Biography
- Charlotte Bernström is a Swedish-American painter whose contemporary canvases are poetic explorations about our innate connection with Nature.
Born and raised in Sweden, Charlotte grew up in a unique environment permeated with art. She began practicing painting in Nature at age 5. Charlotte was mentored by her grandfather, painter Lennart Schultzberg, who came up with innovative ways of teaching a young child perspective, color theory and the use of different mediums. He taught her to see, to listen and to feel with all of her senses in the outdoors and how to translate those qualities through paint. This ancestral knowledge and wisdom was passed down through Lennart from his father Anshelm Scultzberg, a renowned Swedish painter and international curator.
In her early twenties, Charlotte relocated to San Francisco, and studied at the Academy of Art University and the California College of the Arts. Although her roots were in European Impressionism, her paintings slowly morphed into abstraction as she got a closer look at Abstract Expressionism; the first truly homegrown American art movement. Charlotte had the opportunity to know several pioneers of the movement, visiting their studios and getting a rare insight into their lives and creativity. This exposed Charlotte to a world that would gradually become her own.
Selected Exhibitions +
2024
San Francisco Art Fair, San Francisco
Group Exhibition: "Deep Roots" Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, California
2023
Solo Exhibition: "New Paintings" Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, California
2022
Group Exhibition: "Taking Note" Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, California
Group Exhibition: "Visual Poetry: Willy Heeks, Mark Erickson, Jane Cook, Charlotte Bernstrom" Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, California
Group Exhibition: "Elevation" Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, California
2021
Solo Exhibition: "New Paintings" Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, California
Group Exhibition: "DELIGHT: Charlotte Bernstrom, Troy House, Jane Kim & Irene ZweigAndra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, California
Group Exhibition: "Beauty, Color & Form: Jane Cook, Mark Erickson, Elena Erickson, Charlotte Bernstrom" Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, California
2020
Group Exhibition: "Creativity Takes Courage" Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, California
2019
Solo Exhibition: "Coming Home to Nature" An exhibition in hte archipelago, Arkösunds Hotell, Sweden
Group Exhibition: "Vault" Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, California
2018
Group Exhibition: "Dreamland” Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, California
Group Exhibition: "Sam Francis, Paul Jenkins, Ed Moses, Jim Bird & Charlotte Bernstrom,” Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, California
2017
Solo Exhibition: "Nature whispers, 'meet me here' " Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, California
2016
“Summer Group Exhibit” Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, California
2015
Solo Exhibition: "Between Two Worlds" Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, California
Group Exhibition: "Modern Masters" Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, California
2014
"Fall Edition" Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, California
2012
Solo Exhibition: "Inner Light" Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, California
Palm Springs Art Fair, Palm Springs, California
Group Exhibition: "Spring Edition" Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, California
2011
Art Market San Francisco
Group Exhibit by Gallery Artists, Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, California
2010
Solo Exhibition: "The Inner Landscape" Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, California
2007
Group Exhibition: "Two Guys and a Girl: Mark Erickson, Ray Jackson & Charlotte Bernstrom" Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, California
2005
Group Exhibition: "Introductions" Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, California
1994
Group Exhibition: Merced College, Merced, California
1995
Group Exhibition: Merced College, Merced, California
1994
Group Exhibition: Swedish Painters, Lake Garda, Malcesine, Italy
Education +
Mentorship with Lennart Schultzberg, Sweden, 1979-1996
Seminars & workshops on painting, drawing & printmaking in Europe and America (1989-1995)
Academy of Art University, San Francisco (1996-1999)
California College of the Arts, San Francisco (2000-2001)