Katherine Bernhardt

Katherine Bernhardt (born 1975; Clayton, Missouri) is an artist based in Brooklyn, New York. She is currently represented by CANADA Gallery in New York City.

Work and Career

Bernhardt received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York, and her Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois.[1]

Bernhardt is known for painting consumer symbols, tropical animals, and every day objects over bright flat fields of color in an expressionistic and almost abstract style.[2] Previous bodies of work include Moroccan rug-inspired paintings and collages made in collaborations with her husband Youssef Jdia,[3] as well as her "model" paintings, which were loose portraits based on images of supermodels from high fashion magazines.[4]

Bernhardt has also been involved in numerous collaborations within the art and fashion industries. In 2015, Bernhardt was one of five artists asked to contribute to W Magazine's annual "Art Issue" featuring artwork inspired by rapper Drake.[5] Bernhardt also produced a in-store installation in a New York City Chanel location for the launch of the J-12 watch.[6] She has also collaborated with Flaunt magazine, EDUN, and Miss Sixty.

Exhibitions

Katherine Bernhardt's work has been exhibited internationally since 2000.[7] She has been included in both solo and group shows with galleries such as CANADA, the Hole, Team Gallery, VENUS, China Art Objects Galleries, V1 Gallery, and Gavin Brown's Enterprise.[8]

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2015:

Strawberry Banana Power Smoothie, Carl Freedman Gallery, London, UK

Pablo and Efrain, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, New York

Fruit Salad, Venus Over Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Club Caribe, Cidra, Puerto Rico (Permanent installation)

2014:

Doritos and Diet Coke, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA

Stupid, Crazy, Ridiculous, Funny Patterns, CANADA, NY, New York

2013:

Watermelon, Smiley Faces, Ice Cream, Popsicles, Avocado and Sun, Roberto Paradise, San Juan Puerto Rico

Holiday Services: Katherine Bernhardt and Youssef Jdia, The Hole, NYC, NY

2012:

Nomad, Loyal Gallery, Malmo, Sweden

2011:

Rites of Spring Passage, Carbon 12, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2010:

Hot Pop Time Machine, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

Tombouctou 52 Jours, CANADA, New York, NY

Lila Dit Ca, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, France

2009:

Super Models and Swatch Watches, Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain

Wonder Women, Carbon 12, Dubai

Greeky, Ransom, London, UK

Kate, Giselle, Natalia, Agyness, Simon, Kanye and George, CANADA, New York

2007:

Drunken Hot Girls, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris France

Kiss Me Kate, LOYAL, Stockholm, Sweden

Black White Silver Gold Baby, installation with CHANEL and New York Magazine, CHANEL 64th and Madison Avenue, NY, New York

La Dolce Vita, Galeria Glance, Torino, Italy

Flesh for Fantasy, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Switzerland

Girls on Film, Cannes, France

Budapest, The Gellert Hotel, 10:15pm, Galerie Lisa Ruyter, Vienna, Austria

Winter Special Crazy Fun, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, France

2005:

96 Degrees in the Shade, CANADA, New York

Women of the Forest, Greener Pastures Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Where the Spirits Dwell, Galeria Comercial, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2004:

Pleasure and Paint, Galerie Lisa Ruyter, Vienna, Austria

2003:

Dots, Team Gallery, New York

Selected Group Exhibitions

Bernhardt has been included in group exhibitions with Gavin Brown's Enterprise (Call and Response, 2015; Drunk or Stoned, 2004), Zach Feuer Gallery (Don't Look Now, 2014), V1 Gallery (Independents, 2013; Tonight We Won't Be Bored, 2012; The New Yorkers, 2009), The Hole (Early Man, 2014; Chicken or Beef, 2013), and CANADA (Spaced Out/On Time, 2009; New York's Finest, 2005; Slacker Art, Unfinished On Purpose, 2003).

Publications

Bernhardt, Katherine, et al. The Magnificent Excess of Snoop Dogg - Katherine Bernhardt. PictureBox, 2008.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "CANADA: Katherine Bernhardt CV".
  2. ↑ "15 Painters to Watch in 2015 (+3)".
  3. ↑ "Smith, Roberta. Katherine Bernhardt and Youssef Jdia: ‘Holiday Services’".
  4. ↑ "Saltz, Jerry. Something Wild".
  5. ↑ "Solway, Diane. Drake: View from the Five".
  6. ↑ "KATHERINE BERNHARDT AT CHANEL".
  7. ↑ "Saltz, Jerry. Why Have There Been No Great Women Bad-Boy Artists? There Have Been, of Course. But the Art World Has Refused to Recognize Them.".
  8. ↑ "VENUS: Katherine Bernhardt CV".
  9. ↑ "PictureBox Books".

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