S. Portico Bowman was born in Brandon, Manitoba and grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. She has lived for various reasons in a variety of places such as Knoxville, Tennessee; Waimea, Hawai’I; and San Diego, California. For two decades Bowman taught in the Department of Art at Pittsburg State University and is now Professor Emerita. She has transferred her educational attention to shorter people and is currently a Faculty Assistant at a Pembroke Hill School in Kansas City, MO.
Bowman earned a BFA in printmaking and drawing, followed by an MFA Outstanding Graduate degree in sculptural ceramics and a post-graduate degree in Creative Writing from the Humber School for Writers. Her first novel Cashmere Comes From Goats was published by Stonehouse Publishing in 2022.
Bowman has published over forty essays about artists in national and international publications such as Sculpture Magazine, Art Papers, Studio Potter and Ceramics: Art & Perception. Bowman recently was a resident at the Studio Kura International Residency in Itoshima Japan, where she began work on her third book Madonna’s Tuxedo. She is a regular contributor to the Saskatchewan Writers Guild and was chosen by the Literary Press Group of Canada to present at the Indie Reading Room in St. Johns, Newfoundland.
Bowman’s Would You Give Up Arms For Wings? A story inspired by the visionary life & writings of Paulus Berensohn was a finalist for the 2024 AWP (Association of Writers & Writing Programs) Sue William Silverman Prize for Creative Nonfiction. Alison Pick, Booker Prize nominee, was the writing mentor throughout the creation of the story. The book is forthcoming with Pete’s Press in 2026.
She currently resides in Prairie Village, Kansas (Kansas City area) with her husband Tom and otherworldly cat Florence. Visit her at https://www.s-portico-bowman.com/basic-01.
Bowman earned a BFA in printmaking and drawing, followed by an MFA Outstanding Graduate degree in sculptural ceramics and a post-graduate degree in Creative Writing from the Humber School for Writers. Her first novel Cashmere Comes From Goats was published by Stonehouse Publishing in 2022.
Bowman has published over forty essays about artists in national and international publications such as Sculpture Magazine, Art Papers, Studio Potter and Ceramics: Art & Perception. Bowman recently was a resident at the Studio Kura International Residency in Itoshima Japan, where she began work on her third book Madonna’s Tuxedo. She is a regular contributor to the Saskatchewan Writers Guild and was chosen by the Literary Press Group of Canada to present at the Indie Reading Room in St. Johns, Newfoundland.
Bowman’s Would You Give Up Arms For Wings? A story inspired by the visionary life & writings of Paulus Berensohn was a finalist for the 2024 AWP (Association of Writers & Writing Programs) Sue William Silverman Prize for Creative Nonfiction. Alison Pick, Booker Prize nominee, was the writing mentor throughout the creation of the story. The book is forthcoming with Pete’s Press in 2026.
She currently resides in Prairie Village, Kansas (Kansas City area) with her husband Tom and otherworldly cat Florence. Visit her at https://www.s-portico-bowman.com/basic-01.
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