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Lou Bermingham graduated with a B.A. in Fine Arts from San Jose State University (SJSU). He studied drawing and painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Aix-en-Provence, France during his university studies. Lou also worked extensively in glass, designing and assembling abstract architectural glass panels for over 10 years.
Lou was in the artist-in-residence program at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont, a recognized and innovative artists’ community in 1995. He has exhibited widely and shown his artwork in the USA, France, and Cairo, Egypt, as well as in New York City.
In the Bay Area, Lou has exhibited his artwork at the San Francisco galleries of Morrell Morrell and In the Distance. In the South Bay, he has exhibited at the Triton Museum, in Santa Clara, in its 2009 “Diverse Impressions: Bay Area Abstraction,” exhibition. In 2010, Lou was one of the artists to be included in the Statewide Drawing and Printmaking Competition by juror Roberta Loach at the Triton Museum.
Lou has also shown at the San Jose Museum of Art, the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, WORKS, the De Silva Gallery, Roche Bobois, Allegra, On Location, and the Citadel. In the nearby town of Los Gatos, Lou has shown his work through the Hathaway Collection, Fiona James Gallery, Virtual Gallery, and the Los Gatos Museum of Art. In 2009, he was awarded 2nd place for his painting, “Gravitas” in the juried Los Gatos Art Association show at the Los Gatos Museum of Art.
In Santa Cruz, Lou has exhibited in juried shows through the Santa Cruz Art League (SCAL) and was selected for the Merit award by Juror Rebecca Schapp, Director of the de Saisset Museum of Santa Clara University for the SCAL’s “Relationship” show, and in Sacramento, he has exhibited at the Center for Contemporary Art, as well as at Park Fine Art Gallery.
Lou has an international clientele of collectors from San Francisco to New York City to Paris to Tokyo to Sydney, Australia. In Paris, the accounting firm Cabinet Arca and Laurencin Architectural Associates are among his collectors, and architect Louis Canizares, Director of Dessein de Ville-Architects/Urban Development of Toulouse and Bordeaux collects Lou’s work.
Lou lived for a year in Cairo, Egypt, and has traveled throughout other parts of Africa. He has traveled through Israel, Europe, and Mexico, and spent time in Japan, Taiwan, and Korea furthering his studies in fine arts and the martial arts, particularly the martial art of aikido.
Throughout his travels, Lou has connected with different artists, educators, architects, and interested persons in his efforts to develop a world wide consciousness about the restorative power of Art. Lou maintains two studios, one in Campbell, close to Silicon Valley, and one in Capitola, close to the power of the Pacific Ocean.
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