# Rachel Berman
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{{short description|Canadian painter and children's book illustrator}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Rachel Berman
| image = Self portrait of Rachel Berman.jpg
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| caption =Portrait by Sara Sniderman, 2010
| birth_name = Rachel Berman
| birth_date = 1946
| birth_place = [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans), [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana), United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|5|28|1946}}
| death_place = [Victoria](/source/Victoria%2C_British_Columbia), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), Canada
| field = [Painting](/source/Painting)
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thumb|right|Study for A Saint About To Fall, 2000-2004. Collection of Lynda Walker and Jason Weedmark
'''Rachel Berman''' (raised as Susan King; 1946-May 28, 2014) was an [American](/source/United_States)-born [Canadian](/source/Canadian) painter and children's book illustrator, who lived and worked in [Canada](/source/Canada), the [United States](/source/United_States), and [Ireland](/source/Ireland).[McClelland.com Author Spotlight: Rachel Berman]
Her paintings have been likened to the poems of [Leonard Cohen](/source/Leonard_Cohen),[Robert Amos, "On Art," November 2001] the plays of [Harold Pinter](/source/Harold_Pinter),[Betty Ann Jordan, Toronto Life Magazine, September 2003] and "a season's worth of [Masterpiece Theatre](/source/Masterpiece_Theatre) episodes."[Brian Grison. "Show and Tell: Rachel Berman: Recent Works," FOCUS Magazine, December 2008] This experience led her to reclaim her long-lost name.
Berman was born in [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans), [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana) and lived in [Victoria, British Columbia](/source/Victoria%2C_British_Columbia).[{{cite web|author= |url=http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20140603.93343929/BDAStory/BDA/deaths |title=globeandmail.com: RACHEL BERMAN Renowned artist Rachel Berman(AKA Susan King) passed away peacefully on Wednesday |publisher=V1.theglobeandmail.com |date=2014-06-03 |accessdate=2014-07-18}}]
==Exhibitions==
Berman exhibited extensively across Canada and internationally and was represented by Ingram Gallery in Toronto, Ontario.[{{Cite web |title=Ingram Gallery |url=https://ingramgallery.com/ |access-date=2026-02-09 |website=Ingram Gallery}}]
International Art Fairs
* 2009 Toronto International Art Fair, Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON
* 2008 Toronto International Art Fair, Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON
* 2007 Toronto International Art Fair, Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON
* 2006 Toronto International Art Fair, Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON
* 2005 Toronto International Art Fair, Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON
* 2004 Toronto International Art Fair, Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON
* 2003 Toronto International Art Fair, Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON
* 2002 Toronto International Art Fair, Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON
* 2001 Toronto International Art Fair, Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON
Solo Exhibitions
* 2009 Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, "Bradley McGogg, The Very Fine Frog"
* 2008 Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, "Hourglass"
* 2006 Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, "In a Station in a Metro"
* 2005 Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, "Or There or Elsewhere"
* 2003 Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, "An Optimism Under Heaven"
* 2001 Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, "Travelling"
Selected Group Exhibitions
* 2010 Ingram Gallery, Toronto, "Owles | Sniderhan | Berman"
* 2009 Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, "Summer Series"
* 2009 Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, "Works on Paper"
* 2005 Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, "Toy Box"
* 2004 Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, "Stumble Home - with [Jon Claytor](/source/Jon_Claytor)"
* 2004 Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, "Greyscale"
* 2004 Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, "Life of the Party"
* 2003 Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, "The Water Project - 67% Bodies of Water"
* 2002 Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, "Outside In"
* 2002 Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, "Figure Out"
* 2001 Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, "Cinematic Situation"
* 2000 Ingram Fine Art, Toronto, ON, "Artists for the New Millennium"
==Children's books==
Rachel Berman is the illustrator of the following books:
* ''Pigmalion'', written by [Glenda Leznoff](/source/Glenda_Leznoff) and published by Crocodile Books (December 2001)[{{Cite book |last=Leznoff |first=Glenda |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJQExxbSfd0C&pg=PP1 |title=Pigmalion |date=2001 |publisher=Tradewind Books |isbn=978-1-896580-20-3 |language=en}}]
* ''[Bradley McGogg, the Very Fine Frog](/source/Bradley_McGogg%2C_the_Very_Fine_Frog)'', written by [Tim Beiser](/source/Tim_Beiser) and published by [Tundra Books](/source/Tundra_Books) (March 2009)
* ''[Miss Mousie's Blind Date](/source/Miss_Mousie's_Blind_Date)'', written by [Tim Beiser](/source/Tim_Beiser) and published by [Tundra Books](/source/Tundra_Books) (October 2012)
In 2009, and again in 2013, Rachel was nominated for the Governor General's award for English Language Children's Literature-Illustration.[{{cite web |url=http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2009/wi128999467161854957.htm |title=News | The Canada Council for the Arts |publisher=Canadacouncil.ca |accessdate=2014-07-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727011247/http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2009/wi128999467161854957.htm |archivedate=2010-07-27 }}]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ingramgallery.com/artists/rachel-berman/index.html Ingram Gallery album of Rachel Berman paintings]
* [http://www.mcclelland.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=81447 McClelland & Stewart Author Spotlight: Rachel Berman]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030311084730/http://www.artistsincanada.com/php/article.php?id=250 Artists in Canada.com interview with Rachel Berman]
* [http://www.rachelberman.blogspot.ca Blog about Rachel's letters to Tmbk2]
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Category:2014 deaths
Category:1946 births
Category:American emigrants to Canada
Category:Artists from New Orleans
Category:Artists from Victoria, British Columbia
Category:Canadian women painters
Category:Canadian illustrators
Category:American women children's book illustrators
Category:American children's book illustrators
Category:Canadian women children's book illustrators
Category:Canadian children's book illustrators
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