Paul Bernhardt

Education

2005       MFA, Studio Arts (painting), State University of New York: Purchase College, Purchase, (New York).

2003       BFA, major in Fine Arts, concentration in painting and drawing, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax                   (Nova Scotia).

1993       BA, major in Psychology, minor in History, Wilfrid Laurier University, Kitchener-Waterloo (Ontario).

Selected Exhibitions

2005       Studio 21 Fine Art, New Works , Halifax (Nova Scotia).

2004       Dalhousie Art Gallery, The Alien Shore , Dalhousie University, Halifax, catalogue.

2002       Anna Leonowens Art Gallery (NSCAD), Landscrapes , Halifax.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2005       Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, RBC New Canadian Painting Exhibition , Toronto (Ontario),                        Painting exhibition, organized.

               St. Mary's University Art Gallery, RBC New Canadian Painting Exhibition , Halifax, painting exhibition,                organized.

              Bau-Xi Gallery, RBC New Canadian Painting Exhibition , Vancouver (British Columbia), painting                              exhibition, organized.

              Galerie Sussex Gallery, RBC New Canadian Painting Exhibition , Ottawa (Ontario), painting exhibition,                      organized.

              Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, mixed media exhibition, organized.

2004       Green Garden Space, Green ? , Halifax (Nova Scotia), painting exhibition.

               Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto (Ontario), mixed media exhibition, organized.           

               Argyle Fine Art, NSCAD Emerging Artists , Halifax, mixed media exhibition, organized.

2003       Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, mixed media exhibition, organized.

               Anna Leonowens Art Gallery (NSCAD), NSCAD Graduate Show , Halifax, mixed exhibition, organized.

2002       Bank of Canada Building, Junctions , St. John (New Brunswick), painting exhibition.

              Anna Leonowens Art Gallery (NSCAD), Landscapes , Halifax, painting exhibition.

Awards/Scholarships

2005       Eastern Region Semi-Finalist, RBC New Canadian Painting Competition.

2005       Grants to Individuals: Creation Grant, Nova Scotia Department of Tourism and Culture: Culture Division.

2002       The Joseph Beuys Memorial Scholarship, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax.

               The Mackenzie Fund Scholarship, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax.

2000       The Thomas George & Ethel Pearson Mackenzie Fund Scholarship, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design,  

          Halifax.