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Paul Bernhardt

EDUCATION

2007 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, NS
1993 B.A., major in Psychology, minor in History, Wilfrid Laurier University, Kitchener-Waterloo, ON

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 Peter Robertson Gallery, Ghost in the Machine, Edmonton, AB
Harcourt House Artist-Run Centre, Control, Edmonton

2007 Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery (SUNY Purchase College), All Of This and Nothing, Purchase, NY
Studio 21 Fine Art, New Works, Halifax, NS

2005 Studio 21 Fine Art, New Works, Halifax

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

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

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 Toronto International Art Fair (w/ Elissa Cristall Gallery), mixed media exhibition
Art Gallery of St. Albert, Artifice, Edmonton, mixed media exhibition, curated
Elissa Cristall Gallery, View: The New Contemporaries, Vancouver, mixed media exhibition

2010 Art Gallery of Alberta, TIMELAND: The 2010 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, Edmonton, mixed media exhibition, Richard Rhodes curator

2008 Art Gallery of Alberta, REAL, painting exhibition
Toronto International Art Fair (w/ Patrick Mikhail Gallery), mixed media exhibition
Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Showcase, Ottawa, ON, mixed media exhibition

2007 Supreme Trading, Place Setting, Brooklyn, NY, mixed media exhibition
Peter Buckland Gallery, Last Call, Saint John, NB, mixed media exhibition
NSCAD Port Campus, Off The Wall, Halifax, NS, mixed media exhibition

2006 Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery (SUNY Purchase College), Over and Out: An MFA Group Exhibition, Purchase, mixed media exhibition
Patrick Mikhail Gallery, East West North, Ottawa, mixed media exhibition
Arts Exchange, YEA: Young Emerging Artists, White Plains, NY, mixed media exhibition

2005 Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery (SUNY Purchase College), 10-4: An MFA Group Exhibition, Purchase, mixed media exhibition
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, RBC New Canadian Painting Exhibition, Toronto, ON, painting exhibition

2004 Green Garden Space, Green?, Halifax, painting exhibition
Argyle Fine Art, NSCAD Emerging Artists, Halifax, mixed media exhibition

2003 Anna Leonowens Art Gallery (NSCAD), NSCAD Graduate Show, Halifax

2002 Bank of Canada Building, Junctions, St. John, NB, painting exhibition
Anna Leonowens Art Gallery (NSCAD), Landscapes, Halifax

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

2011 Assistance to Visual Artists – Project Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2010 Visual Arts Project Grant, Alberta Foundation for the Arts
2009 Assistance to Visual Artists – Project Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2008 Visual Arts Project Grant, Alberta Foundation for the Arts
2006/07 Dean's Scholar Award, Purchase College (State University of New York)
2005/06 Dean's Scholar Award, Purchase College (State University of New York)
2005 Eastern Region Semi-Finalist, RBC New Canadian Painting Competition
2005 Grants to Individuals: Creation Grant, Nova Scotia Department of Tourism and Culture
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

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Canada Council for the Arts