Curriculum Vitae

Joseph A. MacGown

ADDRRESS

WORK:
Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology
P.O. Box 9775
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9775

HOME:                
2073 Sessums Road
Starkville, MS 39759

PHONE:             
662-323-4128 (Home)
662-325-951 (Work)

EMAIL:   art@joemacgown.com

OBJECTIVES

My goals are to present selected pieces of my artwork for gallery showings and other public viewings, to continue development in surrealistic techniques and other art forms, and to promote sales of my prints and original artwork. 

EXPERIENCE

1985-present - Freelance graphic art and surrealistic art

Various freelance work done including business card designs; illustrations for scientific books, journals, and newsletter articles; cd cover and poster designs for bands; advertisements; logo designs; t-shirt designs; tattoo designs; drawings of historic houses and barns for various individuals; wildlife drawings; surreal and other artwork produced for sales and presentation in galleries and other public areas (i.e. airports, businesses, libraries, offices, etc.); presentations about art to high school and college art classes; art instruction to children.   Please visit my web site at http://joemacgown.com for examples of recent artwork.

2005-present - Scientific Illustrator/Assistant Museum Curator

Mississippi Entomological Museum, Department of Entomology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS.  Job duties include scientific illustration of habitus and various structural drawings of insects; macro photography of insects; layout and design and development of photographic plates, posters, presentations, brochures, and other similar media; development and maintenance of museum web site (http://www.mississippientomologicalmuseum.org.msstate.edu/); development of online diagnostic identification keys for select insect taxa; instruction to students on scientific illustrative techniques; conducting entomological research; writing scientific papers, reports, newsletter articles, posters, and other similar things; curation of insect collection; collections of arthropods; insect identification; and supervision of student workers. 

1991-2005 - Scientific Illustrator

Department of Entomology, Mississippi Entomological Museum, Department of Entomology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS.  Job duties included scientific illustration of habitus and various structural drawings of insects; layout and design and development of photographic plates, posters, presentations, brochures, and other similar media; instruction to students on scientific illustrative techniques; curation of insect collection; collections of arthropods; insect identification; and supervision of student workers. 

1988-1991- Research Aide

Department of Entomology, Mississippi Entomological Museum, Department of Entomology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS.  Job duties: scientific illustration of habitus and various structural drawings of insects; layout and design and development of photographic plates, posters, presentations, brochures, and other similar media; dissections of insects; specimen preparation; and collections of arthropods. 

EDUCATION

Starkville High School, Starkville, MS, Graduated 1983

Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN, 1984-1985

SKILLS

Experienced in a wide variety of media types such as pen and ink, watercolor, acrylic paint, charcoal, graphite, digital, wood carving, and other types. 

Skilled in a variety of genres of art including surrealism/visionary art, impressionistic landscape painting, scientific illustration, floral painting, wildlife drawings, graphic design, etc.

Skilled at a variety of computer programs including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Microsoft Word, Excel, Biota, and PowerPoint.  Experience with a variety of scanners, color and black and white printers, and a Wacom electronic drawing pad with stylus. 

Insect and other photography with the use of film based SLR cameras, various digital SLR cameras, and digital camera microscopy with Image Pro Plus software and Leica Application Systems (LAS) with Automontage module. 

Experience with a the use of a variety of stereomicroscopes and compound microscopes, microscopic drawing tubes and camera lucida, micro-slide projector, and measuring reticules.

Web design and development-have designed and maintained several web sites. 

RECENT EXHIBITIONS/JURIED SHOWS

1993 -MSU McComas Hall-had two large pen and ink drawing on display as part of a group show.
2003-Starkville Public Library--two pen & ink drawings on display.
2004-Golden Triangle Regional Airport-two pen & ink drawings on display.
2005, Spring- Cotton District Arts Festival Juried Art Competition-Honorable mention for a pen & ink drawing.
2006, February - Starkville Public Library-two pen & ink drawings on display.
2006, 22 April-Cotton District Arts Festival Art Juried Competition, Starkville, MS -Third place overall for acrylic painting entitled "Fish" and Honorable mention for a pen & ink drawing entitled "Curiosity"
2006, 20 May-"Arts in the Gardens"-painting in local gardens-did 3 quick pieces: "Poppies" (watercolor), "Artichoke" (watercolor), and pen and ink sketch of a shed. Also displayed at Starkville Arts Council fundraiser on 7 July.
2006, 30 June-30 September- Golden Triangle Regional Airport, Art at the Airport-two paintings on display, "Fish" and "Mysight".
2007, January-February-Two butterfly paintings, "Spring Azure" and "Sulfur butterfly" on display at Greater Starkville Development Foundation Gallery, 200 Main Street, Starkville, MS.
2007, 28 April- Cotton District Arts Festival Art Juried Competition, Starkville, MS-First place overall for a large pen and ink drawing entitled "Cooperation." A second pen & ink drawing entitled "Spotted Frog " was also accepted into the competition, but did not win an award.
2007, 4 -19 May-Two watercolor paintings on display at Greater Starkville Development Foundation Gallery, 200 Main Street, Starkville, MS.
2007, 30 Oct-Dec. 21- Four small mixed media drawings in art exhibition at Starkville's Greater Development Foundation Gallery.
2008, 5-19 Jan.- A collaborative drawing done with Bernard Dumaine, entitled"Honeymoon" included in an exhibition in Champniers, France at the La Mediatheque gallery.
2008, 19 April - Cotton District Arts Festival Art Juried Competition, Starkville, MS- Won second place overall with "Nine Panes of Thought". An additional piece, "Ambition", was accepted, but did not receive an award.
2008, 7 June-12 July- Meridian Museum of Art, People's Choice Award, I entered and had accepted one piece, "Nine Panes of Thought". This piece won first place in the drawing/print category!
2008, 17 Sept-8 October-One man show at Aust Hall, East Mississippi Community College in Scooba, MS. The opening reception at 2-3 PM on 17 September 2008.
2008, 5 December- Gala and Silent Auction at the Hunter Henry Center at Mississippi State University, MS from 6 PM to 11 PM. Donated art to the auction.
2008-2009, December-January-Surrealistic prints on display and for sale at the Creative Warehouse in Starkville, MS.
2009, 3 - 31 January- Two man show with Cetin Oguz at the Meridian Museum of Art in Meridian, MS with an opening reception on January 3rd, 2009 from 6-8 PM.
2009, 10 February - Group show at Lee Hall for the Mississippi's Best Grassroots Concert featuring some of the best music and art from north Mississippi.
2009, 2 March-1 May- Group exhibition at Greater Starkville Development Foundation Gallery, 200 Main Street, Starkville, MS - two paintings on display, an acrylic landscape called "A Cloudy Day in Sessums", and a watercolor entitled "Tree in Winter".
2009, 14 March-14 April-36th annual Meridian Bistate Art Competition at the Meridian Museum of Art (MS) - two drawings accepted for show, "Cooperation" and "Nine Panes of Thought". Won top achievement award with "Nine Panes of Thought".
2009, 18 April- Cotton District Arts Festival Juried Art Competition, Starkville, MS- First place in drawing/painting division with Zabulation.
2009, 25 April-2 May- One man show at the Eupora Fine Arts Center in Eupora, MS with reception on 25 April from 6-8 PM.
2009, 6 June 6 - 11 July - 18th Annual People's Choice Art Competition at the Meridian Museum of Art (MS) - one painting, "Ossiforestation" in show.
2009, 11 July - August - Energy Art Movement International Group Exhibition at Sunrise Gallery in Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA - one drawing, "Echinodermatter" in the show.
2009, 29 June - 18 July - Group exhibition at Greater Starkville Development Foundation Gallery, 200 Main Street, Starkville, MS.
Ongoing-display of insect paintings in the lobby of Clay Lyle Entomology Building at Mississippi State University.

AWARDS

1995- Entomology Club-Recognition of Services Award.

2005- Donald Zacharias Distinguished Staff Award.

2005, Spring- Cotton District Arts Festival Juried Art Competition, Starkville, MS-Honorable mention for a pen & ink drawing.

2006, 22 April-Cotton District Arts Festival Art Juried Competition, Starkville, MS -Third place overall for acrylic painting entitled "Fish" and Honorable mention for a pen & ink drawing entitled "Curiosity."

2007, 28 April- Cotton District Arts Festival Art Juried Competition, Starkville, MS-First place overall for a large pen and ink drawing entitled "Cooperation."

2008, 19 April - Cotton District Arts Festival Art Juried Competition, Starkville, MS- Won second place overall with "Nine Panes of Thought."

2008, 7 June-12 July- Meridian Museum of Art, People's Choice Award, First place in the drawing/print category with "Nine Panes of Thought."

2008, July- Awarded an artist's minigrant from the Mississippi Arts Commision

MEMBERSHIP IN ARTISTIC GROUPS, SOCIETIES, AND DIRECTORIES

2009, 18 April- Cotton District Arts Festival Juried Art Competition, Starkville, MS- First place in drawing/painting division with mixed media painting entitled "Zabulation".

2009, May- Awarded grant (with Soon Ee Ngoh)  - Art in Public Places, Mississippi State University-$6,350.

MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL GROUPS

Bienart International Surreal Art Collective - http://beinart.org/index.php - (member) - An international online gallery of contemporary surreal, fantastic and visionary Art.

Energy Art Movement - http://energyartmovement.com/ - (member) - International group of artists who use visual dynamism for the depiction of energy using color, form, and composition to create inventive and expressive works of art that resonate with impact and feeling.

International Imaginative Artists Association (IIAA)- http://iiaaproject.deviantart.com/ - (member, board of directors) - An international collective of post modern artists geared toward showcasing art in various international venues.

Visionary Art: The Visionary Art Tribe- http://visionarytribe.ning.com/ - (member, associate administrator)

Codrv - http://codrv.com/ - (member) - International listing of artists of various genres, which showcases their works.

The Surreal Arts- http://the-surreal-arts.deviantart.com/ - (member) - International group of surreal artists.

The Exquisite Corpse - http://theexquisitecorpse.deviantart.com/ - (member) - A club for advanced skill level surreal collaborations.

The Antipodes Project - http://www.antipodesproject.org/ - An international collaborative art project exploring the mind's antipodes (member, associate administrator)

LOCAL GROUPS

Starkville Area Arts Council - http://www.starkvillearts.org/ - (member) - A local group dedicated to promoting art in the region.

Mississippi Visual Arts Directory- http://www.visualarts.ms.gov/Default.aspx - Directory of visual artists living in Mississippi (hosted by the Mississippi Arts Commission).

Mississippi Artists - http://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/artists/index.html - A listing of some of artists from Mississippi.

INTERVIEWS AND FEATURES IN BOOKS OR MAGAZINES

I had a drawing featured in an art and poetry magazine called "Vain" (2007). This magazine is dedicated to art and literature and even includes a cd. Go to their web site for more info (http://callmevain.com/).

In November of 2007 I was interviewed by the "Exquisite Corpse" club, a surreal collaborative group hosted on the Deviant Art web site.

In December 2007, interviewed by the editor of the Midsouth Entomologist with the focus being my illustrative skills.

Front page article and interview in the Starkville Daily News, January 5th, 2009.

Article and interview in the Columbus Dispatch newspaper, January 4th,, 2009.

In January 2009, three drawings published in an art and poetry book entitled "Harvests of New Millennium", which is published in India.

19 April 2009. I was interviewed by a new surreal collaborative group called the Collaborative Corpse (http://collaborativecorpse.deviantart.com/journal/24332951/)

24 April 2009. I was featured on front page of Starkville Daily News.

8 May 2009. I was featured as the daily artist on "The Daily Art Fixx" (http://www.dailyartfixx.com/2009/05/08/semi-strange-art-joe-macgown/). 

DRAWINGS IN BOOKS

Leach, R. A. 1994.The Chiropractic Theories: Principles and Clinical Applications.  Third edition. Williams and Wilkens. Baltimore, MD. pp. i-xxiii, 1-413. (Various drawings).

Perkins, G. K. 1999.  Fern Tips: More Than Most People Want to Know About Ferns of the Southeastern Coastal Plain. Kirtley-Perkins Productions. Starkville, MS. pp. i-iv, 1-235. (Silhouette drawings of ferns species).

Savitch, W. J. and C. G. Peterson. 1992.  Ada, an Introduction to the Art and Science of Programming. The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Co., Redwood City, CA. pp. i-xxii, 1-764, A 1-52, I1-61.  (Drawings of various people for chapter headings).

Peacock, E. and T. Schauwecker. 2003. Blackland Prairies of the Gulf Coastal Plain: Culture, Nature and Sustainability. Univ. Alabama Press.  pp. i-xii, 1-348. (Cover illustration, drawing on back, and some maps).

Trigiano, R. N., M. T. Windham, A. S. Windham. 2004.  Plant Pathology: Concepts and Laboratory Exercises. CRC Press, LLC, NY. pp. 1-413 + Preface, Acknowledgments, Editors, and Table of Contents.  (Fungus drawings in Chapters 16, 17, and 19).

Kumar, S (editor). 2009. Harvest of New Millennium: Volume 2, No. 1. Cyberwit.net Publishing, Allahabad India. 179 pp.  (Three drawings included in book)

Kumar, S (editor). 2009. Taj Mahal Review. Volume 8, No. 1. Cyberwit.net Publishing, Allahabad India. 224 pp.  (Three drawings included in book)

SELECTED ENTOMOLOGICAL DRAWINGS IN PUBLICATIONS (arranged by year)

Brown, R.L. and J.A. Powell. 1991.  A new species of Epiblema (Tortricidae:  Olethreutinae) from coastal redwood forests in California with an analysis of the forewing pattern. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 67: 107-114.  Tortricid genitalia drawings.

Lago, P. K. and S. Testa. 1994.  The Aquatic Hydrophilidae of Mississippi, Mississippi Entomological Museum, No. 5, 1994. Drawings of all genera.

MacGown, J. and M. MacGown. 1996.  Observation of a nuptial flight of the horned Passalus beetle, Odontotaenius disjunctus (Illiger) (Coleoptera: Passalidae).  The Coleopterists Bulletin 50: 201-203.  Drawing of mating passalid beetles, also on cover. 

Nebeker, T. E. 1996.  North American Forest Insect Work Conference. Drawings for cover, poster, cups, etc.

Pitre, H. 1997.  Annual Report of Research, 1997 and Termination Report (1992-1997). Cover illustration.

Sikorowski, P. 1997.  Major Diseases of Heliothis virescens and Helicoverpa zea in Mississippi Fields and Insectaries, Mafes Technical Bulletin 318. Drawings.

Villeja, F. and M. Gray. 1997.  Puerto Rican Insect report. Drawing for cover.

Wright, D. J., R. L. Brown, and L. D. Gibson. 1997. A new species of Phaneta, with taxonomic diagnoses and seasonal and geographical data on four related (Tortricidae).  Journal of the Lepidopterists Society 51: 119-127.  Tortricid genitalia drawings, male and female.

Cohen, A. C. 1998.  Solid to Liquid Feeding: The inside(s) story of extra-oral digestion in predaceous arthropoda.  American Entomologist.  Summer 1998. 103-116.  Illustrations of extra-oral digestion. 

Nordlund, D. 1998.  A review of the scientific literature and methods for production of factitious hosts for use in mass rearing of Trichogramma spp. (Hymenoptera:  Trichogrammatidae) in the former Soviet Union, the United States, Western Europe and China.  Journal of Entomol. Sci. Vol. 33, No. 1. Drawings of various pieces of insect rearing equipment.

Cohen, A. C. 2000.  The feeding behavior of Trichogramma brassicae: new evidence for selective ingestion of solid food.  Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 96: 1-8.  Trichogrammatid larval drawing.

Schiefer, T. L. 2000. A new species of Astylopsis Casey (Coleoptera:  Cerambycidae:  Acanthocinini) from the southeastern United States.  Coleopterists Bulletin 54: 533-539. Habitus drawing.

Jarratt, J. 2001.  Pest-Management Principles, Industrial, Institutional, and Structural Pest Control, Catagory 7-A, Mississippi State Extension Service Pub. Termite head and wing drawings.

Layton, B. 2001.  Cotton Insect Situation:  Newsletters.  Mississippi State University Extension Service. Drawing of Lygus lineolaris for cover.

Pitre, H. 2002.  Soybean Looper (Lepidoptera:  Noctuidae) Oviposition on cotton and soybean of different growth stages: Influence of Olfactory Stimuli.  Journal of Economic Entomology 95: 286-293. Schematic drawings.

Jarratt, J. and B. Layton. 2003.  Pest Control Manual and Pest Management practices for Home and Landscape, Subterranean Termite Control. Mississippi University Extension Publication 531. 7 pp. Drawings of termites and different foundation types.

Layton, B. 2003.  A series of pest control papers in The Pest Monitor, Vol. 5, No.2-Vol.10. No. 3. Termite drawing for cover.

Jarratt, J., T. E. Nebeker, B. Layton. 2004. Asian Ambrosia Beetle Biology and Control. Mississippi State University Extension Service. Publication 2345. 3 pp.† Drawings of Xylosandrus crassiusculus.

Jarratt, J. J. Goddard, B. Layton, and J. A. MacGown. 2004.  Southern House Mosquito and related species: Biology and Control.  Mississippi State University Extension Service, Publication no. 2336. 10 pp. Drawings for cover and in paper.

Schiefer, T. L. 2004. † A new record of an endemic Cuban tiger beetle, Cicindela (Brasiella) viridicollis (Coleoptera:  Carabidae:  Cicindelinae), from the Florida Keys.  Florida Entomologist 87:  551-553.  Habitus drawing of Cicindela viridicollis.

Schiefer, T. L. and D. E. Bright. 2004.  Xylosandrus mutilatus (Blandford), an Exotic Ambrosia Beetle (Coleoptera:  Curculionidae:  Scolytinae:  Xyleborini) New to North America.  Coleopterists Bulletin 58: 431ñ438. Dorsal and profile habitus, and legs and antennal drawings of Xylosandrus mutilatus.

Davis, F. 2005. Advertisement designed for "Insect Rearing Workshop" in Entomological Society of America Journal. 

Jarratt, J., B. Layton, J. Goddard, and J. A. MacGown. 2005.  Insect management guidelines for dairy cattle and dairies. Mississippi State University Extension Service. Publication no. 2357.  8 pp. Drawings of various dairy pests.

Lee, S. M., and R. L. Brown. 2005. A review of Symmocinae (Lepidoptera:  Autostichidae) in North America with the description of a new species and new genus. Poster presentation, Mississippi Entomological Association, 3-4 Nov. 2005.  Male genitalia and leg drawings.

Stebnicka, Z. T. and P. K. Lago. 2005. The New World species of Ataenius Harold, 1867. V. Revision of the A. strigatus group (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini). Insecta Mundi 19: 55-83. Two habitus drawings and genitalia drawings.

Davis, F. 2006. Advertisement designed for "Insect Rearing Workshop" in Entomological Society of America Journal.

Hill, J. G. and B. V. Brown. 2006.  New records of the rarely collected ant-decapitating fly Apocephalus tenuipes Borgmeier (Diptera:  Phoridae).  Southeastern Naturalist 5: 367-368.

MacGown, J. A. and J. G. Hill. 2006.  The Eastern ant cricket, Myrmecophilus pergandei Bruner (Orthoptera: Myrmecophilidae), reported from Mississippi, U.S.A. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences. 51: 180-182. 

Davis, F. 2007. Advertisement designed for "Insect Rearing Workshop" in Entomological Society of America Journal.

Davis, F. 2007.  Design for Insect Rearing Workshop for tshirts and mouse pads. 

MacGown, J. A., J. G. Hill, and M. A. Deyrup. 2007. Brachymyrmex patagonicus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), an emerging pest species in the southeastern United States. Florida Entomologist 90: 457-464.

MacGown, J. A., R. L. Brown, J. G. Hill, and B. Layton. 2007. Carpenter Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Camponotus) of Mississippi. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 1158. 28 pp.

Stone, W. D., T. E. Nebeker, W. A. Monroe, and J. A. MacGown. 2007. Ultrastructure of the mesonotal mycangium of Xylosandrus mutilatus (Coleoptera:  Curculionidae).  Canadian Zoology 85:  232-238.

Trager, J. C., J. A. MacGown and M. D. Trager. 2007.  Revision of the Nearctic endemic Formica pallidefulva group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae).  In:  Snelling, R. R., P. S. Ward, and B. L. Fisher (editors), Advances in ant systematics. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80: 610-636.

Houseman, R. M. 2007.  Wood -Destroying Pest Management:  Pesticide Applicator Training Category 7B.  University of Missouri-Columbia Extension.  72 pp. 

Drawings of insects for 1999 Mississippi State Entomology Calendar.

Drawings done annually for Entomology Department T-shirts, Christmas cards, etc. 

Drawings have been worked on for several years now for both Nitidulidae and Scarabaeidae of MS. Most drawings are habitus drawings with some additional morphological characters drawn as needed.