Bernadette Phan Explained

Bernadette Phan (born 1966) is a Vancouver based visual artist working with painting and drawing.

Early life and education

Phan was born in Cambodia to Vietnamese parents, and was raised in France and Canada.^[1] She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Studio Arts at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Printmaking at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[2]

Works

Ovalicity, 2004

Ovalicity is a series of paintings engaging with oval shaped marks depicted across the work's "painterly, atmospheric surfaces."

Trippy Ethers, 2009

Trippy Ethers is a series of painting moving away from expressive marks of shapes, and utilizing strokes to create small marks of paint, ranging over the canvas. There is no accumulating image that rises out of the painted surface, but instead the sense of space and dimension is formed in the viewer's mind. Trippy Ethers can be understood as an attempt to reverse the contemporary conditions of information overload. Kelowna Art Gallery describes Phan's series as being "not monotonous...," but as "rich, meditative, contemplative works that invoke a quietude within the viewer".

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• Bernadette Phan, Syntax Gallery at the International Centre of Arts and Technology, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2017^[3]
• Float, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2003

Group exhibitions

• Lili and the Migratory Influences, Burnaby Public Library, Burnaby, British Columbia, 2015^[4]
• The Point Is, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia, 2011^[5]
• Fantastic, Centre A, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2007^[6]
• Some New Paintings: Bernadette Phan, Philippe Raphanel, Ben Reeves, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2002

References

1. Web site: Homage to still life painting. 2015-03-10. The Source. en-US. 2020-03-11.
2. Book: Wylie, Liz.. The point is : Pierre Coupey, Landon Mackenzie, Martin Pearce, Bernadette Phan, Bryan Ryley. 2011. Kelowna Art Gallery. Kelowna Art Gallery.. 978-1-896749-55-6. Kelowna, B.C.. 749872776.
3. Web site: Syntax Gallery – Bernadette Phan icoaat. en-US. 2020-03-11.
4. Web site: Burnaby Art Gallery opens library exhibitions. Burnaby Now. 2020-03-11.
5. Web site: The Point Is – Kelowna Art Gallery. en-US. 2020-03-11.
6. Web site: FANTASTIC Centre A. en-CA. 2020-03-11.