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BORN:
Riverside, California 1959

RESIDENCE:
Los Angeles, California

EDUCATION:
Stanford University, Stanford, California
University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

My sculptures are composed with vitality and celebrate beauty. Their structures are composed with actual or implied kinetic properties aimed at exposing energized moments between connection and disconnection, as well as between strain and serenity.

Brad Howe seeks to build on the tradition of geometric abstraction and to sustain that tradition as a living, viable discourse. His playful mobiles, wall hangings, furniture, and freestanding sculptures combine the dynamic planar relationships and solid coloration associated with post-cubist modernism. Their playful exuberance, however, owes more to the artistic climates of twenty-first century L.A. and São Paolo, where Howe initiated his artistic career.The humor, inventiveness, and versatility of Howe's artistic process are perfectly suited for private commissions. This is evidenced in the fact that the interplay between experimentation in the studio and the unique interests or needs of his private and commercial clients serves as a vital source of inspiration. The external parameters that this sort of interaction poses, allows Howe to approach his process from ever-changing perspectives, and it allows his stainless steel, steel, or aluminum pieces to take unpredictable directions.

As a student of International Relations at Stanford University, Howe attended the University of São Paolo to specialize in Brazilian Affairs. It was there that he discovered the passion for art and architecture that would eventually lead to his first exhibitions. Since then, the largely autodidactic sculptor has met with overwhelming success. He has exhibited in over sixteen countries worldwide, and his works have been placed in collections throughout 32 countries, including most recently, an 80 foot mobile for the Georgia International Convention Center, an 18 foot stainless steel sculpture for a corporate client in Bilberach, Germany, as well as pieces for the City of Los Angeles, and MIT.

Bibliography

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
 
 
2010       BRAD HOWE: Primavernica; Andrewshire Gallery, Los Angeles, California
                BRAD HOWE: Sculturen, Mobiles und Mandalas; Galerie Kaysser, Munich, Germany
                 BRAD HOWE: Giocare con la scultura; Art 1307, Villa di Donato, Napoli, Italy
 
 
2009       BRAD HOWE: Ein Kaktus–ganz ohne Stacheln; Sudwestbank AG, Stuttgart, Germany

 


2008       BRAD HOWE: SCULPTURE, College Of The Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA
               BRAD HOWE, Alexander Mertens Fine Art, Montecito, CA


2007       SKULPTUREN UND OBJEKTE, Galerie Kaysser, Munich, Germany
              AT THIS MOMENT, Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco, CA
              STRATA, Museum of Design, Art and Architecture, Culver City, CA
              BRAD HOWE, Kunsthaus Schill, Stuttgart, Germany
              BRAD HOWE, Stainless Steel Sculpture, Galerie Uli Lang, Biberach, Germany

2006      STEPS IN SERIOUS EXUBERANCE Skulpturengalerie, Zurich, Switzerland
             BRAD HOWE; NEW WORK, Parchman Stremmel Gallery San Antonio, TX
             MONOLITHS, Galerie Holm, Ulm, Germany
             BRAD HOWE, Jill Thayer Gallery, Bakersfield, CA
             BRAD HOWE AT BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM, Biberach, Germany
             TECTONICS, Galerie Uli Lang, Biberach, Germany
             BRAD HOWE: THE NEXT DIMENSION, Hamilton-Selway Fine Art, West Hollywood, CA


2005      BRAD HOWE: A SURVEY OF COLOR, FORM, AND MOTION
                           Rosenthal Fine Art, Chicago, IL
             IN COLLABORATION, Adamar Fine Ar, Miami, Fl
             SYNCHRONY, Galerie Uli Lang, Biberach, Germany


2002      STAHLPLASTIKEN, Galerie Uli Lang, Biberach, Germany


2001      STEEL HAIKU; Jernigan Wicker Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA


2000      NEO MODERNISM: Boritzer/Gray/Hamano Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
             BISCOTTO: Jernigan Wicker Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA


1999      ESCULTURAS: Praxis Arte Internacional, Mexico City, Mexico 
             AQUATICA: Boritzer/Gray/Hamano Gallery, Santa Monica, CA    

                                                  
1998     Jernigan Wicker Gallery, San Francisco, CA
            Galerie Janos, Paris, France
            Galerie Uli Lang, Biberach, Germany
            Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA      

 
1997     DRIFT: Boritzer/Gray/Hamano Gallery, Santa Monica, CA    
            Barbara Scott Gallery, Miami, FL    


1996     FLATS & RISERS: Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
            CAUSES: Arario Gallery, Cheoan-Shi, South Korea


1995     BOIAS: Galeria Nara Roesler, Sao Paulo, Brazil
            Wabi-Sabi Gallery, Chicago, IL


1994     HOP THE TWIG: Boritzer/Gray/Hamano Gallery, Santa Monica, CA


1993     Dierlich Gallery, Bonn, Germany    


1990     Gallery de Arte Misrachi, Mexico City, Mexico
            Galerie du Cobra, Paris, France
            Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
            Galeria Millan, Sao Paulo, Brazil


1989     B-1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
            Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
            Galeria G. B. Arte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


1987     Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, CA
            Museu Historico e Artistico de Maranhao, San Luis, Brazil                                                                                                                            Galeria Matias Marcier, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


1986     Galeria Matias Marcier, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
   


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
 
2010      Avesta Art 2010: Verket, Avesta, Sweden
              Brad Howe, Sabina Tress, Maibritt Ulvedl Bjelke, Isabel Kerkermeier; Galerie Proarta,
                       Zurich, Switzerland
              Beyond Painting: Galerie Lausberg, Toronto, Canada
 
2009      A Happy Medium: Nancy Sansom Reynolds, Brad Howe & Mike Stilkey; Gilman 
                      Contemporary, Ketchum, Idaho
              FIVE, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, California
              Internationale KUNST SCHLOSS Ruhpolding, Ruhpolding, Germany

                      
2008      EINGESHIFFT/AUSSEBOOTET  Schiffsmotive in der zeitgenossishen Kunst
                Galerie der Stiftung BC-pro arte, Biberach, Germany
             FUSION, Robert Atwell, Bernd Haussemann, Brad Howe, Stephanie
                Weber,Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, Idaho
             SCULPTURE IN MOTION, Art Choreographed by Nature,                                                                 
                Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia


2007      KEEPING IT STRAIGHT, Right Angles and Hard Edges in Contemporary
                Southern California, Riverside Museum of Art, Riverside, CA
                The El Paseo Invitational, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Palm Desert, CA


2006      GARTEN, KUNST und GERSPRACHE, Mutschler Skulptur-Garten, Ulm,
                Germany
             SALON DER SCHONEN BILDER IV, Galerie Axel Holm, Ulm, Germany
             L.A. MINIMALISM TODAY, Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, CA
             PRIMARY COLORS, Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco, CA


2005      TOUCH ME, Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, CA
             CITIES OF LIGHT, Fluxian Gallery, Omaha, NE


2004      NINE, Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, CA
             OUT OF PLANE: Light on White Maze, Collaboration
                with Architect Judit Fekete, SPF Gallery, Los Angeles, CA


2002      POURQUOI PAS, Galerie Janos, Paris, France


2000      El Paseo Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Palm Desert, CA


1999      Pier Walk 99, International Sculpture Exhibition, Chicago, IL


1998      ILLUSION, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA


1997      GRINS: Humor & Whimsy in Contemporary Art; Millard Sheets Gallery,
                Pomona, CA


1996      Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA


1995      Eden Gallery, Rowland Heights, CA
             Edition FIAC/SAGA, Paris, France
             SLAC, Strasbourg, France    
             Leif Holmer Gallery, Nassjo, Sweden
             Ekerum Konsthall, Oland, Sweden
             Gallery IV, Los Angeles, CA


1994      Big Littles, Boritzer/Gray/Hamano, Los Angeles, CA
             Pusan Biennial, Pusan, South Korea    
             Pop into the 90s’, Kass/Meridian Gallery, Chicago, IL    
             Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA    
             Decouvertes, Paris, France


1993      Kass/Meridian Gallery, Chicago, IL
             Brea Gallery, City of Brea, CA
             Galerie Janos, Paris, France


1992      Rubiner Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI
             Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA


1991      B-1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA    
             Galerie du Rivo, Freiburg, Germany


1990      Galeria de Arte Misrachi, Mexico City, Mexico
             Ministry of Industry & Trade, Mexico City, Mexico
             AMERICAN POP CULTURE TODAY, Laforet Museum, Tokyo, Japan


1988      Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
             B-1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA


1987      Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
             Galeria I.B.E.U., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil    
             Galeria GB Arte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
             B-1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
                

SELECTED PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS


        Allergan Corporation, Irvine, CA    
        Arario Industries, Cheon-Shi, South Korea
        Bachem California Inc., Torrance, CA
        Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Irvine, CA
        Beechcraft Corporation, Van Nuys, CA
        Birtcher Corporation, Irvine, CA
        Boehringer Ingelheim, Biberach, Germany
        Boehringer Ingelheim, Connecticut
        California Spine Center, Thousand Oaks, CA
        Canon Corporation, Irvine, CA    
        Carl Bean AIDS Center, Los Angeles, CA
        Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, CA                                                                                                                                                            Chandler Properties, Los Angeles, CA,
        City of Hope, Duarte, CA
        City of Montebello, Transportation Building, Montebello, CA
        City of Santa Fe Springs, CA
        Colegio Nacional de Educacion Profesional Tecnica,
        Administrative Campus, Toluca, Mexico
        Concord Property Corporation, San Antonio, TX
        Cupertino Housing Partners, Cupertino, CA
        Duncan Aviation, Lincoln, Nebraska
        Edificio Siglum, SARE Corporation, Mexico City, Mexico
        Edison International, Rosemead, CA
        Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA    
        Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, CA
        Equity Office, Atlanta, Georgia
        Georgia International Convention Center           
        Gershwin Hotel, New York City, NY
        Hilton Caribe, San Juan, Puerto Rico
        Intuit, Reno, Nevada
        Katell Properties, Los Angeles, CA
        Kaiser Permanente, Baldwin Park, CA    
        Kitakyushu City International Center, Kitakyushu, Japan
        Kimball International, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
        Kreissparkasse, Biberach, Germany
        La Fundidora, Centro Cultural, Monterrey, NL, Mexico
        Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
        Lockton Insurance, Los Angeles, Ca
        Lord Baltimore Properties, Empire Towers III, Ontario, CA
        Los Angeles Retarded Citizen’s Foundation, Saugus, CA           
        Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA
        Medix Mihagino, Kitakyushu, Japan
        Mercure Hotel, Sao Paulo, Brazil    
        M.G.M. Grand Airlines, JFK Airport, NY             
        Ministry of Industry and Trade Building, Mexico City, Mexico
        M.I.T., Cambridge, MA
        Murrel Company, Newport Beach, CA
        Neiman Marcos, Dallas, TX
        Nobe Telecommunications Corporation, Miami,
        Overton Moore and Associates Inc. Los Angeles, CA
        Pacific Medical Buildings, san Diego, CA
        Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA     
        Princess Cruise Line, Sun Princess, Los Angeles, CA
        Raleigh Durham Airport, Raleigh, North Carolina
        Royal Host, International Forum Building, Tokyo, Japan
        Saks Fifth Avenue, USA
        Samsung Corporation, Seoul, South Korea
        Sand  Hill Property Company, Sunnyvale, CA
        SAS Software Inc. Cary, North Carolina
        Secretary of Commerce, Mexico City, Mexico
        Straub Autovermietung Hertz, Biberach, Germany
        The Diplomat Hotel, Hollywood, Florida
        The Trenton Group, Los Angeles, CA
        Toyota of Sunnyvale, Sunnyvale, CA
        Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
        UCLA, Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
        UCLA, Anderson School of Business, Los Angeles, CA               
        Western Asset, Pasadena, CA
        Xerox Corporation, Rochester, NY
   

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