In bright, expressive paintings of pop culture characters, food and consumer goods, Katherine Bernhardt explores the mundanity of the icons of contemporary society. The artist riffs on similar patterns or motifs across a number of canvases; E.T., the Pink Panther, shoes and tropical fruits have been common refrains.
Bernhardt often outlines her rough-hewn forms and places them within flat fields of neon color. Her distinctive painting style finds the connective tissue between graffiti, colour fields and action painting. Bernhardt received her Master of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York and has exhibited in New York, Tokyo, Brussels, Los Angeles, Paris, Stockholm, and beyond.
