Mallory Stowe

Mallory Stowe (b. in Cleveland, OH) is a contemporary figurative painter interested in anxiety and awe surrounding the natural world. The emotional and social truths depicted in her oil paintings are distorted by the inner drama of personal perce...

Mallory Stowe (b. in Cleveland, OH) is a contemporary figurative painter interested in anxiety and awe surrounding the natural world. The emotional and social truths depicted in her oil paintings are distorted by the inner drama of personal perception. Theatricality is central to her artistic practice. Painting in this way allows for the surface to exist as a kind of stage where characters form and become allegorical, their symbolism becoming potent. Humanness is reflected back to us in depictions of the brutal, sensitive, temporary and eternal. After receiving her BFA from Ohio University in 2022, she is now a MFA candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A recent finalist for the 2023 AXA Art Prize at the New York Academy of Art. She also received a juror award at the Women of Appalachia at Dairy Barns Art Center.