Exhibitions
Inaugural Exhibition at MUSAS, Sonora, Mexico, May 2017
Oscar Bernal’s work was included in the inaugural exhibition of the Musas Museo de Arte de Sonora in Mexico. Two pieces are currently in the permanent state collection. Negotiations are ongoing for a solo show of Bernal’s work.
Emerging From Shadow, April -July 2016, the last exhibition of Oscar’s work at the Volakis Gallery.
Oscar Bernal, paintings and drawings, Volakis Gallery, July 2005
OSCAR BERNAL
1945-2016 Born in Nogales, Sonora, México
1968-71 Studied painting and drawing at the School of Fine Arts La
Esmeralda, México City. Teachers Zúñiga, Assad and Garcia Robledo
1971-73 Studied graphic arts at Taller de la Gráfica Popular
1973-75 Taught drawing and painting at the School of Fine Arts at the
University of Sonora, México
Exhibitions
2005-16 Volakis Gallery, Yountville, CA
1997-04 Vorpal Gallery. San Francisco, CA
2001 The Hierarchy of the Psyche. Los Angeles, CA
2000 Salón Independiente, Sidney, Australia
1996-99 The Hierarchy of the Psyche. Los Angeles, CA
1998 Salón Independiente. Sidney, Australia
1995 Ottocentodiaciassette Gallery. Oakland, CA
1994 Art at Zia. Berkeley, CA
1991-92 Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery. San Francisco, CA
1989 Breedwood gallery, Atoomba, Australia
1988 Berkeley Art Center. Berkeley, CA
1983 Pinnacle Gallery. Rochester, NY
1982 Jaumark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1979-80 Patrick's Galllery, San Francisco, CA
1979 Sather Gate Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1978 ASUC Studio, University of California at Berkeley, CA
1976 Salón Independiente, San Diego, CA
1976 University of Phoenix, Arizona, NM
1976 Lee Art Gallery. Tucson, AZ
1975 Contrapunto 14 Gallery, Hermosillo, Sonora, México
1973-74 Art School Gallery, University of Sonora, México
1972 Galleria Xochipilli, México City
Collections & Institutions
Michelle Egan, private collection
Peter Gibert, private collection
Paul Thiebaud Estate
Allan Stone Estate
Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach
Sonora Art Museum, MUSAS, Mexico