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KIMBERLY BERG

Lives and works in new york, ny, Usa
 www.isisrising.net
artist contact
 kdegas@artlover.com
After millennia of female subjugation, women at last have the chance to out to women who have been caught in a web work of patriarchal res-
visualize themselves in totally new ways, making it possible for them to trictions. He believes the seeds for transformation are planted when the
reclaim their inherent birthright. Kimberly Berg believes that the artist can artist creates images that enable women to see those parts of themselves
play an important role in helping women of the Third Millennium realize that have been systematically censored for thousands of years. Recently,
their full potential as a vital, life-enhancing force in the world. The artist Kimberly has been creating monotone images in the goddess series that
has the unique ability to create images that can inspire, empower, uplift show a transparent figure of the goddess standing behind a woman who
and motivate viewers to realize their intrinsic worth as human beings is struggling to realize herself. He has found that pastels lend themselves
and as leaders and workers capable of changing the direction of the very well towards creating a transparent effect. Berg is convinced that it is
patriarchal world we live in. the artist as shaman, trickster and prophet who has the power to create
Kimberly likes to work with pastels in a minimalist, lyrical style to create images that reveal the possibilities of what humanity can be. Berg has
intimate, figurative studies that the viewer can relate to on a personal level. shown his work nationally and internationally. He has had work accepted
He tries to create a space where viewers have the luxury of reinventing and received awards in numerous competitions. A comprehensive look
themselves in an imaginative way. Berg is especially interested in reaching at hisbody of work can be seen at www.isisrising.net.

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