{"id":23922,"date":"2025-12-31T13:08:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T18:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/?p=23922"},"modified":"2025-12-31T13:10:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T18:10:55","slug":"elijah-gowin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/elijah-gowin\/","title":{"rendered":"Elijah Gowin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elijah Gowin uses photography to speak about ritual, landscape and memory.\u00a0 He was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1967 and received his BA in Art History from Davidson College in 1990 and MFA in Photography from the University of New Mexico in 1997. His photographs are in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Houston Museum of Fine Art, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, among others.\u00a0\u00a0 His awards include the John S. Guggenheim Fellowship in 2008 as well as grants from the Charlotte Street Foundation and the Puffin Foundation.\u00a0 He founded Tin Roof Press to publish his books on art and photography including \u201cThe Last Firefly\u201d in 2024 and &#8220;Of Falling and Floating&#8221; in 2011.\u00a0 Presently, he is a Professor in the Department of Media, Art and Design at the University of Missouri-Kansas City where he directs photographic studies.\u00a0 Gowin is represented by the Robert Mann Gallery, New York, Photo Gallery International, Tokyo and Bond Millen Gallery, Richmond, Virginia.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16139\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16139 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tree1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tree1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tree1-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tree1-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tree1-4.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tree1-5.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tree1-6.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elijah Gowin, Tree 1. Date: 2012 Size: 15.33x 23, Pigment inkjet print<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16140\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16140\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16140 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/firefly-in-tree.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/firefly-in-tree-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/firefly-in-tree-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/firefly-in-tree-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/firefly-in-tree-4.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/firefly-in-tree-5.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/firefly-in-tree-6.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elijah Gowin, fireflies in trees, selangor river, malaysia, 2017 Size: 22\u201dx30.75\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16141\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16141\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16141 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/House1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/House1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/House1-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/House1-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/House1-4.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/House1-5.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/House1-6.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elijah Gowin, House 1 Date: 2014. Size: 15.33\u201dx 23\u201d Pigment inkjet print<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elijah Gowin uses photography to speak about ritual, landscape and memory.\u00a0 He was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1967 and received his BA in Art History from Davidson College in 1990 and MFA in Photography from the University of New Mexico in 1997. 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