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Artist Statement:
Artist’s statement:
My earliest childhood memories
are those of painting with my
grandfather and frequently
visiting the Art Institute of
Chicago where we would spend
countless hours together. He
taught me that everything we
come in contact with has the
potential of becoming a work
of art. My grandfather and I
would take walks together to
hunt for “treasures” of
discarded objects that later
he would turn into beautiful
collages and assemblages. It
is those lessons I carry with
me and –today- in my work I
see his influence.
I have never been comfortable
with expressing myself
verbally. I am not one to
strike up a conversation with
a stranger, nor do I feel
comfortable speaking to a
group of people. Visual
expression comes naturally to
me; it is through this means I
can best communicate with
others and feel the most
comfortable.
At a young age I became aware
of the injustices being
perpetrated in the world and
was deeply disenchanted with
the political process as a
means of creating effective
change in our global
community. For me, becoming an
artist was inevitable. Through
the visual arts not only did I
communicate my life’s
passions, my fears, ...
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Vanessa Bernal Biography:
| Biographical information for Vanessa Bernal can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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Age
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35
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
Committed
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
not provided |
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| Education |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Painting, reading, drawing, sports, traveling, shopping and hanging out with my family/friends |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Acrylic
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Neo-Expressionism - (1970 - 1990)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Picasso
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| Favorite Work of Art |
Girl before a mirror
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
My biggest Artistic Inspiration would have to be my Grandfather. He always told me to see and find the beauty in everything. My Grandfather has always been a huge influence in my life and in my work. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
From a very young age I was surrounded by art and artists. It was something so natural to me, art provided me with an outlet to express myself on so many different levels. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Vanessa Bernal was born in Chicago, Il. in 1972, of Cuban and Guatemalan parents. She is an artist whose talent emerged at an early age. Her precociously expressive abstract creations were framed and collected by family and friends of her artistic family. Her paternal grandfather and aunt encouraged Vanessa to acquire a fine arts education; they are artists who taught art and were proprietors of art galleries in Chicago in the late 1960s through the early 1980s. An example of the exceptional, early manifestation of her creativity can be seen in Untitled, 1975, a watercolor on paper.
That painting was exhibited in 1979 at Bernal Gallery, and is presently displayed in the art collection of her grandfather, Jose Bernal. Many other distinguished private collections in the U.S.A. and Central America are graced by the art of Vanessa Bernal.
Vanessa's artistic talent was constantly nurtured and her works of art evolved out of the influence and inspiration from her family environment, travels in Latin America, Canada, and the U.S.A., her art studies, and frequent visits to the Museum of the Art Institute of Chicago, and various other art museums and art galleries in and around the Chicago area. Once her formal art education was completed at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 2003, she ceaselessly has dedicated herself to her professional art career in Las Vegas, where she now resides.
The art work of Vanessa Bernal may be best described as vividly painted neo-expressionism. Her visual vocabulary of bold, symbolic colors, shapes, and expressive brushstrokes represent a vital contemporary vision of women in our society. Although in her drawings and paintings one perceives the inevitable and necessary influence of 20th century masters and of those who have emerged in the still nascent 21st century, one is struck by her coherent application and internalization of influential art movements into her personal and original oeuvre.
Written by: Lucrecia Schneider |
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