Brent J. Rowley was born and raised in Arkansas. He holds a BA in Philosophy from Hendrix College and an MA in TESOL from Arkansas Tech University. After spending nearly a decade teaching English abroad in Russia, Georgia, and Japan, he returned to the United States in 2019. He now has a studio in Russellville, Arkansas, where he devotes many long hours to painting. While largely self-taught, his art is informed by an intensive study of technique and art history. He utilizes a variety of media, including watercolor, wax pastel, charcoal, acrylic ink, india ink, and alcohol ink.
2022 - Quiet Power: Recent work by Karen Kurka Jensen and Brent Rowley, Bisignano Art Gallery, University of Dubuque, Dubuque, IA (forthcoming)
2022 - 7th Year Anniversary Juried Exhibition, Local Color Studio Gallery, Fayetteville, AR
2022 -The Light of the Body is the Eye, Emerging Artist Series Solo Exhibition, The In Art Gallery, online
2021- Mid-Southern Watercolorists 29th Annual Member Open Exhibition
2021 - Sarasvati Artist Residency
2020 - Selected for Mid-Southern Watercolorists 51st Annual Exhibition
2020 - Honorable Mention - South Arkansas Art Center Under Quarantine Art Competition