Katherine Bernhardt

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.{{cite news|title=CANADA: Katherine Bernhardt CV|url=https://www.canadanewyork.com/artists/katherine-bernhardt/resume/}}

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.{{cite news|title=15 Painters to Watch in 2015 (+3)|url=http://www.newamericanpaintings.com/blog/15-painters-watch-2015-3}} Previous bodies of work include Moroccan rug-inspired paintings and collages made in collaborations with her (now ex)husband Youssef Jdia,{{cite news|title=Smith, Roberta. Katherine Bernhardt and Youssef Jdia: 'Holiday Services'|work=The New York Times |date=21 November 2013 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/22/arts/design/katherine-bernhardt-and-youssef-jdia-holiday-services.html|last1=Smith |first1=Roberta }} as well as her "model" paintings, which were loose portraits based on images of supermodels from high fashion magazines.{{cite news|title=Saltz, Jerry. Something Wild|url=http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/FEATURES/saltz/saltz12-19-01.asp}}

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.{{cite news|title=Solway, Diane. Drake: View from the Five|url=http://www.wmagazine.com/people/celebrities/2015/10/drake-kaws-artist/photos/slide/6?}} Bernhardt also produced a in-store installation in a New York City Chanel location for the launch of the J-12 watch.{{cite news|title=KATHERINE BERNHARDT AT CHANEL|url=http://www.theimagist.com/node/282}} She has also collaborated with Flaunt magazine, EDUN, and Miss Sixty.

Katherine Bernhardt's work has been exhibited internationally since 2000.{{cite news|title=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.|url=http://www.vulture.com/2015/09/maddening-fate-of-the-bad-boy-female-artist.html}} 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, Gavin Brown's Enterprise and Xavier Hufkens.{{cite news|title=VENUS: Katherine Bernhardt CV|url=http://venusovermanhattan.com/artist/katherine-bernhardt/bio/}}

2020

• DONE WITH XANAX, Canada, New York, NY

2019

• Big in Japan, NANZUKA, Tokyo, Japan
• Garfield on Scotch Tape, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
• GOLD, Art OMI, New York, NY

2018

• Watermelon World, Mario Testino Museum, Lima, Peru
• CANADA, New York, NY, USA

2017

• Karma, Amagansett, NY, USA

• Concrete Jungle Jungle Love, Lever House, New York, NY, USA

• Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, USA

• Contemporary Art Museum, St Louis, MO, USA

2016

• Product Recall: New Pattern Paintings, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium

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

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).

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• Alberto de la Cruz Foundation, Puerto Rico
• Brant Foundation, Greenwich, CT
• Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
• Mohammad and Mahera Abu Ghazaleh Foundation, Amman, Jordan
• High Museum, Atlanta, GA
• Hall Collection, Reading, VT
• Knoxville Museum of Art
• Rubell Collection, Miami, FL
• Smithsonian – Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C.
• Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
• San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
• Sandretto Foundation, Torino, Italy

Bernhardt, Katherine, et al. The Magnificent Excess of Snoop Dogg – Katherine Bernhardt. PictureBox, 2008.{{cite news|title=PictureBox Books|url=http://www.pictureboxinc.com/}}

• Katherine Bernhardt on [https://www.xavierhufkens.com/artists/katherine-bernhardt Xavier Hufkens.com]
• Katherine Bernhardt on [http://www.artnet.com/artist/2378/katherine-bernhardt.html ArtNet.com]
• Images, biography and texts from the [http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/katherine_bernhardt.htm Saatchi Gallery]
• Further information from [https://web.archive.org/web/20071228094138/http://www.canadanewyork.com/artist/katherine_bernhardt/ CANADA New York]
• Katherine Bernhard on [https://artfacts.net/artist/katherine-bernhardt/18230 ArtFacts.net]

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