Austin Kowal

Austin Kowal (born October 19, 1985) is an American artist and entrepreneur in Sarasota, Florida.

At 16, Kowal started designing apparel and jewelry, and at 19 he taught himself screen printing. In 2008 he founded Clothesline Creative, a clothing company. Kowal's company has made donations to local charities in the Sarasota community and provided printing services to businesses all over Florida and the US.

Kowal is also head of the "Going Vertical" portion of the Sarasota Chalk Festival in which artists are invited from all over the world to paint murals during the festival.