Born 1967, Belleville, Illinois
Lives and works in St. Louis, Missouri.

Bruno David Gallery is proud to announce that Jill Dowen has been awarded The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2010 Award). Van McElwee also received the 2010 Fellowship.



Recent Press:

- Jill Downen by David Bonetti in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (pdf)
- Jill Downen by Stefene Russell in the St. Louis Magazine/Look-Listen (pdf)
- Don't Think of a Construction Site by Hess Caplinger in the Examiner.com (pdf)
- Jill Downen: Hard Hat Optional by Jessica Baran in the Riverfront Times (pdf)
- Downen Takes a Fresh Direction by Ivy Cooper in the St. Louis Beacon (pdf)
- Construction Zone by Dickson Beall in the Westend Word (pdf)

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Component 9: Breast Blocks on Palette Mixed media Size variable	Component 9: Breast Block Mixed media Size variable	Component 1: Large Crate and Two Blocks Mixed media Size variable
Component 2: Rack, Sandbags, 40 Architectural Cartilage Strips Mixed media Size variable	Component 2: Rack, Sandbags, 40 Architectural Cartilage Strips (detail) Mixed media Size variable	Component 3: Architectural Bone Mixed media Size variable
Component 4: Architectural Skin Mixed media Size variable	Component 6: Block and Support Arm Mixed media Size variable	Component 6: Block and Support Arm (detail) Mixed media Size variable
Component 7: Wall Block with Support Beams and Sandbags (detail) Mixed media Size variable	Component 7: Wall Block with Support Beam and Sandbags Mixed media Size variable	Component 8: Tendon on Palette Mixed media Size variable
Component 9: Breast Blocks on Palette Mixed media Size variable	Component 9: Breast Blocks on Palette (detail) Mixed media Size variable	Component 10: Cracked fat Block Mixed media Size variable
Component 11: Architectural Skin Mixed media Size variable	Component 12: Tendon Block Mixed media Size variable	Component 14: Small Crate with Posterior Block Mixed media Size variable
Component 15: Lumber Pile with Sandbags and Compressed Block Mixed media Size variable	Component 15: Lumber Pile with Sandbags and Compressed Block (detail) Mixed media Size variable	Component 17: Architectural Bone, Architectural Skin, and Plumline Mixed media Size variable
Component 16: Tendon on Palette Mixed media Size variable	Hard Hat Optional at Bruno David Gallery (Installation view-detail) 2009	Hard Hat Optional at Bruno David Gallery (Installation view-detail) 2009
Hard Hat Optional at Bruno David Gallery (Installation view-detail) 2009	Hard Hat Optional at Bruno David Gallery (Installation view-detail) 2009	Hard Hat Optional at Bruno David Gallery (Installation view-detail) 2009
Hard Hat Optional at Bruno David Gallery (Installation view-detail) 2009	Hard Hat Optional at Bruno David Gallery (Installation view-detail) 2009	Hard Hat Optional at Bruno David Gallery (Installation view-detail) 2009
Hard Hat Optional at Bruno David Gallery (Installation view-detail) 2009	Hybrida 21 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 15 inches	Posture of Place Mixed media installation Dimensions Vary
Untitled Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 15 inches	Untitled Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 15 inches	Hybrida 20 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 15 inches
Hybrida 19 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 15 inches	Hybrida 18 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 15 inches	Hybrida 17 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 15 inches
Hybrida 16 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 15 inches	Hybrida 15 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 15 inches	Hybrida 14 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 15 inches
Hybrida 13 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 15 inches	Hybrida 12 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 15 inches	Hybrida 11 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 15 inches
Hybrida 10 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 15 inches	Hybrida 9 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 15 inches	Hybrida 7 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 18 inches
Hybrida 6 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 18 inches	Hybrida 5 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 18 inches	Hybrida 4 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 18 inches
Hybrida 3 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 18 inches	Hybrida 2 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 18 inches	Hybrida 1 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 18 inches
Cleavage Gypsum and matte medium on paper 30 x 44 inches	Wall Gypsum and matte medium on paper 30 x 44 inches	XYZ Gypsum, matte medium and pencil on paper 30 x 44 inches
Groove Gypsum and matte medium on paper 30 x 44 inches	Enclosed Gypsum, matte medium and pencil on paper 30 x 44 inches	Corner Cut Gypsum and matte medium on paper 30 x 44 inches
Secret Ridge Polystyrene, gypsum and latex paint 21"x57"x5"	Over Flow Polystyrene, gypsum, wood and latex paint Dimensions Variable	Cornerstone Video
Stratum Polystyrene, gypsum and latex paint 19"x53"x10"	Vesicle Polystyrene and gypsum 13"x9"x4"	Vestibule Polystyrene and gypsum 11"x10"x4.5"
Orthosis Polystyrene and gypsum 20.5"x3"x2.75"	Flexure Polystyrene and gypsum and latext paint 45"x9"x4"	Lineament Polystyrene, gypsum and latex paint Dimenions Vary (7 elements)
Posture of Place Mixed media installation Dimensions Vary	Jill Downen at Bruno David Gallery (April 2006) Installation view	Jill Downen at Bruno David Gallery (April 2006) Installation view
Jill Downen at Bruno David Gallery (April 2006) Installation view