Tori Stowe
Tori Stowe is a freelance artist / illustrator / surface designer. She works from her studio gallery in the little rural village of Bathurst on the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Designing fabric, ceramics, illustrating books, sketching commissions, doing freelance artwork for Woolworths South Africa and other homeware distributors around the world and {often + usually + mostly} drinking coffee and making art for art sake*.
Click to Tori's portfolios: FINE ART | ILLUSTRATION | SURFACE DESIGN | STOWE & SO
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PORTFOLIO OF PAST WORK
EDUCATION:
Matriculated 1989 from DSG Grahamstown
Completed BFA in painting, Rhodes University, 1994
WORK EXPERIENCE:
1993 - 1996: 0wn screen-printing studio
1996 - 2007: own graphic design studio
2007 - current: We own two art galleries and an online store which is where I exhibit my work on an ongoing basis, in addition to having one or two solo shows a year at the KKNK or National Arts Festival. I also work on many private commissions for clients and businesses. When not being a fine artist I do design and product design, currently being contracted to Woolworths Homeware in addition to designing fabric for various commercial manufacturers and the products: ceramics, fabric, stationery etc for our own stores.
PAST WORK SHOWN AT:
Alex Hamilton Collective (CT),
Intoto Gallery (JHB).
Trent Read: Knysna & Franschoek,
IS Gallery. The Gallery - Riebeek Kasteel,
Ann Bryant Gallery (EL),
The Festival Gallery,
Bird Street Gallery (PE),
Underculture (PE)
Art EC (PE).