Bernadette Despujols

Bernadette Despujols (b. 1986, Barquisimeto, Venezuela) studied Architecture at the Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), where she graduated with honors in 2007. Soon after, she continued her education at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where she took classes in architecture, cultural exchange, morphology and anatomy before beginning her endeavors in art making. Despujols taught Architectonic Design at the School of Architecture at the Universidad Central de Venezuela before moving to the US to pursue her MFA in Visual Arts at the California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts) in 2010. Recent solo and two person exhibitions include The Salt of Two Seas, New Child; Antwerp, BE; Oh Man!, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX; Homesick, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Spinello Projects, Miami, FL; and Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY. Recent group exhibitions include Some Dogs Go To Dallas, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX; Friends & Lovers, Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY; Inagural Exhibition, Marquez Art Projects, Miami, FL; High Voltage, Nassima Landau, Tel Aviv, Isreal; We Are Family, curated by Peter Drake and Clifford Owens, New York Academy of Art, NY; Shattered Glass, Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, New York, NY; and WE DANCE YOU MEAN, Cerquone Projects, Madrid, Spain. Forthcoming exhibitions include a solo presentation of her work at Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY; and the Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL. Despujols currently lives and works between Miami, Florida and New York, NY.