Biography

Born

Riverside, California 1959

 

Education

Stanford University, Stanford, California

University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

 

The 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.

 

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

2022          Recent Sculptures, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, Montecito, California

2019          Wishful Thinking, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St. Helena, California

2017          Second Nature, Galerie Uli Lang, Biberach, Germany

2016          Jarding de Reverie, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, California Brad Howe Invitational, Gallery Jeon, Daegu, South Korea System of Shared Risk, Galerie Uli Lang, Biberach, Germany

2015          Working Fictions, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, California Cartography, CMay Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2014          Shadow Economy, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, California Concoctions, The Frostig Collection, Santa Monica, California

2013          Docile Bodies, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, California Deprivato, Katherine Cone Gallery, Los Angeles, California Coyote, Galerie Uli Lang, Biberach, Germany

2012          Kinetic Works, The Frostig Collection, Santa Monica, California Sculpture & Kinetic Art, Soohoh Gallery, Seoul, South Korea Sculpture, Galerie Janos, Paris, France

2011          Construct, Galerie Uli Lang, Biberach, Germany

2010          Primavernica, AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles, California Sculturen, Mobiles und Mandalas, Galerie Kaysser, Munich, Germany Giocare con la Scultura, Art 1307, Napoli, Italy

2008          Brad Howe, Alexander Mertens Fine Art, Montecito, California Sculpture, College of The Canyons, Santa Clarita, California

2007          At This Moment, Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco, California Strata, Museum of Design, Art and Architecture, Culver City, California Stainless Steel Sculpture, Galerie Uli Lang, Biberach, Germany Skulpturen Und Objekte, Galerie Kaysser, Munich, Germany

2006          The Next Dimension, Hamilton-Selway Fine Art, Hollywood, California New Work, Parchman Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio,  Texas Monoliths, Galerie Holm, Ulm, Germany Tectonics, Galerie Uli Lang, Biberach, Germany Steps in Serious Exuberance,  Skulpturengalerie, Zurich, Switzerland

2005          A Survey of Color, Form and Motion, Rosenthal Fine Art, Chicago, Illinois In Collaboration, Adamar Fine Art, Miami, Florida Synchrony, Galerie Uli Lang, Biberach, Germany

2002          Stahlplastiken, Galerie Uli Lang, Biberach, Germany

2001          Steel Haiku, Jernigan Wicker Fine Arts, San Francisco, California

2000          Neo Modernism, Boritzer/Gray/Hamano Gallery, Santa Monica, California Biscotto, Jernigan Wicker Fine Arts, San Francisco, California

1999          Esculturas, Praxis Arte Internacional, Mexico City, Mexico Aquatica, Boritzer/Gray/Hamano Gallery, Santa Monica, California

1997          Drift, Boritzer/Gray/Hamano Gallery, Santa Monica, California

1996          Flats & Risers, Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, California Causes, Arario Gallery, Cheoan-Shi, South Korea

1995          Boias, Galeria Nara Roesler, Sao Paulo, Brazil

1994          Hop The Twig, Boritzer/Gray/Hamano Gallery, Santa Monica, California

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022          reFORMED, James Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

2022          Axiom. Alex Couewnberg, Brad Howe, SCAPE Gallery, Corona Del Mar, California

Salon Redux, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, Michigan

Fun Gal Gro Up Sho, Gallery SADE, Los Angeles, California

2020          Trooping the Colours, Brad Howe, Michelle Benoit, Galerie Uli Lang, Biberach, Germany

Trooping the Colours, Brad Howe, Michelle Benoit, Galerie Uli Lang, Biberach, Germany

2019          XIII Bienal de la Habana 2019, Havana, Cuba Brad Howe, Michelle Benoit, Eduardo Vega de Seoane, Thomas Punzmann Contemporary, Frankfurt, Germany Fractured Beauty, Alisa Henriquez, Andy Krieger, Brad Howe, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, Michigan

2018          The Pearly Gates Collection, Yucca Valley Visual and Performing Arts Center, Yucca Valley, California Bauhaus Club, Contemporary Cluster, Rome, Italy Disturbances, Art 1307, Naples, Italy

2017          On The Road: American Abstraction, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, Michigan

2016          20, Zetaeffe Galleria, Florence, Italy Properties of Light, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, California Recent Work, Gallery Jones, Vancouver, Canada

2015          American Array, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii The Nature of Sculpture: Art in the Garden, Los Angeles County Arboretum, Arcadia, California Farbe ist mein Motiv, Galerie Kaysser, Ruhpolding, Germany Gerundet Umkriest, Gallery Foundation SBC Pro Arte, Biberach, Germany

2014          Blur the Lines, Brad Howe and Murakami Takashi, Asian Art Works, Busan, Korea Farmhouse Logic: Brad Howe and Gary Komarin, Morrison Gallery, Kent, Connecticut Bogen Schiessen, Museum Biberach, Biberach, Germany

2013          The Frostig Collection, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, California Rouge, Katherine Cone Gallery, Los Angeles, California Brad Howe, Zachary Thornton, Lopez-Herrera, Thomas Punzman Fine Arts, Frankfurt, Germany Gary Komarin and Brad Howe, Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland Bunt, Galerie Kaysser, Ruhpolding, Germany

2012          TARFEST: 10th Anniversary Art Exhibition, LACMA, Los Angeles, California Frostig at Large: In West Hollywood, West Hollywood, California Color Balance, Marco Casentini and Brad Howe, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, California L’Art del Regal XII & Brad Howe, Esculture. Art Contemporani Nord-America, La Galeria, Barcelona, Spain Mouvement et Lumiere: Exposition de 85 Sculptures, La Fondation Villa Datris, Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse, France

2010. Malibu Sculpture 2010, A Summer Exhibition curated by Carl Scholsberg, Malibu Civic Center, Malibu, California Tectonic-Ephemeral-Sensual: Sculpture and Jewelry, SPF: a Gallery, Culver City, California Avesta Art 2010, Verket, Avesta, Sweden

2009          Five, Andrea  Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, California A Happy Medium, Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, Idaho

2008          Sculpture in Motion, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia Fusion, Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, Idaho

2007          Keeping It Straight, Right Angles and Hard Edges in Contemporary Southern California, Riverside Museum of Art, Riverside, California The El Paseo Invitational, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Palm Desert, California

2006          L.A. Minimalism Today, Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, California Primary Colors, Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco, California

2005          Touch Me, Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, California

2004          Nine, Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, California Out of Plane: Light on White Maze, SPF: a Gallery, Culver City, California

2002          Pourquoi Pas, Galerie Janos, Paris, France

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

1998          Illusion, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California

1997          Grins, Humor and Whimsy in Contemporary Art, Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, California

1995          Edition FIAC/SAGA, Paris, France

1994          Group Show, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, California Big Littles, Boritzer/Gray/Hamano Gallery, Santa Monica, California Pop into the ‘90s, Kass/Meridian Gallery, seChicago, Illinois Busan Bienniale, Busan, South Korea