(Solo
Show - Between Heaven & Earth) "Don Bergland
combines the elements both man-made and organic
to present a challenge between the two - these elements
serve to inhabit a world that most perceive as full
of limitation. These extremely powerful digital
images are a testimony to the misperception of most
to consider the immediate space they inhabit as
the only source of reality in the world! There is
an almost apocalyptic battle taking place in the
combined and individual consciousness of humanity
that this artist has an uncanny hand in revealing
in his work. It is actually the battle between God
(or the gods!) and Humanity depicted here. It is
a reflection of Humanity's striving to understand
the nature of reality, forever eluding the beckoning
seeds of self-destruction." Director, Caladan
Gallery.
(Solo
Show - Between Heaven & Earth)
"Accompanying
this juried exhibition is a solo presentation entitled
“Don Bergland: Between Heaven and Earth”.
This is an exhibition of digital works by an artist
that approaches the human condition in mythological
terms. His works depict the ancient struggle between
the Creator and the Created, the Past and the Present.
Atmospheric and gentle color are set against the
agitated images of almost apocalyptic energy. The
artist injects an optimistic reference into each
piece, although this isn’t immediately evident
in the almost tragic depiction of the human condition!
Exhibition dates are October 5 – November
4, 2005." Non-Starving Artists - Online
Centre for the Arts, Portland, Oregon
(Exhibition
- Fallout) “FallOut”
is home to some of the most powerful work in the
gallery’s history.….Don Bergland is
another returning Caladan artist, and is the first
in the Gallery’s history to be planning a
“return Solo exhibition” in the coming
months. His work is absolutely mezmerizing, with
the two images in “FallOut” utilizing
pattern, repetition, and the personification of
inanimate objects as a driving force in his digital
images. The result is a questioning of the sense
of reality in our environment – a favorite
theme for artists, naturally, but in the case of
these images, forward thinking; and the viewer is
left to form his/her own conclusions." February
5, 2006. Non-Starving Artists - Online Centre for
the Arts, Portland, Oregon
(Exhibition
- A Weaving of the Senses)
“The artists
participating in the group exhibition “A Weaving
of the Senses” have eclectic approaches to
the melding of artistic disciplines. Solo Award
Winner Don Bergland is showing 2 haunting digital
images. These images stir one’s consciousness
into an awakened state. “Warsong” in
particular, is an arrangement of instruments ordered
and destined to let loose the sounds of war. The
image readies the mind for the action, seemingly
suspended in time, yet naturally progressing towards
chaos. It is a very powerful piece.” Nonstarving
Artists.com. September News
(Exhibition
- “These
pieces by Don Bergland announce themselves with
the passion of sound. It is rare that a piece of
work is so evoking of aural imagery, but these are
actually creating this energy around themselves.
In addition, the irony present in these images,
although foreboding and threatening, is actually
quite beautiful. The artist has succeeded in enveloping
the viewer in an apocalyptic vision injected with
faith. Perhaps the images are exaggerated just enough
to suggest their own slip of reality, a possible
future, but an unlikely one.” - Solo Award
Winner - Director,
Caladan Gallery.
(Exhibition
- Visionary Paths) ““In
these images by Don Bergland, we find ourselves
entrapped in the materialization of our own individual
psyches. They are as a drug, revealing the tendency
of ourselves to be contented in the prisons of our
own limitations. Yet this stagnation unleashes the
desire for liberation, however cautiously the artist
himself approaches the concept of freedom. It is
still a gift, as is the need for temperance. It
is in this examination of liberation that we sometimes
understand the true nature of it.” Director,
Caladan Gallery.
