KIM
BERNARD
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
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
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