Education
2003 BFA, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 “The Poetry of the Ordinary” Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2016 "Vanitas" Loosen Art, Cagliari Italy
"Something Wicked" A Dark Arts Exhibit. Side Street Studio Art, Elgin IL
Exhibeo's Biosphere: "Life on Earth" Exhibeo Art Magazine, Award Winner
2015 "Oddities" Linus Art Gallery, Los Angeles California
"Luminous: Light and Space" On-Line Annex gallery exhibition from Black Box Gallery, Portland Oregon
LOUVRE MUSEUM curated by See Me Exposure Awards, Paris France
2014 "Originals for $1000 & Under" by Chief Curator & Online Director, Rebecca Wilson of Saatchi Gallery, London England
2012 "At 60 The Height of Art" New York, NY
2010 "Amoeba to Zebra" 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 “Art Cart-el” Art Under The Bridge Festival’, Brooklyn, NY
2005 “Group Show”, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
2004 “Motor City Rocks and Rolls Show” Octane Photographic Studios, Ferndale, MI “Thursdays on the Nine” Ferndale, Michigan
2003 “Develop, Stop, Fix” Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, MI
2002 “Group Show” New York Studio Program, New York, NY
2000 "Group Show" 4331 Gallery, Detroit, MI
1999 "Scarab Club 30th Annual Michigan Photography Exhibition" Detroit, MI
National and International Private Collections
Awards/Scholarships
2002 AICAD, New York Studio Program Residency
2000 Bronica National Photography Four Year Scholarship
2000 Metro Times Magazine, Detroit, Michigan
1999 Scarab Club 30th Annual Michigan Photography Exhibition,
Publications
2014 Manifest Gallery, International Photography Annual Book II
2012 Exposure Volume III, See Me Annual Exposure Book
2011 Conveyor, Spring 2011, Issue No.1
2011 Insights from the Outside: Interviews from the Photography Department at Tyler School of Art: C. Owen Lavoie by Molly Dwyer
2010 Silvershotz Magazine, Trophy House
2000 American Photo On-Campus Magazine, Student Portfolio
Blogs/Reviews
Andreas Dittberner, C. Owen fotografiert tote Insekten und andere Tiere, Detailverliebt, May 10, 2015. http://www.detailverliebt.de/c-owen-fotografiert-tote-insekten-und-andere-tiere/
Hayley Evans, C. Owen Captures The Haunting Beauty And Lifelike Detail Of Dead Insects, Beautiful Decay, May 6, 2015. http://beautifuldecay.com/2015/05/06/photographer-c-owen-captures-haunting-beauty/
Ordinary Overlooked By C. Owen, Dodho Online Photography Magazine, April 22, 2015. http://www.dodho.com/ordinary-overlooked-c-owen/
Benjamin Egger, Mysteriose Trophaen Aus Dem Schatten C. Owen- Trophies, I-REF MAGAZINE, August 22, 2013. http://i-ref.de/2013/08/22/mysteriose-trophaen-aus-dem-schatten-c-owen-trophies/
C. Owen Trophies, Takungpao, August 6, 2013. http://arts.takungpao.com/works/yingxiang/
Patricia Ramos, Photographer Brings Animals Back to Life Through Photo Series “Trophies,” Exposure Guide, July 27. 2013. http://www.exposureguide.com/inspiration/photographer-brings-taxidermied-animals-back-to-life-through-photo-series-trophies/
Jaclyn Hudson, C. Owen’s Trophies, Trendland, July 30, 2013. http://trendland.com/c-owens-trophies/
Baptiste, Dramatic Portraits of Animals, Fubiz, July 25, 2013. http://www.fubiz.net/en/2013/07/25/dramatic-portraits-of-animals/
Fotografia: Dramatic Portraits of Animals por C. Owen, Lamiscelanea, 2013. http://www.lamiscelanea.mx/fotografia-dramatic-portraits-of-animals-por-c-owen/
Dramatic Black and White Portraits of Exotic Animals, My Modern Metropolis, July 17, 2013. http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/list/tag/c+owen+lavoie