photo credit: cynthia o’brien
ABOUT
Karina Bergmans is inspired by the intersection between art and science. By converging the themes of communication and the body, she creates cross disciplinary installations merging art and science. Themes in her work are based on our collective experiences of language, communication, text and play. Bergmans works in sculpture, installation, performance, public art and public interventions. Exhibitions include YAYHAY! at CAFKA.21 (Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area), 2021, Ligaments and Ligatures at Estevan Art Gallery and Museum, Estevan SK, 2020, Airborne Allergens/Allergènes Aéroportés at Art-Image in Gatineau in 2016, Ligaments and Ligatures at Ottawa’s City Hall Art Gallery (2013) and Edmonton’s Harcourt House (2013). Bergmans’ work has been exhibited at the Ontario Science Centre, Toronto (2014), Art Al Vent XI, Gata des Gorges, Spain (2014), Fieldwork, Perth, ON (Fall 2011-Spring 2012), the Mississippi Mills Textile Museum, Almonte, ON (2010), Stride Gallery +15 Window Space, Calgary (2010), Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles (2009), the Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn, (2009) and the Toronto Alternative Fashion Show (2006, 2007). Karina has participated in residencies at the Banff Centre (2011) and Moon Rain Textile Bienniel, Val-des-Monts, QC, (2013). She has received grants from the Canada Council for the arts, Ontario Arts Council and the City of Ottawa. Bergmans’ work has been featured in Galleries West Magazine, the Estevan Mercury, the Canadian Medical Association Journal, and Ottawa Magazine Art of Fashion issue. Karina resides in Ottawa, Ontario.
C.V. available on request.