Resume
List of Exhibitions
2020
- Gallery Macabre, Archival Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- The Return, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Artist of the Day, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- New Growth, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Dirtybird 15th Anniversary, PBR Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
- Lithomancy, Gristle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019
- Resolution, Palette Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2020 Preview Show, Luna Rienne Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Beyond Eden Art Fair, Modern Eden Gallery @Dcon, Anaheim, CA
- Esprit de Corps, Haven Gallery, Northport, NY
- Esprit de Corps, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Something Wicked, Revolution Gallery, Buffalo, NY
- Inception, Palette Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Cult of Meow, Gristle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- Sacramento Superheroes, Archival Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- El Final DE Una Era, Wonderland Sf, San Francisco, CA
- Selfish, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Wonderkin, WoWxWoW.com
- 5, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- Pareidolia, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
- Microvisions 2, WoWxWoW.com
- Kaleidoscope, Gristle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- Brink, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
- SubVersions, Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018
- 12×12, The Stockroom Gallery, Melbourne, AU
- Quintessential, Luna Rienne Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Best Friends Painted Pets, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- Small Wonders 7, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA
- Something Wicked, Revolution Gallery, Buffalo NY
- The Art of the Mushroom, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA
- Cognitive Dissonance, Fe Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- The Void, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA
- Beyond the Untold, WoWxWoW.com
- 25th Anniversary Show, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Blasphemous Nature, Solo Show, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2018 Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
- Affordable Art Series 6, Luna Rienne Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 10 Years in Wonderland, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Wow Squared II, WoWxWoW.com
- 12×12, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Animation Reimagined, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Things You Shouldn’t Put in Your Mouth, Fe Gallery Sacramento, CA
2017
- Tales of the City, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Discolandia, Wonderland SF, San Francisco, CA
- Crazy 4 Cult, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA
- Familiar, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Fruition, Artists Republic Gallery, Anaheim, CA
- Tekeli-Li, Faultline Artspace, Oakland, CA
- Loved to Death, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Visions Collide, Luna Rienne Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Heavy Metal 40th Anniversary Show, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- Trump L’oeil, Archival Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- Simply Frida, Wonderland Sf, San Francisco, CA
- Sweet ‘n Low, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
- Lightning Bolts & Little Sparks, WoWxWoW.com
- Tondo, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- King, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA
- Fauna-Anomaly, Fe Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- March Forth!, Luna Rienne Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016
- Best Friends Painted Pets, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- Wanderlust, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Holiday Art Show, Wonderland Sf, San Francisco, CA
- Affordable Art Series 5, Luna Rienne Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, The Midway Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- The Pterodactyl Show, K-One, San Francisco, CA
- Unnatural Histories V, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
- Simply Frida, Wonderland SF, San Francisco, CA
- 2nd Annual Ema Show, Curated by Hellion Gallery, Galerie Artistik Rezo, Paris, France
- Any Given Book, White Noise Gallery, Rome, Italy
- Portraits of Friends, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Ledgendary: Celebrating 30 Years of Lords Crew, 1AM Gallery, San Fransico, CA
- Lord of the Thrones, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Fauna-Anomaly, Fe Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- 2nd Annual Ema Show, Hellion Gallery, Portland, OR
- Imanginary Menageie, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA
- The End is Near, 1AM Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Lower Branch Six Year Anniversary, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Legends, Oakland Terminal Gallery, Oakland, CA
- 2nd Annual Ema Show, Curated by Hellion Gallery, Hatos Bar, Tokyo, Japan
- Opiates for the Masses, Helikon Gallery/Curated by Sally Centigrade, Denver, CO
- 5th Annual Supersonic Invitational, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015
- Brooklyn Biennial, The Cotton Candy Machine, Brooklyn, NY
- Guns and Dolls, Archival Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- Art Awakens, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA
- On the Tilt, Wonderland SF, San Francisco, CA
- 2nd Annual New Comtemporary Group Show, Baker Hesseldenz Fine Art, Tucson, AZ
- The Artists Arcana III, Archival Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- Lexicon Infernali, Stephen Romano Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- Zerofriends Show, Upper Playground, Portland, OR
- Superhero, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Small Works Invitational, Baker Hesseldenz Fine Art, Tucson, AZ
- Storybook, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Fauna-Anomaly, Fe Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- Seven, Phone Booth Gallery, Long Beach, CA
- 3rd Annual 12×12 Exhibit, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Adrift, Marcas Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
- 2, Good Mother Gallery, Oakland, CA
- 4th Annual Supersonic Invitational, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 1:am Revolution, 1AM Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014
- Two Year Anniversary Group Show, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Abundantia Cornu Copiae, Stephen Romano Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- Postmodern Extinction, James Kaneko Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- Bad Dads 5, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Honey I Shrunk the Streets, 1AM Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Le Chat Noir, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- The Brave Ones, Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA
- Blasphemous Nature, Upper Playground, Portland, OR
- Contemporary Contemporary, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Dark Matters, Bash Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
- 4 Year Anniverasery, Wonderland SF, San Francisco, CA
- Universe:The Art of Existence, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Less is More, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- CA 12×12, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Nostalgia, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013
- Sex, Drugs, Money & Guns, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Authoring Evolution, Loakal Gallery, Oakland, CA
- Smile You Son of a Bitch: Jaws Tribute, Hero Complex Galley, Los Angeles, CA
- The Moleskine Project 3, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Natural Disasters, Lower Branch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Letter Heads, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Made In China, Ian Ross Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Canvas Collection, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Bad Dads 4, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- ZeroFriends, The Cotton Candy Machine, Brooklyn, NY
- Drawn To You, Wonderland SF, San Francisco, CA
- LiL Bub Show, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- The Exhibition,Wilmore 9 Music Festival, Long Beach, CA
- August Printastic Group Show, Bash Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
- Boxes of Death, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 9 Minds, Lower Branch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Draw Show, 63 Bluxome Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 30 Artists, 30 Years, Archival Framing and Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- Fiction, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Gag Me With a Toon 5, WWA Gallery, Culver City, CA
- The Fantastic 50, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Metamorphosis: Liminal Beings & Legendary Creatures, Gristle Tattoo, Brooklyn, NY
- The Slippery Slope, Fe Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- Visions and Reflections, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- DECADE-1, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- Game on, 1am Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Eye Candy, WWA Gallery, Culver City, CA
- I Believe in Unicorns Too, WWA Gallery Culver City, CA
- Charros VS. Luchadores, Wonderland SF, San Francisco, CA
- Juxtaposse/Winter Group Show, Driftwood Art Salon, San Francisco, CA
- Scumdance, Blonde Grizzly Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2012
- Unnatural Selection, Zerofriends, Oakland, CA
- Des Contes De Grimm, Galerie L’Art de Rien, Paris, France
- Bad Dads 3, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Universal Monsters, Mondo Gallery, Austin, TX
- Reckoning, 1AM Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Heavy Hitters, Ann Lloyd Gallery, Decatur, Il
- Lethal Injection, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Pangea Seed’s Great West Coast Migration Tour, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Tiny Trifecta, Cotton Candy Machine, Brooklyn, NY
- Full Spectrum, 63 Bluxome St. Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Botanica, Genome Gallery, Charlotte, NC
- Heavy Hitters, Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
- Room 46/Project One Gallery, ArtPadSF, Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco, CA
- Notorious, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Marvelous Humans, Articulated Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Wasted, WWA Gallery, Culver City, CA
- Ceci n’est pas une Galerie, Project One Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Sweeping of Giants, Old Crow, Oakland, CA
- Hide Your Wife, Hide Your Children, Hosted by The Bold Italic, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
- The Have and Have Not Group Show, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- Gag Me With a Toon 4, WWA Gallery, Culver City, CA
- Beyond Reality, Temporary Contemporary, Sacramento, CA
- Menagerie, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011
- The Print show, 1AM Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Monster Show, Project One Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Genus, Species, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Bad Dads II, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- I Want My Music Video Show, Meltdown Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Quentin VS. Coen: Round Three, Spoke Art Gallery-Beyond Eden Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
- Varnish ReLaunch Part I, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- Candy Coated, New works by Robert Bowen, Lopo Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Willie & Snoop, R&R Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Pieces of Eden, Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
- Quentin VS. Coen: Round Two, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Paper View, Cotton Candy Machine, Brooklyn, NY
- Big Trouble In Little China, Dragatomi, Sacramento, CA
- RAW, The Uptown, Oakland, CA
- Tiny Trifecta, Cotton Candy Machine, Brooklyn, NY
- Lords Vs. CoBraS, Project One Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Brightness, Grass Hut, Portland, OR
- Warhol Reimagined, Project One Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Menagerie, Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
- Gag Me With a Toon 3, Meltdown Comics, Los Angeles, CA
- Inle, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA
- Old Wine, New Bottle, Archival Framing and Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- Stand Tall 2, Old Crow, Oakland, CA
- Magic Fucking Kingdom, MF Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010
- PRINT, First Amendment Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Living With Fur, A Bitchin’ Space, Sacramento, CA
- Classic Monsters, Blonde Grizzly, Salt Lake City, UT
- Truisms, a tribute to Jenny Holzer, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Minimart, Upper Playground, Mexico City, MX
- Bad Dads, Lopo Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Mr. Bill Murray, R&R Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Dance Magic Dance, R&R Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- RAW, The Uptown, Oakland, CA
- Beyond The Frame, Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- Magnanimous, Old Crow, Oakland, CA
- Surreal Salon, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
- Best Friends Forever, R&R Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009
- Friends Stoning Friends, Jinxed, Philadelphia, PA
- Heavy Hitterz, Art Whino, National Harbor, MD
- The End is Near…, Babylon Falling, San Francisco, CA
2008
- Solo Exhibit, Element Lounge, San Francisco, CA
- Problem Child, solo exhibit, Archival Framing, Sacramento, CA
- Crom, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- American Gladiators, Lower Haters Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Art of the Cycle, Archival Framing, Sacramento, CA
- Night of the Treeple, Club 6, San Francisco, CA
2007
- Six Demon Bag, solo exhibit, Babylon Falling, San Francisco, CA
- Ghouls and Girls, Toyroom Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- People Who Hate People…That Paint People, ArtSF, San Francisco, CA
- Underdogs, Perihelion Arts Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
- Collabro, The Showroom, New York, NY
- Art of the Cycle, Archival Framing, Sacramento, CA
- Underdogs, Toyroom Gallery, Sacramento,CA
- Don’t Say Motherfucker, Motherfucker!, MF Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006
- Collabro, Subject Matter, Costa Mesa, CA
- Exquisite Corpse, Toyroom Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- Art of the Cycle, Archival Framing, Sacramento, CA
- Uplifting Vengeance Tour, Rx Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Triclops: A Three-Eyed Exhibit of the Absurd, Toyroom Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- Collabro, Anno Domini Gallery, San Jose, CA
2005
- Drippin’ With Sin, Toyroom Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- Eye Candy Sideshow, James, Keneko Gallery, American River College, Sacramento, CA
- Worst Case Scenario, 111 Minna, San Francisco, CA
- Juxtapoz Presents: Eye of the Illuminati, CoproNason at Track 16 Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
- Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
- Drawn and Quartered, Subject Matter, Costa Mesa, CA
- Yoohoo and Donuts, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- Crocker Kingsley, Juried Exhibition, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
- Cannibal Flower, CoproNason Gallery, Culver City, CA
2004
- Small Treasures, Tower Framing and Design Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- Anxiety and the Moral Misery, solo exhibit, Tower Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- Galerie Macabre, Tower Framing and Design Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- Two-person show, Rosemary’s Billy Goat Odditorium, Silverlake, CA
- Art of the Cycle, Archival Framing, Sacramento, CA
- Monsters, Blue Space, Los Angeles, CA
- Art Throb, Blue Space, Los Angeles, CA
- Think Stains, N.A.C. Gallery, Portland OR
- 50 Caliber, Tower Framing and Design Gallery, Sacramento CA
- Tattoo Art Show, Toyroom Gallery, Sacramento CA
- The Erotic Arts Festival, Passive Arts, Los Angeles, CA
- Cold School, Las Vegas, NV
- Gang Bang, Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Table for One, Tower Framing and Design Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- Cowtown, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
- Raised in the Circus, Toyroom Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2003
- Through the Looking Glass, Tower Framing and Design Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- Monster Toy Closet, Evangeline’s, Sacramento, CA
- Theory of Revolution, Katherine Gianacles Park for the Arts, Las Vegas, NV
- Union Made, San Francisco, CA
- Stroke and Follow Through, Hilltop Tavern and Pool Hall, Sacramento, CA
- The Artists Arcana, Tower Framing and Design Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- Sci-Fi Western, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- What to See in 2003, Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2002
- Union Made, Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Pink Ink., Tower Framing and Design Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- The Fine Art of Framing, Tower Framing and Design Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2001
- Wet Paint, The Creamery Gallery, Oakland, CA
- Solo Exhibit, Faux Gallery, Campbell, CA
- Blobby: New Angular-Free Works by Robert Bowen and Karen Salinger, Build Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000
- Urban Frontier: An Eclectic Journey Through the Aerosol Art Movement, Merced Multicultural Art Center, Merced, CA
1999
- Nothing to do with Hip-Hop, Anger Management Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998
- Academy of Art Sutter Street Gallery Window, San Francisco, CA
- Academy of Art Spring Show, San Francisco, CA
1997
- Piece Makers, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Selected Articles and books
- Spoke Art, Bad Dads, Abrams Books 2016, p. 215-219
- The Opiate, Cover, vol. 6, Summer, 2016
- de Salvo, J (Compiler), The Bicycle Review, Pedestrian Press 2016
- Caddel, Jinxi (Writer and Curator), Virtuosos of Paint, Out Of Step Books 2015, p. 59
- Beauliea, David. “Artist Robert Bowen.” Belle SF, Issue #5, August 2015.
- The Opiate, Cover, vol. 2, Summer, 2015
- Tim. McLean, Over Stepping Our Boundaries-Artist Interview, WOWxWOW.com, February 2015
- Simon Lundh, Robert Bowen- His (UN)Natural Art, Rise Tattoo Magazine, June 2014
- Simon Lundh, War Machnes, Skin Deep Tattoo Magazine, December 2013
- 10 page feature, Juxtapoz Magazine, August 2012
- Artist Profile, Juxtapoz Magazine, January 2011
- Adam Saake, Brightly Colored Darkness, Submerge Magazine, Sacramento, CA. May 2010
- Chris McCreary, An Interview With Robert Bowen, HI-Fructose.com, May 2010
- Sean Stewart, “Studio Visit #2.” Juxtapoz.com, March 2010
- Hunt, Aaron. “Robert Bowen – Interview.” Thefourohfive.com, January 2009.
- Goldman, Jessica. “Young at Art.” Sacramento Magazine, Sacramento, CA. March 2008.
- Interview, Refused Magazine, Issue one, 2005
- White, Tim. “Three-Ring Something.” Sacramento News & Review, Sacramento, CA. January 15, 2004.
- White, Tim. “In With the New.” Sacramento News & Review, Sacramento, CA. January 16, 2003