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RoyDowellwasborninBronxvilleNewYorkin1951.Hisam-ilymovedregularlybeoresettlinginCaliorniawhenRoywasourteen.HebegantovisitthePasadenaArtMuseumandpar-ticularlyremembersseeingaJosephCornellexhibitionthere.HeattendedtheCaliorniaCollegeoArtsandCratsinOaklandrom1969to1971thentranserredtoCalArtsinValenciaCali-ornia.DowellstudiedwithEmersonWoelerwhoprovidedadirectlinktothemodernisttraditionbutalsowithAllanKaprowapioneerinthefeldoperormanceart.HecontinuedontothegraduateprogramitwasthenhesaysthatIbeganedgingintopaintingthroughthebackdoor.Hegraduatedin1975.In1979heoundedthefneartsgraduateprogramatOtisCollegeoArtandDesigninLosAngelesandstillservesaschairothedepartment.InLosAngelesDowellshowedwithRosamundFelsenrom1986to1994andwithMargoLeavinrom1995to2012.InNewYorkhehadexhibitionswithbothJoeFawbushandCurtMar-cus.HisfrstshowwithLennonWeinbergwasin2010.RecentlyheshowedworksatGaleraNinaMenocalinMexicoCityVari-ousSmallFiresinVeniceCaliorniaandJamesHarrisGalleryinSeattle.Hisworkwaseaturedinthe2012MadeinL.A.biennialattheHammerMuseum.HisworkisincludedinmuseumcollectionssuchastheLosAnge-lesCountyMuseumoArtandtheMuseumoContemporaryArtinLosAngelesaswellastheHammerMuseumSanFran-ciscoMuseumoModernArtMuseumoContemporaryArtSanDiegoTheBerkeleyMuseumoArtTheOaklandMusuemTheJumexCollectiontheEliBroadCollectionandmanyothersig-nifcantinstitutionalandprivatecollections.HelivesandworksinLosAngelesandSanMigueldeAllendeMexico.