Hello! I’m Bernia. I’m a French artist based in Sweden.
My family being artists, I was fascinated by drawings, paintings and fantasy since my early age. My health was also not so good when I was young-teen, so my imagination improved a lot by this time, it was my magic potion to escape from my diseases. My work now is to help people to dream, think positively and feel good so I keep going working and sharing my dreams.
I studied ‘History of Art’ and ‘Art Architecture and Design’ at the University of Bordeaux. I was fascinated by the artworks of Frederich, Girodet with”Attala au tombeau” -my favorite painting- and Gustave Moreau. I studied and received a diploma in art teaching. I moved to Sweden when I was 27 and started to exhibit in Europa and worked a while with Philippines Studio Creative Asia Animation to make Storyboards. I currently live and work in Sweden and have my own Gallery. My works have been exhibited in galleries and private collections in different countries.
For many years my artwork has been characterized by the technique “mixed-media”: I mix acrylic with mediums, pastels, ink, charcoal and silk paper on wood or canvas. I like to use these materials because each material has their own way to express different things and using them together it’s like an explosion of possibilities to work with. My artwork has also been characterized by the contrast between light and shadow, sensitive lines, enigmatic figures, nature or architecture that reveal stories or fairy tales with sensibility and gentleness. Sweden is the country that became my principal source of inspiration and where I could really improve my techniques and my fantasy. The nature is beautiful: The powerful light and green of the summertime, the darkness and the cold but also the warm and cosy atmosphere of the wintertime, the enigmatic light and stones in the forest and the Nordic legend.
Welcome to my worlds!