CINDY BERNHARD (American, b. 1989) lives and works in Chicago, IL. Bernhard received her MFA from Laguna College of Art and Design in 2014 and BFA from the American Academy of Art in 2011. Recent and upcoming solo exhibitions include ANDREW RAFACZ (Chicago, IL), Long Story Short (New York, NY), Richard Heller Gallery (Santa Monica, CA), Monya Rowe Gallery (New York, NY), Shelter In Place Gallery (Boston, MA), and Vital Signs (Milwaukee, WI). Recent and upcoming group exhibitions include ANDREW RAFACZ (Chicago, IL), Steven Zevitas Gallery (Boston, MA), Casa Santa Ana (Panama City, Panama), PLATO (Brooklyn, NY), Monya Rowe Gallery (New York, NY), Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art (Chicago, IL), Carlye Packer (Palm Springs, CA), Richard Heller Gallery (Santa Monica, CA), Field Projects (New York, NY), Eve Leibe Gallery (London, UK), Lubeznik Center For The Arts (Michigan City, IN), Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago, IL), One After 909 (Chicago, IL), and the Bridgeport Art Center (Chicago, IL). She has exhibited at art fairs in Chicago, Miami, New York, Palm Springs. Her work has been written about in many publications, including New American Paintings, New York Magazine, and Newcity. Bernhard’s work is collected nationally and internationally.