Biography, Etc.
Glenn Howell
Born May 30, 1956 in Steubenville, Ohio. Received first camera (8mm movie) from my father at age 12 and made crude animated films. Studied journalism in high school. Went to Asbury College to study for the ministry and changed major to art. Studied there under painter Ed Knippers. Went to India the first time in 1980 as a short-term missionary. Senior year studied at Y.S.U. in Ohio and received a B.F.A. degree in Studio Art and Photography in 1982. Designed an art dept. and curricullum and taught art, painting, ceramics and photographyin a private Christian School in Minnesota for three years. Moved to Virginia in 1993 to manage mounting and display depts. for photographic labs. Met and married Virginia Hickey and now live near Warrenton, VA. Since living in VA, I've also been back to India two more times, became Lay Leader for our Methodist Church, worked free-lance for the local newspaper, been Blessed with 6 grandchildren and am continuing to work on my art from a Christian perspective.
SELECTED RECENT AWARDS AND EXHIBITIONS:
Solo exhibitionat Truro Church in Fairfax, VA - Aug.1-Nov. 31, 2009. Best in Show - Meadowlark Nature Photography Expo 2009; Best in Show -Piedmont RegionalArt Show and Sale 2006; “Photographer of the Year” awards from Manassas/Warrenton Camera Club 2007 & 2008; 2nd Place – The Candy Factory III Regional Art Exhibition 2008. "Wind, Water, Oil, Fire" Red Bank, NJ, 2010. "Between You, Me, and God - 13 Photographs by Glenn Howell" solo show for ArtReach in Bloomington, MN.August 2010
OTHER EXHIBITIONS:
The Billy Graham Center Museum, Vanderbilt University Art Library, Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Arts Festival, The Butler Institute of American Art,
REPRESENTED IN:
Caulfield Gallery, Washington, VA.; Pearmund Cellars, New Baltimore, VA; The Studio Frame Shop, Warrenton, VA; and The Winery at La Grange, Haymarket, VA.
MEMBER of:
C.I.V.A. (Christians in Visual Art).
LINKEDIN page
FLICKR gallery
FACEBOOK page
Other Links:
Ed Knippers, Mark Anderson, Mark Penner-Howell, Charlie Breems, Anatoly Rodinov, Pinix Design Studio, Joshua's Hands, Hal Moran, IAM, Theology Forum, IMAGE
