Dave Bown was raised in upstate New York. Bown received a congressional nomination to the United States Military Academy at West Point by a New York State Congressman. However, Bown never matriculated. Bown took a three year hiatus from formal academics to reside predominantly in Cali and Medellin, Colombia. After Bown conducted research in East Africa, Europe and Poland, he earned the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Brigham Young University. Shortly after graduation, Bown founded and continues to direct Dave Bown Projects. The initiatives of the privately held U.S. company focus on advancing the field of visual arts by conducting research, buying works of art for the Collection of Dave Bown Projects, and providing unrestricted monetary awards to visual artists. Dave Bown was a resident artist at Europos Parkas in Vilnius, Lithuania and has exhibited his work in museums and galleries worldwide including Fornos Center for Digital Culture in Athens, Guild Hall Museum in East Hampton, Nomad Art Gallery in Mongolia, School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Second Street Gallery in Virginia, The Holter Museum of Art in Montana, and The Stone Town Cultural Center in Zanzibar.
Bachelor of Fine Arts from Brigham Young University
Professional Experience: 2005-present, Dave Bown Projects. The initiatives of the privately held U.S. company focus on advancing the field of visual arts by conducting research, buying works of art for the Collection of Dave Bown Projects, and providing unrestricted monetary awards to visual artists. Clients in 80+ countries. Professional Memberships: American Alliance of Museums, Washington, DC. Supporting Patron, International Center of Photography, New York, New York, Young Collectors Council - Acquisitions Committee, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Chaos: "The property that characterizes a dynamical system in which most orbits exhibit sensitive dependence; full chaos." — Lorenz, Edward N. The Essence of Chaos. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1993.
Oscillators: A sequence of coordinates derived from Phi are plotted according to an unique algorithm that Bown wrote. Line and shape color is governed by another algorithm. Shape dimensions are formed by implementing another recursive computational procedure.
Color: The work of Dave Bown is harmonious and balanced according to a color palette based on the Phi Color Theorem, a color theory independently discovered by Bown, based on the Fibonacci progression of numbers.