Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 11:00 am

Visual & Performing Arts Center
WCSU, Westside Campus

Caitlin Berndt was born in Baltimore, MD, and lives in Brooklyn, NY. She received her BFA from Maryland Institute of Art (MICA) and her MFA from the University of Washington in Seattle. In 2007, she was awarded the Elizabeth Greenshield’s Foundation grant and has had fellowships in Spain, Italy, and Israel. In 2013, she was awarded a residency at the Vermont Studio Center. Her work is in private and public collections including the Corcoran Museum in Washington, D.C.

Since 2008, Berndt’s paintings have been exhibited in NYC, Chicago, and Seattle. She has had numerous shows in NYC, most recently a solo exhibition in 2019 with Kate Oh Gallery. From the press release, “This series of small gouache paintings and larger oil paintings incorporates spray paint, acrylic airbrush, and sand. Like waking dreams, it takes your eyes a minute to adjust and decode what you’re looking at. Couples, little girls, spiky cacti, and Venus flytrap structures flicker in and out of focus revealing themselves in psychedelic-colored worlds. These dreamlands are playful, sexual, and strange.”

In addition to her studio practice, Caitlin has taught at Pratt Institute, MICA, University of Washington, and College of New Jersey. Currently she is an Adjunct Professor at City College of New York.

http://www.caitlin-berndt.com/