About Shaina
Shaina Bernard is an artist and designer based in the Mainline of Pennsylvania. She received her BFA in painting at Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. Those 4 years of traditional and observational work provided a foundation that has played a substantial role in Shaina’s design abilities. Her BFA was an intensive practice of color theory and composition. Since graduating in 2018 she has continued her studio practice with an exploration of her everyday life, paintings of her family and pit-lab mix Basil. Currently she practicing design in dried florals and plants while showing her diverse work at festivals. Any moment Shaina has she is creating.
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Education
2018
BFA in Painting, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts A College of the University of New Haven, Old Lyme, CT
Awards
2017
Summer Undergraduates Research Fellowship, University of New Haven, New Haven, CT
2018
Wardlaw Prize of Art in Excellence, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts a College of the University of New Haven, Old Lyme, CT
Exhibitions
2015
39th Annual Student Exhibition, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts a College of the University of New Haven, Old Lyme, CT
Time and Place, Florence Griswold Museum , Old Lyme, CT
2016
40th Annual Student Exhibition, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT
2017
41st Annual Student Exhibition, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT
Lyme in Prato Exhibition, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Prato, Italy
Lyme Prato Exhibition, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT
2018
42nd Annual Student Exhibition, Hygienic Art, New London , CT
Senior Studio Exhibition, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme,CT