“I am a dancer, exploring paint as movement on canvas. I use my body’s memory to become the paint, the brush strokes, the color, patterns, texture. I explore movement dynamics through the paint. Translating body memory into paintings connects me to a language where dance and paint merge.”
Cindy Bernier’s work reflects her career as a dancer/choreographer. She is fascinated by the process of distilling movement dynamics through mark making and layers of color. An early member of Joyce Trisler’s, Danscompany, she performed and served as artistic director of Kinetikos, New England Dance Theater and Bernier Dance where she created over 30 works. She began painting in 2017 to explore her life-long work through paint.
Shows / Exhibits
2024
Pictor Gallery, Group Show, Allegory of Winter, New York, NY
Wilton Library, Group Show, Wilton, CT
Pictor Gallery, Solo Show, Paint Moves, April 23rd- May 18th, New York, NY
Carriage Barn, Spectrum Exhibition: Visual Rhythms, May 3rd – June 2nd, New Canaan, CT
Greenwich Art Society, Juried Exhibit, May 20th – June 14th, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Rowayton Community Co-Op Nursery School Art Sale
Gala, Friday, May 31st, 6pm – 10pm
Exclusive, early access to artwork from over 60 professional artists, a host of VIP experiences and opportunities, exclusive food and drinks, live music, meet the artists opportunities and more!
Saturday, June 1st, 11am – 4pm
Last look and final opportunity to purchase artwork along with coffee and light bites
At: The SoNo Collection
M&T Bank Magnificent Room
100 N Water Street, South Norwalk, CT
2023
Quidley Fine Art, Westport, CT
Mattatuck Museum, MIXMASTER @ The MATT Juried Members Exhibition, Waterbury, CT
CCNS ART SHOW, Sono Collection, Norwalk, CT
Pictor Gallery, Group Show, ‘Memories’ , New York, NY
Odetta Gallery, Exquisite Codes, Berlin
Carriage Barn Members Show, New Canaan, CT
Pictor Gallery, Group Show, New York, NY
2022
Goddard – Riverside Community Center, WHAM Art Exhibit, New York, NY
Mayor’s Gallery, Group Show, Stamford, CT
SPAG Artists Exhibition, Group Show, Norwalk, CT
Pictor Gallery, New York, NY, Group Show, ‘Backwards and Forwards’
Pictor Gallery, New York, NY, Solo Show, ‘Paint Moves’
SPAG, Group Show, ‘Right Now’, Norwalk, CT
Wilton Library Exhibition, Group Show, Wilton, CT
Quidley Fine Art, Westport, CT
2021
Goddard – Riverside Community Center, WHAM Art Exhibit (On-line), New York, NY
Pictor Gallery, New York, NY, Group Show, ‘Points of View’
2020
Goddard – Riverside Community Center, WHAM Art Exhibit, New York, NY
Ridgefield Guild of Artists Annual Juried Show (On-line), Ridgefield, CT
SPAG, Maritime Gallery Show (On-line), Norwalk, CT
Greenwich Art Society’s Juried Exhibition, Greenwich, CT
2019
Lockwood Matthews Mansion, Juried Exhibition, Norwalk, CT
New Canaan’s Carriage Barn’s, Art in the Window, Juried Exhibition, New Canaan, CT
Ridgefield Guild of Artists Annual Juried Show, Ridgefield, CT
Greenwich Art Society’s Annual Summer Juried Exhibition, Greenwich, CT
Private Collections
Connecticut
New York
Florida
Arkansas
New Jersty
California
Washington
Switzerland
Italy