Education
1996 -2000 BFA, Summa Com Laude, Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA
1997 Summer Study, Aix en Provence, France.
1994-96 Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Beautiful Vessels: Women and Non Perishables, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2008 Alia E. El-Bermani, Recent Work, Da Vinci Gallery, LA City College, Los Angeles, CA
2007 The Un-Acquired: Recent Paintings & Drawings, Mt San Jacinto College Fine Art Gallery, San Jacinto, CA
2006 Perceptions of Beauty, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2002 Private Moments, DNFA Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 Drawing Revisited , Green Hill Center for NC Arts, Greensboro, NC
2010 New Works, Gallery One, ArtSpace, Raleigh, NC
2010 Grand Opening- Two Woman Show, Notion Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
2010 For the Love of Art, 26th Annual Auction to benefit Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC
2010 Figure Study, ArtSpace, Raleigh, NC
2010 Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center, Sullivan Goss Gallery’s Booth G182
2010 Sketchbook Project Library and Touring Exhibition, Art House Gallery, Atlanta GA
2009 100 Grand, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2009 Exchange Artist (December’s), Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
2009 N.E.W., Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC, Juror: Ce Scott, Director of Residencies and Exhibitions at McColl Center for Visual Art in Charlotte, NC.
2009 Fur + Feathers, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
2009 Pulp, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC Juror: Nicole Welch, Curator of the Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh, 2nd Place Prize
2009 Figure Study, ArtSpace, Raleigh, NC
2009 Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center, Sullivan Goss Gallery’s Booth G182
2008 The Art of the Human Canvas, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), Toronto, Canada
2008 Figure North, Figure South, The Loft Galeria, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2008 Endangered Species, Pete & Susan Barrett Art Gallery, Santa Monica City College, Santa Monica, CA Curator: Marian Winsyrg
2008 Committed to Ink, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2007 Summer Salon, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2007 Urban Myth, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2007 Los Angeles Art Show, Barker Hanger, Sullivan Goss, Santa Monica, CA
2006 LCAD at 45, Seven Degrees, Laguna Beach, CA
2005 Figure This III, Da Vinci Art Gallery, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA Curator: La Monte Westmoreland
2005 Faculty Exhibition, Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA
2005 Still Life, Still Here, Two Views, SCAPE, Corona Del Mar, CA
2005 American Labor, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2005 Postcard Invitational, Da Vinci Art Gallery, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA Curator: La Monte Westmoreland
2004 Alumni Exhibition, Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA
2004 Open Call, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Collector’s Choice, Ettinger & Reynolds Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2003 Postcard Invitational, Da Vinci Art Gallery, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA Curator: La Monte Westmoreland
2003 Art for Healing Auction, Diane Nelson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
2003 Realism is Back, West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, AZ
2003 Artists Council 34th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA Juror: Gordon Fuglie; Prize Award
2003 The Figure in Paint & Pastel, Diane Nelson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
2002 Art Auction XX, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
2001 Artist’s Choice, Nathan J. Gallery, Dana Point, CA
2001 Art for Small Places, Hall Jaynes Studio, Dana Point, CA
2001 Collector’s Choice, Ettinger & Reynolds Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2001-02 Bugs, Anchorage Museum of History & Art, Anchorage, AK
2001 Inaugural Exhibition, Nathan J. Gallery, Dana Point, CA
2001 Centered on the Center, Huntington Beach Art Center, CA
2000 10th Annual Art Auction, Inner City Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Lyme Academy of Art, Lyme, CT
2000 Fact Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2000 Ettinger & Reynolds Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2000 On Site at the Gate, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
2000 Woman Consuming/ Woman Consumed, MatrixArts, Sacramento, CA
1999 Nine After Four, Cruz LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999-96 Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Ettinger & Reynolds Gallery, CA
1997 Visions of Provence, Ettinger & Reynolds Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1997 American Student Exhibition, Aix en Provence, France
Awards
2009 2nd Place Prize, Pulp, Visual Art Exchange Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2003 Windsor Newton Award, Artist Council, Palm Springs Desert Museum
1999 First Place: Fine Arts, Annual Juried Student Exhibition
1998 Plotkin Foundation Award
Publications
2009 Larry Groff, Interview with Alia El-Bermani, Painting Perceptions Blog, http://paintingperceptions.com/?p=269, 6/1
2008 Josef Woodard, Bodies of Work, Santa Barbara News Press, 12/12
2008 Peter Frank, Animal Spirits, LA Weekly, 3/5
2008 Figure North, Figure South, Ambito, Puerto Vallarta, March
2007 Diane A. Rhodes, Pasadena Artist Showcases her work in San Jacionto, The Press Enterprise, 10/10/07
2006 Beth Taylor – Schott, Mirror Images, The Independent, 10/5
2006 Ted Mills, Beauty of the Modern Woman, Santa Barbara News Press 8/25
2002 Rick Gilbert, ArtWeek; October Issue
2002 Lydia Ringwald, El-Bermani Puts Thought into Art; Laguna News Post8/8
2000 Preparing for a Career in Art and Design, The Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design.
Professional Experience & Affiliations
2010 Figure Painting Workshop at Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC
2009 Portrait Society of America Member
2009 Artspace Artist Association Member, Raleigh, NC
2009 Juror for East Carolina University’s Visual and Literary Publication, Rebel 52
2003- 2005 Part-time Faculty, Laguna College of Art and Design, Drawing & Painting
2001- 02 Continuing Education Instructor, AISC, Figure Painting, Figure Drawing
2001 Curator, About Paint, A Group Exhibition on the Qualities, Characteristics
and Essence of Paint, Art Institute of Southern California
2000-01 Private Instructor
Selected Public/ Corporate Collections
Massachusetts Audubon Society, Marshfield, MA
Tufts University Medical School, Boston, MA
Selected Private Collections
Mayor Wayne Baglin, Laguna Beach, CA
Mr. Barry & Jo Berkus, Solvang, CA
Dr. Eunice I. Bloomquist, Kingston, MA
Mr. Kevin Carey, Laguna Beach, CA
Dr. Bob & Christine Emmons, Santa Barbara, CA
George & Lynn Goldstein, Sante Fe, NM
Tom & Dawn Heath, Laguna Beach, CA
Ms. Rebecca G. Humphrey, Long Beach, CA
Mr. Philip Lawver, Louisville, KY
Ms. Lauri Mendenhall, Newport Beach, CA
Mr. Kaebatswe Molebatsi, Botswana, Africa
Mr. William Nicholson, Santa Barbara, CA
Mr. Jin Nam, Placentia, CA
Mrs. Catherine Roberts, Irvine, CA
Ms. Stefani Tewes, Aliso Viejo, CA
Mr. Randy Welty, Goleta, CA
