Basic Information

Name: Bianca Berends
Date of birth: 1971
Place of birth: The Netherlands
Based in: Curaçao
Discipline: Fine art painting; portraiture; beach scenes

Education

2019    Workshop with Watercolorist Charles Reid — Sarasota Floria13
Master class Alla Prima Portrait  & Figure Painting David Shevlino – Scottsdale VS
2011     Master class sculpting portrait Rick Casalli
2011     Master class portrait painting Michael Shane Neal
2008     Master class portrait painting Daniel E. Greene
2007     Master class portrait painting,  Florence Academy of Art in Italy
1994 – 2000      Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Master of History and Arts, with honors.
1989 – 1994      Academy of Fine Arts Maastricht, The Netherlands. BA Fine Art Painting and degree in teaching.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2020 — Beach Life, Gallery Alma Blou, Curaçao
2020 — Beach Life, The GrachtenGalerie, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2019 — Mystery Art Sale Exhibition, Portrait Society of America, Atlanta, USA
2010 — Portretten van Portrettisten, Museum De Fundatie, Heino, The Netherlands
2007 — Kröller Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands
2007 — Museum Jan van der Togt, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
2004 — BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London, Great Britain

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2020 — Behind The Beach Scenes, book by the artist
2019 — Featured in Inside Artist Magazine
2018 — Article published on Empty Easel
2018 — Featured in Art Reveal Magazine
2017 — Included in the publication King The Netherlands 50 Years
2014 — Radio interview on Dutch national Radio 1 about the artist’s portrait of King Willem-Alexander
2013 — Article in the Dutch national newspaper De Volkskrant about painting an official portrait of King Willem-Alexander

AWARDS

2019 — Top 10, Out of the Box competition, Portrait Society of America
2017 — Certificate of Excellence, Portrait Society of America

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

National Postal Service, Curaçao — commissioned stamp series
Portrait of King Willem-Alexander used for national marketing campaign for a new Dutch coin
Portrait commission of former Governor of Aruba Fredis Refunjol
Portrait commission of former Governor of Curaçao Frits Goedgedrag