HOT ON HER HEELS: 5 Facts On @kbernhardt2014

The ‘gram of Brooklyn artist Katherine Bernhardt has unveiled her overwhelming love for her family with frequent snaps of her lovely son. Muscling in the art world with thickly-painted portraits of magazine models that get most people’s jaws dropped, works of Bernhardt embody cosmopolitan edginess. Recently, the endearing mother is placing her vivacity on “Pattern Paintings” that feature expressive and emotional associations from french fries, African textiles, to cigarettes. Learn her into-Alice-Dellal sensation, adorable motherhood, and toilet paper here.
1. Her five-year-old boisterous and energetic son – Khalifa – has always managed to keep Bernhardt on her toes, what a hilariously sweet mother-and-son love! That certainly adds intensity to her career.
2. She’s really into Alice Dellal and Agyness Deyn!
3. Duo creation has turned into mainstream. Together with her hubby Youssef Jdia who is in business of Moroccan rugs, the talented painter has co-created collages canvas at The Hole with textile bits and magazine cut-outs.
4. For her food-infused consumerist paints, this is what she described as “the stupidest, dumbest, craziest and funniest”.
5. In the eyes of Katherine, toilet paper is a squarish oval.
Instagram: @kbernhardt2014
Photo via Artspace