Phil Bower

BORN

Oakland, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles

EDUCATION

M.F.A. University of Southern California, Los Angeles
B.F.A. University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 Figures In Landscapes, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 New Paintings, Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
2005 New Paintings, Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
2003 Phil Was Here, Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
2002 A Brief Mystery of Time, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2001 Handsome and Bulletproof, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2000 The End of the Day, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1997 New Blue Chip Paintings, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Exquisite Taxidermy, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006 American Painting, Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
2000 Works on Paper, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY, curated by
         Liz Balough
1999 Abject Edge, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA curated by Mat Gleason
1998 L.A. Cool, Rocket Gallery, London, England, curated by David Pagel
1994 The Group, Spanish Kitchen, Los Angeles, CA
1993 DADA, Los Angeles, CA
         DADA Best of Show, Los Angeles, CA curated by Jon Preston
1990 L.A.C.E. Annual, Los Angeles, CA

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2005 McQuaid, Cate, "Phil Bower," The Boston Globe, August
2003 Gleason, Mat, “Art Angelenos,” Modern Painters (ed. London England), April
         Scarborough, James, “Phil Bower at Ruth Bachofner Gallery," Artweek, February
2002 Gleason, Mat, Artscene, January
2000 Dambrot, Shana Nys, "Pushed to an Abject Edge," dART, Winter
         Biesk, Adam, “Phil Bower From Dirty to Clean," Permission, August
1999 Lemons, Stephen, “Hit Bottom: New Works by Phil Bower,” Entertainment Weekly,
          June
         Lemons, Stephen, “Bower & Co.” SOMA, October, 1999
1997 Sand, Olivia J., “Phil Bower at Spencer Brownstone Gallery,” Artis, February
         Rush, Michael, “New Spaces/New Faces,” Art New England, April/May
         Dalton, Jennifer, “Phil Bower,” Review, November
         Danville, Eric, "Bower to the People," Screw Magazine, November
1995 Williams, David, “Phil Bower: Exquisite Taxidermy,” NY Soho Art Magazine, December