Alexander J. Couwenberg
b. 1967, Upland, CA
Education
1997 MFA, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA
1995 BFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2009
"New Work", Willaim Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Paintings" Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID
2008
"Bypassing Referents", Katherine Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
"Alex Couwenberg: Working Space", Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2007
“Cosmetically, Aesthetically, Unregrettably,” d.e.n. Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
“New Paintings,” Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID
“New Paintings,” Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2006
“New Paintings,” Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
“Black Labeled,” Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Alex Couwenberg: a ten year evolution,” University Gallery, CSUS, Turlock, CA
2005
“de Stad,” Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
“Metropolitan”, 455 Market Street Lobby Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“tussenruimte”, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004
“Primo,” Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003
"Paintings,” Gensler, San Francisco, CA
"Paintings; a seven year survey,” Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
2002
"New Paintings," Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001
“New Paintings," Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999
"New Paintings," Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1997
“The Hot Rod Series," East Gallery, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA
1996
"New Paintings," Dillingham/Caples Gallery, Claremont, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
"Liquid Light", Museum of Design Art & Architecture, Culver City, CA
"15 Years, 15 Artists", Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna, CA
"Between the Lines: Charles Arnoldi, Larry Bell, Michael Braden, Alex Couwenberg, Peter Lodato", curated by Peter Frank, William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"The Finish Fetish", Modern Masters Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
2007
"Inland Emperors", DBA256, Pomona, CA
“Off the Grid,” William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Inaugural Exhibition,” Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID
“Summer Group Show,” Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
“Art Auction 12,” Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
“Venice Art Walk,” Venice, CA
“10th Anniversary,” Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Out of Line,” Cal State Stanislaus, University Gallery, Turlock, CA
“Grey Scale,” Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
“Art Auction = Stimulus,” Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
“Let There Be Light,” Phantom Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
2006
“Aligning With Abstract Los Angeles,” d.e.n. Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
“Landscape Perspectives,” Art + Industry, Palm Springs, CA
“Summer Abstraction,” Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
“Monotype,” d.e.n. Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
“2nd Gwang Hwa Moon International Arts Festival,” Sejong Center, Seoul, Korea
“Flow: Fine Lines on Water,” Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, 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, 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
“Art Auction 11”, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
“Theories: LA Paint,” Post, Los Angeles, CA
“Venice Art Walk”, Venice, 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, Atlanta, GA
“20th Anniversary Exhibition,” Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, 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, Los Angeles, CA
"New Paintings," Soho Myriad, Atlanta, GA
“Venice Art Walk,” Venice, CA
“Art Auction 10,” Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2002
"California Dream," Il Museo I Magli di Sarezzo, Brescia, Italy
"Summer Group Show," Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, 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
"Art Auction 9," Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
"Monothon, 2001," Riverside Art Museum, 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, Los Angeles, 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, Los Angeles, CA
"L.A. Emerging," Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
"Art Auction 6," Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
"3 Weeks in L.A.," Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Recent Paintings," Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
“Fringe of the Fringe,” dA Gallery Benefit Art Auction, dA Center for the Arts, Pomona, 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
1995
“Raw Data,” East Gallery, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA
1994
"Recent Work," Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
"Youth Culture," Lava Room, Costa Mesa, CA
Selected Museum Collections
California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, MO
Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, GA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Selected Corporate Collections
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, Conn
Museum Towers @ Centennial Hill, Atlanta, GA
Neiman Marcus Collection, Beverly Hills, CA / San Francisco, CA
Nishiumeda, Tokyo, Japan
Nordstrom, Honolulu, HI / 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
Wadsworth Publishing Company
Westin Hotel, O'hare Airport, Chicago, IL
1st Born Entertainment, Santa Monica, CA
Selected Private Collections
Seymour Alban, Long Beach, CA
E. Anne Alfred, London, England
Ruth and Herman Bachofner, Beverly Hills, CA
Chris and Jerry Baker, Newport Beach, CA
Karl Benjamin, Claremont, CA
Sharon and Bill Bentley, Claremont, CA
Peter Blake, Newport Beach, CA
Andrea Boerries, Los Altos Hills, CA
Martin Brest, Pacific Palisades, CA
Joy and Todd Caniglia, San Francisco, CA
Katherine T. Carter, New York
Antonella and Marco Casentini, Milan, Italy
Lisa Chadwick, San Francisco, CA
Mark Crawford, Los Angeles, CA
Billie Crockford, Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, UK
Evelyne Canus, Basel, Switzerland
Wes Dahlberg, Winnetka, CA
Diana Daniels, Sacramento, CA
Dean Decocker. Turlock, CA
Susan de la Parra, Long Beach, CA
Susanne Faulstich and Tom Manley, Claremont, CA
Peter Frank, Los Angeles, CA
John Arnold Garcia, Santa Ana, CA
Jimi Gleason, Costa Mesa, CA
Mat Gleason, Los Angeles, CA
Michael Greer, Long Beach, CA
Jodi and Shannon Haddad, Aliso Viejo, CA
Barbara Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Scott Hall, Atlanta, GA
Sarah Hall, Atlanta, GA
Steve Hansen, Long Beach, CA
James Harlan, Venice, CA
Todd Hays, Studio City, CA
Andrea and Ron Hein, Los Angeles, CA
Sherry and Richard Hilliard, Chino Hills, CA
Alicia Ide, Hacienda Heights, CA
Laila Abdul Jawad and Abdul Aziz, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Bernard Jazzar, Los Angeles, CA
Elyn Karash and Ed Mullmeister, Studio City, CA
Loretta and Victor Kaufman, Malibu, CA
Barbara Kerwin, Los Angeles, CA
Robert Kingston, Altadena, CA
Jono Kohan, Santa Monica, CA
Carlin and John La Porta, Long Beach, CA
Pamela Lauesen and George Goad, North Hollywood, CA
Beverly and Sam Maloof, Alta Loma, CA
Slavin Marsory, Tucson, AZ
Sue Mitchell, Riverside, CA
Donna and Michael Napper, Culver City, CA
Margareth Reckling, Houston, TX
Roland Reiss, Los Angeles, CA
Antoinette and Espriella Ruiz, Carson, CA
Paula and Russell Rogers, Atlanta, GA
Camille Sanders and Tom Powell, Riverside, CA
Steve Schmidt, Long Beach, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Schoenfeld, Southampton, NY
Bonnie and Steve Scudder, Alta Loma, CA
Erica and Nathan Sevilla, New York, NY
Maria Sharapova, Manhatten Beach, CA
Sue and Rich Simonin, Riverside, CA
Holly Tempo, Los Angeles, CA
Wayne Thomas, La Jolla, CA
Francine Travers, Beverly Hills, CA
Jane and Bill Wells, Santa Ynez, CA
Jeff Widman, Hermosa Beach, CA
Alison Williams, Pacific Palisades, CA
Patrick Wilson, Los Angeles, CA
Bibliography
Davies, Stacy, IE Weekly, "Eyes on the Prize" cover story, January 17, 2008
Carasso, Roberta, The Orange County Register, "Abstract Complements Figurative in Blake Exhibit", September 6, 2007
Meyers, Holly, Los Angeles Times, "Like 50's Lounge Music Remixed", August 12, 2007
Bossick, Karen, The Wood River Journal, Art Review, August 3, 2007
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Walsh, Daniella, Orange County Register, “Shades of Gray”, January 14, 2007
Carasso, Roberta, Laguna News Post, “Artwaves” January 4, 2007
Walsh, Daniella, Riviera Magazine, “The Radar Art” January, 2007
Rupe, Cynthia, SqueezeOC, Picks of the Week, January 4, 2007
Mckenna, John Page, Palm Springs Life, Winter/Spring 2007
Melrod, George, Art Ltd., “Culver City: Chelsea West?” October, 2006
Cripps, Mick, Lifescapes, “Artist Profile,” September, 2006
Allen, Bobbie, Coastline Pilot, “Seven Abstractionists for summer,” July 6, 2006
Frank, Peter, LA Weekly, “Art Pick of the Week,” October 2005
Muckenfuss, Mark, Press Enterprise, Riverside Museum Monothon Event, September, 2005
Simou, Alexandra, New York Sun, January 26, 2005
Kugelman, Kerry, Art Circles, fall 2004
Cullum, Jerry, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Review, August 29, 2004
Gilbert, Debora, Greenline, March, 2004
Gleason, Mat, Artscene, February, 2004
Frank, Peter, LA Weekly, “Art pick of the week,” February, 2004
Novick, La Rue, Daily Bulletin, February, 2004
Litz, Paige, Los Angeles Times, “Going Beneath the Surface,” October 10, 2003
Moyle, Andrew, 210 Magazine, October, 2003
Nelson, Harold, Director, Long Beach Museum of Art, Statement, 2002
Alfred, E. Anne, Asst. Director, Riverside Museum of Art, Statement, 2002
Dennison, Lisa, New American Paintings, vol. 37, 2001-02
Roth, Charlene, Artweek, "Alexander Couwenberg at Ruth Bachofner Gallery," March, 2001
Frank, Peter, LA Weekly, "Art pick of the week," January, 2001
Johnstone, Mark, "ART 2000: Applauding Revolutionary Talent, Millard Sheets Gallery Catalog
Visiting Artist / Lecturer
Paintings Edge, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
California State University Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA
Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA
