Stephen Nowlin is an American curator/artist whose practice superimposes art and science and is associated with the national ArtScience movement.
In 1969 he left CCAC to work for Ladd & Kelsey Architects, Pasadena where he helped build a model of California Institute of the Arts (Calarts).
[11] Between 1972 and 1976, he worked as a laboratory technician at the University of Southern California School of Medicine while pursuing studio art practice and experimentation.
In 1979 he organized a survey of paintings by pop-artist Wayne Theibaud with Fine Art Chair Laurence Dreiband.
He also managed and designed the installation of large-scale sculptural works by David Smith, Alexander Calder, Donald Judd, Anthony Caro, Mark di Suvero, Richard Serra and Bruce Nauman.