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Cathy Berg, 1970
Originally I'm from the Pacific Northwest, although I was born in Baltimore. All my life I have drawn and painted pictures, but more as a passionate hobby than as a stated profession. Throughout my life I have traveled the world, living in Japan for twenty years. I have worked as a fashion model, in the restaurant business (from waitress to interior designer to owner), in real estate development, and I am a mother of three daughters.
Several years ago I decided the time was right for me to focus all my energy on my art and become a professional artist. I moved to the Netherlands 3 years ago and am studying Fine Arts on a part time basis. Where as I have always been a painter, my studies are taking me in a more 3D direction, and I am exploring new media and modes of artistic expression.
Exhibitions and performances:
Hoytemaplein Project
A series of 5 spontaneous performances in a public square in Den Haag.
February and March, 2010
Wild Beamen; Hooves
Video art in public spaces, with Hester Scheurwater, parallel the Boekpresentatie: Pixels en Plaatsen, videokunst in de openbare ruimte by Catrien Schreuder at Tent, Rotterdam.
2 February, 2010
Collections and Commissions:
Bryan and Amy Massey collection, Tokyo 2010
Portrait ‘Jewel’
Makoto and Naiala Watanabe collection, Tokyo 2007
Portrait ‘Madame Watanabe’
Global Dining, Inc, Tokyo 1995
Murals and special paint finishes on interiors of restaurants
Café La Boheme, Los Angeles, CA, 1992
Pair of paintings “Sun” and “Moon”
Design and graphic work:
Interior design direction for Zest Cantina, Odaiba, Japan, 2000
Illustrated a post card and magazine advertisement for Tableaux restaurant. Tokyo, 1995
Education:
Currently studying Fine Arts at Kabk in Den Haag, part time program. I am now in the third year.
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, 1992
Foundation year
Nishinomiya Higashi Koko, Nishinomiya, Japan
Exchange student 1987-1988
Lewis & Clark high school, Spokane, WA
Graduated 1988
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