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Katherine Bernhardt

American • b. 1975

Biography

Katherine Bernhardt, whether in her paintings or make-shift Moroccan rugs, is rapt by neons and geometries. The artist, who works in New York, takes an almost hasty-flick of a brushstroke that lands as a jagged architectural form — figures cut in space and in buzzing colors that leave a mental trace.

Seemingly each month, multiple galleries, museums or art fairs across the world exhibit Bernhardt's large-scale fantasies and rug-centric installations, as seen in 2017 at Art Basel and with a solo retrospective at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth. "I think the best painters don't intellectualize their own art—they just make stuff," she says; but with sharks circling trash in the water in today's climate, as is depicted in Sharks, Toilet Paper and Plantains, it's not hard to see Bernhardt's deeper meanings.

Insights

Phillips holds the world auction record for Bernhardt with Hawaiian Punch, 2014.
Bernhardt has close ties to Morocco, a defining spirit of her work that came from her husband in the rug trade.
The artist has long been represented by CANADA, a Lower East Side gallery in New York that also represents Joe Bradley, among others.

"I think the best painters don't intellectualize their own art—they just make stuff."

Past Lots

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Katherine Bernhardt
Pizza Pizza
Estimate HK$250,000 - 450,000
Sold for HK$228,600
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Katherine Bernhardt
Nike, Xanax
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
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Katherine Bernhardt
Doritos + Socks + Basketballs
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $60,960
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Katherine Bernhardt
Green Suit One
Estimate HK$700,000 - 1,200,000
Sold for HK$889,000
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Katherine Bernhardt
Hawaiian Punch
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
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Katherine Bernhardt
Beni Ourain (Cream/Brown)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,810
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Katherine Bernhardt
Haute Coast Grand-Hotel du Cap Furrat
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,826
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Katherine Bernhardt
Untitled
Estimate HK$50,000 - 70,000
Sold for HK$63,500
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Katherine Bernhardt
African Violet
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $6,985
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Katherine Bernhardt
Socks + Basketballs + Pizza + Plantains + Toilet Paper
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $53,340
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Katherine Bernhardt
Neopolitan Cream Milla Jovovich
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,160
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Katherine Bernhardt
Kate Moss Silver Swimsuit
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £16,510
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Katherine Bernhardt
Giant Philodendron with Toilet Paper
Estimate HK$300,000 - 400,000
Sold for HK$571,500
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Katherine Bernhardt
Six Papayas
Estimate HK$300,000 - 500,000
Sold for HK$368,300
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Katherine Bernhardt
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £6,096
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Katherine Bernhardt
stuck in a maze
Estimate $90,000 - 120,000
Sold for $107,950
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336
Katherine Bernhardt
African Violet
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $4,826
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337
Katherine Bernhardt
I Love New York
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $12,065
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108
Katherine Bernhardt
Virus Summer
Estimate HK$600,000 - 900,000
Sold for HK$1,143,000
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Katherine Bernhardt
Black
Estimate HK$600,000 - 800,000
Sold for HK$762,000
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Katherine Bernhardt
Minnie
Estimate HK$400,000 - 600,000
Sold for HK$762,000
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Katherine Bernhardt
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $19,050
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Katherine Bernhardt
Swatch Watch Lite-blue
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $11,430
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Katherine Bernhardt
Rubik's Cubes + Watermelon + Duracell
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $63,500
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