BIO
Tim Berg and Rebekah Myers are a studio art collaborative based in Claremont, California. Berg and Myers have participated in multiple solo exhibitions including On the Bright Side... at Grinnell College, IA (2016); Site Unseen at the American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona, CA (2014); Honest to Goodness at Santa Barbara City College, CA (2014); An Embarrassment of Riches at Dean Project Gallery in New York, NY (2013); On the Brink at Dean Project Gallery in New York, NY (2011); and As Luck Would Have It at Nääs Konsthantverk Galleri in Göteborg, Sweden (2009). Over the years Berg and Myers have also participated in numerous group exhibitions in the US, Mexico, South Korea, Qatar and Kuwait. Their work is included in many private and public collections including the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, WY, the Betty Woodman Collection at the University of Colorado and the Biedermann Museum in Germany. Berg has curated a number of exhibitions including Tannaz Farsi - Crowd Control (2012), The 67th Scripps Ceramic Annual - Making Fun (2011) and The Incongruous Body, at the American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona, CA (2019). Berg works as a Professor of Art at Pitzer College in Claremont, CA. Berg received his MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY in 2003 and BFA magna cum laude from the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO in 2000. Myers works as a Visiting Lecturer in Art at Pitzer College. Myers received her BFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO in 2000 and continued her studies in graphic design at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco, CA.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Tim Berg & Rebekah Myers: On the Bright Side..., Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
2015 Tim Berg & Rebekah Myers, Dean Project, Miami, FL
2014 Site Unseen, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
Honest to Goodness, Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA
2013 An Embarrassment of Riches, Dean Project Gallery, New York, NY
2011 On the Brink, Dean Project Gallery, New York, NY
2009 As Luck Would Have It, Nääs Konsthantverk Galleri, Göteborg, Sweden
2008 All Good Things..., Dean Project Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2007 Hope Springs Eternal, Seigfred Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, OH
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Un/Natural Selections: Wildlife in Contemporary Art, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
Kindling: Art and Environmentalist Awakenings, Chan Gallery, Claremont, CA (virtual - online)
2019 Striking Gold: Fuller at Fifty, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Off Menu, Bedford Gallery at the Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
Birdwatcher, Visions West Contemporary, Denver, CO
Campus Mail Art: The Claremont Colleges, Chan Gallery, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
2018 Discursive, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
MANIFESTO: A Moderate Proposal, Lenzner Family Art Gallery, Pitzer College, CA
Making a Difference: Social and Political Activism in Clay, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Nature In/Forms, Palm Court Arts Complex at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, CA
Late Summer Art Show 5, Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden
Art Wynwood, Miami, FL
Art Miami, Miami, FL
2017 Blue Nights, Sultan Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait
We The People, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
Faculty Exhibition, Nichols Gallery, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA
Made in Oregon, Whitebox Gallery, Portaland, OR
Art Miami, Miami, FL
2016 Lineage: Mentorship & Learning, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
Archie Bray Foundation Resident & Visiting Artists NCECA Exhibition, Belger Crane Yard Gallery/Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO
Accessibility by Design, Vulpes Bastille, Kansas City, MO
2015 Art Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, FL
Art Miami, Miami, FL
Teton ArtLab Open Studios, Teton ArtLab, Jackson, WY
2014 The 70th Scripps Ceramic Annual, Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
A Gilded Age, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Souvenirs from the Future. A Survey of Contemporary Ceramics, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
Introduction, Dean Project Gallery, Miami Beach, MI
Downtown Art Fair, New York, NY
Art Miami, Dean Project, Miami, FL
Art Palm Beach, Dean Project, West Palm Beach, FL
Art Silicon Valley/San Francisco, Dean Project, San Mateo, CA
2013 USPS - LA, Central Art Gallery, Houston, TX
Los Angeles Ceramics, Houston Community College Central Gallery, Houston, TX
Cloud 9, Invitational, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Cloud 9, Invitational, Doha, Qatar
Child’s Play, Invitational, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
Animal Instincts, Invitational, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Art Southampton, Southampton, NY
Art Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, FL
2012 Wastelands & Candylands, Palomar College Biennial, Boehm Gallery, San Marcos, CA
Art Palm Beach, Dean Project Gallery, West Palm Beach, Fl
Art Wynwood, Dean Project Gallery, Miami, Fl
Arte Americas, Dean Project Gallery, Miami, Fl
2011 Acquired Taste: Food and the Art of Consumption, Begovich Gallery, Fullerton, CA
Uberyummy, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, San Bernardino, CA
Dallas Art Fair, Dean Project Gallery,Dallas, TX
Scope NY, Dean Project Gallery, New York, NY
Art Palm Beach, Dean Project Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
Pulse Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2018 Artists in Residence, Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden
2017 To Crack a Space, Oregon College of the Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
2016 Summer Craft Forum, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2015 Artists in Residence, Teton ArtLab, Jackson Hole, WY
Visiting Artists, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2014 ARC Grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation, Los Angeles, CA
Third Culture Conversations, University of Oregon & Oregon Arts Commission, Eugene, OR
2011 Artists in Residence, Zentrum für Keramik, Berlin, Germany
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Public
National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
Biedermann Museum, Donaueschingen, Germany
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
CityLine, Richardson, TX
Pitzer College, Claremont, CA
The Claremont Colleges Library, Archives and special Collections, Claremont, CA
Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art at Alfred, Gloryhole Collection, Alfred, NY
Betty Woodman Collection, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Hanawalt, Tammi, “Un/Natural Selections: Wildlife in Contemporary Art”, National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States, 2021
Manifesto: A Moderate Proposal, Exhibition Catalog, Pitzer College Art Galleries, 2018
Discursive, Exhibition Catalog, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, 2018
Ollman, Leah, “Review: Humor and human clay meld in 'The Incongruous Body' at AMOCA”, Los Angeles Times, August 25, 2018
Michno, Christopher, “An Interview With Artists Tim Berg And Rebekah Myers”, Riot Material, January 25, 2018
Seckler, Judy, “Clay’s Sweet Symphony”, Ceramics: Art and Perception, Issue 98, Pgs 80-85, 2015
Taylor, Brian & Doody, Kate, "Glaze: The Ultimate Ceramic Artist's Guide to Glaze and Color", Quarto Inc., London, 2014
Abbe, Mary, “Porcelain that’s less than precious at Northern Clay Center”, Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 22, 2014
Woodard, Josef “Real Dealings, and More - Tim Berg and Rebekah Myers Pull Various Conceptual Rabbits Out of Their Hat”, Scene Magazine, Page 47, March 21-27th, 2014
Melrod, George, “2014 Scripps College 70th Ceramic Annual”, Art ltd., Page 18, March/April, 2014
Victionary Workshop Ltd. , “Eat Me: Appetite for Design”, Hong Kong, 2012
Merino, Anthony, “Politics of Perception: Post-Foucauldian Ceramics”, Kindle eBook, 2011
Hur, Tae-woo, "Way of Seeing, Timothy Berg & Rebekah Myers", Asiana, August, 2009
Sharaf, Nihal, "Popular Western Art Beautifully Displayed at Al-Sabah Gallery", Al-Watan Daily, May 12, 2009
Wadler, Joyce and Green, Penelope, "Gifts for Hard Cases", New York Times, D6, December,4, 2008
Genocchio, Benjamin, "Ideas Abound in Clay: Ceramics That Go Beyond Bowls", New York Times, November 28, 2008