Bruce Cohen

Born Santa Monica, CA, December 26, 1953

EDUCATION
1975 University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 "Recent Work," Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA
2009 Imago Galleries, Palm Springs, CA
2008 “Recent Paintings,” John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 “Preserves,” Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Imago Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
2004 Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York
2003 Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 "New Paintings," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 "New Paintings," Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999 "New Paintings," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 "New Paintings," Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1996 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992 Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles
1991 Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York
1990 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989 Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles
1988 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987 Ruth Siegel Ltd., New York
Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles
1986 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1985 Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles
Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
1984 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1983 Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles
1981 Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles
1975 University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 "Small Works: Group Show" Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Los Angeles
2011 "Selected Acquisitions," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 "Small Works," Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Los Angeles
"The Art of Giving," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
"Real; Realism in Diverse Media" Imago Galleries, Palm Desert
2003 The Not-So Still Life: A Century of California Still Life Painting and Sculpture,” San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA
2002 "The Great Drawing Show," Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001 "Summer in the City," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA"Recent Works: Paul Wonner and Bruce Cohen," Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999 "The Great Drawing Show," Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1995 "Twenty-five Years, " John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Made in L.A.: The Prints of Cirrus Editions," Los Angeles County Museum of Art (catalog)
"Flora: Contemporary Artists and the World of Flowers," curated by Thomas H. Garver, traveled to: Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI; Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX; New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, NM; Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC; Dickson Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN.
1994 "Flowers," Babcock Galleries, New York
"American Realism and Figurative Paintings," Cline Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe,NM
1993 "Interiors," Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Drawings III," Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Still Life 1963 - 1993," Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1992 "Group Exhibition," The I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA
1991 "Not On Canvas," Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles"New Horizons in American Art, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI; Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, FL; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
1989 "Images of American Pop Culture Today," La Fouret Museum, Hurjuku, Tokyo, Japan
"Small and Stellar," Ruth Siegel Contemporary Art, New York
1987 "Review-Preview," Ruth Siegel Contemporary Art, New York
1986 "24 Square and ...?" Ruth Siegel Contemporary Art, New York
1985 "Harvest," Ruth Siegel Contemporary Art, New York
1984 Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA; traveling show
"Painting and Sculpture Today," Indianapolis, IN
1983 "New Perspectives in American Art: 1983 Exxon National Exhibition," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
"Selected Works," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"West Coast Realism," Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna, CA; traveling show
1981 "Portraits in Miniature," University Art Galleries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
"Betty Asher's Cups," Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2001 David Pagel. Review, Los Angeles Times, July 6, 2001
1989 Cathy Curtis. "The Galleries," Los Angeles Times, Part VI, March 31, 1989
1987 Ronnie Cohen. "Bruce Cohen, Ruth Siegel," Artforum, December 1987, Reviews, pp. 117-118
1985 Suzanne Muchnic. " The Galleries," Los Angeles Times, Part I, January 18, 1985, p. 17
1983 William Wilson. "The Galleries," Los Angeles Times, Part VI, January 21, 1983, p. 10
1981 Robert L. Pincus. "Cohen, Michelson Exhibit Paintings," Los Angeles Times, Part VI, August 28, 1981, p. 4.
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Atlantic Richfield Company
Foote, Cone & Belding, NY
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Pacific Bell
Pacific Telesis
Palm Springs Desert Museum
Phillip Morris
River Forest State Bank
Security Pacific Bank
Frederick R. Weisman Foundation
Southern California Gas Company
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
San Diego Museum of Art
San Jose Museum of Art