Andrea Bergart, born in Newton, MA, earned an MFA in Painting from Boston University and a BA in Painting and Art History from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY. Her practice extends beyond the studio to include paintings, drawings, large-scale murals, public projects, and fashion. Bergart invites broad engagement in her work through a visual language informed by popular culture, art history, feminist theory, textile traditions, and her own experience as an athlete. Her aim is simple yet ambitious: to widen the field of contemporary art and show that creativity exists in movement, competition, personal style, and collective experience—not only within gallery walls. Bergart received a Fulbright Scholarship to Ghana, where she researched bead and textile production. She has participated in residencies including the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation in Senegal, Tilleard Projects in Lamu, Kenya, and a U.S. Embassy grant to the United Arab Emirates. Her public basketball-court murals can be found in Toledo, New York, Providence, and abroad. She has been exhibited in the U.S. and U.K., including at the American Academy of Arts and Letters and in the Art in Embassies program. Bergart lives and works in Queens, NY.
