Ron Leory Kowalke (born 1936, died February 26, 2021) was an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, and art educator born in Chicago. He attended the

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and the

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, but earned his BA from

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in 1959. He received an MFA from

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in 1960. He taught at

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and the

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before joining the faculty of the

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. He taught in Hawaii from 1969 until his retirement as a professor emeritus in 2000. His works often explored extreme linear perspective and multiple framings, as in ''Galactic Sculpture #2''. The

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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(New York), and the

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are among the public collections holding work by Ron Kowalke.Bijing Tomorrow Art Gallery
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References

* Haar, Francis, ''Artists of Hawaii: Volume Two'', University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1977, pp. 49–53 * Wisnosky, John and Tom Klobe, ''A Tradition of Excellence'', University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, 2002, pp. 72–75

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kowalke, Ron Artists from Hawaii University of Hawaiʻi faculty University of Chicago alumni