KEVIN BERNSTEIN’S paintings and works on paper look towards the macro and micro worlds and explore the interconnectedness of man, nature, and science. He received his MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Washington, Seattle and his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. He has exhibited his work throughout the United States and the United Kingdom. Recent exhibitions include a solo exhibition entitled New Works: Kevin Bernstein at The Kansas City Artists Coalition (KCAC) Charno Gallery in KCMO; “2012 MIAMI UNIVERSITY YOUNG PAINTERS COMPETITION, FOR THE WILLIAM AND DOROTHY YECK $10,000 AWARD EXHIBITION,” Hiestand Galleries (IRENE HOFMANN, Phillips Director & Chief Curator, SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico); “TARFEST 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY ART EXHIBITION, 2003-2012,” LAUNCH LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, (Curated by Holly Harrison, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA); “56TH CHAUTAUQUA ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART,” Strohl Art Center Main Gallery, Chautauqua Institution, (JANNE SIREN, Director of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery). He has been selected for exhibitions in LA and NYC by curators such as: HOWARD N. FOX, Curator Emeritus of Contemporary Art, LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART (LACMA); SAMANTHA RIPPNER, Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints at the METROPOLITAN MUSEUM, NYC); DOUGLAS FOGLE, Deputy Director, Exhibitions and Public Programs/Chief Curator, HAMMER MUSEUM, UCLA LOS ANGELES; ALMA RUIZ, Senior Curator of MOCA – THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES; and JOHN YAU, Art critic, and independent curator. He was selected for the Ellie Wilder Award by JIM KEMPNER at the “54th Chautauqua Annual” and recently completed a Centrum Artist Residency as a recipient of Russell Jaqua Award for Artistic Excellence and received an Artist Residency at Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts for spring 2014. He is currently Assistant Professor of Art and Area Coordinator of 2D Foundations and serves as Graduate Painting Faculty in the Department of Art at Kansas State University.