EXHIBITIONS:  National and Regional – Juried

 -Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP) annual show, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2003
 -“Paint the Parks” PaintAmerica, paintings of national parks, 2007
 -American Plains Artists national show, 2007  
  -"Arts for the Parks, top 100" national competition, National Park Academy of the Arts,
          Jackson Hole, WY, 1997-
 -"Arts for the Parks,  top 200" national competition, National Park Academy of the Arts,
   Jackson  Hole, WY, 2004 (2), 2000, 1998, 1996, 1992, 1990
  -Oil Painters of America Annual Show.  Studio of Long Grove Gallery.  Long Grove, IL
   1994
  -"Art in the Woods," Six-state show.  Overland Park Arts Commission, Overland Park,
   KS, 2000,  1993, 1989  
  -"Exhibit 91," National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society, Osage Beach, MO, 1991
  -American Artist landscape competition, "Preserving Our Natural Resources," Aug.  
                 1990
  -T.J. Majors Competitive, Peru State College, Peru, NE 1989
  -"Viewpoints," Fred Wells 13th Annual Exhibition,  Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE,
    1989, 1986
  -National Small Oil Painting Competition, 9th Annual, Wichita Art Assoc., Wichita,
   Kansas,  1989, 1988

   -"Impact - The Art of Nebraska Women," national travelling exhibition, 1988
  -19th Joslyn Biennial. 7-state competition.  Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE 1986
  -"Portfolios," Nebraska competitive, Regency Center, Omaha, NE 1986
  -"Reflections, 1986," Nebraska All-Media Competition, Norfolk Arts Center, Norfolk,
    NE, 1986
  -Langworthy Watermedia Competition, Nebraska competitive,  Langworthy Gallery,
    Seward, NE, 1986
  -35th Spiva Annual Competitive, 9-state competition.  Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO, 
    1985

SOLO & DUAL EXHIBITIONS:

 -"The Lay of the Land,"  Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art, David City, NE, 2008
  -"Resonance," solo exhibition, Gallery Nine, Lincoln, NE 1995
  -"Encounter with the Natural World," solo exhibition, Haymarket Art      Gallery, Lincoln, NE, 1992
  -"New Directions,"  solo, Norfolk Art Center, Norfolk, NE, 1991
  -"Midwest Landscapes," solo, The Plainsman Museum, Aurora, NE, 1989
  -"Marilyn Bower,  Recent Paintings," Lincoln, Community Playhouse, 1988
  -Marilyn Bower  and Steve Traudt, Haymarket Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE 1986
  -Solo Show - Langworthy Gallery, Seward, NE, 1983
  -Marilyn Bower and Lee Ridge, Haymarket Art Gallery, 1982
  -Solo Show - First Federal Savings and Loan, Lincoln, NE 1982

GROUP INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:

  -Fremont Art Assoc., Fremont, NE, 1989
  -"Regency Art Classic,"  Regency Center, Omaha, NE 1987
  -"Grass Roots,"  Haymarket Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE 1984
  -Southeast Wisconsin Invitational, Wustum Museum, Racine, WI, 1979

HONORS AND AWARDS:

  -Purchase Award, T.J. Majors Competitive, Peru State College, Peru, NE, 1989
  -Purchase Award, "Art In the Woods," Corporate Office Park, Overland Park, KS,
    1989
  -Purchase Award, "Reflections 1986," Norfolk Arts Center, Norfolk, NE 1986
  -Seward, Nebraska commissioned work as gift to sister-city, Seward, Alaska
    1983
  -Grand Prize and purchase award, Langworthy Watermedia Competition, Seaward, NE
    1982
  -Award of Merit and purchase award, Lincoln Artists Guild, Lincoln, NE, 1981

PUBLICATIONS:
  -Who's Who in American Art, 2009
  -Southwest Art,  "Wyoming Through Artists' Eyes," August, 1998
  -1997 Arts for the Parks
  -Watercolor Impressions, Slusser and Magaret, 1995
  -Design  Source, ASID, 1992
  -American Artist magazine, "Preserving Our Natural Resources," Aug. 1990
  -Impact - the Art of Nebraska Women, 1988

WORK EXPERIENCE:

  -Teacher, oil and watermedia painting classes, adult education, Southeast Community
    College,  1978 to 1990
  -Juror, area art exhibitions
  -Visiting artist, Ord, NE 1984
  -Guest lecturer, Regional 4-H Clubs, 1982

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:

 -Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art, David City, NE
  -Great Plains Art Museum, Moseman Collection, Lincoln, NE
  -Enron Corporation, Omaha, NE
  -Metropolitan Federal Savings and Loan, Nashville, TN
  -Burlington Northern Railroad, Overland Park, KS
  -Toyota Corporation, U.S.A., Los Angeles, CA
  -Peru State College, Peru, NE
  -Torrey Pines Bank, LaJolla, CA
  -The DeLay First  National Bank & Trust, Norfolk, NE

SELECTED COLLECTIONS CONT.

  -First Federal Savings & Loan, Lincoln, NE
  -Langworthy Gallery, Seward, NE
  -Bennett-Martin Library, Lincoln, NE
  -Peat, Marwick  & Main, Lincoln, NE
  -Cattle National Bank, Seward, NE
  -Edward D. Jones & Company, Las Cruces, NM
  
EDUCATION:   Graduate, Kansas State University 

MEMBERSHIPS:

  Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters, former
  American Plains Artists, former
  Peninsula Art League