Monica Bernier’s second exhibition at Bowery Gallery runs from April 23 – May 18, 2019. Gallery hours are 11am to 6pm Tuesday through Saturday. With her second exhibition at Bowery, Monica Bernier builds on a familar idiom of abstract cut-outs to re-create two very different personal experiences: a 2017 roadtrip through the national parks of the American Southwest, and day- and night-time views of a suburban Connecticut swimming pool.

While the artist’s flair for vivid colors and iconic shapes informs all the work, its effect varies as widely as the motifs, ranging from a natural, sunlit vastness to a domestic intimacy.

There will be an artist’s reception on Thursday, April 25, 5-8pm.

The artist will give a gallery talk with painters Naomi Nemtzow and Rita Baragona on Saturday, May 11, 4-5pm.