Romain Bernini French, b. 1979
Romain Bernini is a French contemporary artist. Born in 1979 in Montreuil. Bernini graduated with a master’s degree from the Sorbonne in 2004 where he now teaches. He currently lives and works in Paris.
Romain Bernini has garnered significant acclaim for his figurative painting style. Dedicating himself mostly to oil paintings, the artist has developed for years a pictorial work questioning society, space, figuration, mythology and popular culture. In his recent paintings, Bernini has been apt to create a lush and enigmatic life-size forest on a canvas with plain and saturated colours. His works also represent a sense of borrowing from other cultures. Placing a number of his figures in Native American’s Hopi Mask, he ties this theme to that of depersonalisation, utilising the belief that when a Hopi man places a mask upon his head he overcomes the self and loses his personal identity – receiving instead a spirit which represents universally a thing of the natural world.
Widely collected and exhibited both domestically and internationally, Romain Bernini’s works have been featured at notable institutions among which are listed: Académie des Beaux-arts, (Paris, FRANCE), Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, (Paris, FRANCE), Collection d'Art Contemporain Société Générale (Puteaux, FRANCE), and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chambéry (Chambéry, FRANCE).
Born in 1979.
Lives and works in Paris.
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Romain Bernini, Musée de Chambéry, France
2017 Romain Bernini, Maison des arts de Châtillon, Châtillon, France
Rainbow Chasers, Galleria Ricardo Crespi, Milan, Italy
2016 New Ecstatic Island, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, France
2015 Ecstatic Island, Galerie Dukan, Leipzig, Germany
Grans bwa n°V, Frac Île-de-France / La Vitrine - Antenne du Plateau, Paris, France
Quartier Général / Centre dʼart Contemporain, La Chaux-de-Fonds,
Switzerland
SOMA, Le VOG, Centre d'Art Contemporain de la Ville de Fontaine, France
2014 Woods, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, France
2013 Romain Bernini, Château de Taurines - Les Abattoirs Frac-Midi-Pyrénées,
Centrès, France
Les nuits obliques, Université Panthéon Sorbonne - Galerie Michel Journiac,
Paris, France
Premier mouvement : John Frum, with the participation of Frac Île-de-France,
Théâtre de la Colline, Paris, France
2012 Inconvenient Speech, Galerie Saint Séverin, Paris, France
Galerie de lʼEmbarcadère, Montceau-les-Mines, France
SLICK Paris, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, France
Un Entre deux, Des peintures de Marc Desgrandchamps et de Romain
Bernini, Institut culturel Bernard Magrez, Bordeaux, France
2011 Romain Bernini & Youcef Korichi, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve/LOFT19, Paris,
France
2010 Où va le blanc quand la neige fond ?, Teatro delle esposizioni, Villa Medici,
Rome, Italy
Despite Walls and Landscapes, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art gallery, New York,
USA
2009 Cargo culte, Galerie Metropolis, Paris, France
2008 Summer Camp, Galerie Metropolis, Paris, France
Maison des Arts de Créteil, Créteil, France
2007 Galerie Metropolis, Lyon, France Backyard, galerie Metropolis, Paris, France
2006 Galerie Crous/Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
Group Exhibitions
2020 In Full Bloom, Cuturi Gallery, Singapore
2017 Creating Worlds, Wooyang Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju, Korea
Galerie Clémence Boisanté, Montpellier, France
Anthropocene, Galleria Riccardo Crespi, Milan, Italy
Romain Bernini - Damien Cadio - Bruno Perramant, Galerie Dukan,
Leipzig, Germany
Bruxelles - Les Rendez-vous de la Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve #02,
Open Space H37, Brussels, Belgium
Galeriste, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Carreaux du Temple, Paris, France
2016 Creating Worlds, Kyungpook National University Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
True Mirror, Espace Commines, Paris, France
Les Rendez-vous de la Galerie Suzanne Tarasiève #01, Hangar H18,
Brussels, Belgium
Painting Now, Galleria Riccardo Crespi, Milan, Italy
John Frum, un choix dʼœuvres dans la collection du Frac Ile-de-France,
EMMAÜS Solidarité, Paris, France
2015 Hauts les masques, Quartier Général / Centre d'art contemporain, La Chaux-
de-Fonds, Switzerland
Art Brussels, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Brussels, Belgium
Art Cologne, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Cologne, Germany
Lʼarbre, le bois, la forêt : lieux du mythe, du fantasme, de la peur, supports de
lʼimaginaire, Abbaye St André - Centre dʼart contemporain, Meymac, France
2014 10 ans, galerie Espace à Vendre, Nice, France
Des hommes, des mondes, Collège des Bernardins, Paris, France
Art Brussels, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Brussels, Belgium
En quatre temps, trois mouvements, with the participation of Frac Île-de-
France, Le Générateur, Gentilly, France
2013 Sleep Disorders, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
3 days in Paris, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, France
2012 La belle peinture est derrière nous, Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, France
La belle peinture est derrière nous, UGM, Maribor, Slovenia
De Narcisse à Echo, ou la petite mort, Espace Le Carré, Lille, France
2011 Teatro delle esposizioni, Villa Medicis, Rome, Italy
ART BRUSSELS – 29 Contemporary art fair, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve Paris,
Brussels, Belgium
Dʼaprès la ruine, Titanikas, Vilnius, Lithuania (Curator: Renaud Serraz) La belle
peinture est derrière nous, Cankaya Art Centre, Ankara, Turkey
2010 La belle peinture est derrière nous, Antrepo n°5, Istanbul, Turkey
Accademia delle Accademie, Complesso di Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rome,
Italy
Spazi Aperti, Accademia di Romania in Roma, Rome, Italy
Salon du dessin contemporain, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
2009 Tempéraments, peinture contemporaine en France, Nîmes, France
Plus belle la vie, Espace A Vendre, Nice, France
Art Paris, galerie Metropolis, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Salon du Dessin Contemporain, galerie Metropolis, Carreau du Temple,
Paris, France
2008 Premier prix de peinture Antoine Marin, Galerie municipale Julio Gonzales,
Arcueil, France
Retour sur images, Galerie lʼAntichambre, Chambery, France
2007 Peintures récentes, galerie Françoise Besson, Thônes, France
Paysages dedans dehors, galerie lʼAntichambre, Chambery, France
Complots, Galerie Metropolis, Paris, France
52e Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge, France
2006 Novembre à Vitry, galerie municipale de Vitry-sur-Seine, France
51e Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge, France
Territoires, Mains d'Œuvres, Saint-Ouen, France
2005 Sélection Prix de dessin Pierre David-Weil, Académie des Beaux-arts, Paris,
France
