About
Born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1975, Beth Bernhardt has lived and worked in France for the past eighteen years. After earning degrees from Yale University and Boston University she moved to Jerusalem where she spent a year as artist in residence at the Jerusalem Studio School. The sharp contrasts and brilliant contours of the desert light shifted her attention to the landscape where her focus has rested ever since. She subsequently moved to France where she established her studio in Lyon for a few years before moving to Paris for a decade. Recently she settled in Nantes with her family and began painting the surrounding Loire Valley and Atlantic coast. Landscape has remained the center of her work, seeking to capture form and light and achieving a painterly description of place. She has exhibited widely, participating in various group exhibitions throughout the United States and Israel, and in France has had solo exhibitions at the Ile de Versailles in Nantes and the Nabokov Gallery in Paris. Her paintings and prints are held in various private collections worldwide.
Interview on Painting Perceptions: www.paintingperceptions.com/beth_bernhardt
The Artist in her studio, Nantes, France
EDUCATION
Boston University, M.F.A. Painting 1999
Yale University, B.A. Fine Arts 1997
Continuing Education
2016 Artist Residency, Civita Castellana (also in 2015 and 2014)
2003 Two month residency program, International School of Art, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy
1996 Two month residency program, Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua, NY
1995 One month residency program, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Entre Loire et Mer, Le Champalud, Champtoceaux
2018 Paysages en Pays de la Loire, Maison de L’Erdre, Île de Versailles, Nantes
2014 Nabokov Gallery, Paris, France
2011 Nabokov Gallery, Paris, France
2007 Nabokov Gallery, Paris, France
2005 The Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Gallery at the Gordon Center for Performing Arts,
Baltimore, MD
2004 Nabokov Gallery, Paris, France
2001 Fleckenstein Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1993 Borders, Baltimore, MD
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Edition No.31 of the Petit Marché de l’Art, Galerie Le Rayon Verte, Nantes, France
2023 Chateau d’Oudon—Oudon, France: La Loire et ses Peintres, Group exhibition in collaboration
with the publication of the book “La Loire et ses Peintres” Christine Tribot la Spière, Imprimerie
Planchenault
2023 Gordon Gallery—Landcapes of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
2021 Edition No.29 of the Petit Marché de l’Art, Galerie Le Rayon Verte, Nantes, France
2021 Distance Gallery—Magic Stillness, curated by Laura Vahlberg and Amanda Case Millis
2021 Hampstead Art Society—Annual Open Exhibition, Fitzovria Gallery Londres, UK
2020 Edition No.28 of the Petit Marché de l’Art, Galerie Le Rayon Verte, Nantes, France
2019 Edition No.27 of the Petit Marché de l’Art, Galerie Le Rayon Verte, Nantes, France
2019 Lieu Unique—Nantes, France: Obsolescence Déprogrammée, avec ARTYSHOW
2018 Edition No.26 of the Petit Marché de l’Art, Galerie Le Rayon Verte, Nantes, France
2017 Edition No.25 of the Petit Marché de l’Art, Galerie Le Rayon Verte, Nantes, France
2017 La Ligne, le trait, un point c’est tout, Galerie Le 56, Nantes, France
2012 Gallery Artists, Nabokov Gallery, Paris, France
2010 Gallery Artists, Nabokov Gallery, Paris, France
2008 Gallery Artists, Nabokov Gallery, Paris, France
2006 Benefit for the Jerusalem Studio School, Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY
2004 In Progress, Artspace, Jerusalem, Israel
2004 Gallery Artists, Nabokov Gallery, Paris, France
2003 Facing the Real, curated by Amitai Mendelsohn, The Artists House, Jerusalem, Israel
2002 Gallery Artists, Fleckenstein Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2000 Young Talent Exhibition, Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT
1999 100x100_, Green Street Gallery, Boston, MA
1999 Young Masters, Glass Mountain Gallery, Bantam, CT
1999 The 1999 National Competition, curated by Graham Nickson, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
1999 MFA Thesis Exhibition_, Fuller Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
1998 The 1998 National Juried Exhibition_, curated by John Walker, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Senior Thesis Exhibition, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
1996 Chautauqua Institution Gallery, Chautauqua, New York
1993 Maryland Artist Equity Foundation Finalists, World Trade Center, Baltomore, MD
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2023 Guest Artist, the Jerusalem Landscape Painting Marathon, Jerusalem Studio School, May 2023
2021 Guest Artist, JSS in Civita, Civita Castellana Italy, October 2021
2019 Guest Artist, the Jerusalem Landscape Painting Marathon, Jerusalem Studio School, May 2019
2018 Guest Artist, the Jerusalem Landscape Painting Marathon, Jerusalem Studio School, May 2018
2006 Visiting Instructor, Jerusalem Studio School Landscape painting marathon
(Also in 2003, 2004, and 2005)
2003 Guest Lecturer, Jerusalem Studio School, Israel
2000 Artist in Residence, Jerusalem Studio School, Israel
2000 Juror, Maryland Artist Equity Foundation, Baltimore, MD
1999 Teaching Assistant, Boston University, Boston, MA (also in 1997 and 1998)
FELLOWSHIPS / AWARDS
2000 Fig Tree Foundation Fellowship: Yearlong residency at the Jerusalem Studio School, Israel
1999 Dean’s Scholarship, Boston University (also in 1998)
1999 Constantin Alajalov Scholarship, Boston University (also in 1997 and 1998)
1996 Richter Summer Traveling Fellowship, Yale University
1993 Frances Hook Foundation Scholarship
1993 Conway Proetz Awardee, Washington University (declined)
1992 Maryland Distinguished Scholar in the Arts