Bio
“My sculptures are designed with a focus on vitality.” 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 Paulo, 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 Paulo to specialize in Brazilian Literature and Economic History. It was there that he discovered the passion for art and architecture that would eventually lead to his first exhibitions. Since then, working from his studio near Los Angeles he has exhibited in over eighteen countries worldwide, and his works have been placed in collections throughout 32 countries. His studio is actively completing site-specific commissions and installations for cities, universities, museums and private corporations worldwide.
For complete information and further visuals, visit www.bradhowe.com.
BORN: Riverside, California 1959
RESIDENCE: Los Angeles, California
EDUCATION: Stanford University, Stanford, California
University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2012 Brad Howe, Sculpture, Galerie Janos, Paris, France
Kinetic Works, The Frostig Collection, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Brad Howe, Sculpture & Kinetic Art, Soohoh Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Brad Howe, Galerie Ult Land, Bibierach, Germany
2011 Brad Howe, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St. Helena, CA
Construct, Galerie Uli Lang, Biberach, Germany
2010 Brad Howe, Primavernica: Andrewshire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Brad Howe, Ein Kaktus-ganz ohne Stacheln, 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
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, SantaMonica, 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
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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