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Exhibitions

​S•: solo show / G•: group show

e# 106 
2022: 8/13 - 8/14
S*
"Within Sound: The Acoustic Sculpture of Michael Brewster"
Mount Wilson Observatory, in the 100-inch Dome
Pasadena, CA
posthumous exhibit

e#105 
2021: 9/25 - 10/7
G*
"In Flux"
Baik & Khneysser, Los Angeles CA
posthumous exhibit

e#104 
2020: 1/18 -3/14
S*
"Michael Brewster: Frequency" 
Baik Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
posthumous exhibit

e#103
2018: 9/4 - 9/28
S
•
"The Shape of Sound" - Acoustic Sculpture and Sonic Drawing with drawing and plans
CGU Art Gallery
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

posthumous exhibit 

e#102
2017: 4/23-7/2 

G
•
"Whistlers 2" 
COLA 20
L.A. Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park,
Los Angeles, CA
posthumous exhibit 


e#101
2012: 5/27

S
•
"Hal's Cave" 
​Hal Glicksman Studio,
Ymeray, France 

e#100
2012: 3/10 - 5/13

G
•
"Clickers" (Configuration 010; Audio Activity 1970)
It Happened at Pomona Part 3: Pacific Standard Time

Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA

e#99
2012: 3/5-3/16

S
•
"Walk to the Light; four little events and A Big Object"
East & Peggy Phelps Art Gallery,

Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

e#98
2007: 7/10 – 10/7 
G•  
"Evidence of Movement", acoustic sculpture on radio KPFK, (recording from 1/12/1978, 15m20s).
"Radio Borne Space" Podcast, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA

e#97
2006: 6/13 – 7/10 
G•  
From America, "3 notes for Mela" acoustic sculpture on CD, plus "slice of an instant" pencil on vellum
Museum of Contemporary Art, Minsk, Belarus

e#96
2004: 2/19 – 4/17 
G•   
"two things in a field", an acoustic sculpture
in a show called "Moved" (catalog)
Times Square Gallery,
Hunter College, New York, NY

e#95
2002: 11/15-12/15 
G•   
"full o' Stuff", an Acoustic Sculpture for L A Freewaves
Concrete Feedback, Intersections of sound and space, (brochure),
SCI - Arch. Los Angeles, CA

e#94
2002: 6 - permanent,
G• 
"Falls From the Sky" , 1994; "A_eros_plane", 1993; "Flutter", 1979 
Villa Menafoglio Litta Panza,  
Fondo per l' Ambiente Italiano, (catalog)
Varese, Lombardy, Italy

e#93
2002: 1/7-2/10 
G•    
Eccentric Perspectives, a drawing on paper, 1985
POST
Los Angeles, CA

e#92
2002: 2-16/4-20 
S•   
"See Hear Now": a sonic drawing and five acoustic sculptures
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, (catalog) 
Los Angeles, CA

e#91
2001: 10/1-26 
G•   
"Oh so pretti", an acoustic sculpture 
"constellations"- a group show
The Peggy Phelps Gallery, 
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

e#90
2000: 10/5-1/1, 2001 
S•   
"full o' Stuff", an Acoustic Sculpture
Smith Center-Pomona College,
Claremont, CA

e#89
2000: 6/17-9/1 
G•   
"Irvine Drops, 1/10min"
"Mural"- a group exhibition
Irvine Fine Arts Center,
Irvine, CA

e#88
2000: 3/30-4/29 
G•   
"Seaside", audio CD for headphones
"Seascape", a group exhibition
Christopher Grimes Gallery,
Santa Monica, CA

e#87
1999: 7/3-1/1,2000 
S•   
"all AROUND you", an Acoustic Sculpture
Orange County Museum of Art,
Newport Beach, CA

e#86
1999: 3/13-4/14 
G•   
"In your head...set"
"Skin Deep", a group exhibition
Patricia Correia Gallery,
Santa Monica, CA

e#85
1999: 2/1-3/6 
G•   
"Psst - a Sonic Drawing" 
"Southern California Environments,"
California State University Art Gallery,
Northridge, CA

e#84
1999: 1/19-3/28 
G•   
7 drawings on paper for Whistlers 1 & "Whistlers 2"
"means to an end - exploration of drawing"
Pomona College Art Gallery,
Claremont, CA

e#83
1998: 10/12-11/6 
S•  
"all AROUND you", an Acoustic Sculpture
LaVerne University Art Gallery,
LaVerne, CA

e#82
1998: 5/30-7/4 
G•   
“several works and drawings”
"1964" - a group show
Patricia Correia Gallery,
Santa Monica, CA

e#81
1998: 1/12-4/22 
G•   
“4 drawings on paper”
CGU: painting & works on paper
Mt. Shasta College Art Gallery,
Mt. Shasta, CA

e#80
1997: 9/19-10/17 
G•   
“3 drawings on paper”
Andrew Shire Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA  

e#79
1997: 9/19-10/22 
G•   
"Whistlers 2", a Sonic Drawing
Galleria Paradiso, 
Costa Mesa, CA

e#78
1997: 4/30-6/22 
G• r,c   
"slowlyDrift", an Acoustic Sculpture
"COLA 1996-97 Individual Artist Grant"
L.A. Municipal Art Gallery,
Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA

e#77
1997: 1/10-2/8 
G•   
"Whistlers 2", a Sonic Drawing
LASCA Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA

e#76
1996: 11/16-12/14    
G•C #113    
"all of before", an Acoustic Sculpture
"a scattering matrix," curated by Jane Hart
Richard Heller Gallery,
Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

e#75
1996: 4/24-6/16 
G•   
"flutter-by", an Acoustic Sculpture 
"Investigations" 
L.A. Municipal Art Gallery,
Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA

e#74
1996: 2/28-4/6 
G•   
"detail of a trajectory", a Sonic Drawing
Caren Golden Fine Art ,
New York, NY

e#73
1996: 1/7-2/10 
G•    
"detail of a trajectory", a Sonic Drawing
POST,
Los Angeles, CA

e#72
1995: 9/26-10/19 
S• 
"zipper", an Acoustic Sculpture
Cerritos College,
Norwalk, CA

e#71
1995: 4/29-5/30 
S•
R107,8   
"Whistlers 2", a Sonic Drawing
Bennett Roberts Fine Art, 
Los Angeles, CA

e#70
1994: 7/17
7:30 pm 
G•   
"twenty floating", Floating Flashers 
Eklisia,
Gumsluk Bay, Turkey, (reprise-1979, p.5)

e#69
1994: 1/15-3/18 
G• 
R   
"Psst", sound drawing
Poetic Devices: works of motion & sound
City of Brea Gallery,
Brea, CA

e#68
1992:8/1993:4 
G•       
"Voices for Traffic": inside two vehicular tunnels bypassing Geneva, Switzerland.
Researching, developing, and presenting a prize-winning, public Acoustic Sculpture
(The project was cancelled due to 'unfavorable' election results.)
Fonds Cantonal d'Art Visuel   
Geneva, Switzerland

e#67
1991: 10/19-27 
G•   
C 104   
"Triple", Acoustic Sculpture
“Impossible Objects, Invisible Cities”, by The Performance Space
Art Gallery of New South Wales,
Sydney, Australia

e#66
1990: 7/10-11/4 
G•   
“plans and document drawings”
"Collections Panza… "
Musee d’Art Moderne, Ville de Paris
Paris, France

e#65
1988: 10/10-10/21 
S••   
"Three Sum", Acoustic Sculpture 
East Gallery, Graduate Art Dept.,  
Claremont, CA

e#64
1988: 5/23-6/30 
G••   
"Press On for Sculpture, part 2"; Acoustic Sculpture   
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions,
Los Angeles, CA

e#63
1988: 5/22-7/8 
S••  
"Low Down"
Santa Monica Museum of Art,
Santa Monica, CA

e#62
1988: 5/15-6/26 
G••
C 100 f 
"Local Pick-up", Acoustic Sculpture
Three Rivers Arts Festival,
The Carnegie Museum of Art,
Pittsburg, PA
        
e#61
1987: 8/18-10/4 
G••    
"Pinnacle Peek", Acoustic Sculpture
Henry Gallery, University of Washington
Seattle, WA

e#60
1986: 4.30 
G•   
"Line to Room", Acoustic Sculpture
24:00-00:03, "World Wide Sound Sculpture", 3-3:03 pm PDT-from Claremont
by telephone to Amsterdam
De Appel,
Amsterdam, Holland,

e#59
1985-6: 11.10-2.9    
S••                
C90f;R91f,A88,89f   
"An Exit to Sculpture", Acoustic Installation
With "New Music America 1985"
Museum of Contemporary Art,
Los Angeles, CA

e#58
1985: 3.22-4.17 
G•   
"Wait a Minute for Sculpture", Acoustic Installation
"Strata", L. A. Center Photographic Studies
Los Angeles, CA 

e#57
1985: 2.27-3.30  
G•   
B 87
"Pro-propylea", an Acoustic Sculpture
"Sight and Sound"
San Francisco Art Institute, CA

e#56
1985: 1.7-2.18 
S• 
P6, B 85,R 86f   
"Touch and Go", an Acoustic Sculpture
Fine Arts Gallery, California State University 
Los Angeles, CA

e#55
1984: 10.11-11.3     
G•
C84f        
"Four Phasing", (1979), a Clicker Drawing
"The Norris Collection" 
Fine Arts Gallery, University of California
Irvine, CA

e#54
1984: 5.31-6.30                
G• 
C82f,R83 
“Press on for Sculpture”, Acoustic Installations & a Clicker Drawing (1977)
"A Decade of New Art"
Artist's Space (Hudson Street and W. Broadway)
New York, NY    

e#53
1983: 8.30-9.8 
G•   
"Below Bottom Beat", an Acoustic Sculpture
Atrium Gallery, Art Department
Claremont Graduate School,
Claremont, CA

e#52
1983: 1.13-1.23    
S• 
A80,81         
"Pulse-Pumping", an Acoustic Sculpture
Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre,
Alberta, Canada

e#51
1982: 7.9-8.9    
Duo••
C80f, A1974-1977 
Processional/Acoustic Sculpture: "Lewiston",
In Collaboration with Mowry Baden
Outdoors, Artpark, 
Lewiston, NY

e#50
1982: 3.30-6.6 
S•   
"Back to Front", Poster, an Acoustic Sculpture
University Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, 
Amherst, MA

e#49
1982: 1.30-3.15  
G•    
C70,R1971 
"Hypothetical Space: Two proposal perspectives On Mylar"
"Sonorita Prospettiche: Suono/Ambiente/Immagine" -
Comune di Rimini, Italy

e#48
1982: 1.15-3.7    
G• 
C69f  
"Betwixt", an Acoustic Sculpture
"Installation 1982"
Rhode Island School of Design, Museum,
Providence, RI

e#47
1981-2: 9.20-1.23 
G•    
C67f   
"Maybe Yes And Maybe No", Working Drawing on Paper 
"Soundings" 
The Neuberger Museum,
S.U.N.Y. at Purchase, NY

e#46
1981: 7.21-10.4    
G••     
C65f,R66f-8
"Attack and Decay", an Acoustic Sculpture 
"The Museum as Site: Sixteen Projects," 
Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
Los Angeles, CA

e#45
1981: 2.4-4.16 
G•     
c R62-64      
C56f,R57-59, 
"Echocentric", an Acoustic Sculpture       
"1981 Biennial Exhibition",
Whitney Museum of American Art,
New York, NY

e#44
1980: 10.28-31   
S••
B60f    
"Slow Step-Side Shuffle", a Vertical Acoustic Sculpture
Tyler School of Art, E. Stairs, Elkins Park
Philadelphia, PA

e#43
1980: 3.9-4.12    
S••
C53f    
"Impinging", an Acoustic Sculpture 
Pierce College
Woodland Hills, CA

e#42
1980: 3.4-6    
S•
B60f    
"The A.I.R. in the Skyway", Acoustic Sculpture
Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, MN

e#41
1980: 2.13-3.5    
G•    
"Saga of the Multi's", A Working Drawing from the Series
"So. Cal. Drawings"
Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School,
Hartford, CN

e#40
1979: 12.7-80: 1.15   
S•
​P5,B50f,A51f,48,49
"Happen-Stance", an Acoustic Sculpture
Herron School of Art, Herron Gallery,
Indianapolis, IN    

e#39
1979: 11.8-9    
S•
B60f,R45    
"Clue Blear", an Acoustic Sculpture
Art Gallery    
California State University Long Beach,
Long Beach, CA

e#38
1979: 9.30-11.18    
G• 
R44      
"Whistle Fill", an Acoustic Sculpture
"Sound at P.S.1"
Institute for Art...P.S.1, Rear Stairwell
New York, NY

e#37
1979: 9.22-10.17    
S•        
P4,B40f,R47
"Four Phasing", a Clicker Drawing,     
"Pulsing Overlap", an Acoustic Sculpture
Galleria del Cavallino,
Venice, Italy

1979: 9.21, 8-10 PM    
S•
P4,A61f    
"Floating in Coincidence", Floating Flasher Drawing
Galleria del Cavallino,
On Venice Lagoon at Hotel Cipriani,
Venice, Italy

e#36
1979: 9.22-10.26    
G••    
"Reflective Shadow", a Sonic Drawing
Faculty Exhibition    
Montgomery Art Gallery, Pomona College,
Claremont, CA

e#35
1979: 9.2-22     
S••
R41-3,?34     
"Stop Gap", an Acoustic Sculpture
Modern Art Gallerie,
Vienna, Austria    

e#34
1979: 8.25 12-2AM  
S••              
C37f,R38f,i39 
"Hit and Run", Floating Flasher Drawing
Lauwersmeer Bij Oostmahorn,
Produced by Corps de Garde 
Groningen, Holland

e#33
1979: 7.14-8.31    
G••       
P3,C33f,R35-6
"Buzz Bubble", a Sonic Drawing
"Sound Show"  
L.A.I.C.A.,
Los Angeles, CA

e#32
1979: 7.14-8.31    
S••        
"Near Distance", an Acoustic Sculpture
Part of L.A.I.C.A. "Sound Show"    
11 Navy Street, Venice, CA

e#31
1979: 5.4-6.2 
S•• 
R56f,46f,31-2f  
"Surrounded:  Sharp Points Ringing", a Sonic Drawing
Cirrus Gallery
Los Angeles, CA    

e#30
1979: 3.1-4.15 
G••  
R26,27f,28-9
"Intermitent Sympathies", (1977), a Clicker Drawing
"Los Angeles in the Seventies", 
Joslyn Art Museum,
Omaha, NE

e#29
1978: 12.26  
8-10 PM  
S••
"A Drawing of Coincidence", 5 Floating Flashers
Akumal Lagoon,
Quintana Roo, Mexico

e#28
1978: 8.12-9.9 
S••
R23f,i24,R25
"Concrete Two-Tone", Exterior Acoustic Sculpture
Marum Overpass-Kw IX A
prod: Corps de Garde    
Groningen, Holland

e#27
1978: 5.5-5.27   
G•• 
C21    
“proposal drawing on paper”
"Ten Artist's Work Sent by F.A.R."
Hallwalls Art Center, Buffalo, NY
   
e#26
1978: 1.30-2.4 
G••   
"drawing on paper"
Graduate Faculty Show
Lang Art Gallery,
Claremont, California

e#25
1978: 1.12    
“Close Radio", an Acoustic Sculpture, 10 Min.
Broadcast, 10 PM KPFK-FM (90.7), "Radio-Borne Space",
Los Angeles, CA

e#24
1977-8:12.10    
S•
1.22 B16, •     
R15,14,17f      
"Synchromesh", an Acoustic Sculpture
Meyer Gallery,
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art,
La Jolla, CA

e#23
1977:11.9-12.18  
S•
P1C12f 
R13,18f,19 
"Inside, Outside, Down", an Acoustic Sculpture and Soliloquies, a Clicker Drawing
Baxter Art Gallery,
California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA   

e#22
1977:10.9-11.20 
G••  C7f,R8-11 
"Intermittent Sympathies", a Clicker Drawing
"Los Angeles in the Seventies"
Fort Worth Art Museum, TX

e#21
1977: 48.24-28 
G•• C6f       
"Tight Quiet", an Acoustic Sculpture
San Francisco Art Institute Annual Show
Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA

e#20
1977: 4.2-23 
S••
R5,C82f•   
An Acoustic Sculpture and A Clicker Drawing
Artists Space,
New York, NY

e#19
1977: 1.28-30. 
S••
A21f,1972f   
"Concentrate/Break-up", an Acoustic Sculpture
Taraval St. Pedestrian Tunnel,
prod. by CARP
San Francisco, CA

e#18
1977:1.15-2.20 
G••   
drawing on paper
Faculty Exhibition
Lang Art Gallery,
Claremont, CA

e#17
1976: 11.30-12.2 
S••   
"The Field Contained by Victoria", Acoustic Sculpture
University of Victoria, Room 094
British Columbia, Canada

e#16
1977: 11.11-12.3 
S•• A1973f•  S•• • 
"A Nice Place to Probe", an Acoustic Sculpture
California State University, Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA

e#15
1976: 4.Daily    
"Narrow Open Spaces", an Acoustic Sculpture
Roger Wong's Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA

e#14
1976: 3.15-19 
S•• •   
"A Piece in Claremont", an Acoustic Sculpture
Libra Gallery
Claremont, CA

e#13
1975-6: 12.8-1.11 
G•• •
C3,R4    
"Inside a Long Wave", an Acoustic Sculpture
"Sounds Show"
Newport Harbor Art Museum,
Newport Beach, CA

e#12
1975: Nov, Daily 
S••
R2   
"A Slow Walking Wave", an Acoustic Sculpture
11 Navy Street,
Venice, CA

e#11
1972: 7.15-16 
G••
•C1f,33f    
"Fixed Frequency" 
"New Art in Orange County" at Space F,
Newport Harbor Art Museum, 
Santa Ana, CA

e#10
1971: 12.10-11    
"Standing Wave", an Acoustic Sculpture
Space F,
Santa Ana, CA

e#9
1971: 9.18-20 
S•   
"Fixed Frequency", an Acoustic Sculpture
Space F,

Santa Ana, CA

e#8
1971: 8.28-30 
S•   
"Number 013", A Clicker Drawing
Space F,
Santa Ana, CA

e#7
1971:2.26-3.21 
G•   
"Art Guild" Number 012, a Clicker Drawing
Peoria, IL

e#6
1970: 12.4-31 
S•   
"Configuration 011", Audio Activity
Duryea Gallery, Bradley University,
Peoria, IL

e#5
1970: 5.29-31 
S•   
"Configuration 010", Audio Activity
Montgomery Art Gallery,
Claremont, CA

e#4
1970: 4.6-7 
G•   
"Configuration 009", Flashing Points
Mount San Antonio Art Gallery,
Walnut, CA

e#3
1970: 3.27 
8-12 PM
S•   
"Configuration 008", Flashing Points
Foot of Granite Mountains, Lucerne Valley, CA

e#2
1970: 3.7 
5:30-9:30 PM
S•   
"Configuration 007", Flashing Points
Soda Dry Lake, Mojave Desert, CA

e#1
1969: 11.26 
4:30-8:30 PM
S••   
"Configuration 006", Flashing Points
Soda Dry Lake, Mojave Desert, CA

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