William Berra
American Plein Air Painter
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William Berra was born in York, Pennsylvania, the youngest of three
children. His interest in art started in grade school and continued
to thrive throughout high school. Rather than following the usual
course of study, Berra was fortunate to attend the York Academy his
junior and senior years. He then attended the Maryland Institute of
Fine Arts in Baltimore, where he experimented briefly with abstract
expressionism and non-objective painting. He discontinued his course
of study at the Institute to follow a path of his own choosing, working
in a more traditional manner including plein air painting. Berra prides
himself on being self-taught and takes satisfaction in having cultivated
his own style of painting.
William Berra currently lives in Santa Fe and is rapidly gaining recognition
for his unique use of oils. Subject matter ranges from the Western
desert to Avignon, France to the American seashore. His work is strongly
influenced by the Italian Macchiaioli School of the 1850's. He is
equally comfortable and artistically accomplished with large canvases
as well as miniatures.
Berra's work is rapidly gaining critical acclaim and has been shown
in over 40 competitions and shows, including group and solo exhibitions.
Berra's paintings have been exhibited extensively in the United
States and are represented in private and public collections around
the world, including Taiwan, Spain, the U.S. State Department, Bell
South, and the University of Texas.
CURRENT GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Galleria Silecchia, Sarasota, FL
Clagget/Rey Gallery, Vail, CO
Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX
Nedra Matteucci Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
Nedra Matteucci Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Portnoy Galleries, Carmel, CA
Sylvan Gallery, Charleston, SC
Texas Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
MAJOR EXHIBITIONS
2005-2007
Ongoing Exhbition, Galleria Silecchia, Sarasota, FL
2004
Solo Exhibition, Sylvan Gallery, Charleston, SC
Miniatures Exhibition, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Artists for Colorado’s Youth, Rotary Club of Denver and Public Education & Business Coalition, CO
International Masters of Fine Art Invitational Exhibition, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX
2003
Galleria Silecchia, Sarasota, FL
Solo Exhibition, Nedra Matteucci Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Solo Exhibition, Sylvan Gallery, Charleston, SC
International Masters of Fine Art Invitational Exhibition, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX
Miniatures Exhibition, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Artists for Colorado’s Youth, Rotary Club of Denver and Public Education & Business Coalition, Denver, CO
2002
International Masters of Fine Art Invitational Exhibition, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX
Artists for Colorado’s Youth, Rotary Club of Denver and Public Education & Business Coalition, Denver, CO
Miniatures Exhibition, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Solo Exhibition, Pitzer’s of Carmel, Carmel, CA
Solo Exhibition, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX
2001
Solo Exhibition, Ottinger Gallery, Chicago, IL
Artists for Colorado’s Youth, Rotary Club of Denver and Public Education & Business Coalition, Denver, CO
Miniatures Exhibition, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Solo Exhibition, Nedra Matteucci Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Solo Exhibition, Claggett/Rey Gallery, Vail, CO
2000
Solo Exhibition, Ottinger Gallery, Chicago, IL
Artists of America Exhibition, Denver, CO
Miniatures Exhibition, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Solo Exhibition, Pitzer’s of Carmel, Carmel, CA
Solo Exhibition, Vanier Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ
1999
Solo Exhibition, Nedra Matteucci Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM Miniatures Exhibition, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Artists of America Exhibition, Denver, CO
Featured Exhibition, Pitzer’s of Carmel, Carmel, CA
Carmel Plein Air Competition, Carmel, CA
1998
Miniatures Exhibition, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM Artists of America Exhibition, Denver, CO
1997
Solo Exhibition, Nedra Matteucci Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM Miniatures Exhibition, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
1996
Miniatures Exhibition, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM Nedra Matteucci Fine Arts, Featured Artist (September)
1993
Solo Exhibition, Nedra Matteucci Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Exhibition with Dave Geary, Claggett/Rey Gallery, Vail CO
1992
Group Exhibition, In Collaboration, Akron, OH
1991
Group Exhibition, Nedra Matteucci Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1990
Americana Museum Exhibition, El Paso, TX
Solo Exhibition, Nedra Matteucci’s Fenn Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
1989
Americana Museum Exhibition, El Paso, TX
Art to Heart Exhibit, Read Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, TX
1988
Solo Exhibition, Read Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Border Children’s Health Benefit Art Auction, El Paso, TX
1987
Solo Exhibition, Read Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, TX Fourth World Wilderness Congress, Wildlife/Landscape Exhibition, Denver, Co
Border Children’s Health Benefit Art Auction, El Paso, Texas
1986
Solo Exhibition, Americana West Galleries, Washington, DC
1985
Museum of Fine Arts Biennial Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
1984
Santa Fe Festival of the Arts Invitational, Santa Fe, NM
1983
Keystone Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1980
Featured Exhibition, Seth’s Canyon Road Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1978
Solo Exhibition, Seth’s Canyon Road Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Museum of Fine Arts Biennial Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2002, 2003 United States State Department Arts in Embassies Program. Landscape painting chosen for the United States Embassy at the Vatican, purchased in 2004
Bell South Services, Inc., Birmingham, AL
Republic of China (Taiwan). Gift of two paintings from Governor Gary Carruthers of New Mexico
Santa Fe de la Vega, Granada, Spain. Gift of one painting to the city from the city of Santa Fe, NM
Southern California Gas Company, Los Angeles, CA
United New Mexico Bank, Santa Fe, NM
United States State Department Arts in Embassies Program.
Landscape painting chosen for the United States Embassy in Mali
United States State Department. Gift of one painting to the government of Portugal
University of Texas, Austin, TX
EDUCATION
Attended Maryland Institute of Fine Art, Baltimore, MD
Attended York Academy of Art, York, PA
PRESS
American Art Collector, December 2005, "The New Tuscan landscapes of William Berra leave something to the imagination"
Pasatiempo, (Santa Fe New Mexican weekly magazine), August 29, 2003, Craig Smith, "Summer Countries." Featured William Berra's "Summertime - Taos Pueblo" as the magazine cover
Art-Talk, August/September 2002, John Jarvis, "Simly Better"
Southwest Art, May 2000, Gussie Fauntleroy, “The Best of Both Worlds”
Focus Santa Fe, November/December 1999, Dianne Cauble, “Rediscovering the Human Spirit”
Pasatiempo, July 4, 1991, Leslie Allison, "Panorama of Light: Shadow in an Ever-Changing Landscape"
Southwest Profile, August 1990, Sally Eauclaire, “Celebrating the Land”
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