Karina Bergmans
Studio: 155B Loretta Avenue North, Ottawa
613-266-5936
Education
B.A. Honours Psychology, Carleton University
Painting, Sculpture, Drawing and Ceramics/Pottery classes at
Toronto School of Art and George Brown College 1998-2001
Oxy-Acetylene welding, Algonquin College Fall 2007
BAIR Residency (Banff Artist in Residence) at the Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, October, 2011
Upcoming
2012 Lost Mitten Mountain/Montagne de Mitaines Perdue at National Capital Commission: Northern Passion Nordique Exhibit Winterlude 2012
Solo and Site Specific Exhibitions
2011 Think Tank: Thinking Caps, Other Gallery, Banff Centre, Alberta
2011 OOH, AH, WOW, outdoor exhibition, Fieldwork, Perth, Fall/Winter
2011 TEXT-ing public interventions, Ottawa Public Libraries and the City of Ottawa’s Community Arts Program
2010 TEXT-ing et al, Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Almonte, ON, Oct 20-Jan 23, 2011,
2010 supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Stride Gallery + 15 Window Project, Calgary, AB, June-July,
2009 Word Jumble Pillow Project (AKA: TEXT-ING) Blink Gallery, Ottawa, June
2007 COZY: Solo Exhibition of Fibre Art , Atrium Gallery, Ottawa, Oct 5- Nov 7
2005 Chairs and Table [Of Knowledge], Carleton University Campus, October
2005 ‘Can Loss Keep Me Warm?’ test of Lost Mitten Sleeping Bags Algonquin Park, ON
2005 Snow Angels installations/performances throughout the winter, Various locations in Ottawa
2004 Lost Mitten Project Installation of 1000 lost mittens and gloves , Skate Changing Tents, Rideau Canal, Feb
2004 Drive-by installation of 32 lost mittens and gloves, Hunt Club Road,Ottawa, January
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 中文 exhibited at Shanghai Restaurant, Chinatown Re-mix, Ottawa, May
2010 Pop Shop, Blink Gallery, Ottawa, June
2010 Around the Frayed Edges, Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden, ON, March – May
2010 26 Letters and Then There Were None, Corridor Gallery, Ottawa, March-April
2010 Pleins Les Bras arm/sleeves, Centre Culturel et Communautaire Henri Lemieux, Montreal, January
2010 Body + Object, Ontario Craft Council Gallery, Toronto, January
2009 Pleins Les Bras arm/sleeves, Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Nov 11-Dec. 18
2009 TEXT-ing, public intervention with letter pillows, DUMBO Art Festival, Brooklyn, NY, September 25-27
2009 Organisms and Orifices installation, Hysteria Festival, Toronto, October
2009 Magical Dreamworld, La Petit Mort Gallery, Ottawa, November
2009 Animal House: Works of Art by Animals, SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Aug-Sept
2009 Masterworks: Eastern Ontario Tour of Fine Craft, Ontario Crafts Council, March-September
2009 Intercontinental Divide, Gallery 101/Helen Pitt Gallery, Ottawa/Vancouver, May
2008 Harbinger, Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, July
2008 Creatures, Corridor Gallery, Ottawa, April-May
2007 HollandFest, La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa, May
2007 Exhibit #1, Gallery 155b, Ottawa, October
2006 Art to Ease Crappy Conversation, Miniature Exhibition, Loop Gallery, Toronto, Dec
2006 Fibreworks 06, Exhibition of Canadian Fibre Art, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge,ON, September
2006 Off the Wall, exhibition of 3-D wall sculptures, Marten Arts Gallery, Bayfield, ON, July
2006 Gallery Members, La Petit Mort Gallery, Ottawa, July
2006 Plush snake for Alidair MacRae’s ‘Architecture for the Eye’, Access Art Centre, Vancouver
2005 Grasses Installation at Bloor and Spadina for Parkettes, Gallery 1313, Toronto, June
Performance Interventions
2008 Organs and Organisms: installation and performance art, Toronto Alternative Fashion Week [FAT], April
2006 The Cake Show, Performance Art with Jenny McMaster, Toronto Alternative Fashion Week [FAT], Oct 17
2006 The Cake Show, Performance Art with Jenny McMaster, Pukka Gallery, Ottawa, Sept 16
2005 Performances with Fake Cake: Summer BBQ, birthday parties, office parties, skating with cake
2005 Assisted in Gerry Morita’s performance of The Bride, Gallery 101/SAW Gallery, Ottawa, April 29
2005 Essen and Welcome Off Grid volunteer for Victoria Stanton, Ottawa Art Gallery, May
Selected Juried Exhibitions, Craft Shows and Art Festivals
2011 KBergmans.com Clothing Line, Shang Winter Craft Sale, Ottawa, December 4
2011 KBergmans.com Clothing Line, Idle Hands Craft Show, Ottawa, November 26
2011 KBergmans.com Clothing Line, New Art Festival, Ottawa, June 4 and 5
2010 KBergmans.com Clothing Line, Shang Winter Craft Sale, Ottawa, December 12
2010 KBergmans.com Clothing Line, Idle Hands Craft Show, Ottawa, November 28
2010 KBergmans.com Clothing Line, Art In Strathcona Park, Ottawa, August 7
2010 KBergmans.com Clothing Line Byward Market, Ottawa, July 25
2010 KBergmans.com Clothing Line, Urban Art in Minto Park, Ottawa, July 24
2010 Launch of Spring 2010 KBergmans.com Clothing Line, ArtsPark, Ottawa, May 9
2009 KBergmans.com Clothing Line, Idle Hands Craft Show, Ottawa, November 29
2009 KBergmans.com Clothing Line, ArtsPark, Ottawa, May 10
2008 Launch of KBergmans.com Clothing Line, Stables Studio Open House, Ottawa, November
2004 ColourForm Paintings and Sculptures, One of a Kind Show and Sale,Toronto, December
2004 ColourForm Paintings and Sculptures, Ottawa Fringe Festival, Ottawa, June
2003 Handmade books, cards, crafts, CBC Craft show, Toronto, November 27
2003 Mixed Media paintings, Queen West Art Crawl, Toronto, Aug 23
2003 Mixed Media paintings, Distillery District Juried Art Show, Toronto, Aug 9-10
2002 Mixed Media paintings, Toronto Artscape Juried Show, Toronto, September
2002 Mixed Media paintings, Annex Patio Art Show, Toronto, July
Street Painting Temporal Art
2006 Toronto International Busker Festival, August
2006 Junction Arts Festival, Toronto, September
2006 Art in The Park, Ottawa, June
2005 Junction Arts Festival, Toronto, September
2005 Art in the Park, Ottawa, June
2004 Junction Arts Festival, Toronto, September
2004 Art In the Park and Ottawa Fringe Festival, June
Internet/Web Based Art Exhibition
2004-present Regular postings on personal Art Blog: http://kaleidoscopeart.typepad.com
2004 Design and launch of on-line gallery and exhibition www.KaleidoscopeArt.com
2003 Design and launch of web page of www.lostmittenproject.com
Public Art Commissions
2011 Collaboration with Cynthia O’Brien, Finalist for Glebe Community Centre Public Art Commission
Commissions (Other)
2008 Custom floor painting on linoleum in kitchen, eat-in and den areas, 300 sq/ft
2006 Access Art Centre, BC, created a plush snake for Alisdair MacRae’s “Architecture for the Eye’
2005 Pink and Blue Squares Installation at Tranzac Club, Toronto Toronto Fringe Festival, July
2005 Beaded mosaic bathroom floor made of 16,000 pieces of glass pieces, beads and tiles.
2005 Created polymer clay ‘Amy’ doll for short film (New Brunswick)
2005 Created earring shadow boxes to display customer’s collection of costume jewelry.
2005 Painting on wall of The Rage, Fashion Boutique shop in Kensington Market (Toronto).
2003 Private commissions for ColourForm paintings and sculptures
Professional Activities and Community Collaborations
2011 Art installation Technician for Carleton University Art Gallery
2009-Present Art Installation Technician for City Of Ottawa Public Art Program
2010 Clothing Reconstruction Family Workshop, Ottawa Art Gallery, Nov.
2010 Costume workshop for Ottawa Art Gallery Superheros summer camp
2009 Costume workshop for Ottawa Art Gallery Superheros summer camp
2008 Jury member for City of Ottawa Community Galleries
2006 Collaboration with Spins and Needles for hosting a community mitten sleeping bag sewing night
2006 Re-Design and creation of searchable database for Lost Mitten Project website as a community
collaboration project with Algonquin College computer science students
2005 Contributed to lee tracey’s (Chicago) World Rivers Project, online at www.worldriversproject.com
Ongoing Member at Gallery 101, SAW Gallery, CARFAC, CARCC and Ontario Crafts Council
Grants and Awards
2010 Colon Carry All won Honorable Mention for Colorectal Cancer Canada PSA design
2010 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance
2008 City of Ottawa A-Grant
2007 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2006 “Flower Garden” received jurors Honorable Mention, Fibreworks 06, Cambridge Galleries
2006 City Of Ottawa B-Grant
2005 Saw Gallery Golden Cherry Emerging Artist Award
2005 City Of Ottawa, B-Grant
2004 Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant
2004 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
Publications
2011 Stride Gallery’s annual exhibition review, Catalogue 2010-2011
2009 Ontario Crafts Council Masterworks East Tour Catalogue
2009 Publication for Gallery 101/Helen Pitt Gallery Intercontinental Divide
Selected Press
2011 Sewing Together Art and Psychology, Charlatan Newspaper, by Dessy Sukendar, Oct 11
2010 Have You Hugged Your Lexicon Today? FiberArts Magazine, by Jenny McMaster, Sept/Oct
2010 Daytime Show: promo for OAG’s Superheroes Kids camps, Rogers 22, June 8
2009 Ottawa Morning interview with Stu Mills for Idle Hands Craft Show, CBC Radio, Nov 27
2009 Funky Show Letter Perfect, Ottawa Citizen, Dayanti Karunaratne, June 13
2008 Serious Fun, Ottawa Citizen, by Jessie Bird, October 18
2008 Corridor Gallery: To Build a Vibrant Centre, Ottawa Express, by Dipna Horra, April 10
2008 Regional Contact: Karina Bergmans’ Whimsical Creations, CTV, February 23
2006 Episode 5, interview for Cake Show at [FAT], UATV.ca , November 9
2006 All in a Day, radio interview for lost mitten sleeping bags, CBC Radio, November 7
2006 Lost mittens...in downtown exhibit’, Ottawa City Journal, Jim Donnelly, November 1
2006 “Flower Garden” selected as cover image, Tone Magazine, October
2006 All in a Day, The Cake Show at Pukka Gallery, CBC’s Radio, Sept 14
2005 ‘Art Family Fun House’ Ottawa Express, by Laura Moses, October 20
2005 Daytime show, Rogers, 22, October 20
2005 Lost Mitten Registry, National Post, by Benjamin Brett, January 17
2005 Daytime show, Rogers 22, January 21
2004 Cover Photograph of street painting for Junction Arts Festival, Toronto Villager, Sept 17
2004 ‘Flowers in Your Hair” Annex Gleaner, by Al Mousseau, May 2004
2004 “.. reunite Canadians with their lost mittens” Ottawa Citizen, by Chris Johnston, February 5
2004 News Report with Steve Fisher, CBC TV, Ottawa, February 3
