Biography

"My aim is to approach each stone with respect for its unique qualities and to bring to each sculpture, my understanding and appreciation of form, my sensitivity to the emotional potential, and my willingness to explore and expose both myself and the stone in the process. Each stone presents a new and separate experience for me."

Bernie Segal is a nationally recognized sculptor whose works have been shown and sold throughout the United States and Europe, with exhibits in San Francisco, Carmel, New York, Miami, Sante Fe, Seattle and Asheville, North Carolina.

His sculptures have been recognized in competitive exhibits and expos including the Richmond Painting and Sculpture Annual, the Crocker Museum Painting and Sculpture Annual, the Walnut Festival Art Exhibition, and the 2000 NYC Art Expo.

Bernie received a Master of Arts in Sculpture from San Francisco State University where he studied with renowned teachers John Gutmann, Ernst Mundt, and Alex Nepote.

His passion for artistic form and its emotional impact is not an academic one, however, but one that has developed over more than 50 years of personal experience watching pure forms give rise to authentic expression.

At 78, Bernie is not only an accomplished sculptor, he is a champion fencer, a seasoned actor, and a fine arts instructor with more than 30 years of teaching experience in the San Francisco Bay area.

He currently lives in Asheville where he spends his time sculpting, teaching fencing classes at the New Studio of Dance, and living life to its fullest with nothing held back.