Clara Berta CV

Exhibitions

2024     Artists to Watch: California, group exhibition, Clars Auction Gallery in collaboration with Exhibited.at, Oakland, CA

2024     Into the Blue, The ALIX Gallery, Palm Springs, CA

2023     Ethereal, solo show, West Charleston Library, Las Vegas, NV

2023     Beyond Modernism, The ALIX Gallery, Palm Springs, CA

2023     Barbie & Friends, The ALIX Gallery, Palm Springs, CA

2022      Clara Berta: Ethereal, solo show, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 

2022      Blue Like the Ocean, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 

2022      About Women: Celebrating Women Artists, MAC Fine Art, Delray Beach, FL
2022      Blue Configurations (Paper) Series, solo show, Ronewa Art Projects, Berlin, Germany

2021       20th International Art Exchange, Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan
2021       Group show, Yudian Art Gallery, Hangzhou, China

2021       Group show, BLVDG Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2020      Artistic Expressions, UC Riverside Palm Desert Center, Palm Desert, CA

2019       LA Artcore 5th Annual Juried Exhibit, Los Angeles, CA

2019       Art & Form, Rejuvenation, Los Angeles, CA

2019       In_dialogue, SyART Sorrento Festival, Sorrento, Italy

2019       FRESH 2019, South Bay Contemporary SoLA, Los Angeles, CA

2019       Immigration Celebration - Abstraction: the Power to Move, Laurent Proneur Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2018       Office Hours, The Main Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2018       Gallimaufry, Winter Group Show, FP Contemporary, Culver City, CA

2018       The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA 

2018       Art in the Gardens, group show, La Quinta, CA  

2018       Palm Springs Annual Modernism Week, Heath Gallery, Palm Springs, CA 

2018       Breaking Illusions: Artist as Scientist, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

2017       New Directions, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY

2017       Made in California, Juried Exhibit, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA

2017       CA 101 It Takes a Village, Friends of Redondo Beach Arts, Redondo Beach, CA

2016       Made in California, Juried Exhibit, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA

2015       Vision of LA Fest, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

2015       Michael Kate Interiors, Santa Barbara, CA

2015       Black and White, JCC Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

2013       Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, FL

2012       Gem, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA

2010       Barnsdall Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

2009       Art: Raw/Gallery, New York, NY

2009       20th Anniversary Juried Show, Thicket of Art: Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas, NV

2006       The Art of News, NoHo Gallery, North Hollywood, CA

2004       Erotic by Nature, Solo Exhibition, LaPeer Gallery, West Hollywood, CA

2004       Spectrum, Lankershim Art Center, North Hollywood, CA

2003       Berta/Griffin, Duo Exhibition, Westwood, CA

2000       Pick-A-Dilly Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA

 

Gallery Representation

Ronewa Art Projects, Berlin, Germany

Michael Murphy Gallery, Tampa, FL

The ALIX Gallery, Palm Springs, CA

Fresh Paint Art Advisors, Culver City, CA

Ethos Contemporary Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA

Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
Galerie Adrienne International, Palm Springs, CA

Yudian Art, Hangzhou, China

BelArt Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

 

Permanent Collections

2016       Brentwood Country Club Private Collection

 

Education

2016       Abstract Painting and Color, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA

2014       Abstract Painting, Melinda Smith Altshuler, Independent Study, Santa Monica, CA

2008       Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy

2008       Mixed Media, Carol W. Slade, Independent Study, Los Angeles, CA

2007       Printmaking Workshop, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

2007       Abstract Painting, Annie Wharton, Independent Study, Los Angeles, CA

2004       Mixed Media, University of California, Independent Study, Los Angeles, CA

2003       Monotype, Lynn Bernay, Independent Study, Valley Village, CA

1995        Master of Arts in Gerontology Candidate, University of Southern California, CA

1993       Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Antioch University, CA

 

Awards and Honors 

2021       Gold Award & Award of Excellence, 20th International Art Exchange, Chiba City Museum of Art, Japan

2019       Honorable Mention, LA Artcore 5th Annual Juried Exhibit

2018       Artist of the Year Finalist, Circle Foundation for the Arts

2017       Staff Pick Award, Made in California, Juried Exhibit

2016       Third Place Award, Made in California, Juried Exhibit

2003       Art Expo Finalist Award, Fullerton, CA    

 

Film and Television Features 

2022      The Offer, Paramount Television Studios

2020      Rocket Mortgage Superbowl Commercial

2018       Modern Family, 20th Century Fox Television 

2018       The Better Half, ABC Studios

2018       N.C.I.S., CBS Studios 

2017       Ray Donovan, Showtime

2017       Ghosted, 20th Century Fox Television

2017       Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, CBS Studios

2017       Two Broke Girls, CBS Studios

2016       The Catch, ABC Studios

2016       Broken Links, Magnafilm directed by Meir Sharony

2014       Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, Bravo, NBCUniversal

2009      You Again, Disney Studios, directed by Andy Fickman

2007      The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Deepak Chopra 

 

Professional  and Volunteer Affiliations

2023      Judge for the Adachi Education Group International Art Contest, contestants from design colleges in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and Fukuoka, Japan. 

2016       Digital Hollywood - Women Entrepreneurs: "Building the Brand, the Personal and the Company Identity" Panel 

2015       Orthopaedic Hospital Medical Magnet High School - Teaching junior high school students mixed media techniques

2015       Pasadena Women's Shelter - Painting class