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Art at the Airport

Showcasing cultural vibrancy of our community
​to the nearly one million visitors every year.
ART AT THE AIRPORT

Bowden, Moyer, & Smith

January 4 - February 28, 2023
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Quad City Arts’ Art at the Airport presents mixed mediapaintings by Corrine Smith of Rock Island, acrylic paintings by James Eli Bowden of Peotone, IL, and steel sculpture by Matt Moyer of Columbia, MO

James Bowden

Acrylic Painter from Peotone,  IL

James Eli Bowden is a retired art professor and owner of a signage company. His abstract paintings are linear with a focus on shape and color painted on sheets of PVC. His work is painted in a flat, hard-edge style that creates a visual space on a flat surface. Each painting is preconceived, based on detailed small-scale studies that he first creates. Bowden states, “The paintings represent themselves, rather than being repetitional. Shape and color are assimilated to develop tension and an ambiguous space.” The goal of his work is to create a painting that has contradictory qualities where a work appears one way at first look, then changes into something different upon further viewing.

Matt Moyer

Steel Sculpturist from Columbia, MO
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Matt Moyer is a nationally exhibited public sculptor. His steel creations pay homage to machines and industrial implements. Each sculpture is abstracted and embellished with patina and paint to give the work a feeling of time being passed. The body of work has a playfulness to them, hinting that real-world machines have child-like qualities; evoking notions of playfulness, the desire to explore the world, and the joy of just having fun being themselves. “I bridge the gap between development and deterioration by exploring human ingenuity, resourcefulness, and sometimes, the absurdity of our built environment,” says Moyer. “I encourage viewers to embrace the glory of mechanization and contemplate the expressive human qualities of efficiency, agency, and ingenuity.”

Corrine SMith

Mixed Media Painter from Rock Island,  IL

Corrine Smith is a mixed media artist with a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Kentucky. Her work is a formal approach to exploring the elements and principles of design. Smith begins by rendering organic and geometric shapes visible in everyday surroundings to create stylized flat shapes. By combining acrylic paint and handmade papers, Smith blends contrasting forms and colors to create ambiguous spatial relationships within the work. “I do not perceive any of my work as an end in itself,” says Smith. “I am always striving for an aesthetic surprise.”

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Corrine Smith Concept #2-21

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Matt Moyer Vertical Lobe Pump

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James Bowden Rhythm

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James Bowden Wise Up

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Corrine Smith Concept #4-19

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James Bowden Press Conference

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Matt Moyer Circle Intake Pump

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James Bowden Red Square

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Matt Moyer, APMM02, Double Diaphram Pump

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Corrine Smith Concept #2-19

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James Bowden David on the Right

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Matt Moyer Vertical Pump with Pulsation Damper

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Corrine Smith Units #3-22

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James Bowden Peek-A-Boo

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James Bowden Untitled

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Corrine Smith Units #10-22

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James Bowden Bilingual

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Matt Moyer Vertical Split-Case Pump

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James Bowden Diversify

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James Bowden Celtic Knot

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Matt Moyer Vortex Grit Pump

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James Bowden Funky Lattice

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Matt Moyer Self-Vented Double Diaphram Pump

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James Bowden Side Kick

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Matt Moyer Vortex Submersible Pump

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Corrine Smith Concept #3-20

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Matt Moyer Cantilevered Funnel Pump

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James Bowden Detour

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Matt Moyer Vortex Submersible Induction Pump

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Matt Moyer Arched Pump

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Corrine Smith Shelter #5-21

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James Bowden Good Afternoon

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Matt Moyer Off-Set Pump

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Corrine Smith Structure #6-22

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Corrine Smith Tree House #1-22

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Corrine Smith Shelter #1-21

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Matt Moyer Metered Pump

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Matt Moyer Multi-Staged Triangular Pump

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Corrine Smith Structure #3-22

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Corrine Smith Shelter #7-22

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Corrine Smith Concept #3-19

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James Bowden Out of the Box

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Corrine Smith Shelter #1-22

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James Bowden Hello

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Matt Moyer Chambered Pump

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Matt Moyer Stepped Grit Pump

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Corrine Smith Concept #31-18

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James Bowden Blue Space

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James Bowden Space Grid

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James Bowden V & C

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James Bowden Kay's Choice #2

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James Bowden Portrait

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James Bowden Butterfield

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ABOUT Art at the Airport

The Quad City International Airport gallery space, also known as Art at the Airport, is a formal contemporary gallery that has more than 1,600 sq. ft. of exhibition space in floor-to-ceiling glass cases. Nearly one million visitors view this space annually. This gallery is located in the front of the main arrival/departure seating area. Exhibits in this space are bi-monthly and showcase artists living within 250 miles of the Quad City area.

​For more information, visit the Quad City International Airport website.

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2200 69th Ave,
​Moline, IL 61265
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309.793.1213 ext. 108
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    • Art Services
    • Visiting Artist Series
    • Public Sculpture Program
    • Metro Arts Youth Apprenticeship Program
    • Arts Dollars Grant Program
  • Events
    • All Events
    • Annual High School Art Invitational
    • Chalk Art Fest
    • Riverssance Festival
    • Performing Arts Signature Series (PASS)
    • Annual Celebration & Lloyd Awards
    • Festival of Trees
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    • Rock Island Gallery
    • Airport Gallery
    • Second Avenue Window
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