BILL BREWER (1955–2022)

Born: March 1, 1955

EDUCATION
Studied with Bill Cumings, Art Institute of Seattle, Seattle, WA

EXHIBITIONS
2023 Bill Brewer – Early Works on Paper: Drawings, Etchings, Lithographs, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2022 Bill Brewer (1955–2022) – In Memoriam, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2018 Group Exhibition of Gallery Artists, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2013 Drawings, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2013 New Work by Gallery Artists, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2009 The Tide Carries the Stars , Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2007 New Works, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2001 Robert Canaga Gallery, Eugene, OR
2001 Ballard Featherstone Gallery, Seattle, WA
1998 Ballard Featherstone Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997 Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1995 Group Show, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1995 Lane Community College, Eugene, OR
1994 Group Show, Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA
1994 Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1994 Special Public Work, 10 x 40 Feet Temporary Painting on Glass, Seattle Center, Seattle,  WA
1993 Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1993 Artworks for Aids, NW Aids Foundation, Seattle, WA
1992 Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1992 Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA
1992 Man and Animal Show, Gallery 500, Philadelphia, PA
1991 Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1991 Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA
1991 Self-Portrait Show, Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA
1991 Juried Exhibition in Prague, Czechoslovakia
1990 Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1990 Philip Brock Gallery, Seattle, WA
1990 Monoprint Show, STONE PRESS  Seattle, WA
1989 Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1989 Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
1989 Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
1989 Artists and Water, Italia, Seattle, WA
1989 Gordon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1989 Hudson/Northcross Gallery, Ashland, OR
1988 Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1988 Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
1988 Syd Entel Gallery, Tampa, FL
1998 Neighborhood Artists, Italia, Seattle, WA
1987 Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1987 Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
1987 Post Alley Exposee (25 x 40 Feet), Seattle, WA
1987 Poncho Annual Auction, Seattle, WA
1987 Allied Arts Auction, Seattle, WA
1987 12 X 12, Seattle Design Association, Seattle, WA

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON STATE ARTS COMMISSION
NORDSTROM, SEATTLE, WA
S.F.C. CORPORATION, OR
PORTLAND ART MUSEUM
HAGGEN TOP FOODS, BELLINGHAM, WA
MICROSOFT CORPORATION, REDMOND, WA

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
1994 MURAL, HAAGEN TOP FOODS, KENT, WA (20 X 80 FEET)
1994 LARGE TEMPORARY PAINTING, SEATTLE CENTER, SEATTLE, WA (10 X 40 FEET)
1987 MURAL, CORNERSTONE DEVELOPMENT CO., SEATTLE, WA (25 X 40 FEET)
1986 MURAL, CORNERSTONE DEVELOPMENT CO., SEATTLE, WA (25 X 40 FEET)

ARTICLES
McCollom, Hollyanna,”Upcoming Art Shows: Bill Brewer,” PDXmagazine.com,
May 2007, p. 51
Crafts, Fred, “Paintings by Bill Brewer,” KUGN Radio, Program 644, Jan. 20, 1995
Grunes, Dennis,”Bill Brewer’s Forest Primeval,” NW Gallery Art Magazine,
(Portland, OR) July, 1994, p. 23-24, 26, illustrated
Barden, Renardo, “Current: WW Augen Gallery – Bill Brewer’s Quiet
Contemplation,” Willamette Week, March 24, 1988, p. 1, illustrated

ILLUSTRATIONS
Poster, Post Alley Exposee
Cover, NW Gallery Magazine
Cover, Artsline Magazine