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