Barbara Kerwin

Barbara Kerwin


About

Washington, USA. 1964. Attended Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, Ca., and was the All Graduate Universities' selected Fellow in 1995.

Kerwin lives and works in Los Angeles. Her work resides in the spontaneously perceptive areas of proportion and measurements found in a lineage including Reinhardt, McGlaughlin and Palermo. Kerwin uses a variety of media to achieve her goals for each painting, which include: oil, oil in high melt waxes (which is then scraped and buffed to created a translucent sheen) and acrylic. These paintings have been called by critics in L.A. "sexy", "passionate", and "surfaces to dream on".
Her work has been in over 100 exhibitions and is collected internationally.
Location
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Website
http://Barbarakerwin.com
Work
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Riverside Museum of Art
Hyatt Hotels, NYC*
Hewlett Packard, Beijing, China*
Cal State University, L.A., Collection of Contemporary Art
Entertainment Data Incorporated, New York City*


PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Vulcan Ventures, Paul Allen Collection, Bellevue WA*
Pay Pal, Peter Thiel Collection, San Francisco*

Arad Collection, Los Angeles
Anderson, Laurie, Seattle
Bachofner, Ruth andHermann
Betta, Josh Collection, Pasadena
Bradley-Hargrove Collection, Altadena*
Brown, Abbott, Los Angeles
Beitbart, Joel & Katherine, Studio City
Chester, Michael, Los Angeles
Choplin, Jean-Luc & Elizabeth, Paris*
Couwenberg, Alexander & Andi*
Cuevas, Dan, Los Angeles
Defik, Nancy, Laguna Beach
DeSilva/Logan Collection, Los Angeles
English, Charles & Marylyn,Los Angeles
Farnum, John and Veronica, Los Angeles
Ferguson Collection, Los Angeles
Fran & Rowena, La Canada*
Gleason, Mat, Los Angeles
Im, Ted, Los Angeles*
Kathryn Wenderski
Kauffman Collection, Malibu//New York
King/Thomas Collection, Henderson, NV
Kraus, Dr. Ken and Sharon, Newport
Lamb, Dr. George & Linda, Olympia*
Lazaro Collection, Reseda
Lendrum,Tifiny, NYC
Blum, Craig, Hermosa Beach
Levine, Patty, Los Angeles*
Levitt, Max Houston, Texas
Maggard, Linda, Newport Beach
AaronMiles Collection, Manhattan Beach*
Moffatt & Maloney, Culver City*
Murphy, Heather and Patrick, Wa*
Nimmo, Phillip, Los Angeles
Paley, Laurel. Los Angeles
Paulsen/Redfern, Montclaire
Peel, Gigi & Tony, San Raphael
Polier, Marcie, Brentwood*
Rankin, Lissa, Los Angeles
Marc Richards, Los Angeles
Riddles Collection, Burbank
Rogers, Russ & Paula, Atlanta
Schoenberg, Cliff & Debbie, L. A*.
Schwartz, Andrew
Taub, Maruta
Wallis, Douglas & Anja
Wear, Marc, Palm Desert, CA*
Weaser, Audra, Los Angeles
Wilk, Steve, Dana Point
Wilson, Jamie, Newport Beach
Wisely, Barbara, Los Angeles
Wood, Michael, Washington DC
Wood, Robin, Robert, Sonora

*Own multiple Kerwin works
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Education
Claremont Graduate University, 1995. All University Fellow; Academic Award.

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS: (Review*,Catalog**)
2012 BARBARA KERWIN: GEOMETRIC PROGRESSIONS, Pierce College Gallery
2011/2012 PATTERNS OF PERCEPTION
2008WINDOWS, April/May 2008, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, California.* SCREENS, December 2005/6, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa MonicaSequence, Feb-Mar 2003, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica *Dreaming of Rectangles, December 2000-2001, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica* ***Fractured and Factured, April-May 1999, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica The Grid, March,1997, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica* Constructed Paintings,November 1994, West Gallery, Claremont

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS (Review*, Catalog**)
2012 COVERING GROUND, Dark Horse Experiment, Melbourne, Aus.
2011 -COVERING GROUND, Harris Gallery, Pomona.
2010 -ESQUIRE HOUSE, magazine design house; Salvatore Feragamo room. For Roland, Bunny Gunner Gallery, Pomona.
2009 -White, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles..
2008 -Structural Integrity, Harris Gallery, La Verne, CA. Curator: Dion Johnson.
2007 -Keeping it Straight,, Riverside Museum of Art, thru Jan 2008.-Out of Line, Cal State Stanislaus & Idylwild Art Center, California (traveling Exhibition, Riverside Museum).2006 Young & Minimal Los Angeles, Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, Nancy Silverman-Miles, curator.Simplicity, DIALOG with the Curators, Brea Museum, Tomas & Tina, curatorsOut of Line.,;CSU Stanislaus; Idylwild School of ART. Andi Campagnone, curator.2005Out of Line, Riverside Museum of Art & La Sierra College,CA, Traveling Exhibiton, Campagnone, Curator Monotypes, Riverside Art Museum, Andi Campagnone, Curator.Theories: LA PAINT, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Mark Zimmerman, curator* LA Abstraction, Traveling Exhibition: Louisiana Tech University, Raton, LA Campagnone, Curator.; 2004Luster, Gensler, San Francisco. Curator: Andi CouwenbergLos Angeles Abstraction, Soho Myriad, Atlanta, Georgia. Curator: Andi Couwenberg.*Skakespeare As Muse, Schneider Museum of Art, SOU, Ashland, OR. Curator: Josine Starrels.The CGU Seven, 7 Degrees,Gallery Curator Jamie Wilson, Newport Beach.20th Anniversary Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica.*2003 Wet Paint, Brea Museum Gallery, Curator: Travis Collinson.Surface, Square Blue Gallery, Newport Beach, Curator Jamie Wilson.Black & White, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica.2002 Mentors/Mentes, Cal State University, Los Angeles, Curator LaMonte WestmorlandUtopian Grids, Coagula Projects, Los Angeles. Curator: Mat Gleason.*2001 White Show, Huntington Beach Center for the Arts, Dec 2000-February 2001.*Long Beach Museum of Art, Art Auction 2001.2000 Contemporary Art 2000,. Korean CC, LA. Curators: Ianco-Starrels/Goodman LACMA**Last Show, Steffany Martz Gallery, Chelsea, New York.Variations on a Theme, Century Gallery, Los Angeles Mission College, Curator: John Cantley.*1999 Steffany Martz Gallery, Chelsea, New York.1998 Steffany Martz Gallery, Chelsea, New York. Dressed in White, Gallery Paradisio, Costa Mesa. Curator: Jennifer Faist**Bergamot Inaugural, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica.Los Angeles County Museum of Art Benefit Auction, (Invited), Los Angeles.1997 Generational Abstraction, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica.Herd, Mendenhall Gallery, Whittier College, Curator: Geoff Allen.Gensler 69th Exhibition, Curators: Acme and Ruth Bachofner Galleries, SMTwenty-fifth Anniversary Invitational, Open Space Gallery, Victoria BC,50th Anniversary Invitational, CSULA, Luckman Gallery, Los Angeles.1996 1ST Alumni Invitational, Luckman Gallery, California State University, LA**Green, Factory Place Gallery, Los Angeles, Curator: Mat Gleason.Shape Shifters:Morphology in Current Abstraction, Spanish Kitchen,LA*1995 L.A. Movers at the Old L.A. Louvre, William Turner Gallery, Venice.Sculpture, Assemblage and Construction, San Bernadino Museum of Art.*LA Artists, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, Canada. Curator: Wendy Welch.,
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Window XIII

Painting

Barbara Kerwin
United States
Original $3,500

Barbara Kerwin
United States
Original $6,200

(SOLD) FIVE

Painting

Barbara Kerwin
United States
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White Dot II

Painting

Barbara Kerwin
United States
Original $3,500

Barbara Kerwin
United States
Original $3,500

Gold Field II

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Barbara Kerwin
United States
Original $6,200
(SOLD) Everybody Wants to Rule the World
(SOLD) Tainted Love
(SOLD) Large Quarters
Stripes
TWO (Touching)
White Screen
Window XI (Red)

Events & Exhibitions

Events

BARBARA KERWIN: GEOMETRIC PROGRESSIONS, LECTURE, solo survey,Pierce Gallery, 2012.
VIMEO: Barbara Kerwin Interview, 2012.
Review--Barbara Kerwin: "Beautiful Art, Beautiful Artist" July 6, 2012, Southern California Art Historians, author Jeanne Willette.
Los Angeles Cultural Innovation Artist's ARC Grant, Dec. 2011, and more.

Exhibitions

BARBARA KERWIN: GEOMETRIC PROGRESSIONS, solo survey,Pierce Gallery, 2012.
COVERING GROUND, Dark Horse Experiment, Melbourne, Aus., 2012.
Group show, Culver City, 2012.
COVERING GROUND, Harris Gallery, 2011.
Tel-Art-Phone, Beacon Arts, 2011.

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