Public Projects and Grants
2006 :: Museum of Latin American Art MoLAA, Art Competition, special award, LB, CA.
2005 :: NOHO Art District, sandblasted glass mural, CRA Community Redevelopment Agency, North Hollywood CA.
2000 :: NOHO PROJECT, Permanent outdoor Sculpture, CRA Community Redevelopment Agency, NoHo CA.
1993 :: 1993-1994 Project Grant, City of Lost Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department.
1990 :: LACE Project Artist’s Grant, Rockefeller Foundation / National Endowment of the Arts.
1990 :: Project Grant, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department, Los Angeles CA.
1982 :: Young Talent Award, National Museum of Arts, Santiago, Chile.
2005 :: NOHO Art District, sandblasted glass mural, CRA Community Redevelopment Agency, North Hollywood CA.
2000 :: NOHO PROJECT, Permanent outdoor Sculpture, CRA Community Redevelopment Agency, NoHo CA.
1993 :: 1993-1994 Project Grant, City of Lost Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department.
1990 :: LACE Project Artist’s Grant, Rockefeller Foundation / National Endowment of the Arts.
1990 :: Project Grant, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department, Los Angeles CA.
1982 :: Young Talent Award, National Museum of Arts, Santiago, Chile.
Solo Exhibitions
2009 :: THE BAR CODES SERIES / Blurring the Boundary between Cultures and Commodities, Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA). Long Beach, CA
2008 :: Gallery 415, Bar Codes: Branding America. San Francisco, CA.
2005 :: Poetry and Art One visual artist, two poets. Wanda Coleman, Ambert Tamblyn, Beyond Baroque, Venice CA
1998 :: The Archaeology of Guillermo Bert, a Ten Years' Retrospective, from the series Visions Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes CA
1997 :: Works on Paper, Desert Art Source, Palm Desert CA
1996 :: Off the Wall Artissimo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1996 :: Gail & Michael Collection & Gallery, Studio City CA
1993 :: Toxic Landscape Artspace Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA
1990 :: Altar/Temple: Recycling Social Images, Los Angeles Theater Center, LA, CA
1987 :: Otis/Parson school of design, A Voice From The South, LA, CA
1980 :: Catholic University of Santiago, Chile, Goethe Institute, Recent Drawings, Chile
2008 :: Gallery 415, Bar Codes: Branding America. San Francisco, CA.
2005 :: Poetry and Art One visual artist, two poets. Wanda Coleman, Ambert Tamblyn, Beyond Baroque, Venice CA
1998 :: The Archaeology of Guillermo Bert, a Ten Years' Retrospective, from the series Visions Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes CA
1997 :: Works on Paper, Desert Art Source, Palm Desert CA
1996 :: Off the Wall Artissimo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1996 :: Gail & Michael Collection & Gallery, Studio City CA
1993 :: Toxic Landscape Artspace Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA
1990 :: Altar/Temple: Recycling Social Images, Los Angeles Theater Center, LA, CA
1987 :: Otis/Parson school of design, A Voice From The South, LA, CA
1980 :: Catholic University of Santiago, Chile, Goethe Institute, Recent Drawings, Chile
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 :: Manifest Hope DC President Obama’s inauguration show, Washington DC.
2008 :: Faces Seen, Hearts Unknown, Fowler Museum, UCLA, Westwood CA.
Faces Seen, Hearts Unknown, Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.
Spiritual & Religious Practices, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA.
Banned & Recover, Book Center and the African American Museum, San Francisco and Oakland, CA.
Flow, Kim Martindale Fine Art, concurrent with Art Basel, Miami, FL.
Art Now, Gallery 415, concurrent with Art Basel, Miami, FL.
ARTEahora Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago, ILL.
Expo, arte al Limite ’08. curated exhibition by international panel; Santiago, Chile.
2007 :: Art Santa Fe- international art exhibition; Santa Fe, New Mexico.
I-5 Gallery. Small works, Los Angeles, CA.
Museum of Latin American Art, curated exhibition/auction, Long Beach, CA.
2006 :: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego. Paper Traces, works on paper from the permanent collection.
Museum of Architecture & Design, Los Angeles. An exhibition titled, “What happened to peace?” Political show, LA CA.
Museum of Latin American Art MoLAA, curated exhibition / auction, Long Beach, CA.
Gallery C, Los Angeles Show, special invitation, Hermosa Beach, CA.
The New Normalcy: Artists examine the post 9-11 world. The Passion Gallery, Eagle Rock, CA.
TRACK 16 Gallery, Venice Art Walk & Auction, Venice CA.
2005 :: The Brewery comes to the Art Center, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Cal State Channel Islands, CA.
Los Angeles Show, Barker Hangar, special invitation, Santa Monica CA
Demise of Democracy A national show curated by Peter Clothier. Orange County Center for Contemporary Art OCCCA, OC, CA.
Summer Heat G. Bert, Reuben Munoz, Llyn Foulkes. LA Sites Fine Art, LA CA.
20/20 Visions. I-5 Gallery, LA, CA.
New Erotic SoHo Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
Chilean Art in Los Angeles, Ebell Theatre, organized by the Latin American committee with the support of Chilean Consulate, LA CA
Grand Sumo Tournament: A group of Sumo related pieces. International Sumo Tournament, Mandalay Bay Casino, Nevada LV
Angel's Night : Art Auction for the Mark Taper Forum. Beverly Hills, CA
2004 :: Los Angeles Show, Barker Hangar, special invitation, Santa Monica CA
Art Walk Fall 04 Brewery Studio open house, Los Angeles, CA
Democracy: Curated National Exhibit. Angel's Gate, San Pedro, CA
Preview : Group exhibition, The Brewery Small work on paper. I-5 Gallery LA CA.
Venice Art Walk, Venice CA.
Kioki Gallery Squwa Valley, CA
2003 :: Aye in LA : photo exhibition, I Five Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Art Walk Fall 03 Brewery Studio open house, Los Angeles, CA
2001 :: Master and Contemporary Latin American Art, Louis Stern Fine Arts West L.A., CA
MADE IN CALIFORNIA, County Museum of Art, Mail Art Competition
1999 :: Luckman Gallery The Labyrinth of Multitude. Cal State L.A., Los Angeles, CA.
BGH / Boritzer Gray Humano Summer Show Santa Monica, CA.
1998 :: Blue gallery Palm Desert, CA.
1996 :: USC Fisher Gallery Intersecting Identities, Los Angeles, CA.
Texas Museum of Art, Corpus Christi, Texas
DADA Show, Los Angeles, CA.
Full Moon Gallery, Downtown Los Angeles, CA.
1995 :: Armand Hammer Museum, Westwood, CA.
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.
L.A. Photography Center Echo Maya L.A., CA.
Spring Street Gallery Los Angeles, CA.
1994 :: Far Bazaar at the Bingo Building Downtown Los Angeles, CA.
The Brewery Complex. Downtown Los Angeles, CA.
DOWNTOWN Gallery, Through the Eye of Mother Nature, Olvera St. Los Angeles, CA.
1993 :: Downtown Lives, Downtown Los Angeles, CA.
L.A. Festival Leimert Park / African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA., International Puerto Rico Bi-Annual, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1992 :: Director’s Guild of America, Art Speaks by Itself West Los Angeles, CA.
1991 :: Biola University, Downey, CA.
San Diego Museum of Art, Latin American Drawings Today San Diego, CA.
Director’s Guild of America, West Los Angeles, CA.
1990 :: Occidental College, "5 Chilean Artists" Eagle Rock, CA.
SELF HELP Graphics, Atelier Show. Los Angeles, CA.
SPARC Mural Designs Exhibition, Venice CA.
Macondo Espacio Cultural, Different Visions: Only One America L.A., CA.
1989 :: Cal Polytechnic Pomona, Contemporary Latin American Artists, Pomona, CA.
0-1 Gallery, The Best of the West Los Angeles, CA.
Williams Lamb Gallery, Long Beach, CA.
1988 :: Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, Current Arrivals New York, NY.
Downey Museum of Art, New tradition Downey, CA.
1987 :: Los Angeles City College, Artist Call: Recall. Los Angeles, CA.,
Orlando Gallery, Group Show, Sherman Oaks, CA.
1986 :: B-1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
Barnsdall Art Park, Only on L.A. Los Angeles, CA.,
Ivey Gallery. Los Angeles, CA.
1981 :: National Museum of Art, Santiago, Chile
Fine Art Museum of San Carlos, D.F. México
1981 :: Valparaiso Museum of Art, International Bi-annual Santiago, Chile.
1979 :: Valparaiso Museum of Art, Valparaiso, Chile.
2008 :: Faces Seen, Hearts Unknown, Fowler Museum, UCLA, Westwood CA.
Faces Seen, Hearts Unknown, Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.
Spiritual & Religious Practices, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA.
Banned & Recover, Book Center and the African American Museum, San Francisco and Oakland, CA.
Flow, Kim Martindale Fine Art, concurrent with Art Basel, Miami, FL.
Art Now, Gallery 415, concurrent with Art Basel, Miami, FL.
ARTEahora Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago, ILL.
Expo, arte al Limite ’08. curated exhibition by international panel; Santiago, Chile.
2007 :: Art Santa Fe- international art exhibition; Santa Fe, New Mexico.
I-5 Gallery. Small works, Los Angeles, CA.
Museum of Latin American Art, curated exhibition/auction, Long Beach, CA.
2006 :: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego. Paper Traces, works on paper from the permanent collection.
Museum of Architecture & Design, Los Angeles. An exhibition titled, “What happened to peace?” Political show, LA CA.
Museum of Latin American Art MoLAA, curated exhibition / auction, Long Beach, CA.
Gallery C, Los Angeles Show, special invitation, Hermosa Beach, CA.
The New Normalcy: Artists examine the post 9-11 world. The Passion Gallery, Eagle Rock, CA.
TRACK 16 Gallery, Venice Art Walk & Auction, Venice CA.
2005 :: The Brewery comes to the Art Center, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Cal State Channel Islands, CA.
Los Angeles Show, Barker Hangar, special invitation, Santa Monica CA
Demise of Democracy A national show curated by Peter Clothier. Orange County Center for Contemporary Art OCCCA, OC, CA.
Summer Heat G. Bert, Reuben Munoz, Llyn Foulkes. LA Sites Fine Art, LA CA.
20/20 Visions. I-5 Gallery, LA, CA.
New Erotic SoHo Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
Chilean Art in Los Angeles, Ebell Theatre, organized by the Latin American committee with the support of Chilean Consulate, LA CA
Grand Sumo Tournament: A group of Sumo related pieces. International Sumo Tournament, Mandalay Bay Casino, Nevada LV
Angel's Night : Art Auction for the Mark Taper Forum. Beverly Hills, CA
2004 :: Los Angeles Show, Barker Hangar, special invitation, Santa Monica CA
Art Walk Fall 04 Brewery Studio open house, Los Angeles, CA
Democracy: Curated National Exhibit. Angel's Gate, San Pedro, CA
Preview : Group exhibition, The Brewery Small work on paper. I-5 Gallery LA CA.
Venice Art Walk, Venice CA.
Kioki Gallery Squwa Valley, CA
2003 :: Aye in LA : photo exhibition, I Five Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Art Walk Fall 03 Brewery Studio open house, Los Angeles, CA
2001 :: Master and Contemporary Latin American Art, Louis Stern Fine Arts West L.A., CA
MADE IN CALIFORNIA, County Museum of Art, Mail Art Competition
1999 :: Luckman Gallery The Labyrinth of Multitude. Cal State L.A., Los Angeles, CA.
BGH / Boritzer Gray Humano Summer Show Santa Monica, CA.
1998 :: Blue gallery Palm Desert, CA.
1996 :: USC Fisher Gallery Intersecting Identities, Los Angeles, CA.
Texas Museum of Art, Corpus Christi, Texas
DADA Show, Los Angeles, CA.
Full Moon Gallery, Downtown Los Angeles, CA.
1995 :: Armand Hammer Museum, Westwood, CA.
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.
L.A. Photography Center Echo Maya L.A., CA.
Spring Street Gallery Los Angeles, CA.
1994 :: Far Bazaar at the Bingo Building Downtown Los Angeles, CA.
The Brewery Complex. Downtown Los Angeles, CA.
DOWNTOWN Gallery, Through the Eye of Mother Nature, Olvera St. Los Angeles, CA.
1993 :: Downtown Lives, Downtown Los Angeles, CA.
L.A. Festival Leimert Park / African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA., International Puerto Rico Bi-Annual, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1992 :: Director’s Guild of America, Art Speaks by Itself West Los Angeles, CA.
1991 :: Biola University, Downey, CA.
San Diego Museum of Art, Latin American Drawings Today San Diego, CA.
Director’s Guild of America, West Los Angeles, CA.
1990 :: Occidental College, "5 Chilean Artists" Eagle Rock, CA.
SELF HELP Graphics, Atelier Show. Los Angeles, CA.
SPARC Mural Designs Exhibition, Venice CA.
Macondo Espacio Cultural, Different Visions: Only One America L.A., CA.
1989 :: Cal Polytechnic Pomona, Contemporary Latin American Artists, Pomona, CA.
0-1 Gallery, The Best of the West Los Angeles, CA.
Williams Lamb Gallery, Long Beach, CA.
1988 :: Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, Current Arrivals New York, NY.
Downey Museum of Art, New tradition Downey, CA.
1987 :: Los Angeles City College, Artist Call: Recall. Los Angeles, CA.,
Orlando Gallery, Group Show, Sherman Oaks, CA.
1986 :: B-1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
Barnsdall Art Park, Only on L.A. Los Angeles, CA.,
Ivey Gallery. Los Angeles, CA.
1981 :: National Museum of Art, Santiago, Chile
Fine Art Museum of San Carlos, D.F. México
1981 :: Valparaiso Museum of Art, International Bi-annual Santiago, Chile.
1979 :: Valparaiso Museum of Art, Valparaiso, Chile.
Murals
1995 :: Garden of Hope Esperanza Elementary School, LA, CA., Sponsored by the L.A . Alliance
1994 :: From Generation to Generation Valley Cities Jewish Community Center, VN, CA.
1993 :: Boys and Girls Club, funded by LA.. LINK. Pico Rivera, CA.
1990 :: Seed of Illusions, Painted through the Social and Public Art Resource Center, Echo Park, CA.
1994 :: From Generation to Generation Valley Cities Jewish Community Center, VN, CA.
1993 :: Boys and Girls Club, funded by LA.. LINK. Pico Rivera, CA.
1990 :: Seed of Illusions, Painted through the Social and Public Art Resource Center, Echo Park, CA.
Articles & Reviews
Art Ltd. Art Critic Dewitt Cheng, Artist Profile, January 2009, USA.
Arte al Limite, Marcela Guzman, September 2008 (6 pages review), Chile.
Metro Mix, “Cultura y Desecho, Brewry Art Colony, Review April 2007, LA, CA.
Blank Magazine, Yenny Yun, (4 pages review) September 2005, Santiago, Chile\
Cal State Channel Islands Highlights, Los Angeles Times Calendar, April 7, 2005
" Living Arts", by Lucinda Michele Knapp, Cover Story: LA Alternative Press, Oct. 2003.
"Art on Tap," by Sharon Ross, The Sun, October 7, 2000.
"The Urban Archeology: Guillermo Bert Peels Posters and Paints Layers to Unveil a City’s Secrets," by Sergio Munoz, Art Connoisseur, Fall 2000.
“Wrestling with the Past in the Present,” by William Wilson, Los Angeles Times, Calendar, October 1, 1998.
“Guillermo Bert at the Palos Verdes Art Center,” by Mary-Kay Lombino, Artweek, October 1998.
“Guerrillero: Urbano,” by Victoria Infante, La Opinion, Espectaculos, pp. 1E, 12 E., September 11, 1998.
Cover Review, Lighthouse, October 16, 1997.
Arte al Limite, Marcela Guzman, September 2008 (6 pages review), Chile.
Metro Mix, “Cultura y Desecho, Brewry Art Colony, Review April 2007, LA, CA.
Blank Magazine, Yenny Yun, (4 pages review) September 2005, Santiago, Chile\
Cal State Channel Islands Highlights, Los Angeles Times Calendar, April 7, 2005
" Living Arts", by Lucinda Michele Knapp, Cover Story: LA Alternative Press, Oct. 2003.
"Art on Tap," by Sharon Ross, The Sun, October 7, 2000.
"The Urban Archeology: Guillermo Bert Peels Posters and Paints Layers to Unveil a City’s Secrets," by Sergio Munoz, Art Connoisseur, Fall 2000.
“Wrestling with the Past in the Present,” by William Wilson, Los Angeles Times, Calendar, October 1, 1998.
“Guillermo Bert at the Palos Verdes Art Center,” by Mary-Kay Lombino, Artweek, October 1998.
“Guerrillero: Urbano,” by Victoria Infante, La Opinion, Espectaculos, pp. 1E, 12 E., September 11, 1998.
Cover Review, Lighthouse, October 16, 1997.
Books
2007 :: Yo what’s Happen to Piece
1999 :: The Third Center of the World, in The Labyrinth of Multitude: Contemporary Latin American Artists in Los Angeles, by Susana Bautista. (Catalog of exhibition of six Latin American Artists). The Harriet & Charles Luckman Fine Arts Complex, California State University, Los Angeles, September 24, 1999-November 6, 1999.
1998 :: The Urban Archeology of Guillermo Bert, by Mark Schultz, in Visions, the Archeology of Guillermo Bert: Vestiges of a Disposable Culture. (Catalog of Retrospective of Paintings, installations and digital art, 1990-1998). Palos Verdes Art Center, August 15-October 9, 1998.
1997 :: A Conversation with Guillermo Bert in Intersecting Identities: Senas de Identidad by Jennifer Jaskowiak. (Catalog of Exhibition, November 20, 1996-February 8, 1997). Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, 1997.
1993 :: Social Illuminations: The Art of Guillermo Bert, in Dimension of the America: Art and Social Change in Latin America and the United States by Shifra Goldman. University of Chicago Press.
1988 :: Chicano and Latino Artists of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, in cooperation with the Department of Photography of Santa Monica College
1999 :: The Third Center of the World, in The Labyrinth of Multitude: Contemporary Latin American Artists in Los Angeles, by Susana Bautista. (Catalog of exhibition of six Latin American Artists). The Harriet & Charles Luckman Fine Arts Complex, California State University, Los Angeles, September 24, 1999-November 6, 1999.
1998 :: The Urban Archeology of Guillermo Bert, by Mark Schultz, in Visions, the Archeology of Guillermo Bert: Vestiges of a Disposable Culture. (Catalog of Retrospective of Paintings, installations and digital art, 1990-1998). Palos Verdes Art Center, August 15-October 9, 1998.
1997 :: A Conversation with Guillermo Bert in Intersecting Identities: Senas de Identidad by Jennifer Jaskowiak. (Catalog of Exhibition, November 20, 1996-February 8, 1997). Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, 1997.
1993 :: Social Illuminations: The Art of Guillermo Bert, in Dimension of the America: Art and Social Change in Latin America and the United States by Shifra Goldman. University of Chicago Press.
1988 :: Chicano and Latino Artists of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, in cooperation with the Department of Photography of Santa Monica College