&M University- Commerce, Commerce, TX
South Bend Art Museum, South Bend, IN
Fitton Center for the Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH
Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI 2015
Collaboration: Southeast Society of Photographic Education Conference, Clemson University, Greenville, SC Spheres of Influences: South Central Society of Photographic Education Conference, Oklahoma City, OK
Alternative Processes Workshop, Alma College, Alma, MI 2013
Kellogg Community College, Battle Creek, MI
Art Break, Kalamazoo Institute for the Arts, Kalamazoo, MI 2018, 2016, 2015
Lecturer, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 2017
Lecturer, Mid-America Print Conference, Louisville, KY 2016
Texas A&M University- Commerce, Commerce, TX
South Bend Art Museum, South Bend, IN
Fitton Center for the Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH
Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI 2015
Collaboration: Southeast Society of Photographic Education Conference, Clemson University, Greenville, SC Spheres of Influences: South Central Society of Photographic Education Conference, Oklahoma City, OK
Alternative Processes Workshop, Alma College, Alma, MI 2013
CONSULTATION ACTIVITIES
Juror, Student Exhibit, Kellogg Community College, Battle Creek, MI
Juror, Annual Photography Exhibition, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Traverse City, MI
Juror, 41st Elkhart Juried Regional, Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN
Juror - Annual Student Photography Exhibit, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
Juror, High School Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
Juror, Annual Photography Exhibition, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Traverse City, MI
Juror, 41st Elkhart Juried Regional, Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN
Juror - Annual Student Photography Exhibit, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
Juror, High School Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
PUBLICATIONS
The Photography Teacher's Handbook, Garin Horner
Photo One, Katie Stern
Photographic Possibilities, 3rd Ed., Robert Hirsh
Photo One, Katie Stern
Photographic Possibilities, 3rd Ed., Robert Hirsh