Bio
Growing up on a ‘dead end’ road in the county; NWOhio-native artist, Jennifer Sowders, grew up spending a lot of time studying nature and it’s indelible thread is noted within her body of work.
Jennifer is a 1994 BFA graduate from the Columbus College of Art and Design. She is a Signature member and Trustee in the Ohio Watercolor Society, Signature Kentucky Watercolor Society, Associate of Allied Artists, The National Watercolor, American Impressionist, American Watercolor and National Oil & Acrylic Painters' Societies, member of the Ohio Art League and is in several N.W. Ohio arts groups.
Amidst many awards in local and regional shows, she has been in the National Watercolor Society’s 2020 “50 Stars” Exhibition, which was quite an honor as two artworks were chosen from each state-level watercolor society to represent their state. She has also been in NWS and AWS member shows. Jennifer has 2 pieces in the Ohio Arts Council’s collection. She is also in the Artists Magazine “AcrylicWorks 9: The Best of Acrylic” (Honorable Mention), and a finalist in “AcrylicWorks 10”. Her most recent accomplishment has been in receiving 2nd place in the landscape division of the Artists Magazine’s 40th Annual. She is currently represented by the Toledo Museum of Art’s Collector Corner , Marcia Evans Gallery (Columbus, OH) (Is actively welcoming further representation as well: Contact).
Jennifer opens up her Fostoria, Ohio studio and gallery space: MONgallery and Art Studio, every MONday to visitors. She coined “MON” to represent “Middle Of Nowhere” because of her rural location where she lives with husband, Gary and has 3 sons.