ALEXANDER COUWENBERG
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BIO

Born: Upland, CA

EDUCATION
1997 M.F.A., Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
1995 B.F.A., Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
-2007-
Cosmetically, Aesthetically, Unregrettably, d.e.n. contemporary art,
Culver City, CA
New Paintings, Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID
New Paintings, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
-2006-
Alexander Couwenberg: A Ten-Year Evolution, University Art Gallery, California
State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
Black Labeled, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
New Paintings, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
-2005-
de Stad, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
Metropolitan, 455 Market Street Lobby Gallery, San Francisco, CA
tussenruimte, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
-2004-
Primo, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
-2003-
Paintings, Gensler, San Francisco, CA
Paintings: A Seven Year Survey, Riverside Museum of Art, Riverside, CA
-2002-
New Paintings, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
-2001-
New Paintings, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
-1999-
New Paintings, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
-1997-
The Hot Rod Series, East Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, CA
-1996-
New Paintings, Dillingham/Caples Gallery, Claremont, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
-2007-
Off the Grid, William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica CA
Inaugural Exhibition, Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID
Summer Group Show, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
10th Year Anniversary, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Out of Line, University Art Gallery, California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
Grey Scale, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Let There Be Light, Phantom Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
-2006-
Aligning with Abstract L.A., d.e.n. contemporary art, Culver City, CA
Landscape Perspectives, Art + Industry, Palm Springs, CA
Summer Abstraction, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Monotypes, d.e.n. contemporary art, Culver City, CA
2nd Gwang Hwa Moon International Arts Festival, Sejong Center, Seoul, Korea
Flow – Fine Lines on Water, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna, CA
Flow – Fine Lines on Water, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
Recent Acquisitions, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Border Crossing, Sopa Fine Arts, British Columbia, Canada
Out of Line, Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA
-2005-
Inaugural Exhibition, Sopa Fine Arts, British Columbia, Canada
A Common Thread, Soho Myriad Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Out of Line, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Out of Line, Brandstater Gallery, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
Abstract Los Angeles, Louisiana Tech University Galleries, Ruston, LA
Theories: LA Paint, Post, Los Angeles, CA
Monothon, 2005, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
-2004-
Luster, Gensler, San Francisco, CA
Abstract Work from the Permanent Collection, Long Beach Museum of Art,
Long Beach, CA 
Continental Divide: LA/NYC, Planet Thailand, Brooklyn, NY
Abstract Los Angeles, Soho Myriad Gallery, Atlanta, GA
20th Anniversary Exhibition, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
-2003-
No Chaser: Straight Ahead Abstract Painting, Post, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Black and White, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
New Paintings, Soho Myriad Gallery, Atlanta, GA
-2002-
California Dream, Il Museo I Magli di Sarezzo, Brescia, Italy
Summer Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Sam Maloof and Friends, dA Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA
-2001-
New American Paintings Group Show, OSP Gallery/Open Studio Press,
Boston, MA
Homage: Roland Reiss Claremont Graduate School alumni show, dA Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA
Monothon, 2001, Riverside Museum of Art, Riverside, CA
Sequence, Mt. San Antonio College Art Gallery, Walnut, CA
-2000-
Art 2000: Applauding Revolutionary Talent, Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA
-1999-
Faculty Exhibition, Mt. San Antonio College Art Gallery, Walnut, CA
Faculty Exhibition, Chaffey College, Ontario Museum of Art, Ontario, CA
-1998-
Six Gallery Artist, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Synchronicity, Mt. San Antonio College Art Gallery, Walnut, CA
Contemporary Works of the Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Antelope Valley College,
Lancaster, CA
-1997-
Convergent Abstraction, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
L.A. Emerging, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
3 Weeks in L.A., Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Recent Paintings, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Fringe of the Fringe, dA Gallery Benefit Art Auction, dA Center for the Arts,
Pomona, CA
3rd Annual Holiday Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
-1996-
42.2 - CGS to Paradiso, Gallery Paradiso, Newport Beach, CA
Painting and Sculpture, Art Center Alumni Show, Thousand Oaks Municipal Art
Gallery, Thousand Oaks, CA
-1994-
Recent Work, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Youth Culture, Lava Room, Costa Mesa, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY
-2007-
Myers, Holly, Los Angeles Times, “Like ‘50s lounge music, remixed,”
August 17
Gleason, Mat, ArtScene, “Alexander Couwenberg,” July/August
______, art ltd., “Pulse,” July
Chin, Jit Fong, SqueezeOC, “‘Grey’ Matters,” January 16
Walsh, Daniella, Orange County Register, “Shades of Gray,” January 14
Carasso, Roberta, Laguna News Post, “Artwaves,” January 4
Rupe, Cynthia, SqueezeOC, “Picks of the Week,” January 2
Walsh, Daniella, Riviera Magazine, “The Radar Art,” January
McKenna, Joan Page, Palm Springs Life, “Intelligencer – The Plus Factor,”
Winter/Spring
-2006-
Melrod, George, Art Ltd., “Culver City: Chelsea West?” October
Cripps, Mick, Lifescapes Magazine, “Artist Profile,” September
Allen, Bobbie, Coastline Pilot, “Seven Abstractionists for Summer,” July 6
Flow – Fine Lines on Water, Peter Blake Gallery, April [exhibition catalog]
-2005-
Frank, Peter, LA Weekly, “Art Pick of the Week,” October 7
Muckenfuss, Mark, Press Enterprise, “Riverside Museum Monothon Event,”
September
Simou, Alexandra, New York Sun, January 26
-2004-
Kugelman, Kerry, Art Circles, Fall
Cullum, Jerry, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Extrasensory Pleasures Step
Just Outside the Box: Sensuous Abstracts Full of Energy,” August 29
Gilbert, Debora, Greenline, March
Gleason, Mat, ArtScene, “Continuing and Recommended Exhibitions,” February
Frank, Peter, LA Weekly, “Art Pick of the Week,” February 6
Novick, La Rue, Daily Bulletin, February
-2003-
Litz, Paige, Los Angeles Times, “Going Beneath the Surface,” October 10
Moyle, Andrew, 210 Magazine, “Perseverance Pays off for Alta Loma Man,”
September 24
-2002-
California Dream, Il Museo I Magli di Sarezzo, Brescia, Italy (statement
by Harold Nelson, Director, Long Beach Museum of Art) [exhibition catalog]
-2001-
Dennison, Lisa, New American Paintings, vol. 37, 2001-02
Roth, Charlene, Artweek, "Alexander Couwenberg and Richard Gate at
Ruth Bachofner Gallery,” March
Frank, Peter, LA Weekly, “Art Pick of the Week,” January
Titon, Jeff, Worlds of Music [cover image]
-2000-
Johnstone, Mark, ART 2000: Applauding Revolutionary Talent, Millard Sheets
Gallery [exhibition catalog]

VISITING ARTIST/LECTURER
California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Paintings Edge, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA\
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
1st Born Entertainment, Santa Monica, CA
Apax Partners, Menlo Park, CA
Balboa Bay Club, Newport Beach, CA
Baoa Resort, China
Bellagio Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Claiborn and Barksdail, Atlanta, GA
The Clift Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Colonial Hotel, Laguna Beach, CA
Espirito Santo Hotel, Miami, FL
Filmore Heritage Center, San Francisco, CA
Fletcher Jones Mercedes Benz, Newport Beach, CA
Genentech, San Francisco, CA
Hotel Commonwealth, Boston, MA
Hyatt, Capital Hill, Washington DC
Bank Julius Baer, Los Angeles, CA
Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Mandarin Hotel, Manhattan, NY
McKenna, Long, & Aldridge, Atlanta, GA
Meridian Hotel, Chicago, IL
Metropolitan Hotel, Manhattan, NY
MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, CT
Museum Towers @ Centennial Hill, Atlanta, GA
Neiman Marcus Collection, Beverly Hills, CA
Neiman Marcus Collection, San Francisco, CA
Nishiumeda, Tokyo, Japan
Nordstrom, Honolulu, HI
Nordstrom, Detroit, MI
Omni Hotel, San Diego, CA
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Menlo Park, CA
Our Lucaya Resort, Grand Bahama Island
Red Rock Resort, Las Vegas, NV
Riverhorse Investment, Los Angeles, CA
Roll International, Los Angeles, CA
Sheraton Hotel, Chicago, IL
Suncal Inc., Irvine, CA
Swissotel, Chicago, IL
Verisign, San Francisco, CA
W Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
Wadsworth Publishing Company
Westin Hotel, O'hare Airport, Chicago, IL