katja.bernhard@gmx.at
+43 664 396 74 66
www.katjabernhard.com

www.sailers.at

Ausstellung mit Weinverkostung in der Vinothek „Sailers“ - Kirchenplatz 27, Frauenkirchen

Katja Bernhard, a classically trained Austrian artist, experiments with the
Impressionist philosophy in a contemporary key. The infinite possibilities afforded by the use of
colours (including the complementary colours) allow the surface of her paintings to become independent of reality and be connected only to the emotions of the observer. Bernhard's work, informal in style and in use of light, is the product of deeply personal experiences, of months spent in isolation in places of strong bright sunlight where she observed and virtually breathed the subjects she would transfer to her canvas. The result is a mystical quality of paint from which stories and passions emerge.

"I've seen things you people wouldn't
believe, attack ships on fire off the
shoulder of Orion, I watched the c-
beams glitter in the dark near the
Tannhäuser Gates. All those moments
will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time
to die."
(Blade Runner, Rutger Hauer/Roy Batty)

Katja Bernhard
born 1977, lives and works in Venice and Vienna

University of Applied Arts Vienna (AT)
Fine arts, painting and animated film
Meisterklasse Attersee

Kingston University, London (UK)
Faculty of Arts and Design