Records of Jill Downen on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jill Downen and the Downen Family History

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Some Famous People called Jill Downen

Jill Downen

Jill Downen (born 1967) is an American sculptor and installation artist, and an assistant professor of sculpture at the Kansas City Art Institute. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2010.

She was born in Belleville, Illinois in 1967, the daughter of a sign painter. She was awarded a BFA in painting from Kansas City Art Institute in 1989 and an MFA in sculpture from Washington University in St. Louis in 2001.

She commonly works in white plaster. According to Ivy Cooper, Downen "has made a career of exploring the intersection of bodies and architecture".

Her exhibitions include Hard Hat Optional at Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis in 2009, (dis)Mantle at Luminary Center for the Arts, St. Louis, in 2010, and Three Dimensional Sketchbook at Plug Projects, Kansas City in 2013.

Source: Jill Downen, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Downen

Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.

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