Justin Bernhardt

Justin Bernhardt has been creating artwork since childhood, watching and drawing with artists on either side of his home. Bernhardt received a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999 and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont in 2013, concentrating on painting and drawing. His work has been shown in many Midwestern art galleries and institutions. Over the span of five years, he owned two fine art galleries in downtown Kalamazoo Michigan, exhibiting the work of local artists and his own. He has taught art at Kalamazoo Valley Community College since 2002. Bernhardt works from his studio and home on a wetland protected lake in Southwest Michigan.

BFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1999
MFA Goddard College, Plainfield VT 2013

(solo)
2016: Websters, Kalamazoo, MI
1996, 2016: Tromblay’s Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI
2013: Western Michigan University CHHS, Kalamazoo, MI
2013: Amy Zane’s, Kalamazoo, MI
2012: Main Street East Atrium, Kalamazoo, MI
2011: Bronson Hospital, Plainwell, MI
2010: Willow Lake Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI
2009: A Food Affair, Galesburg, MI
2008: Martini’s, Kalamazoo, MI
2007-2008: The Lucid Gallery (owner), Kalamazoo, MI
2004: Kingscott Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI
2003: Willow Lake Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI
2001-2005: Lovell Street Gallery (owner), Kalamazoo, MI
1996: Tromblay’s Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI

(group)
2019: LowellArts, Lowell, MI
2015: Art Comes Alive, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH
2014: Malton Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2012, 2014 Ninth Wave Studio, Kalamazoo, MI
2014: Willow Lake Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI
2012: Midtown Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI
2011, 2012: Kalamazoo Valley Community College Center For New Media, Kalamazoo, MI
2011: Gallery 344 Building, Kalamazoo, MI
2010: Art Prize, Grand Rapids, MI
2004, 2007: The Timmel Collection, Saugatuck, MI
2005: Lowell Art Institute, Lowell, MI
2004: Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
2003: Depot Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI
2001: Art on the Hill, Grand Rapids, MI
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