Ard Berge received his M.F.A. in Painting from the New York Academy of Art in 1997.  He was awarded a B.F.A. in Painting and Printmaking with an Art History minor from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1995 which incorporated two semesters study abroad at the Lorenzo de' Medici Institute in Florence, Italy.  His postgraduate education also included a year and a half residency at Jacob Collins’ Water Street Atelier in Brooklyn, New York.

In 1999, Ard Berge joined the faculty of Felician University in Lodi and Rutherford, New Jersey where he currently serves as Professor of Art in the Art Department and teaches courses devoted to drawing, painting, art history, and senior seminar.

Berge has exhibited widely—with solo shows at Art First Contemporary Art gallery in London; Iona College in New Rochelle, New York; and at the Queensborough Community College Art Gallery in Bayside, New York.  His research and creative pursuits explore the American landscape as sites of cultural definition and transformation.

In 2001, he was invited by the U.S. Department of State to conduct workshops in Angola with Antonio Olé.  Ard Berge has also been awarded artist’s residencies at the Santa Fe Art Institute in 2002 and Acadia National Park in 2012.  Berge has additionally taught at the New York Academy of Art and Bergen Community College, and led painting workshops in Acadia National Park. 

He lives and works in Manhattan and New England.

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