Résumé
Sheila Berger
lives and works in New York City
1978–79 Studio Arts Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
1982 Sculpture Center, New York, New York
1989 Bachelor of Fine Arts, New York University, New York, New York
1984–87 Studies abroad at New York University, Venice, Italy
1989 Art Students League, New York, New York
1997 New York Academy of Arts, New York, New York
2011- Art Students League, New York, New York
FILM
2020 “Artists Lives” by Amelie van Elmbt
2020 “Kingdom of Real Magic” kinetic forest
2017 “Portraits in Creativity: Sheila Berger,” by Director Gael Towey, Women & Film Festival, Port Townsend, Washington
UPCOMING PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS:
2022 Meadowlark, Yanney Park, Nebraska
SOLO EXHIBITIONS *indicates the exhibition accompanied by catalogue
2010 Tabula Incognita, Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, California*
2009 Paul Kasmin Gallery, New Works, New York, New York
2006 Travel Journals, The Rubin Museum, New York, New York
2005 Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, New York
2004 Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska
2003 Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, New York
1999 First New York, Staff Gallery, Michael Steinberg, New York, New York
1998 Sheila Berger: Cosmati Impressions, Sponsored and Curated by the City of Sutri, Italy
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Nessa Cohen Grant Show, Phyllis Harriman Gallery, New York, New York
2017 The Art Students League: Models to Monuments Retrospective, St. John the Divine, New York, New York
2014 Red Dot, Phyllis Harriman Gallery, New York, New York
2011 White Sale, Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, New York*
NYU Venice 1974–2011, NYU University Grey Art Gallery, New York, New York
2007 The Bemis Center: Building a Legacy 1985–2007, Creighton University’s
Lied Art Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska, January*
2006 Travel Journals, The Rubin Museum, New York, New York
Waxworks, Silvermine Guild Art Center, New Canaan, Connecticut, September*
Impulse, Sparkplugart, Portland, Oregon, September
Between Texture & Light, Autzen Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
2005 Two Rivers, Two Countries, United States Embassy, Vientiane, Laos*
2004 American Consulate, Istanbul, Turkey*
2003 Exit Art Gallery, New York, New York
2002 Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, New York
2000 Books Etc., Robert A. Hittel Bookstore/Gallery, Miami, Florida.
The Edge, Brooke Dorshe Projects, Miami Florida
1999 Galleria Arlete, Rome, Italy
1997 The Conservatory Gardens of the City of New York, New York
1996 Hastings Museum, Artist’s Books, Hastings, New York
1994 Dreams, The House Gallery, New York, New York
1993 Portraits, Gallery 291, New York, New York
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013 Towey, Gael, "Portraits in Creativity,” Documentary Film
2010 Robinson, Walter, "Weekend Update,” Artnet Magazine, September 2010
2009 "Medium Cool, Best in Painting," Time Out Magazine, May
2006 Luby, Abby, "House of wax” The Advocate, August
Row, DK, “Shows of note” The Oregonian, July 07
2005 Rosenberg, Karen, “Weekend Picks,” New York Magazine, December
Casgar, Amanda, “City Beat,” Art Business News, March
Ochs, Jordan, “Profile Sheila Berger encaustic artist” Playback, March
2004 Baker, Sarah, “Chamberlain and Berger Glimpse of Bemis Future Shows,”
The Reader, December The Omaha World Herald, January
2003 Thompson, Mimi, “Artists on Artists: Sheila Berger”, Bomb, pp.8–9, Summer 2003
Robinson, Walter, “Weekend Update”, Artnet Magazine, February
“Encaustic Impressions”, The New York Sun, January 13
2000 Browner, Jesse, “The Bard of Chelsea,” New York Magazine, July
1998 Johnson, Ken, The New York Times, February
Art News, April
1997 New York Post, November
PUBLIC ART
2021 Avis Spei et Gaudii, MOWA, West Bend, Wisconsin
2016-17 Avis Gloriae Et Lavdis, Riverside Park South & 65th st, New York, New York
Nature Eternal, Riverside Park South & 64th st, New York, New York
Wind Tower, Collaboration, Van Cortlandt Park, NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2021 Avis Spei et Gaudii, MOWA, West Bend, Wisconsin
2017 Avis Gloriae Et Lavdis, Key West International Airport, Florida
Nature Eternal, Key West International Airport, Florida
Wind Tower, Collaboration, Botanical Garden, Florida
Princeton University Museum, Princeton, NJ
2013 United States Embassy , Sanaa, Yemen*
2008 United States Embassy, Brunei, Indonesia*
2003 United States Embassy, Istanbul, Turkey*
2002 Bemis Center of the Arts, Omaha, Nebraska
AWARDS, GRANTS and HONORS
2020 Tribeca Film Festival, featured artist
2018 Civitella Ranieri, Directors Guests, Sept-October, Umbria, Italy
2016-17 Models To Monuments, Riverside Park South, New York, New York
2015 Nessa Cohen Grant, New York, New York,
2013 Red Dot award, Art Students League, New York, New York
2012 Merit Scholarship, Art Students League, New York, New York
2010 Tribeca Film Festival, featured artist
2004 Fulbright-Hays by the United States of America, acting through PAS
2003 Bemis Center of the Arts, Omaha, Nebraska
lives and works in New York City
1978–79 Studio Arts Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
1982 Sculpture Center, New York, New York
1989 Bachelor of Fine Arts, New York University, New York, New York
1984–87 Studies abroad at New York University, Venice, Italy
1989 Art Students League, New York, New York
1997 New York Academy of Arts, New York, New York
2011- Art Students League, New York, New York
FILM
2020 “Artists Lives” by Amelie van Elmbt
2020 “Kingdom of Real Magic” kinetic forest
2017 “Portraits in Creativity: Sheila Berger,” by Director Gael Towey, Women & Film Festival, Port Townsend, Washington
UPCOMING PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS:
2022 Meadowlark, Yanney Park, Nebraska
SOLO EXHIBITIONS *indicates the exhibition accompanied by catalogue
2010 Tabula Incognita, Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, California*
2009 Paul Kasmin Gallery, New Works, New York, New York
2006 Travel Journals, The Rubin Museum, New York, New York
2005 Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, New York
2004 Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska
2003 Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, New York
1999 First New York, Staff Gallery, Michael Steinberg, New York, New York
1998 Sheila Berger: Cosmati Impressions, Sponsored and Curated by the City of Sutri, Italy
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Nessa Cohen Grant Show, Phyllis Harriman Gallery, New York, New York
2017 The Art Students League: Models to Monuments Retrospective, St. John the Divine, New York, New York
2014 Red Dot, Phyllis Harriman Gallery, New York, New York
2011 White Sale, Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, New York*
NYU Venice 1974–2011, NYU University Grey Art Gallery, New York, New York
2007 The Bemis Center: Building a Legacy 1985–2007, Creighton University’s
Lied Art Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska, January*
2006 Travel Journals, The Rubin Museum, New York, New York
Waxworks, Silvermine Guild Art Center, New Canaan, Connecticut, September*
Impulse, Sparkplugart, Portland, Oregon, September
Between Texture & Light, Autzen Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
2005 Two Rivers, Two Countries, United States Embassy, Vientiane, Laos*
2004 American Consulate, Istanbul, Turkey*
2003 Exit Art Gallery, New York, New York
2002 Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, New York
2000 Books Etc., Robert A. Hittel Bookstore/Gallery, Miami, Florida.
The Edge, Brooke Dorshe Projects, Miami Florida
1999 Galleria Arlete, Rome, Italy
1997 The Conservatory Gardens of the City of New York, New York
1996 Hastings Museum, Artist’s Books, Hastings, New York
1994 Dreams, The House Gallery, New York, New York
1993 Portraits, Gallery 291, New York, New York
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013 Towey, Gael, "Portraits in Creativity,” Documentary Film
2010 Robinson, Walter, "Weekend Update,” Artnet Magazine, September 2010
2009 "Medium Cool, Best in Painting," Time Out Magazine, May
2006 Luby, Abby, "House of wax” The Advocate, August
Row, DK, “Shows of note” The Oregonian, July 07
2005 Rosenberg, Karen, “Weekend Picks,” New York Magazine, December
Casgar, Amanda, “City Beat,” Art Business News, March
Ochs, Jordan, “Profile Sheila Berger encaustic artist” Playback, March
2004 Baker, Sarah, “Chamberlain and Berger Glimpse of Bemis Future Shows,”
The Reader, December The Omaha World Herald, January
2003 Thompson, Mimi, “Artists on Artists: Sheila Berger”, Bomb, pp.8–9, Summer 2003
Robinson, Walter, “Weekend Update”, Artnet Magazine, February
“Encaustic Impressions”, The New York Sun, January 13
2000 Browner, Jesse, “The Bard of Chelsea,” New York Magazine, July
1998 Johnson, Ken, The New York Times, February
Art News, April
1997 New York Post, November
PUBLIC ART
2021 Avis Spei et Gaudii, MOWA, West Bend, Wisconsin
2016-17 Avis Gloriae Et Lavdis, Riverside Park South & 65th st, New York, New York
Nature Eternal, Riverside Park South & 64th st, New York, New York
Wind Tower, Collaboration, Van Cortlandt Park, NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2021 Avis Spei et Gaudii, MOWA, West Bend, Wisconsin
2017 Avis Gloriae Et Lavdis, Key West International Airport, Florida
Nature Eternal, Key West International Airport, Florida
Wind Tower, Collaboration, Botanical Garden, Florida
Princeton University Museum, Princeton, NJ
2013 United States Embassy , Sanaa, Yemen*
2008 United States Embassy, Brunei, Indonesia*
2003 United States Embassy, Istanbul, Turkey*
2002 Bemis Center of the Arts, Omaha, Nebraska
AWARDS, GRANTS and HONORS
2020 Tribeca Film Festival, featured artist
2018 Civitella Ranieri, Directors Guests, Sept-October, Umbria, Italy
2016-17 Models To Monuments, Riverside Park South, New York, New York
2015 Nessa Cohen Grant, New York, New York,
2013 Red Dot award, Art Students League, New York, New York
2012 Merit Scholarship, Art Students League, New York, New York
2010 Tribeca Film Festival, featured artist
2004 Fulbright-Hays by the United States of America, acting through PAS
2003 Bemis Center of the Arts, Omaha, Nebraska