Katherine Bernhardt (born 1975; Clayton, Missouri) is an internationally renowned artist based in Brooklyn, New York, United States.She has been showing her work internationally since 2000.
She paints portraits of women based on pictures from glossy magazines[1] and well-known consumer symbols using acrylics, acrylic paint, all in an expressionistic, almost abstract style.[2] She has also produced a store installation for Chanel,[3] for the launch of the new J-12 watch. She has painted The cover for Flauntmagazine twice,worked on a collaboration with Edun fashion house, and made a store installation at Miss Sixty in New York. She received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York. She received her bachelors of fine arts (BFA) from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois.[4]
2010
"Lila Dit CA", galleria Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, France
" Tombouctou 52 Jours", CANADA, New York
2009 "supermodels and Swatch Watches", Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid Spain
2008 "Wonder Women", CArbon12 Dubai, UAE
Kate, Giselle, Agyness, Simon, Kanye and George, CANADA, New York[5]
2007
Drunken Hot Girls, Galerie Suzanne Tarasiève, Paris France
Kiss Me Kate, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm
2006
La Dolce Vita, Galeria Glance, Torino
Flesh for Fantasy, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad
Girls on Film, Cannes
The Galleries Show, Extra City Center for Contemporary Art, Antwerp
Galerie Lisa Ruyter, Vienna
Winter Special Crazy Fun, Galerie Suzanne Tarasiève, Paris
2005
Monster Painting, McClain Gallery, Houston
Women of the Forest, Greener Pastures Gallery, Toronto
Where the Spirits Dwell, Galerie Comercial, San Juan, Puerto Rico
96 Degrees in the Shade, CANADA, New York
2004
Voo Doo Shit, Hales Gallery, London
Pleasure and Paint, Galerie Lisa Ruyter, Vienna
2002
Brush, Enders Projects, Frankfurt
BOOKS The magnificent Excess of Snoop Dogg/Katherine Bernhardt", picturebox books [3]
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