The Depravities of War, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA

The History of Los Angeles (Condensed), ceramic tile mural, Hollenbeck Station, Los Angeles Police Department, East Los Angeles, CA

The Divine Comedy, Fullerton Grand Central Art Center, California State University, Santa Ana, CA

Sandow Birk's Divine Comedy, Mesa Art Center, Phoenix, AZ

Sandow Birk - Lithographs, Art Center of San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA

Leading Causes of Death in America, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

The Graphic Works of Sandow Birk, Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, HW

Sandow Birk’s Divine Comedy, South Texas Institute for the Arts, Corpus Christi, TX

Leading Causes of Death in America, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA

Dante’s Divine Comedy, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA (traveling)

Dante’s Paradiso, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

Contemporary Links: Sandow Birk, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA

Dante’s Paradiso, Hearst Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA

City Dialogues and the Political Landscape, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Dante’s Purgatorio, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Dante’s Inferno, Istituto Italiano de Cultura, San Francisco, CA

Dante’s Inferno, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Incarcerated, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY

Maximum Security: New York Landscapes, Debs & Co., New York, NY 

In Smog and Thunder: Historical Works from the Great War of the Californias, Retrospective, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA

HOME FRONT: Propaganda Posters From the Great War of the Californias, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA

HOME FRONT: Propaganda Posters From the Great War of the Californias, 111 Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Historical Works from Stonewall and Beyond, Advocate Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

INCARCERATED: Visions of California in the 21st Century, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA

INCARCERATION: Visions of California in the 21st Century, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA

PRISONATION: Visions of California in the 21st Century, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

In Smog and Thunder: Historical Works from The Great War of the Californias,
Retrospective, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA

Historical Works from Stonewall and Beyond, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Carioca: A Year Among the Natives of Rio de Janeiro, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA

Historical Works from Stonewall and Beyond, Earl McGrath Gallery, New York

In Smog and Thunder: Historical Works from the War for the Californias, Part II, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA                       

In Smog and Thunder, Part II, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Contingent Reality, Diane Nelson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA

1997

1996

Carioca: A Year Among the Natives of Rio de Janeiro, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
               
Skaters, Punks, and Street Kids (Skatistas, Moleques, e Mendigos),  Spruce Street Forum, San Diego, CA

Historical Paintings from the Great Battle of San Francisco: New Work, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Michael Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

1995

1994

The Rise and Fall of Los Angeles and Ex Votos & Chilangos, Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Tales of The Cities, Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Chilangos: New Drawings by Sandow Birk, Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas, “La Esmeralda” Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City, D.F.

Drawings: Skaters, Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Asphalt Landscape, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL

Truce, Julie Rico Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

The Gates of Hell: LA Landscapes of the '90's, Orange Coast College, Costs Mesa, CA

Sandow Birk, Bess Cutler Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

New Velvet, Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Velvet, Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2008

2007

2006

Islands + Ghettos, Heidelberger Kunstvereins, Germany

PULSE London Art Fair, Mary Ward House, London, England

Tradition/Collision, Alfred University, Alfred, New York.

Visual Politics: Art of Engagement, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA

Otis: Ninety Years of Los Angeles Art, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery (Barnsdall), L.A., CA

Tracking and Tracing: Contemporary Acquisitions, San Diego Museum of Art, S.D., CA

Visual Alchemy, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA

Politick, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, CA

Reality Effect, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA

The ‘S’ Word – Spirituality in Contemporary Art, Judson Gallery of Art, Los Angeles, CA

White Box Gallery, New York, NY

Social Insecurity: the future ain’t what it used to be, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Prints: System, Style, and Subject, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA

Variations on the Picturesque, Kitchener-Waterloo Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

The Loyolas Collect, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA

New Old Masters, curated by Donald Kuspit, Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, CA

The Other Mainstream: Selections from the Collection of Mikki and Stanley Weithorn,
ASU Art Museum – Nelson Fine Arts Center, Tempe, AZ

Finesse: An Exhibition About Drawing, curated by Phil Knoll, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Dante and the Divina Commedia in the Fine Arts of the 20th Century, City of Erlangen Museum, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany

On the Edge, Pico Riveira Center for the Arts, Pico Riveira, CA

Contemporary Velvet, Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

The Political Landscape, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs, Barnsdall Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Scope New York with Catharine Clark Gallery, Hotel Gansevoort, New York, NY

San Francisco International Art Exposition, with Catharine Clark Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA

Commission 03, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Scope Miami with Catharine Clark Gallery, Townhouse Hotel, Miami Beach, FL

Out There: Selections from Trillium Press, Spanganga, San Francisco, CA

Spectrum, Access Institute, San Francisco, CA

Au Naturel, di Rosa Preserve: Art & Nature / Off the Preserve! Napa, CA

Surf Culture: The Art History of Surfing, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA

Surf Culture: The Art History of Surfing, Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI

Treciopelo Negro 2, Instituto Cultural de Baja California, Tijuana, B.C., Mexico

Greenough Tribute, International Surfing Museum, Huntington Beach, CA

Tainted Landscapes, Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut

Surf Show, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA

Sprout: An Exhibition Celebrating New Growth, San Francisco, CA

Group Show, San Jose Museum of Art, Museum Cafe, San Jose, CA

Hybrid: Digital Analog Printmaking, San Francisco State University Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Collection Highlights, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA

Velvet Cruise, Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA

The Story is in the Telling, Armoury Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA

Art Juxtapoz, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

UNREAL, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO

Surf Culture, The Art History of Surfing, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA

Jewels In a Jewelbox, The Center, San Francisco, CA

Trillium Press: Past, Present and Future, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

First Run, Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Art Chicago, with Catharine Clark Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

San Francisco International Art Exposition, with Catharine Clark Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA

Reconstructing Reality, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA

Post Landscape: Between Nature and Culture, Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA

Art Chicago, with Catharine Clark Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

1010, 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Capital Art, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Cola Awards Show, Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Printmaking Society 16th National Biennial, Laband Art Gallery, LMU, Los Angeles, CA

Made in California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

C2C, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA

Fact/Fiction: Contemporary Art That Walks the Line, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

One Night Stand, Farmer’s Daughter Motel, Los Angeles, CA

San Francisco International Art Exposition, with Catharine Clark Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA

Drawing the Line, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA

Courting the Muse: Contemporary Paintings, Historical Influences, Main Art Gallery, Cal State University, Fullerton, CA

When Borders Migrate: Reflections on the 150th Anniversary of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, The Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA

Spinal Epidural, Please! Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Story Tellers, Art Institute of Southern California, Long Beach, CA

San Francisco International Art Exposition, with Catharine Clark Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA

Drawings IV, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Anniversary of the Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty, Curated by Rebecca Solnit, San Francisco Art Commission, S.F., CA

Lineas de Correspondencia, Galeria Jose Maria Velasco, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City (Catalogue)

New Faces, Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA

Drawn Conclusions, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

Sandow Birk: Paintings, Michael Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

RE:MASTERS New Images from Old Sources, Rancho Santiago College Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA

Consumption, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Chicago Art Fair, with Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL

VonDutch Tribute, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Figure Heads & Red Herrings, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Drawn from LA, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA

Fifty, Nifty, Thrifty, Objects, Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

It’s Only Rock and Roll, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, traveling (Curated by David Rubin, Catalogue)

From Behind the Orange Curtain, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA

Emulations: Quotations From The Source, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

Social Engagement, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Curated by Scott Canty, Catalogue)

Hotel Triton Art Fair, with Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Something for Everyone, Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, CA

LA International Art Fair, with Morphos Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Crossing the Line:  Civil Disobedience in the 90’s, Delta Axis Contemporary Arts Center, Memphis, TN

California-The Cutting Edge, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA

The Night of the Masque, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA

Dada-Monica, Selections from’ Downtown Lives’, Sam Francis Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

The Innovators, Michael Epstein Gallery, Palm Springs, CA

Kustom Grafix, The Works Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA

Surf Show, Julie Rico Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Kustom Kulture, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA

New Work from Los Angeles, Anthony Ralph Gallery, New York, NY

Works With Animals, Stuart Katz Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, CA

Revolutions, The Works Gallery, Long Beach and Costa Mesa, CA

East Meets West, Speedway Gallery, Boston, MA

I Thought California Would Be Different, Laguna Beach, CA

New Work from Los Angeles, Anthony Ralph Gallery, New York, NY

East Meets West, Speedway Gallery, Boston, CA

Post-Pop and Beyond, Bess Cutler Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Contemporary Visions of the Virgin of Guadeloupe, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA

Synthetic History, Parker-Zanich Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Edge of Night, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA

Group Show, Tom Solomon's Garage, Los Angeles, CA

Heal the Bay Surfboard Invitational, James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Vistas: Urban Landscapes, John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

LA Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

The Next Wave, Mark Quint Gallery, San Diego, CA

Best Digital Video Award, Palm Springs Festival of Festivals, Palm Springs, CA

City of Los Angeles (COLA) Individual Artist Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA

Getty Fellowship Award for Visual Arts

Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant

Guggenheim Fellowship

Art Matters, Inc. Fellowship

NEA Travel Grant: US/Mexico Exchange Program

The Depravities of War, Grand Central Press, Santa Ana, 2007

Dante's Paradiso, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 2005

Dante’s Purgatorio, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 2005

Incarcerated: Visions of California in the 21st Century, Santa Barbara, 2001

Contemporary Arts Forum, exhibition catalogue, co-published with Last Gasp, San Francisco, 2001.

In Smog and Thunder: The War of the Californias, DVD.   

In Smog and Thunder: Historical Works from The War of the Californias, museum catalogue, Laguna Art Museum, in association with Last Gasp.

2007

2006

AJ “Chronicle Books - “Dante’s Divine Comedy Boxed Set,” CrownDozen.com , June 22,2007.

Feinstein, Lea “ Grand Opening The inaugural exhibition at Catherine Clark’s new gallery shows that context is everything,” SF Weekly, June 13, 2007.

Christie, Tom. “Sandow Birk’s The Liberation of Baghdad,” LA Weekly, vol 29, no 17. March 16-22, 2007. p. 152-153

Inferno, Harper's Magazine, August 2006. cover illustration.

Kennicott, Philip. "The Art of Politics," The Washington Post. May 15, 2006.

Tierney, R. "Confronting the Art of Engagement," The Examiner. May 12, 2006.

Shaw-Engle, Joanna. "Artistry Imperfect," The Washington Times. April 22, 2006.

Buuck, David. "Visual Politics," Artweek. February 2006.

Saul, Scott. "Ripped Open," ArcCA Magazine. February 2006.

"A Season in Hell: Sandow Birk's Inferno," Juxtapoz Magazine. issue #61, February 2006.

2006

Schoenkopf, Rebecca. "Sandow Birk’s Divine Comedy," OC Weekly, February 10, 2006.

Chin, Jit Fong. SqueezeOC.com, February 12, 2006.

Schoenkopf, Rebecca. "Sandow Birk Goes to Hell," OC Weekly, February 17, 2006, pg 20-21.

Art. The Orange County Register. February 5, 2006.

Walsh, Daniella. "A Divine Reinterpretation," The Orange County Register, February 19, 2006.

Shulman, Dave. "Sandow’s Inferno: Birk and friends bring Dante to paper, stage and screen at same time," LA Weekly, October 27, 2005.

Kipin, David. "Sandow Birk finds a paradise in New York, of all places," San Francisco Chronicle, August 23, 2005.

Baker, R.C. "Popular Pop: From Superheroes to Hello Kitty," Village Voice, Voice Choices, March 2-8, 2005.

Birk, Sandow. "Selections from Purgatorio," Fourteen Hills: The SFSU Review, Volume 10, Number 2, Summer/Fall 2005.

Nilsen, Richard. "How real can it get?," Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, May 30, 2005.

Strassel, Kimberly. "Book Review – Inferno," The Wall Street Journal, New York, NY, May 7, 2005.

Kipen, David. "The Page Turner," San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA, April 20, 2005.

Bancroft, Colette. "Hell, with Palm Trees," St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL, March 26, 2005.

Bing, Alison, Viewpoint, ArtWeek, Vol. 35, Issue 2, March 2005.

ZYZZYVA,(images only), Spring 2005.

"Loud Paper," Interview, vol 4, no.2, 2003.

"Hell is for Surfers?" Surfing, August 2003.

Warshaw, Matt. The Encyclopedia of Surfing. Chronicle Books, 2003.

Tanner, Marcia. "Be All You Can Be," Cabinet Magazine, #10, Spring 2003.

Gallery Guide (cover),March 2003.

"‘Inferno’ Meets Our Hometown," Los Angeles Times Weekend Calendar, February 27, 2003.

Walker, John. Art and Celebrity, Pluto Press, London, 2003

Ryan, T., "Art of the Wave," Honolulu Star Bulletin, January 27, 2003.

Sienkiewicz, Christine, "Living in the Land of Yes: A Tour of Trillium Press," Kitchen Sink, Spring 2003.

Watson, Marlin. "Loud Paper Interviews Sandow Birk," Loud Paper, No. 2. 2003.

ZYZZYVA, (images only), Spring 2003.

Harper’s Magazine, (image only), March 2003.

Cheverton, Richard E. "L.A.’s Inferno," Los Angeles Times Magazine, February 16, 2003.

Pring, Dawnya. "Good vs. Evil: Painter Sandow Birk Examines America’s Character Post 9/11," Koplin Del Rio Gallery, February 2003.

Zone, Ray. "Sandow Birk," Art Scene, March 2003.

Asch, Andrew. "From Canvas to Screen," OC Weekly, March 28, 2003.

Lloyd, Robert. "Sandow’s Inferno-Out of LA and Into the Fire," LA Weekly, March 6, 2003.

City by the Bay – San Francisco in Art and Literature, SFMOMA.

Fischer, J. "Southland Shall Rise Again," San Jose Mercury News, November 12, 2002.

Daniel, Jeff. "Unreal or the Genuine Art-icle?," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 8, 2002.

Rappleye, C. "The Rampart Verdict," LA Weekly, September 6, 2002.

Maliszewski, P. "This War Never Happened," McSweeney’s Quarterly, # 8, Summer 2002.

Pincus, Robert. "If Everybody Had an Ocean…," The San Diego Tribune, August 18, 2002.

Cover image, LA Weekly, May 31-June 6, 2002.

ASA Personal Property Journal, Page 8, Summer 2002.

Kipen, David. "California dreamscapes with prisons," Book review, San Francisco Chronicle: Datebook, December 12, 2001.

Housley, Mark. "No Warning Shots Fired," Juxtapoz, September/October, 2001.

Gipe, Lawrence, "On Prisons and Painting: A Conversation with CAF Artist Sandow Birk," The Independent, August 16, 2001.

Birk, Sandow, ArtScene: The Monthly Digest to Art in Southern California, July/August 2001.

Zellen, Jody. "Sandow Birk at S.B. Contemporary Arts Forum," exhibition catalogue, July 7-August 19, 2001.

Woodard, Josef. "Up the Lazy River," Santa Barbara News-Press, July 20, 2001.

Roshell, Starshine. "Your Day in Santa Barbara: Under Lock and Key," Santa Barbara News-Press, July 7, 2001.

Meyers, Holly. "City, Too, Benefits From Grants," Los Angeles Times, June 7, 2001.

"COLA 2001," Exhibition catalogue, Skirball Cultural Center in partnership with the City of Los Angeles, May 25-July 15, 2001.

"Portrait of the Artist," GQ, p. 211, April 2001.

Roth, Charlene. "Capital Art at Track 16 Gallery," Artweek. 2001.

"Don’t Fence Me In," Museums, Los Angeles, Spring/Summer 2001.

Rosenberg, Jeremy. "Prisonation: Sandow Birk at the Koplin Gallery," dArt International, Spring 2001.

Dambrot, Shana Nys. "Innerspace 4: Words and Deeds," dArt International, Spring 2001.

Housley, Mark. "Inside Out: Sandow Birk’s California Landscapes," Coagula Art Journal, Issue #50, March 2001.

Sheets, Hilarie M. "Reinventing the Landscape," ARTnews, March 2001.

Mead, Alyson. "The Battle of Sandow Birk," A Tribe.com, March 13, 2001.

"Culture of Punishment," Los Angeles Times, February 23, 2001.

Campbell, Duncan. "A Brush with The Past," The Guardian Weekend, London, UK, December 2, 2001.

Frank, Peter. "Art Picks of the Week," LA Weekly, Vol. 23, No. 1, Nov. 23-30, 2001.

Sandow Birk. "The War Between The Californias," SF Argonaut, November 2001.

Schoenkopf, Rebecca. "The Unbearable Burden of Lightness," OC Weekly, August 18 – 24, 2001.

"Sandow Birk, OC’s Best Artist," OC Weekly, October 20 – 26, 2001.

Kun, Josh, "The Great War, FREQUENCIES," San Francisco Bay Guardian, October 4, 2001.

Myers, Holly. "Smog and Thunder and Really Big Eyes: Sandow Birk and Margaret Keane in Laguna," LA Weekly, September 29 -   October 5, 2001.

Sugarman, Martin A. "Sandow Birk: Surfing for the Sake of Art," H20: The Magazine of Waterfront Culture, Vol. 5, No.  4. 2001.

Timberg, Scott. "Art of War," Los Angeles New Times, September 21-27, 2001.

Stallings, Tylers. "California Painting in a Different Light: A Portrait of Sandow," Juxtapoz, September 2001.

Gottlieb, Shirle. " ‘Smog and Thunder’ and Genius," Press-Telegram, August 30, 2001.

John David Wells Show, Feature/Interview, News Radio 970am, Las Vegas, NV, July 13, 2000, 3:30-4:00pm

Gumbel, Andrew. "San Francisco and LA decide to have an extremely uncivil war," London Independent News, UK, June 16, 2001.

Kipen, David. "Birk’s Satirical ‘War’ A Clever Lampoon," San Francisco Chronicle Datebook, June 7, 2001.

Kass, James. "In Smog and Thunder: Historical Works from the Great War of the Californias," Book Review, San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 3, 2001.

Morning Edition, National Public Radio, May 23, 2001.

Life and Times with Warren Olney, PBS, Los Angeles, Channel 28, May 16, 7:00-7:30pm.

Ollman, Leah. "Great War of Californias Built on a Fertile, Clever Imagination," Los Angeles Times, May 2, 2001.

Morning Edition, National Public Radio, May 23, 2001.

Life and Times with Warren Olney, PBS, Los Angeles, Channel 28, May 16, 7:00-7:30pm.

Roug, Louise. "California Goes to War," Orange County Calendar, May 1, 2001.

Shoenkopf, Rebecca. "Let the Bastards Burn! Wait a Minute: That’s us in Birk’s war between the Californias," Contents, April 28 - May 4, 2001.

Carasso, Roberta. "Art Lessons to be Learned in Smog and Thunder," Laguna News-Post, April 20, 2001.

Wolf, Sara. "History and Art Merged," The Orange County Register, April 23, 2001.

DeCarlo, Tessa. "Laying Bare the Uncertain Underside of the Truth," The New York Times Arts & Leisure, 2001.

Amodeo, Justine. "The Collector," Coast, September 1999.

"Local Artist, Sandow Birk," Review. NoHoNews, April 1999.

Reed, Michal. "The Art Academy," (Image only) Artweek, March 1999.

"Birk and Brody Receive Alkazzi Awards," Artweek, February , Volume 30, Issue 2. 1999.

"Architect of War, OC Weekly January 29, 1999.

Meyers, Holly. Art issues, November/December 1998.

Clarke, Orville O., Jr. Art Scene, Los Angeles, CA, September 1998.

Frank, Peter. "Art Picks of the Week," LA Weekly, October, 23-29, 1998.

Ise, Claudine. "Sly Scenes Picture a California Engulfed in Civil War," Los Angeles Times Front Page, Friday, October 16, 1998.

Helfand, Glen. Reveiw. sanfrancisco.sidewalk, September 17, 1998.

Berry, Colin. Editor’s Profile. CitySearch, September 1998.

Scherr, Apollinaire. Express, September 4, 1998.

Gilbert, Rick. "Reality and Fantasy Melt into Surrealism," The Orange County Register, July 19, 1998.

"Contingent Reality," Review by Roberta Carasso, Art Scene, July/August, 1998.

"Erotica," Juxtapoz, vol. 2, Fall 1998.

Curtis, Cathy. "A Couple of Views," Los Angeles Times, Calender Section, Nov. 4, 1997.

Asch, Andrew. "Sandow Birk: Connected to the Canvas," Orange County Register, Nov. 9, 1997.

Schoenkopf, Rebecca. "Alone Again, Naturally: Laguna Museum Bounces Back, Nov. 7, 1997.

Brisick, Jamie. "God is Brazilian," Surfing Magazine, Nov 1997.

Pincus, Robert. "Airbone: Sandow Birk at the Spruce Street Forum," San Diego Union Tribune, June 19, 1997.

Zyzzyva, Spring 1997.

Roche, Harry. "Sandow Birk, Catharine Clark Gallery, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, December 18, 1996.

"Skate Drawings By Sandow Birk," The Hub, December 1996.

"Sandow Birk: Traversing the Spectrum," Tracks Surfing Magazine, Syndney, Australia, January 1996.

Zevitas, Stephen, Ed. "Sandow Birk," New American Paintings, vol. 6, 1996.

Dunlap, Doree. "The Golden Land," OC Weekly, March 8-14 1996.

"It’s Only Rock’n’Roll: Rock’n’Roll Currents in Contemporary Art," Museum catalogue, essay by David S. Rubin, Prestel Publications, 1995.

Curtis, Cathy. "Framed in Controversy," Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section, Oct. 17, 1995.

Colburn, Bolton. "Artists Who Surf," Surfwriter’s Quarterly, Vol. 1, #3, Summer 1995.

Jan, Alfred. "Sandow Birk’s Art Span," Artistwriter, June 1995.

Sherratt, Holly. "San Francisco Review: Sandow Birk at Morphos," Coagula, Issue No. 17, June 1995.

Bamburger, Alan. "Successful Artists and Dealers," Art Calendar Magazine, San Francisco, June 1995.

"Men of Irony  - Sandow Birk at Morphos," San Francisco Chronicle, Datebook, April 9, 1995.

Frank, Peter. "Social Engagements," Pick of the Week, L.A. Weekly Magazine, March 31-April 5, 1995.

Rodriguez, L. "Sandow Birk and the Streets of Los Angeles," Torta di Miele Magazine, Bologna, Italy, February 1995.

Easley, Ben. "Does the Art World Care About O.J.?," Reproduction of The Surrender of O.J., Coagula, Issue No. 16, Winter 1995.

Kandel, Susan. "Birk’s Best," Review, Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section, September 29, 1994.

Stamets, Bill. "Painters Put Slant on News," Review, Chicago Sun Times, April 16, 1994.

Gunnin, John. "Surfin’ the ‘Hood, The Art of Sandow Birk," Art Alternatives Magazine, NY, Spring 1994.

Urban, Hope. "Art ‘n’ the Hood--Paintings of and by the Street Youth of Los Angeles," Visions Art Quarterly, Winter 1993.

Westerman, Scott. "Sandow Birk," Axcess Magazine, Winter 1993.

Scarborough, James. "Los Angeles, Prophet and Loss," Art Press 184 International Magazine, Paris, October 1993.

La Brecque, Eric. " LA Aftermath: The Graphic Response to the LA Riots," Print Magazine, September/October 1993.

Scarborough, James. "Kar Kulture: ‘Kustom Kulture at Laguna Art Museum," Artweek, August 15, 1993.

Greenfeld, Karl Taro. "High and Low Culture in La-La Land," Wingspan Magazine, Tokyo, Japan, August 1993.

Miller, Penny. "Birk and Ocampo: City Beat," Coagula Art Journal, Summer 1993.

Urban, Hope. "Riot Repair--LA Artists Examine the Uprising’s Effect on Our Community," LA Reader, May 21, 1993.

Kandel, Susan. "Historical Violence," Review, Los Angeles Times, April 2, 1993.

"Ten to Watch in 1993," Staff Writer, Details Magazine, January 1993.

Cover Illustration, Can Control Graffiti Magazine, Issue #4, 1993.

Curtis, Cathy. "The More Things Change...Sandow Birk Looks Back to the Present," Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section, September 17, 1992.

Dubin, Zan. "Peering Through the Gates of Hell--Artists Chronicle Urban Landscapes with Historical Twist," Los Angeles Times, September 4, 1992.
  
Willett, J.M.S. "Bad Boys/Good Boys--Sandow Birk and the Killing of Los Angeles," cover story, Visions Art Quarterly, Fall 1992.

Colburn, Bolton. "In the Heroic Tradition--Sandow Birk," Surfer’s Journal, Fall 1992.

Lam, Frances. "Dream Deferred--The Mean Streets as Seen by Sandow Birk," URB Magazine, July 1992.

"Sandow Birk at Bess Cutler Gallery," Staff Writer, LA Style Magazine, April 1992.

Curtis, Cathy. "Young Artists Grab Spotlight in Cheeky New Show at Laguna Museum," Los Angeles Times, February 17, 1992.

Sawahata, Lesa. "New Velvet--Sandow Birk at McGrath Gallery," Exposure Magazine, December 1990.

Greer, Susan. "Sandow Birk’s Velvets," Review, Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section, Sept. 1, 1989.