SL’s Jan./Feb. issue puts the spotlight on St. Louis - how it’s growing, who’s moving back and why it’s all happening now! For native St. Louisan and internationally known artist Katherine Bernhardt, COVID was the catalyst to move back to her hometown after 20 years in Brooklyn. Publisher Craig Kaminer sat down - over Zoom - to chat with Bernhardt about everything from the international art scene to her favorite restaurant here in St. Louis…

“Since she has moved here, she has bought three buildings in Midtown -- one for her studio, the other as a gallery and storage to show works from artists from St. Louis and friends from her travels, and the other as a big, raw space which currently features the large work of Jose Luis Vargas from Puerto Rico. She’s a one-woman art machine, warehousing many of her works from years past, working on major commissions in partnership with the likes of brands such as Chanel, J Crew and Marc Jacobs, and promoting artists she feels have the chops to make it big… Our first scheduled time had to be postponed due to Katherine contracting COVID, but a week or so later we met via Zoom. Our conversation ranged from what it was like growing up in St. Louis, her various stages as an artist, life in New York City and being discovered, and her recent decision to return to her hometown of St. Louis…”

For the full article, “The Superstar Next Door”, click here: https://issuu.com/sophisticatedliving/docs/slsl_j-f_2022

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