Bert Bergen

b. Coopeville, WA. 
Lives and works in San Francisco, CA

Education

The Evergreen State College, BA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2009
The Severed Limbs of My Spiritual Overseers, SFMOMA Garage Windows,
San Francisco, CA.
The Giving Hands of Altered Destinies, 18 Reasons Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Surrender to the Infinite, SFMOMA Artist’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2007
Offerings from Beneath the Realm of Chirality, Tartine, San Francisco, CA.
Vessels of Acquiessence, Adobe Books Back Room Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2006
The Crystals of Totality, Little Otsu, San Francisco, CA.
Obtaining the Crystals of Totality (for the Being of the All Knowing), Skylab Gallery, Columbus, OH.
2005
The Beasts of Transgression, The Painted Bird, San Francisco, CA.
2001
Late Night Dance Party, The Discount, San Francisco, CA.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009
Paper Tigers, Five Points Art House, San Francsico, CA.
Worship of Water, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA.
Altered States, 138 Ludlow, New York, NY.
Live Drawing, SFMOMA Artist’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Bay Area Currents, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA.
2008
Letterheads, 18 Reasons Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Ethsix: Seeing the Unseen, Blankspace Gallery, Oakland, CA
HUM, Project Theatre Artuad, San Francisco, CA.
Detourned Menu, ISE Cultural Foundation Gallery, New York, NY.
2007
The Dollar Show, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Grounded, Southern Exposure/Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Post Expose, Long Island Screen Printing Design Center, Long Island City, NY.
SWEE(t)ART, Red Ink Studious, San Francisco, CA.
Art Sale 11, The Lab, San Francisco, CA.
2006
25 Years of Photography, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA.
The Brilliance of the All Knowing, Soap Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Domestic Relocation, Soap Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Portrait Show, Soap Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2005
Mothership, Artscape, Baltimore, MD.
Holiday Bazaar, 12 Galaxies, San Francisco, CA.
Postcard Show, The Lab, San Francisco, CA.
White Box, Triple Bass, San Francisco, CA.
Ephemeral Transformations, Hayes Valley Market, San Francisco, CA.
Ghost Town, Our Space, San Francisco, CA.
Gold Digger’s Excavation, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Summer Lovin’ Shopping, 12 Galaxies, San Francisco, CA.
Museum at the End of the Universe, Ghost House, San Francisco, CA.
Rock Goes To College, Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA.
Celestial Celebrations, Jimi Hendrix Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2004
Uncanny Fantasy, The Attic, San Francisco, CA.
Poster Show, Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA .
Sample Sale, Tink Space, San Francsico, CA.
A La Carte., Pond Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Benefit Show, Pond Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2003
Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
Le Sacre, Tomei Temple, Oakland, CA.
Antarctica, 848 Community Space, San Francisco, CA.
2002
Magical Worlds, Ego Park, Oakland, CA.
2001
EVAC, Ajax Plastics, San Francisco, CA.
Benefit, Build, San Francisco, CA.
2000
Bay Area Disfigurative, Ajax Plastics, San Francisco, CA.
Kun-Stoff II, Brava Theatre, San Francisco, CA.
1999
Our Special Weekend Together, Build, San Francisco, CA.
Kun-Stoff I, Brava Theatre, San Francisco, CA.
1998
SAP; The Residue of the San Francisco Art Scene, Four Walls Gallery, San Francisco, CA – Lanai Hotel.
Postcard Show, Four Walls Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1997
Benefit, The Lab, San Francisco, CA.
Togetherness, Midnight Sun, Olympia, WA.
1996
Cabinet of Curiosities, Artist’s Television Access, San Francisco, CA.
Art Amnesia, Capitol Theatre, Olympia, WA.
1995
Prosthetics, Capitol Theatre, Olympia, WA.

Performances

2008
Prima Materia, ATA, San Francisco, CA.
Mantic Gifs of Dismemberment and Renewal. Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2007
Sacred Geometry of the Temporal Form, Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Echoes from the Tomb of the Somnambulist, Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
The Venacular of the Somnambulist, Edinburgh Castle, San Francisco, CA.
Ritual for the Removal of the Organ Kundabuffer, Hemlock Tavern, San Francisco
2006
Steps to Infinity, The Eagle Tavern, San Francisco, CA.
Crystallization of the Divine, Fernwood Resort, Big Sur, CA
Sojourn in the Crystals of Totality, Ediburgh Castle, San Francisco, CA
2005
Physical Alignment With the Divine, Hemlock Tavern, San Francisco, CA
Requiem for the Salton Sea, The Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA
Healing Fluids of the Divine, The Ritz, Austin, TX
Healing the Fatherwound, The Modified Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2004
Mantastic Jams, Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Curratorial Projects

2007
The Memorial Leaves Devastation In Its Wake, The Gallery of Urban Art, Oakland, CA.
2006
The Brilliance of the All Knowing, Soap Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005
Ephemeral Transformations, Hayes Valley Market, San Francisco, CA
Celestial Celebrations, Jimi Hendrix Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Residencies
2008
Post Expose, Long Island City, NY
2006
Skylab Gallery Residency, Columbus, OH

Public Speaking
2006
Photography Today, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA.

Bibliography
2008
Panache Magazine #26.
Eth6: Seeing the Unseen, Issue #3 2008.
The Believer Magazine, Issue #52 march/April 2008, McSweeney’s Publications
2007
Greater Good Magazine, Winter 2007/2008
San Francisco Chronicle 96 Hours march 16th, 2007, “Killer Subject” by Reyhan Harmanci.
2005
San Francisco Weekly March 16th, “Real Musicians, Real Jobs” by Justin Farrar
Panache Magazine #23 - #25

2004
Panache Magazine #20, 21, 22

1999
Smeared With Pleasure