Gary Brewer
(b. 1955, Columbus, OH)
Lives in Pasadena and works in Los Angeles
Education
1977 Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA (n.d.)
1980 San Francisco Art Institute, under Robert Hudson and Sam Tchakalian, San Francisco, CA (n.d.)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023
Infinite Imagination, ART1307, Napoli, Italy
Infinite Imagination II, ART1307, Afragola, Italy
2022
Voluptuous Charm of the Monumental Impulse, Wonzimer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021
Worlds Within Worlds: Paintings from the Bendix, Cooper Design Space, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Multiple Universes, Adelinda Allegretti, Umbria, Italy
The Shape of Time, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
Infinite Morphologies, Marie Baldwin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Gary Brewer: Recent Paintings, Moorpark College Art Gallery, Moorpark, CA
Across the Universe, curated by Kóan Jeff Baysa, Terminal 7, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
2015
Secrets and Emanations / Flora, Museum of Art and History (MOAH), Lancaster, CA
2014
The Salon, Eastern Columbia Building, Los Angeles, CA
Symmetries and Arabesques, Fine Arts Building, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Lush Morphologies, L2Kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Botanical Grammar, The Quicksilver Mine Co., Forestville, CA
A Seductive Nature, Artzone 461, San Francisco, CA
2007
Nature’s Intentions, Esteban Sabar Galley, Oakland, CA
2006
Nature That Imagines, L2Kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Beautiful Ramifications, L2Kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Submarine Forest and Beyond, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2000
The Amber Series, Paxton Gate, San Francisco, CA
1995
Small Wonders, Refusalon, San Francisco, CA
1994
21 Paintings, Alabama Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989
Lefty, Bullwinkle, et al, Stevenson College, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
The Erotic Impulse in an Ever Becoming Universe, Mash Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
HUMAN ~ NATURE, Brandstater Gallery, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
2021
Entwined Roots: Symbiotic Relationships, Wönzimer, Los Angeles, CA
The Shape of Life, Wönzimer, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Entwined Roots: Symbiotic Relationships, Diana Berger Art Gallery, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
5 Facets of Humanity, curated by Khang Nguyen, Fellows of Contemporary Art (FOCA), Los Angeles, CA
2019
Adelinda Allegretti Gallery, Umbria, Italy
Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
LA Painting, Museum of Art and History (MOAH), Lancaster, CA
Secret Garden, Harris Art Gallery, La Verne University, La Verne, CA
Beyond the Sea, Wonzimer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Erotic, Vulvic, Phallic, PØST, Los Angeles, CA
I Am Nature, Loft at Liz’s, Los Angeles, CA
Paintings from the Interior, curated by Andi Campognone, Sweeney Gallery, University of Riverside, Riverside, CA
2018
Pearly Gates Collection, curated by Michael McCall, Yucca Valley Visual & Performing Arts Center, Yucca Valley, CA
2017
BLUE, PØST, Los Angeles, CA
Dérive; Nobody Walks in LA, PØST, Los Angeles, CA
Soluble Solutions, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
Walls: Quest for Immersive Space, Produce Haus, Los Angeles, CA
Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
With Liberty and Justice for Some, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Blue, Museum of Art and History (MOAH), Lancaster, CA
Art4Trevor, LAM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibition, Mollie Barnes Studio, Los Angeles, CA
PØST Benefit and Auction, PØST, Los Angeles, CA
UFOLOGY, curated by Kio Griffith, Outpost Projects, Joshua Tree, CA
2015
Art Makes Change, Vision LA Climate Action Arts Festival, The Earth We Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
MAS-Attack, Los Angeles, CA
Water Works II, Porch Gallery, Ojai, CA
The Hot Ten, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA
Couples and Collaborations, Red Pipe Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Palette to Palate, Loft at Liz’s, Los Angeles, CA
MAS-Attack, Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA
2014
MAS Attack, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
Group Show, Blackstone Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Three Winged Chrysalis, Bleicher Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Night Terrors and Day Dreams, The Loft at Liz’s, Los Angeles, CA
The Altered Book, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
Arcadia, C. Feign Jr. Gallery Los Angeles, CA
2013
Ten Years Drawn, L2Kontemporary Los Angeles, CA
WILD Flowers; Nature reimagined, Descanso Gardens, Sturt Haaga Gallery, La Cañada Flintridge, CA
2011
Age of Wonder: Contemporary Artists Engaged with the Natural World, The Museum at Turtle Bay, Redding, CA
Outlandish: Contemporary Depictions of Nature, Bedford Gallery at Lesher Center for the Arts,
Walnut Creek, CA
Small Works, Artzone 461, San Francisco, CA
The View from Here, Butterfly House, Carmel, CA
2010
Aqua; Art on Water, Artzone 461 Gallery, San Francisco International Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA
Gallery Artists Group Show, Artzone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Seduction of Duchamp: Bay Area Artists Response, Artzone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009
First Anniversary Group Show, Artzone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Home 2, L2Kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Group Show, The Quicksilver Mine Co, Forestville, CA
Inaugural Show, Here and Now, Artzone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
New Years Eve Show, Ore Projects, San Francisco, CA
Gigastar, Esteban Sabar Galley, Oakland, CA
2007
Out of the Blue, Michelle Bello Fine Art at Sloan Miyasato, San Francisco, CA
The Eclectic World of Gad, L2Kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Out II, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Group Show, Art Murmur, Los Angeles, CA
Art Seen, Union Station, Los Angeles, CA
The Seven Year Itch, White Box Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Out, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
Crosspollination, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
2004
Chroma Nouveau, L2Kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Bug-Eyed: Art, Culture, Insects, The Museum at Turtle Bay, Redding, CA
Essence of Nature, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Up close and Impersonal, University of Judaism, Platt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Group Show, Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001
Natural Beauties, Pro Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
1999
THEM, an Exhibition of Artists, Scientists, & Designers concerned with the Entomological Universe, SomArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998
Spring Group Show, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1997
Summer Group Show, Boritzer/Grey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1996
Penetrations, Show & Tell, San Francisco, CA
1995
Excavations, San Francisco Museum of Contemporary Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994
Open Studio Selections, Somarts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992
14 Artists in Two Rooms, Michael Walls Gallery, New York, NY
Exemplary Contemporary, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
1989
Introductions, Santa Cruz Museum of Art, Santa Cruz, CA
Selected Curatorial
2022
The Erotic Impulse in an Ever Becoming Universe, with Aaron Sheppard, Cheyann Washington, Nelly Zagury, Kiel Johnson, Aline Mare, Haleh Mashian, Gary Brewer, Olivia Sears/ Samuel Spurrier, Mei Xian Qiu, Mash Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021
The Shape of Life, with Patty Wickman, Mercedes Dorame, Cheyann Washington, Aline Mare, Tim Musso, Nasim Hantehzadeh, Jeff Colson, Gary Brewer, Wönzimer, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Woven Threads: The Migration of Myths and Metaphors, with Alison Saar, Fatehmeh Burnes, Mei Xian Qiu, Iva Gueorguieva, Brandstater Gallery, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
2019
Erotic, Vulvic, Phallic, with Rosalyn Myles, Ben Lee Ritchie Handler, Katherina Olschbaur, Alaia Parhizi, Aline Mare, Shiri Mordechay Charles Dickson, Leigh Salgado, Cosmas and Damian Brown, Georgianna Chiang, Nike Schröder, Phumelelet Shabalala, Paul Paiement, Cherie Benner Davis, Bryan Ida, Penny Slinger, GaryBrewer, PØST, Los Angeles, CA
I Am Nature, with Aline Mare, Paul Paiement, Bonita Helmer, Olivia Sears, Xu DaRocha, Charles Dickson, Nick Brown, David Lloyd, Richard Mabula, Jesse Standlea, Monet Clark, Shiri Mordechay, Gary Brewer, Loft at Liz’s, Los Angeles, CA
2017
BLUE, PØST, with Andy Moses, Kelly Berg, Bryan Ida, Srijon Chowdhury, Zeina Baltagi, Mark Dutcher, Aline Mare, Gary Brewer, Diane Silver, Los Angeles, CA
2011
The Age of Wonder: Contemporary Artists Engaged with the Natural World, with Michael Bartalos, Tiffany Bozic, Mark Brest Van Kempen, Isabella Kirkland, Judith Selby Lang & Richard Lang, Carrie Lederer, Aline Mare & Olivia E. Sears, Susan Middleton, Rick Prelinger & Megan Prelinger, Gary Brewer, The Museum at Turtle Bay, Redding, CA
1999
THEM, an Exhibition of Artists, Scientists, & Designers concerned with the Entomological Universe, with Keith E. Lo Bue, Rob Craigie, Olivia E. Sears, Aline Mare, Dr. Robert Full, Keith E. Lo Bue, Michael Stutz, Susan Middleton, David Liittschwager, Gary Brewer, SomArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Press / Catalogues
2022
Davis, Genie, “The Voluptuous Charm of the Monumental Impulse,” Artillery Magazine, January, 2023
Wood, Eve, “The Voluptuous Charm of the Monumental Impulse,” Art and Cake, December, 2022
Mallinson, Constance, “The Voluptuous Charm of the Monumental Impulse,” artiq_cm, January, 2023
2020
Davis, Genie. “Entwined Roots: Symbiotic Relationships—Magical Art from Gary Brewer and Aline Mare,” Diversions LA, April 24
Brown, Betty Ann,. “Artist Profile: Gary Brewer & Aline Mare,” Art and Cake, March 30
Tucker, Darla Martin. “Diversity inspires L.A. curator’s Brandstater Gallery exhibit,” La Sierra News, January 2
2019
Wood, Eve. “I Am Nature at Loft at Liz’s,” Art and Cake, March 29
Davis, Genie, “Nature is Nurtured in Transcendent Exhibition at Loft at Liz’s,” Diversions LA, April 6
Johnson, Cooper. “Marie Baldwin Gallery: Gary Brewer,” Artillery, January 30
Brown, Betty Ann. “Gary Brewer: Infinite Morphologies at Marie Baldwin Gallery,” Art and Cake, January 26
2017
Davis, Genie. “Gary Brewer at Moorpark College Art Gallery,” Art and Cake, March 5
2014
Wood, Eve. “Night Terrors and Day Dreams at The Loft at Liz’s,” Artillery, May 22
Dambrot, Shana Nys. “Night Terrors and Day Dreams,” LA Weekly, May 17
2011
Cheng, DeWitt. “A Panoramic View at Bedford Gallery,” East Bay Express, August 10
Cheng, DeWitt. Age of Wonder: Artists Engaged with the Natural World, Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Diatrope (catalog)
Gotsill, Gina. Outlandish (catalog)
2009
Seductive Nature, ArtZone 461 (catalog)
“Botanical Grammar,” Sonoma Discover Magazine
“A Sensual Nature,” cover, Nob Hill Gazette
Cheng, DeWitt. “Artists Profile,” Art Ltd Magazine
Miller, R.W., profile, ArtBusiness.com
2007
Spicer, Jakki. “As Nature Intended,” East Bay Express, November 14
Nature That Imagines, L2kontemporary (catalog)
2006
“Doctrine of Signatures,” Art MoCo
2005
Beautiful Ramifications, L2kontemporary (catalog)
2004
Weinstein, Dave. “Natural Wonders,” Diablo Arts Magazine, July-September issue
Watts, Patricia. Bug-Eyed, Turtle Bay Exploration Park (catalog)
Essence of Nature. Bedford Gallery (catalog)
Berk, Amy. “Nature’s Essences,” illustration, Art Contemporaries, Summer
Cover, Diablo Arts Magazine
Lease, Betty. “Life with Bugs”, Redding Datebook
2000
Amber Discourse, Paxton Gate (catalog)
Westbrook, Lindsay. “Gary Brewer at Paxton Gate”, East Bay Express
1999
Kurtz, Glenn. “THEM at Somarts”, Artweek, March
THEM, Science Films, Cinematheque (catalog)
Berry, Collin. “THEM,” Citysearch.com
Archias, Elise. “THEM:8 Days,” San Francisco Bay Guardian
Bonetti, David. “THEM: SF Best,” San Francisco Chronicle