Chan Lowe
 
Meet Chan Lowe

Chan Lowe, editorial cartoonist for the Sun-Sentinel, South Florida, was born in New York City in 1953, attended school in New York, Los Angeles, and England, and graduated from Williams College in 1975 with a degree in art history.

Lowe was employed as staff artist and editorial cartoonist for the Shawnee News-Star in Shawnee, Oklahoma, from 1975-1977 and served as editorial cartoonist for the Oklahoma City Times from 1978-1984. He also acted as an occasional feature writer, television columnist, and classical music critic for The Daily Oklahoman during that time.

Lowe was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1990. He has won many awards for his work, including a 1996 John Fischetti Award and the 1992 Green Eyeshade Award. His cartoons have appeared in the national publications of Newsweek, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and on network television. He was commissioned to design a poster by the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. He also illustrated the humor book, Are You a Newrotic (Prentice-Hall). A kinetic sculpture by Lowe was exhibited in 1997 at the National Gallery for Caricature and Cartoon Art in Washington.

In 1992, Lowe spent a year studying at Stanford University as a John S. Knight Journalism Fellow.

A resident of Palm Beach County, Florida, Lowe's interests include history, sailing, woodworking and playing the Baroque flute.