SOLO EXHIBITIONS: | |
| 2004 | BLOOD MILK AND WATER, Linda Durham Contemporary art, Santa Fe, NM |
| 2002 | THE ALCHEMY OF DEVOTION, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, CA |
| 2000 | ANTIDOTES, Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Galisteo, NM |
| 2000 | THE LAST SUNSET OF THE 20TH CENTURY, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, CA. January 14 - February 19. |
| 1998 | Ciel Bergman BEFORE NEW MEXICO/AFTER CALIFORNIA: Paintings & Drawings, 1980-1998. Richard L. Nelson Gallery, UC Davis, Nov. 8 through Dec. 18 Brochure. |
| 1993- 1997 |
Building adobe studio in New Mexico after move from CA. Very little work produced during these three to four years of geographical and professional relocation. Resume painting in late 1997. |
| 1990 | GOOD WILD SACRED, Jaffe Baker Gallery, Boca Raton FL. |
| 1989 | GOOD WILD SACRED, Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. |
| 1987 | SEA OF CLOUDS WHAT CAN I DO, Santa Barbara contemporary Art Forum. Assistant/Collaborator, Nancy Merrill. |
| 1986 | DARK ONES, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA. |
| 1985 | CHERYL BOWERS at IVORY/KIMPTON. Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, San Francisco, CA. |
| 1983 | RED GATE, Kirk deGooyer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. |
| 1982 | TEMPLES, Ian Birksted Gallery, London, England. |
| 1981 | TEMPLES, Ian Birksted Gallery, London, England. Ivory/Kimpton Gallery, San Francisco, CA. |
| 1981 | TRIAL FOR PASSAGE, Kirk deGooyer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. |
| 1980 | WORK ON PAPER, Ian Birkstad Gallery, London, England. NEW WORK-Cheryl Bowers, Ivory/Kimpton Gallery, San Francisco, CA. |
| 1979 | THE CHINA POEMS, Ruth Schaffner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA. Hamilton Gallery of Contemporary Art, New York City, NY. |
| 1979 | GRAFFITI, Ruth Schaffner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. The Paintings of CHERYL BOWERS, Grossmont College San Diego, CA. |
| 1978 | EGYPTIAN CONCOLUMNS, California State University, Hayward, CA. NEW WORK, UC Santa Barbara, University Art Museum. |
| 1977 | BLACK TOOL PAINTINGS, University of Oregon Art Museum, Eugene, OR. |
| 1975 | S.E.C.A. AWARD, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Curator, Suzanne Foley. San Francisco, CA. |
| 1974 | STRING QUARTET PERFORMS from THE CLAY DRAWINGS, Intersection S.F. |
| 1973 | SPIRITUAL GUIDE MAPS, Malvina Miller Gallery, San Francisco, CA. |
| 1968 | MENDOCINO WINDOWS, Gallery West, Mendocino, CA. |
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS: | |
| 2000 | CIEL BERGMAN / SHAUN GILMORE, Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Galisteo, N.M. |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS: | |
| 2008 | WOMEN'S WORK, Four Painters, RB Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
| 2006 | The Barry Berkus and Family Art Collection, Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara County Arts Commission. Catalogue |
| 2003 | DUCT AND COVER, The Santa Fe Art Institute, NM |
| 2002 | WOMEN BEYOND BORDERS, University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA Representing Landscape, UCSD Art Gallery, San Diego, CA |
| 2001 | SITE UNSEEN 2 (benefit), James Kelly/Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM Originals, New Mexico Women Artists, National Museum of Women in the Arts The Harwood Museum, September-November, Taos, NM The Necessary Beauty, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, CA |
| 2000 | WBB - Greece. United Kingdom. Singapore. |
| 1999 | BEFORE/NOW, Images of the self, past and present, Bergamot Station T2, Santa Monica. Curated by Barbara Drucker, April. |
| 1998 | THE ART OF DRAWING, James Kelly Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM. TREES & FACES, Santa Fe International Academy of Art, Santa Fe, NM. WBB-Katamndu, Nepal. Toronto, Canada. Havana, Cuba. Oaxaca, Mexico. |
| 1997 | WOMEN/BEYOND BORDERS, traveling, Kenya National Museum, Gallery of Contemporary East African Art, Nairobi, Kenya. Extra Moenia-arte Moderna, Todi, Italy. Kuturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden, United Kingdom. Travelling worldwide: 200 women artists from 20 countries. |
| 1996 | FLOWER POWER, Cabrillo College Gallery, Aptos, CA. |
| 1995 | CELEBRATION, La Galeria Arriba, Abiquiu, New Mexico. Curated by Rose Gutierres. WOMEN/BEYOND BORDERS, Santa Barbara Contemporary Art Forum (premier exhibition), Santa Barbara, CA. |
| 1995 | SCISSORS, PAPER, STONE: NINE WOMEN WORKING, Santa Maria Museum Art Center, CA. |
| 1995 | VERDE QUE TE QUIERO VERDE, a joint exhibition of artists from Spain and the United States, California State University Long Beach. Curator/Catalogue, John de Heras. |
| 1995 | FLORA: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AND THE WORLD OF FLOWERS, curated by Thomas H. Garver, for Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, travelling to Art Museum of the Southeast Texas, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Gibbes Museum, NC, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, TN. Catalogue: Thomas H. Garver. |
| 1994 | JUST FRIENDS, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley. Curator Luis Garcia. Ro Snell Gallery, selected Antidote Drawings, Santa Barbara, CA. ROMANTIC MODERNISM, Santa Fe Museum of Art, one work exhibited concurrent with main exhibition, curated Sandy Ballatore. |
| 1993 | THE SACRED IN THE ARTS, Synod Hall, The Cathedral of St. John The Divine, New York City, NY. EXCELLENCE HAS NO GENDER, Barbara Warwick Gallery, Seattle, WA. |
| 1992 | ARTE ACTUAL DE LOS ANGELES Obras sobre Papel, 31 Artistas-Profesores Californianos. Departmento de Didactica de la Expresion Plastica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. |
| 1992 | AN ISSUE OF WATER, Donna Beam Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Catalogue, Director Jerry A. Schefck. DREAMS AND SHIELDS, Spiritual Dimensions in Contemporary Art, Salt Lake Art Center, Utah. Catalogue/Curator, Frank McEntire. |
| 1991 | CHALLENGING MYTHS - FIVE ARTISTS, Bakersfield Art Museum. Curator, Heather S. Lineberry. Bakersfield, CA. SANTA BARBARA ARTISTS I, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, SB, CA. TREES, Warwick Gallery, Seattle, WA. FACULTY EXHIBITION, UCSB Museum, Santa Barbara, CA. |
| 1990 | MEMORY - Kevin Beer, Ciel Bergman, Terry Robertson, Masako Takahadshi. Totoro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. CULTURAL IMPERATIVES IN THE ECOLOGICAL AGE, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL. ON PAPER GALLERY II, MAN AND NATURE, a communication for peace, with an appreciation by Paul Winter. The second in a thematically linked book of postcards, mailed worldwide. Published in Tokyo, Japan. Invitational. |
| 1990 | GARBARE OUT FRONT, A NEW ERA OF PUBLIC DESIGN, The New York City Municipal Art Society. Curator, Mierle Laderman Ukeles. |
| 1989 | REVELATIONS - THE TRANSFORMATIVE IMPULSE IN RECENT ART, Aspen Art Museum, CO. Curator David Floria. Catalogue, John Perreault. BOLD STROKES AND QUIET GESTURES: 20th CENTURY WORKS ON PAPER, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, SB, CA. FACULTY EXHIBITION, University Art Museum, UCSB, CA. PRIVATE RESERVE: IMPORTANT WORK BY ARTISTS REPRESENTED BY THE GALLERY, Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. |
| 1988 | PASSAGES: A SURVEY OF CALIFORNIA WOMEN ARTISTS, 1945 TO THE PRESENT, THE YEARS OF PASSAGE: 1969-1975. Fresno Art Center and Museum. Curator, Kathryn Funk. Fresno, CA. |
| 1987 | DIVERSITY AND PRESENCE, WOMEN ARTIST FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, travel to 6 campuses. Curator, Kathryn Diage Warren. |
| 1986 | WOMEN'S SENSIBILITIES - National Juried Exhibition, WARM Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. Invitational. Curators: Tillie Olsen, Betsy Damon and Julie Yanson. |
| 1985 | A CITY COLLECTS, Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, CA. X-CHANGE, CELEBRATING ART MADE OUT-OF-THE-MAINSTREAM, travelling; Anchorage, Alaska and Moscow, Idaho. Curator, Santa Barbara Contemporary Art Forum. NEW DIRECTIONS / CALIFORNIA PAINTING 1985, Visual Arts Center, Anchorage, Alaska. Curator, Pamela Hammond. |
| 1985 | UCSB ART FACULTY EXHIBITION, University Museum, Santa Barbara, CA. D'ANNUNZIO PROJECT, collaboration with 16 painter / sculptors, Oranges & Sardines, Los Angeles, CA. |
| 1985 | BIENNALE DES FRIEDENS, Skulpturen, Bilder, Mailart, Video, Akustische Objekte, Installationen. Kunsthaus und Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany. |
| 1984 | TO THE ASTONISHING HORIZON, Los Angeles Design Genter, LA, CA. Curator, Peter Frank. FROM AVERY TO ZUBURAN - A NEW VIEW OF THE PERMANENT COLLECTION, Santa Barbara Museum of Art. CA. SANTA BARBARA LANDSCAPE, College of Creative Studies, UCSB. WATERCOLOR: A CONTEMPORARY SURVEY, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA. |
| 1983 | NATIONAL INVITATIONAL, University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii. BY THE SEA, PAINTINGS & SCULPTURES BY INVITED ARTISTS, Meredith Niles Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA. HISTORY PAINTING TODAY, Ian Birksted Gallery, London England. OF THIS TIME, OF THAT PLACE, Open Space Gallery. Curator, Mary Hicks. Victoria, British Columbia. NATIONAL WATERCOLOR INVITATIONAL, University of Wisconsin. |
| 1982 | FRESH PAINT - 15 CALIFORNIA ARTISTS, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, CA. Curator, George W. Neubert. |
| 1981 | WORK ON PAPER, Ian Birksted Gallery, London, England. SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE ALUMNI EXHIBITION, throughout city. |
| 1980 | WORK ON PAPER, Ian Birksted Gallery, Brussels, Belgium. |
| 1979 | LITHOGRAPHS, Impressions Gallery, Boston, MA. CHROMA, Cedar / Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. SANTA BARBARA ARTISTS, Invitational, CAF, Santa Barbara, CA. |
| 1978 | Abstract Drawing, Baum / Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. VARIOUS DIRECTIONS, Ruth Schaffner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. |
| 1977 | CRIMES OF PASSION, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. THREE CALIFORNIA ARTISTS, Florida Institute of Technology, Orlando, FL. |
| 1976 | VISITING ARTISTS, Worth Ryder Gallery, UCB, Berkeley, CA. OAKAND '76, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA. 18 BAY AREA ARTISTS, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA. Catalogue. THREE BAY AREA ARTISTS, Art Museum, UC Riverside. Curator, Kirk deGooyer. Catalogue essay, Mary Stofflet. |
| 1975 | WHITNEY BIENNIAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY. BOWERS, GONZALES, VOULKOS, Smith-Anderson Gallery, Palo Alto, CA. INTERSTICES, San Jose Museum of Art. KQED Art Auction (juried) Crown Zellerbach, San Francisco, CA. |
| 1974 | ACHENBACH INVITATIONAL DRAWING SHOW, Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA. |
| 1974 | DRAWINGS FROM THE GALLERY, Malvina Miller Gallery, San Francisco, CA. BLACK & WHITE: A DRAWING SHOW, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, Capricorn Asunder, San Francisco, CA. MFA EXHIBITION, San Francisco Art Institute, CA. |
| 1973 | TOYS BY ARTISTS, New Museum of Modern Art, Oakland, CA. John Doyle Galley, Chicago, IL. WOMEN FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION, University Art Museum, UCB. CHRISTMAS SHOW, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SF, CA. RECENT ACQUISITIONS, University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA. |
| 1973 | DAVIDSON NATIONAL PRINT & DRAWING COMPETITION, N. Carolina. Juror, Clement Greenberg. NATIONAL DRAWING COMPETITION, New York. Juror, Larry Rivers. LITHOGRAPHS, KIKO GALLERY, HOUSTON, TX. |
| 1972 | NINTH ANNUAL SMALL DRAWING & SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, Bellingham, WA. Juror, Dr. Peter Selz. |
| 1971 | KQED COMPETITION, John Bolles Gallery, San Francisco, CA. |
| 1969 | INVITATIONAL, Award, Jack London Group Show, Oakland, CA. |
AWARDS / COMMISSIONS: | |
| 1989 | (Commission) THE WATERFALL, a ceramic tile amphitheater. Installed August 1990 at Paseo Nuevo, Santa Barbara. In collaboration with Sheldon Kaganoff. |
| 1988 | Fellowship, Vermont Art School and Studio Colony. |
| 1987 | Invited to Submit for an American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award. |
| 1986 | (Commission) The BRIDGE, a mural scale installation, 2 & 3D ceramic, stone and lead sculptural, free standing objects. Installed at Gildea Environmental Resource Center, SB, CA. |
| 1980 | LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY AWARD, Painting. |
| 1975 | SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE CREATIVE ARTS AWARD, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. (SECA) |
| 1972 | Tamarind Lithographic Institute Artists Fellowship, Albuquerque, NM. |
| 1972 | Graduate Honors, San Francisco Art Institute. |
| 1969 | First Place (painting) Jack London Invitational. |
| 1950 | Drawing selected for the cover of the Graduation Program, sixth grade. Thousand Oaks Elementary School, Berkeley, CA. |