About the Artist

Born St. Petersburg, Florida

Grew up in Elgin, Illinois

Relocated to Portland, Oregon

Education:

MHCC Associate Degree Graphic Design

Attended: Pacific NW College of Art

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Employment:

Art Director/Graphic Designer 

(Weiden + Kennedy, BP&N, Bergin/Gallup Design)

Community:

Alla Prima Portland Author and "Moderator"

 

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2020

PORTLAND PLEIN AIR & ALLA PRIMA Oregon Society of Artists July 2020 

EDGE, 14647 Millikan Way Beaverton 

16th PACIFIC NORTHWEST PLEIN AIR COMPETITION AND EXHIBITION 2020 Maryhill Museum 

ALLA PRIMA PORTLAND Group show French Quarter 

NE Community Center Celeste Bergin

BEAVERTON ART MIX 

 

2019

15th PACIFIC NORTHWEST PLEIN AIR COMPETITION AND EXHIBITION 2019 Maryhill Museum

ALLA PRIMA PORTLAND NE Community Center

ALLA PRIMA PORTLAND Group show O'Connor's

NE Community Center Celeste Bergin

PORTLAND PLEIN AIR & ALLA PRIMA Oregon Society of Artists 

 

2018

Art of the West Invitational Oregon High Desert Museum 
14th PACIFIC NORTHWEST PLEIN AIR COMPETITION AND EXHIBITION 2018 Maryhill Museum
SOLITUDE Clackamas Community College Joanne Radmilovich-Kollman and Celeste Bergin Two-Person Exhibition
ALLA PRIMA PORTLAND NE Community Center

ALLA PRIMA PORTLAND Group show O'Connor's 

NE Community Center Celeste Bergin

2017
BIG 500 People's Art of Portland Gallery
PASSAGES IN PAINT Broderick Gallery
LOBBY SHOW NE Community Center
13th PACIFIC NORTHWEST PLEIN AIR COMPETITION AND EXHIBITION 2017 Maryhill Museum

2016
12th PACIFIC NORTHWEST PLEIN AIR COMPETITION AND EXHIBITION 2016 (MARYHILL MUSEUM)
INTIMATE GRANDEUR Borland Gallery Silverton
ALLA PRIMA PORTLAND Group Show O'Connors
FLOWERS and FIGURES Medley Tea

2015
LANE GALLERY Summer's End
JUROR: ART SPLASH City of Tualatin
11th PACIFIC NORTHWEST PLEIN AIR COMPETITION AND EXHIBITION 2015 (COLUMBIA ART GALLERY)
BRODERICK GALLERY Regional Art
ALLA PRIMA PORTLAND Group show O'Connor's 
ART FOR THE CARE Providence St. Vincent Hospital
NORTHWEST COMMUNITY CENTER: Two-Woman Show (Sweetman + Bergin)

2014
ART FOR THE CARE Providence St. Vincent Hospital
BRODERICK GALLERY A year in Paint Two-Woman Show
Quin Sweetman & Celeste Bergin
PEOPLE'S ART OF PORTLAND GALLERY Big 500
ART IN THE GARDEN at Villa Catalana
PLEIN AIR INVITATIONAL 2014 Portland Art Museum
10th PACIFIC NORTHWEST PLEIN AIR COMPETITION AND EXHIBITION 2014 (COLUMBIA ART GALLERY)

2013
(SPEAKER) "STAYING MOTIVATED AND POSITIVE" Three Rivers Artist Guild
11TH ANNUAL SE AREA ARTWALK Celeste Bergin & Mark Larsen
ELLE EST Lane Gallery 
SOLO SHOW Northeast Community Center 
ALLA PRIMA PORTLAND O’Connors 
(SPEAKER) ARTIST-TO-ARTIST LECTURE SERIES, "How to Stay Motivated to Paint or Draw" Muse Art + Design
9th ANNUAL PACIFIC NORTHWEST PLEIN AIR COMPETITION AND EXHIBIT Columbia Art Gallery
THE BLUES Lane Gallery
TABOR DAY OUTDOOR FESTIVAL Friends of Mt Tabor 
SOLO SHOW US BANK  
HOT STUFF! Lane Gallery
KRISTINA SELLERS & FRIENDS Broderick Gallery 
BY THE SEA Lane Gallery
REIGNING CATS AND DOGS Lane Gallery
FURBALL (benefiting the Feral Cat Coalition) Portland Art Museum
ALLA PRIMA PORTLAND O’Connors 
FEATURED ARTIST JUNE 2013 The Pines 
FARM SHOW Lane Gallery
JANE EYRE PAINTERS Doll Gardner Gallery 

2012
HOLIDAY TREASURES, Columbia Center for the Arts
WINTERFEST, Lane Gallery
CATHEDRAL PARK PLACE, Holiday Sale
LET US SPEAK OR MINDS, Contemporary Art Views on Women's Rights to Vote, Pittock Mansion
INSPIRATIONS IN PAINT, Eastmoreland Golf Course
JOHNSON CREEK WATERSHED EXHIBIT, Reed College
8TH ANNUAL PACIFIC NORTHWEST PLEIN AIR 2012 Columbia Art Gallery
"The 7 deadly sins of the Amateur Artist" (speech, presentation) NW Oil Painters Guild
"Motivation and Marketing" (speech, presentation) Battleground Art Alliance
CONVERSATION, Wilder Artscape Gallery
ON THE DECK, Broderick Gallery
OREGON PLEIN AIR INVITATIONAL, Portland Art Museum
INTERPRETATIONS, Columbia Art Gallery
TRAVELING LIGHT, (Solo Show) The Gorge White House, Hood River
THE GREAT NAUTICAL SHOW Oregon Maritime Museum, Oregon Society of Artists, Portland, OR 
ANONYMOUS ART PARTY, Columbia Art Gallery
CAP ART AUCTION Curator Bonnie Laing- Malcomson, Portland, OR
FEATURED ARTIST, Lane Gallery & Studio, Portland, OR
SE ARTWALK, Portland, OR
MAYOR'S GALA INVITATIONAL 2012, Keizer Civic Center, Salem, OR (Winner Third Prize)
CITY OF KEIZER (Yearlong display, Chamber of Commerce and City Building)
CAP PATRON PREVIEW, Lincoln Building, Portland, OR
FOR THE LOVE OF PORTLAND, People's Art of Portland Gallery, Portland, OR
REGIONAL ART &ARTISTS Broderick Gallery

2011
THE HOLIDAY SHOW Broderick Gallery
NATURE IN OUR CITY PARKS Portland City Hall
PLEIN AIR NORTH PORTLAND PAINTERS Cathedral Park Place 
7TH ANNUAL PACIFIC NORTHWEST PLEIN AIR COMPETITION Columbia Art Gallery 
ACCORDING TO NORTHWEST LIGHT PLEIN AIR Exhibit Albina Bank 
UNDER THE SKY (Two-man show) Broderick Gallery
ART IN THE HEART Art on the Boulevard
UTRECHT’S PLEIN AIR 5TH ANNUAL EVENT, (Featured Artist) OTWAU
PLEIN AIR LANDSCAPE PPASP Bread and Ink
EIGHT+ O’Connor’s Multnomah Village
MAYDAY Broderick Gallery
CELESTE BERGIN (Solo) Fuller Hall First Unitarian Church
EVERYDAY 
Blue Kangaroo 
LAKE OSWEGO CHRONICLE INVITATIONAL EXHIBIT (Featured Artist)
Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts
COMPETEART 2011 Matthews Galleries
THE NATURAL BEAUTY & BOUNTY OF OREGON Pittock Mansion

2010
THE NATURAL BEAUTY & BOUNTY OF OREGON Pittock Mansion
EIGHT+ O’Connor’s Multnomah Village
ART IN THE HEART Art on the Boulevard
UTRECHT’S PLEIN AIR 5TH ANNUAL EVENT (Featured Artist) OTWAU
HILLSBORO PLEIN AIR 2010 Walters Cultural Arts Center
ART IN THE HEART OF MULTNOMAH VILLAGE Multnomah Arts Center
6TH ANNUAL PACIFIC NORTHWEST PLEIN AIR COMPETITION Columbia Art Gallery
UNCERTAIN TIMES Pittock Mansion
REGIONAL ARTISTS Broderick Gallery
ART & AGRICULTURE Columbia Art Gallery
THE MAIN ROOM Broderick Gallery 
ENDURING FORESTS Lake Oswego Heritage House
RED Columbia Art Gallery
BANNER BANK (Downtown) Portland
WINTER SOLSTICE Keizer Civic Center Keizer

2009
SMALL WORKS Columbia Art Gallery
HEARTH & HOME Gallery 2121 
EXPOSE YOURSELF (Two-man show) Yeon Building 
RECENT WORKS Bishop Creek Cellars
US BANK (Solo Exhibit) 1601 NE Weidler Street Portland, OR
PPASP/LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS Bread & Ink Cafe, Portland
CAST SHADOWS Aurora Gallery 
5TH ANNUAL PACIFIC NORTHWEST PLEIN AIR COMPETITION Columbia Art Gallery
EIGHT+ O’Connor’s Multnomah Village
ART & LABOR Olympic Mills Gallery/Olympic Mills Commerce Center
A SENSE OF PLACE Doll Gardner Gallery, Portland, OR
MT.TABOR CENTENNIAL PAINT OUT & EXHIBIT Mt. Tabor
CELESTE BERGIN EN PLEIN AIR (Solo Exhibit) The Gorge White House
VOICES OF RECOGNITION Chiles Center U of Oregon
CASCADE AIDS PROJECT 20TH ANNUAL ART EVENING & AUCTION
SUBJECT OBJECT Kingstad Gallery 
UNEXPECTED BEAUTY Broderick Gallery (Downtown) 
TODO EN TALLE! Broderick Gallery (Lake Oswego)
FIRE & ICE Broderick Gallery (Lake Oswego)
THE WAY OF PEACE THE WAY OF ART Kingstad Gallery (Jurist and Guest Artist)
INTO THE LIGHT Regional Paintings Invitational Broderick Gallery

2008
EXPRESSIONS OF NATURE/EXPRESSIONS OF SELF Kingstad Gallery 
HOLIDAY SMALL WORKS Columbia Art Gallery
4TH ANNUAL PACIFIC NORTHWEST PLEIN AIR COMPETITION Columbia Art Gallery
ALL AT ONCE (Solo Show) Office of Dan Saltzman City Commissioner Portland City Hall
ICONS & ICONOCLASTS Kingstad Gallery, Beaverton
FLOOR TO CEILING Broderick Gallery
EIGHT+ O’Connor’s Multnomah Village 
SHADOW & LIGHT Pittock Mansion (Tandem Show with Broderick Gallery)
SHADOW & LIGHT Broderick Gallery (Tandem Show with Pittock Mansion)
NINE TAKES O’Connor’s, Portland
IMPRINTS OF MEMORY Riversea Gallery Astoria
SMALL MONUMENTS Blackfish Gallery, Portland

2007
THIRTY! OM Tradition Arts Portland
RIDE CONNECTION’S ANNUAL GALA EVENT Portland
3RD ANNUAL PACIFIC NORTHWEST PLEIN AIR COMPETITION Columbia Art Gallery
PORTLAND EN PLEIN AIR 3rd Annual Portland Plein Air Painters Annual Group Show
Broderick Gallery 
AT THE EASEL (solo) Portland Justice Center 
BRUSHES WITH NATURE Plein Air Beaverton

2006 
2ND ANNUAL PACIFIC NORTHWEST PLEIN AIR COMPETITION Columbia Art Gallery
PORTLAND EN PLEIN AIR 2nd Annual Portland Plein Air Painters Annual Group Show 
Tualatin Heritage Center

2005 
1ST ANNUAL PACIFIC NORTHWEST PLEIN AIR COMPETITION Columbia Art Gallery
PORTLAND EN PLEIN AIR 1st Annual Portland Plein Air Painters Annual Group Show 
Synan Art Gallery

2004 
DIALOG (Three-man show) Synan Art Gallery Montavilla

AWARDS

 

2024 JUROR'S CHOICE / PLEIN AIR + ALLA PRIMA   Oregon Society of Artists

 

2022 

HONORABLE MENTION (Friends of The Columbia Award) Pacific Northwest Plein Air Competition

 

2019 

HONORABLE MENTION Portland Plein Air OSA

SECOND PLACE  Uptown Gallery Invitational (FL)

 

2018 

FIRST PLACE Far and Away Juried Show Side Street Studio Arts

SECOND PLACE Portland Plein Air OSA

 

2015 

HONORABLE MENTION Pacific Northwest Plein Air Competition

 

2014 

HONORABLE MENTION Pacific Northwest Plein Air Competition

 

2013 

HONORABLE MENTION Pacific Northwest Plein Air Competition

 

2013 

PEOPLE'S CHOICE June 2013 Newport Visual Art Center 

 

2012
THIRD PLACE Winter Solstice Keizer Civic Center

PURCHASE PRIZE AWARD 7th Annual Pacific Northwest Plein Air Competition 
Columbia Art Gallery

 

2011
FIRST PLACE May Day Broderick Gallery
HONORABLE MENTION 7th Annual Pacific Northwest Plein Air Competition 
Columbia Art Gallery 

PURCHASE PRIZE AWARD 7th Annual Pacific Northwest Plein Air Competition 
Columbia Art Gallery
HONORABLE MENTION According to Northwest Light Albina Bank 
THIRD PLACE CompeteArt Matthews Galleries

 

2010
THIRD PLACE Winter Solstice Keizer Civic Center
THIRD PLACE Hillsboro Plein Air Walters Cultural Arts Center
THIRD PLACE Uncertain Times Pittock Mansion
PURCHASE PRIZE AWARD 6th Annual Pacific Northwest Plein Air Competition 
Columbia Art Gallery 

 

2009

HONORABLE MENTION 5th Annual Pacific Northwest Plein Air Competition 
Columbia Art Gallery 
PURCHASE PRIZE AWARD 5th Annual Pacific Northwest Plein Air Competition 
Columbia Art Gallery 
SECOND PLACE Unexpected Beauty Broderick Gallery 

 

2008
BEST OF SHOW Expressions of Nature/Expressions of Self Kingstad Gallery 
FIRST PLACE Shadow & Light Pittock Mansion (Tandem Show with Broderick Gallery)
THIRD PLACE Shadow & Light Broderick Gallery (Tandem Show with Pittock Mansion)
HONORABLE MENTION 4th Annual Pacific Northwest Plein Air Competition 
Columbia Art Gallery 
PURCHASE PRIZE AWARD 6th Annual Pacific Northwest Plein Air Competition 
Columbia Art Gallery 

 

2007
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD Portland En Plein Air 3rd Annual Portland Plein Air Painters 
Annual Group Show Broderick Gallery