How can I buy a work by Alex Couwenberg?

Bruno David Gallery handles the sale of available works by Alex Couwenberg. For prices and availability, email info@brunodavidgallery.com or call +1 314 696 2377.

Where can I see work by Alex Couwenberg in person?

At Bruno David Gallery, 7513 Forsyth Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri 63105, during public hours or by appointment. His work is also in the collections of the Crocker Art Museum, the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, the Laguna Art Museum, the Lancaster Museum of Art and History and the Long Beach Museum of Art.

What does Alex Couwenberg make?

Abstract paintings that combine hard-edge abstraction with gestural brushwork, layering, raw edges and textured surfaces, drawing on Southern California surf and skateboard culture and the custom car and hot rod aesthetic.

Where is Alex Couwenberg based?

Alex Couwenberg lives and works in Los Angeles, California. He also lives and works part-time on Hawaii’s Big Island.

Has Alex Couwenberg had an exhibition at Bruno David Gallery?

Yes. In Pono (2 September to 7 October 2017) is one of his exhibitions at the gallery. Catalogues can be read in the gallery’s Publications library at brunodavidgallery.com/publications.

Alex Couwenberg

Alex Couwenberg (born 1967) is a Los Angeles-based abstract painter who draws on the art and culture of Southern California, where he was born and raised. He holds a BFA from Art Center College of Design (1995) and an MFA from Claremont Graduate School (1997), where the hard-edge painter Karl Benjamin became his mentor.

Couwenberg’s influences include the Light and Space movement and Benjamin’s work. His thin line patterns and choice of color draw on surf and skateboard culture and the custom car and hot rod aesthetic that also shaped Los Angeles Finish Fetish art. He is best known for combining hard-edge abstraction with gestural brushwork, layering, raw edges and textured surfaces, bringing depth and an expressionist touch to a tradition known for its flatness.

His solo exhibitions include a 2003 survey at the Riverside Art Museum and shows at William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica; Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco; Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver; and Lyons Wier Gallery, New York. Bruno David Gallery has presented four solo exhibitions, from Working Space (2008) to In Pono (2017). He received a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant in 2007.

His work is in collections including the Crocker Art Museum, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Laguna Art Museum, Lancaster Museum of Art and History and Long Beach Museum of Art. He has worked as an arts educator and as a visiting artist at schools including Claremont Graduate University and Otis College of Art and Design. He also lives and works part-time on Hawaii’s Big Island.

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