POUKé HALPERN
ABOUT POUKé HALPERN
Pouké Halpern
b. 1961
After working in a variety of different mediums, Pouké picked up a brush one day and promptly painted a giant glass. Beginning each painting with text and a mélange of shapes, Pouké continuously applies layers of color and markings as the under painting, which slowly reveals itself onto the foreground. Instinctually painting tabletop compositions with bottles, glasses, amphorae, jugs, and bowls, Pouké is drawn to the elegant shapes of these domestic objects.
Born and raised in Paris, France, Pouké studied interdisciplinary arts at San Francisco State University. Her art has been shown in local and national galleries and hangs in many private collections. She currently lives and mantains a studio in Berkeley.
EDUCATION
1986 MA, Interdisciplinary and Experimental Visual Arts, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Certificate, Media Communications, Laney College, Oakland, CA
MA, Sorbonne, University of Paris, Paris, France
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Fleurs des champs ”, Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2019 “Still Frames”, Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2017 “Delicacy,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Greyish,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2022 “Art on Paper”, Hang Art Booth, New York, NY
2021 “De Young Open,” DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
2021 “Inanimate,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2019 “6th Annual Juried Show,” Piedmont Art Center, Piedmont, CA
2019 “Art Market San Francisco”, Hang Art Booth, San Francisco, CA
2018 “Same, Same, But Different 7.0,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2018 “Juried, Bay Area Women Artists,” O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Marin, CA
2017 “Same, Same, But Different 6.0,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2017 “Vignette,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2017 "Same, Same, But Different 6.0," Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2016 “Same, Same, But Different 5.0,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2016 “Freshly Painted,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2016 National Juried Show, Marin Museum of Contemporary Arts, Marin, CA
2016 3rd Place, 3rd Annual Juried Show, Piedmont Art Center, Piedmont, CA
2015 “Same, Same, But Different 4.0,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2014 “Same, Same, But Different 3.0,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2012 Collector Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2010 “When Less is More,” Slate Contemporary, Oakland, CA
2009 “Eat It,” Eclectix Gallery, El Cerrito, CA
1988 “Paper,” Hatley Martin Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1984 “10th Anniversary Retrospective,” Camerawork Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1981 “The Western Edge,” Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, San Francisco, CA
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
1983-86 Recipient of California Art Council Grant
PUBLICATIONS AND FEATURES
2020 Pouké Halpern, 48Hills, March 2019
