John Berggruen Gallery
Bruce Cohen
Biography
BRUCE COHEN1953 Born in Santa Monica, California
Education:
1975 B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, California
Attended University of California, Los Angeles, California
Attended University of California, Berkeley, California
Selected solo exhibitions:
2008 (Upcoming) John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
2006 ?Preserves,? Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Imago Gallery, Palm Springs, California
2004 Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, New York
2003 Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2002 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
1999 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
1998 Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, New York
1997 Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1996 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
1994 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
1992 Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1991 Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, New York
1990 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
1989 Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1988 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
1987 Ruth Siegel Ltd., New York, New York
Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1986 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
1985 Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
1984 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
1983 Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1981 Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1975 University of California, Santa Barbara, California
Selected group exhibitions
2004 Luminosity, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
2003 Not so Still Life: A Century of California Still Life Painting and Sculpture, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
2002 The Great Drawing Show, Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2001 Summer in the City, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
Recent Works: Paul Wonner and Bruce Cohen, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1999 The Great Drawing Show, Kohn Turner, Los Angeles, California
1996 John Berggruen Gallery, Friesen Gallery Fine Art: A Collaboration,
Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho
1995 The Art Cup, In Memory of Betty Asher, Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Objects of Desire, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
John Berggruen Gallery: 25 Years, John Berggruen Gallery,
San Francisco, California
Flora: Contemporary Artists and the World of Flowers, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin; traveled to Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas; New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina; Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN
Made in L.A.: The Prints of Cirrus Editions, Los Angeles County Museum of Art*
1994 American Realism and Figurative Paintings, Cline Fine Art Gallery,
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Flowers!!!, Babcock Galleries, New York, New York
1993 Interiors, Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Drawings III, Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Still Life 1963-1993, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1992 Group Exhibition, The I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, California
1991 Not On Canvas, Asher/Faure, Los Angeles, California
New Horizons in American Art, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan; Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, Florida; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee
1989 Images of American Pop Culture Today, La Fouret Museum, Hurjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Small and Stellar, Ruth Siegel Contemporary Art, New York, New York
1987 Review-Preview, Ruth Siegel Contemporary Art, New York, New York
1986 24 Square and ...?, Ruth Siegel Contemporary Art, New York, New York
1985 Harvest, Ruth Siegel Contemporary Art, New York, New York
1984 Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs; traveling show
Painting and Sculpture Today, Indianapolis, Indiana
1983 New Perspectives in American Art: 1983 Exxon National Exhibition,
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York, New York
Selected Works, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
West Coast Realism, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna, California; traveling show
1981 Portraits in Miniature, University Art Galleries, University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, California
1980 Betty Asher's Cups, Newport Harbor Museum, Newport Beach, California
Selected public collections:
Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, California
Foote, Cone & Belding, New York, New York
Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles, California
Pacific Bell, Los Angeles, California
Pacific Telesis, San Ramon, California
Phillip Morris, New York, New York
River Forest State Bank, Chicago, Illinois
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
Security Pacific Bank, San Francisco, California
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York
Southern California Gas Company, Los Angeles, California
Selected literature
Cohen, Ronnie. ?Artforum Reviews.? Artforum, December, 1987, pp.117-118
Curtis, Cathy. "The Galleries." Los Angeles Times, Part VI, March 31, 1989
Muchnic, Suzanne. "The Galleries." Los Angeles Times, Part I, p.17, January 18, 1985
Pincus, Robert L.. "Cohen, Michelson Exhibit Paintings." Los Angeles Times, August 28, Part VI, p.4
Wilson, William. "The Galleries." Los Angeles Times, Part VI, p.10, January 21, 1983
Artist Works
Interior with Ironing Board
2007
oil on canvas
60 x 48 inches
Still Life with Anemone
2007
oil on canvas
28 x 21 inches
Untitled, Green Interior with Red Tulips
2007
oil on canvas
48 x 83 inches
John Berggruen Gallery | Artist | Bruce Cohen
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