About The Artist

EXHIBITIONS SELECTED SOLO SHOWS (Review ∗, Catalog ∗∗) Barbara Kerwin: Geometric Progressions, April 12 - May 3, 2012, Pierce College Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA ∗∗ Windows, April-May 2008, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica ∗ Screens, Dec-Jan 2006, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica ∗∗ Sequence, 2003, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica ∗ Dreaming of Rectangles, Dec-Jan 2001, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica ∗ ∗∗ Fractured and Factured, 1999, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica The Grid, 1997, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica ∗ Constructed Paintings, Nov 1994, West Gallery, Claremont Proof of an Intangible, Oct 1993, Installation Gallery, Claremont Icons, 1993, California State University, Northridge Abstract Journey, Nov 1988, California State University, Los Angeles SELECTED GROUP SHOWS (Review ∗, Catalog ∗∗) 2020 Intersectional History, February 13 - 23, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. Barbara Kerwin, Hend al-Mansour, Tracy Barwick, Lamia Berrada, Theresa Brown, Marie Cameron, Niloufar Farzam, Mevi Juliet, Bonnie MacAllister, Helen Obermeyer Simmons, and Bonnie Smith. Juror: Donna M. Meeks 2019 Zeitgeist Architectonia, September 4 - October 16, 2019, Oxnard College’s McNish Gallery, Oxnard, CA. Barbara Kerwin, Dawn Arrowsmith, Rochelle Botello, Suzanne Bybee, Megan Geckler, Bonita Helmer, Lauren Kasmer, Mela M., Christine Morla and Asae Soya. Curator: Mela M. 2018 Transcendental Meditations, October - December 2018, Independent Projects: Project Room, Bishop, CA. Two person show: Barbara Kerwin and Eric Zammitt Perfectly Imperfect, Art Slant, Artillery Magazine, May 2018, Taj Gallery, Los Angeles. Barbara Kerwin, Mike Vegas and Sandra Vista. Curator: Jennifer Faist Hill * 2015 Many Mansions, commissioned for corporate collection of 200 LA artists. Curator: Jay Belloli 2014 Originals for $5000+, Saatchi Online, Curator: Bridget Carron 2013 DWELL ON DESIGN show, LA Convention Center, premiere booth, Curator: Rebecca Wilson, Saatchi Gallery, London New Minimalists Collection, Saatchi Online, Curator: Rebecca Wilson * Tangerine Dream Collection, Saatchi Online, Curator: Rebecca Wilson LA Collection, Saatchi Online, Curator: Rebecca Wilson The Shape of Things Geometric, Saatchi Online, Curator: Rebecca Wilson Saatchi Online, Los Angeles Design Showroom, Lobby: Red Window POETIC FIELDS, March 2013, Santa Monica, Curator: Gary Palmer CAREFULLY SELECTED, September 2013, Collaboration with Kerry Kugelman, SCA Gallery Pomona 2012 Covering Ground, Melbourne, Australia, and NYC 2011 Covering Ground. Traveling abstraction exhibition: Univ of La Verne; Melbourne, Aus., & NYC ∗∗ Tel-a-phone-Art. Beacon Arts. Curator: Mat Gleason and Charity Burnett. Los Angeles Venice Art Auction, Venice, California 2010 Esquire House, September – January, 2011, Los Angeles For Roland, Roland Reiss Honorary Exhibit, September, Bunny Gunnar, sponsor CGU Richard Godfrey Friends, April 2010, Julie Rico Gallery, Los Angeles Venice Art Auction, Venice, California 2009 Structural Integrity, April 2009, Harris Gallery, Curator: Dion Johnson The White Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery ∗ Sacred Art, Curators: Galeria Gitana, Karen Nichols 2008 Premiere Paintings, Film Art LA, February 2008, Curator: Andrew Schwartz 2007 KEEPING IT STRAIGHT: Right Angles and Hard Edges in New Southern California Abstraction, Riverside Art Museum, Curator: Peter Frank ∗ RedDot, Miami/Basel Art Fair, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Dec 07 ∗ Haus Guests, Haus Gallery, Pasadena, Curators: Bill Raib & Nena Amsler Pink, Soho-Myriad, Atlanta Out of Line, Traveling Exhibit, CSU Stanislaus, Curator: Andi Campognone Summer Show, Film Art LA, Los Angeles 2006 Los Angeles Minimalism Today, Gallery C, Curator: Nancy Silverman-Miles Simplicity, Dialogues with the Curator, Curators: Brea Museum Gallery Out of Line, Traveling Exhibit, CSU Stanislaus, Idyllwild Arts, Curator: Andi Campognone Davis & Cline Gallery, Ashland, Oregon Domestic Setting, Mar Vista, Oct-Nov 2006, Curator: Jeanne Patterson 2005 Out of Line, Riverside Museum, also La Sierra College; Curator: Andi Campognone ∗ Theories: LA Paint, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Curator: Mark Zimmerman Los Angeles Abstraction, Louisiana Tech University, Raton, LA; Curator: Andi Campognone Monotypes, Riverside Museum, Curator: Andi Campognone 2004 Luster, Gensler, San Francisco. Curator: Andi Couwenberg Los Angeles Abstraction, Soho Myriad, Atlanta, Georgia. Curator: Andi Campognone Skakespeare As Muse, Schneider Museum of Art, SOU, Ashland, Or. Curator: Josine-Ianco-Starrels The CGU Seven, 7 Degrees Gallery, Curator: Jamie Wilson, Newport Beach 20th Anniversary Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica December Group 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 Holiday Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica 2002 Holiday Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica Mentors/Mentes, Cal State University, Los Angeles, Curator: LaMonte Westmorland Insiders, Century Gallery, Sylmar, Curator: Deborah Paulsen Utopian Grids, Coagula Projects, Los Angeles. Curator: Mat Gleason ∗ Big Wave IV, Andrew-Shire Gallery, Hollywood. Curator: Young An 2001 Homage to Roland Reiss, Curator: C. G. U., Da Gallery, Pomona White Show, Huntington Beach Center for the Arts, Dec 2000-Feb 2001 ∗ Long Beach Museum of Art, Art Auction 2001 Big Wave III, Andrew-Shire Gallery, Hollywood, Curator: Young An Holiday Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Dec 2001 2000 Contemporary Art 2000, Korean CC, LA. Curators: Ianco-Starrels/Goodman LACMA ∗∗ Last Show, Steffany Martz Gallery, Chelsea, New York Lessons, College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita Variations on a Theme, Century Gallery, Los Angeles Mission College ∗ Ruth Bachofner Gallery Holiday Show, Santa Monica 1999 Steffany Martz Gallery, Chelsea, New York Big Wave II, Andrew Shire Gallery, L.A., Curator: Young An Ruth Bachofner December Exhibition, Santa Monica 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 December Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica 3 X 4, Brewery Project Space, Los Angeles, Curator: Dean DeCocker Los Angeles County Museum of Art Benefit Auction, (Invited), Los Angeles Post Gallery, 100+ Show, Los Angeles. Curator: Habib Kheridhar 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, Santa Monica Twenty-fifth Anniversary Invitational, Open Space Gallery, Victoria BC 50th Anniversary Invitational, CSULA, Luckman Gallery, Los Angeles Chairs, Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles 100 Show, Post, Los Angeles, Curator: Habib Kheridhar Against the Wall, Inaugural Exhibition, College of the Canyons Gallery ∗∗ The Big Wave, Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, Curator: Young An 1996 Biglittleart, Mendenhall Gallery, Whittier College, Curator: Geoff Allen 1st Alumni Invitational, Luckman Gallery, California State University, L.A. ∗∗ 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 Spare Parts, SITE Gallery, Los Angeles Sculpture, Assemblage and Construction, San Bernadino Museum of Art ∗ LA Artists, Fran WIllusion Chelsea, NYC.