KIM BERNARD

 

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SOLO EXHIBITS  

2008   Kim Bernard:  Splash, Spiral, Gesture, Arden Gallery, Boston MA

2007  Kim Bernard:  WaxWorks, McCoy Gallery, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA

            Spirals, Orbs, Sticks, Arden Gallery, Boston, MA

Kim Bernard, Hawthorn Gallery, Birmingham, AL

2005  Wax & Lead, Hawthorn Gallery, Birmingham, AL

Eastern Influence, Clown Gallery, Stonington, ME

Encaustic & Raku, York Public Library, York, ME

2003   A Sacred Space, Hay Gallery, Portland, ME

Portals & Totems, Stadler Gallery, Kingfield, ME

2000   Rods, Rocks, & Raku, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA

1998  Stacked, Mill Brook Gallery & Sculpture, Concord, NH

Black & White, Dyer Library, Saco, ME

Female Forms, Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH

1997  Archetypal Images, Galletly Gallery, New Hampton, NH

Recent Sculpture & Drawings, River Tree Arts, Kennebunk, ME

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITS  

2008   200 Degrees, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH

            Mari Marks & Kim Bernard, Robert Allen Fine Arts, Sausilito, CA

            The Diptych Project, Portland, ME, Portland, OR, Beverly, MA, Tucson, AZ & Steamboat Springs, CO  

            New Members, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA

Momentum VI, George Marshal Gallery, York, ME

Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, FL

2007   Kim Bernard & Rose Umerlik, Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA

Kim Bernard & Tom Driscoll, Fenn Gallery, Woodbury, CT

Maine Sculptors, Atrium Gallery, USM, Lewiston, ME

National Prize Show, Cambridge, MA

Hot Stuff, National Encaustic Juried Exhibition, Montserrat College, Beverly, MA

Second Annual Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ

Fusion:  10 Maine Encaustic Artists, Greenhut Gallery, Portland, ME

New England Wax:  Encaustic I, Salem State College, Salem, MA

New England Wax:  Encaustic II, Galletly Gallery, New Hampton, NH

Art Miami, invited by Hawthorn Gallery, Birmingham, AL

2006   Impulse, Portland Art Center, Portland, OR

Kim Bernard & Michael Palmer, Polonaise Gallery, VT

Kim Bernard & Jeanne McCartin, Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA

NH Artists Look at Nature, Burlingame Gallery, Exeter, NH

Momentum IV, George Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME

Oil & Wax, Roman Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2005   Oil & Wax, National Traveling Encaustic Exhibit, Penn., Maine, California, Arizona

Faculty Exhibit, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH

A Celebration of the Artists of Southern Maine, University of New England, Westbrook, ME

Rock, Paper, Scissors, River Tree Center for the Arts, Kennebunkport, ME

Many Faces of Clay, Clown Gallery, Portland, ME

Size Doesn’t Matter, Heartwood College of Art, Kennebunk, ME

2004   Maine Sculptors, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME

Sanctuary Arts, Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH

Great Works Regional Land Trust Exhibit, Jonathan’s, Ogunquit, ME

Bowls, Bowls, Bowls, Heartwood College of Art, Kennebunk, ME

2003  Maine Sculptors, Lewis Gallery, Portland Public Library, Portland, ME

3 Person Small Sculpture Exhibit, Blue Stocking Gallery, York, ME

Premier, Family Tree Gallery, Portsmouth, NH

Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Mill Brook Sculpture Garden, Concord, NH

2002  Faculty Exhibit, Chester College, Chester, NH

Outdoor Invitational Exhibit, Derryfield School, Manchester, NH

Two Person Exhibit, Hay Gallery, Portland, ME

Kim Bernard & Tom Driscoll, Ogunquit Art Collaborative, Ogunquit, ME

Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Mill Brook Gallery, Concord, NH

Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Moses-Kent House, Exeter, NH

6 Clay Artists, Mill Brook Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Concord, NH

2001  NCJW Focus on Art 2001, Van Vleck House & Gardens, Montclair, NJ

River Currents, George Marshall Gallery, York, ME

Art Appeal, UNH, Durham, NH

16th Annual Maine Women in the Visual Arts, Colby Museum of Art, Waterville, ME

Members Exhibit, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA

Group, 100 Market Street Gallery, Portsmouth, NH

Boat Show, Mill Brook Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Concord, NH

2000   Annual Sculpture Exhibit, Mill Brook & Sculpture Garden, Concord, NH

Spring Mix, George Marshall Gallery, York, ME

1998   A Space Between, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA

Show Stoppers, Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, ME

1997  Three Person Exhibit, Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ

51st Annual NHAA Exhibit, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH

Annual Sculpture & Photography Exhibit, Danforth Gallery, Portland, ME

Maine Women in the Arts, York Institute Museum, Saco, ME

In Other Words, Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, ME

 

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Greater Piscataqua Artist Advancement Grant Finalist, 2007 & 2005

            Award for Sculpture, National Prize Show, Cambridge, MA, 2007

Good Idea Grant, Maine Arts Commission, 2004

2nd Place Award for Sculpture, 3rd Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Mill Brook Gallery, Concord, NH, 2003

Best of the Best, York County Coast Star, 1st Place Award as Sculptor, 2003

Prescott Park Arts Festival, Paul McEachern Award for Sculpture, Portsmouth, NH, 2002

Jefferson Pilot Financial Award for Creativity, 51st Annual NHAA Exhibition, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH, 1997

 

EDUCATION  

2008-2011  Massachusetts College of Art and Design, M.F.A. 

1983-1987  Parsons School of Design, NYC, B.F.A.

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA

Governor Angus King, Maine

Axis Design & Construction, Somerville, MA

Senator Harley Chandler, Worchester, MA

Mayflower Place, Sanford Housing Authority, Sanford, ME

Sisti Law Offices, Portsmouth, NH

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY  

Silver, Joanne, Review, Art News , October, 2008

Karu, Candace, Waxing Poetic:  Eight Maine Artists Explore the Timeless Art of Encaustic, Maine Home & Design, October 2008

Natale, Nancy, The Diptych Project:  A Collaboration in Wax, book jacket image and featured artist, 2008

Blair, Joel, “3 Abstract Artists in Three Media at Lucky Street”, Solares Hill, April 2008

Nelson, James, “Kim Bernard Recent Works”, Birmingham News, May 2007

O”Shaughnessey, Tracy, “Woodbury Show Perfect Touch for Art Lovers”, Republican-   American, May 2007

Keyes, Bob, “Stacks of Wax”, Portland Press Herald, February, Feb. 2007

Kanak, Jim, “Encaustic Exhibit Features Local Artists”, York County Coast Star, Feb. 2007

Pascarrella, Matt, “Unframed”, Portland Magazine, September, 2005

Sozaznski, Edward, “Glories of Wax”, Philadelphia Inquirer, July, 2005

Miller, Buzz “Artists Wax Poetic about Encaustic”, Delaware County Daily Times, May 2005

Nelson, James, “Recent Works by Kim Bernard”, Birmingham News, May 2005

Kravetz, Deborah, “Oil & Wax”, Art Matters, August 2005

Nudelman, Stuart “Rock Paper Scissors 2005”, York County Coat Star, Mar. 2005

            “Artists’ Portrait, Vacation, June 2002

            “Artists’ Renderings, York County Coast Star, May 2002

            “Colorful Past Leads to a Lifetime of Art”, Coast Pilot, July 2000

           “Sculpture and Drawings”, York County Coast Star, Sept. 1997

Shouldis, Victoria “Garden Variety”, Concord Monitor, July 2003

McCartin, Jeanne’ “Making Vision a Reality”, Portsmouth Press Herald, Aug. 2001

Craven, Robert “Art New England”, New Hampshire Review, May, 1998

Duehr, Gary “Four Artists, Four Points”, Cambridge Chronicle, August 1998

Mantz, Erica “Celebrating Beauty”, Foster’s Daily Democrat, February 1998

Temin, Christine “A Space Between”, Boston Globe, September 1998

 

TEACHING

Currently:  Maine College of Art, Montserrat College of Art

Previously:  New Hampshire Institute of Art, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, UNH, Chester College, Sanctuary Arts, River Tree Center for the Arts, Ogunquit Arts Collaborative  

 

VISITING ARTIST

Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH, 2008

South Shore Arts Center, Cohassett, MA, 2008

Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH, 2008 & 2007

Merrimack College, Merrimack, MA, 2007

 

PROFESSIONAL  

Presenter & Guest Speaker, National Encaustic Conference, Montserrat College of Art, 2008, 2009

Encaustic Sculpture Lecture, National Encaustic Conference, Montserrat College of Art, 2007, 2009

Encaustic Demonstration for Educators, National Encaustic Conference, Montserrat College of Art, 2007

Encaustic Presentation, Greenhut Gallery, 2007

Encaustic Lecture, New Hampshire Institute of Art, 2006

Founding member of New England Wax, 2006

Profiled Artist, HGTV That’s Clever, 2006

Invited Juror for Newburyport Art Association, Annual Sculpture Exhibit, 2006

Encaustic Presentation, River Tree Center for the Arts, Kennebunkport, ME, 2005

Curator for the Barn Gallery Sculpture Court, 2004-2006

Sculpture Panel, Derryfield School, Manchester, NH, 2002

Earth, Wind, Fire, Water: Panel Discussion, Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME

Maine Women in the Arts Chair, 1997-98

 

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

Arden Gallery, Boston, MA  

Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA

Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA

Hawthorn Gallery, Birmingham, AL

McGowan Fine Arts, Concord, NH