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Stephanie Bernheim is an American artist known mainly for her early ''Wall Reliefs'', process paintings and ''Palmpics''. She was a member of
A.I.R. Gallery
A.I.R. Gallery (Artists in Residence) is the first all female artists cooperative gallery in the United States. It was founded in 1972 with the objective of providing a professional and permanent exhibition space for women artists during a time i ...
and founded the A.I.R. Fellowship Program in 1993. Bernheim lives and works in New York City.
Early life and education
Bernheim was born in New York, NY. She studied art and art history atSarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College is a Private university, private liberal arts college in Yonkers, New York. The college models its approach to education after the Supervision system, Oxford/Cambridge system of one-on-one student-faculty tutorials. Sara ...
, Bronxville, NY where received a B.A. degree and New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, the ...
, New York, NY, where she studied with Milton Resnick and Ad Reinhardt and received an M.A. degree.
Career
In 1991, Stephanie Bernheim and Elizabeth Munro Smith organized, “Who Cares About Feminism?: Art and Politics in the Nineties” with participants:Eleanor Munro
Eleanor Carroll Munro (March 28, 1928April 1, 2022) was an American art critic, art historian, writer, and editor. She was known for her work on women artists. Some of her published books included ''The Encyclopedia of Art'' (1961), ''Originals ...
, moderator and panelists: Maren Hassinger, Joyce Kozloff, Grace Stanislaus and Barbara Zucker
Barbara M. Zucker (born 1940) is an American artist known for her sculpture. she was Professor Emerita, University of Vermont, and based in Burlington, Vermont.
Born in Philadelphia, Zucker received a Bachelor of Science degree at the Universit ...
. In 2017, there was a book published on Bernheim's work: ''Stephanie Bernheim: From Paint to Pixels'' with essay by Kara L. Rooney and short text by Richard Milazzo
Richard Milazzo is a critic, curator, publisher, independent scholar and poet from New York City. In the 1970s, he was the editor and co-publisher of ''Out of London Press''. He is the co-founding publisher and editor of Edgewise Press. In the 198 ...
.
Notable exhibitions
"Special Projects," at MoMA P.S.1., NYC (1981), "Houses for Hereafter," A.I.R. Gallery, NYC (1990), "Hinterglasmalerei," A.I.R. Gallery, NYC (1994), "Pine Plains Paintings," Tricia Collins Grand Salon, NYC (1997), "Palm Project," A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2011) "Figures and Grounds: Approaches to Abstraction," The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (2012), "Stephanie Bernheim: Pixels and Particulates," Hudson Hall, Hudson, NY (2018).
Major collections
*The Art Museum at Princeton, Princeton, NJ *The Cincinnati Museum, Book Collection, Cincinnati, OH *Franklin Furnace, New York, NY *The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY *Milwaukee Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI *Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT *Estee Lauder Corporation, New York, NY; *Washington Country Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD.
References
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