Artists

Kermit Berg earned a Bachelor's Degree in Art from the University of Indianapolis, studied Graphic Design in the Graduate Program of Indiana University, and Digital Arts at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago.

Early in his career, he received the Gmund Award for excellence in Graphic Design and taught as guest faculty at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago, and the Oregon School of Arts and Crafts in Portland, Oregon. His first digital print was from a Tektronix inkjet printer in 1985.

After numerous U. S. showings, he moved to Berlin and exhibited there in 1993 with a solo conceptual work titled "Treason: Tablegame for Adults" ("Verrat: Tischspiel für Erwachsene") at Anderes Ufer.

Berg's folio of 12 digitally montaged Iris Prints documenting Berlin titled “Vorübergehende Zeit” ("Berlin Folio: Time of Transition") was acquired and exhibited in February 1997 by the Stadtmuseum Berlin.

In 1998 the Kupferstichkabinett, the Federal Museum for Cultural Holdings in Berlin acquired a print by Berg.

Two 9 ft square mural-scale prints were commissioned in Berlin for Auguste-Viktoria-Hospital's new building for Internal Medicine in September 1997. Dresdner Bank, Berlin exhibited new Berlin works and commissioned a large scale work in January 1998.

In September 1998 Cindy Bordeau Fine Art, Chicago, premiered, the digitally collaged folio "Eight Minutes to Loop", 14 Chicago-based digital collages, in a solo show.

In 2000 new work was exhibited by Belloc Lowndes Fine Art at Art Chicago. A solo show took place at the Cliffdwellers Arts Club, Chicago and the artist received private commissions in Paris &, Cologne. He also participated in the documentation project Chicago in the Year 2000. (CITY 2000) archived at the University of Illinois.

2000-2004 Berg published "Glass", and was represented at International Expositions in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto, Palm Beach & London by Belloc Lowndes Fine Art. Works were reproduced by UNESCO charity projects in 2004 and 2005. The artist was nominated for the Tiffany Award in 2005 based on his “Apparition” and “Subterrain” portfolios.

Lyons Wier Ortt has exhibited the New York / Berlin artist since 2004 in gallery shows and at Photo New York; Scope London; Photo L.A.; Art LA; & AAF New York, and Preview Berlin. The Gallery mounted Berg's solo show “White” in 2006.

In 2007, Berg exhibited in three solo venues. The Ephraim-Palais in Berlin, the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn, and the Flatfile Galleries in Chicago.

The Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin opened Berg's first solo museum show Umsteigen, Bitte! (Transfer Here!) on May 17, 2007 in the Stadtmuseum Berlin’s baroque chateau, the Ephraim-Palais, closing September 23, 2007.

Organized by Prof. Dr. Dominik Bartmann, & Dr. Franziska Nentwig, with curation by Andreas Teltow. The major exhibition encompassed nine galleries, covered 10 years of artistic endeavor, and was supported by Berg's private collectors, with corporate support from Microsoft Deutschland and the Potsdamer Platz Arkaden, ECE Management.

A new 60 foot x 4 foot panoramic installation work-on-paper “Umsteigen, Bitte!” with miniature video, from which the show derived its title, was installed in the belle étage center gallery. New prints from “Façade” also premiered in the Ephraim-Palais venue.

Opening ceremony speakers included Dr. Franziska Nentwig, General Director of the Berlin Stadmuseum and Staatssekretaerin Professor Barbara Kisseler, the vice Mayor and Head of the City Council of Berlin,

A museum evening with Berlin-born architecture journalist Adolf Stock interviewing Berg took place on August 1, 2007. A radio interview with the artist by Herr Stock previewed the exhibition on Deutschlandradio Kultur 'Fazit'.

Two site-specific mural works, each sixty feet long by three feet high, were shown at the New York Transit Museum in a show titled “Unexpected Stops” curated by Robert DelBagno and designed by Todd Ludlam. The works, “Transfer Here!” and “Running Express” were on view from September through December 2, 2007.

February 2008 Flatfile Galleries opened Berg’s “White II” in a solo show.

The artist is working on a new suite titled “Wirtschaftswunder” (Economic Miracle) from Mid-20th century Berlin: planned to be published and exhibited in New York in January 2009.