Born in Tokyo, Japan, Bernadette Jiyong Frank’s paintings have been exhibited in the San Francisco Bay Area and across the United States, and most recently, her work has been exhibited at FSU Museum of Fine Arts. She has been awarded a Silver Medal in New Images Photography Awards 2012, and was nominated for the 2013 2 x 2 Solos Exhibitions by Pro Arts Gallery. Bernadette was awarded a commission for a public art project by the Arts Commission in Whangarei, New Zealand. Her work is held in various public and private collections, including the Crocker Art Museum and Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. Bernadette’s paintings have appeared in various publications including New American Paintings. She has attended Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles. Bernadette is represented by Dolby Chadwick Gallery in San Francisco.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012 Jiyong - New Work, 425 Market St. (Courtesy of Dolby Chadwick Gallery), San Francisco, CA
2011 Bernadette Jiyong Frank | New Oil Paintings, Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Color Spectrum, Carnegie Institution for Sciences, Stanford, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014 Inspire Artists Who Inspire You, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014 FISSION: Sid Garrison and Bernadette Jiyong Frank, Gensler, San Francisco, CA
2013 Annual Art Exhibition and Auction, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2013 Tallahassee International, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL (catalogue)
2012 Point of No Return, Juror: Hesse McGraw, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2012 New Images Photography Awards, Gallery Photographica, San Francisco, CA, Juror Rose Marasco
2012 San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2012, San Francisco, CA
2011 Art for AIDS, The Galleria at the San Francisco Design Center, San Francisco, CA
2011 Marking Time, Three Person Show, Liquid Spaces Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Aqua Art Miami, Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, Miami FL
2010 Kristen Buckingham Showroom, Los Angeles, CA
2010 49th Anniversary Show - The Present, Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Magical Thinking, Judy Saslow Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010 Old Friends-New Faces IV, Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Big Deal, Visual Aids, SOMArtsGallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 New Visions 2008, Juried Show, Jurors: Lucinda Barnes, Chief Curator and Director of Programs
and Collections, Berkeley Art Museum; and Karen Tsujimoto, Senior Curator, Oakland Museum of California, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA

Tallahassee International Exhibition Catalog, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL (Aug)
Luxe Interiors + Design Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 2, 2013
New American Paintings #103, 2013, Juror: Monica Ramirez-Montagut
House Beautiful, September 2012
Art Basel Miami Beach 2010 , Pendulum Art News, 2011
A Guide to Open Studios, Amber Adrian, 7x7, 2010, San Francisco, CA ()
Old Friends-New Faces at Triangle Gallery, Frank Cebulski, The Examiner, 2010, San Francisco, CA
Studio Visit Magazine, 2009, Volume 5, Juror: Michael Klein, Independent Curator, Boston, MA
Studio Visit Magazine, 2008, Volume 3, Juror: Carl Belz, Director Emeritus, The Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University, Boston, MA
“Visitor’s Fishy Reminder”, Whangarei Journal, 1993, Whangarei, New Zealand