"The odds were stacked against Bernice Bing, but she defied them anyway. She was an Asian American, a woman, and a lesbian in mid-century America. Her childhood had been tumultuous: Bing had been orphaned at the age of 6 and raised in mostly white foster homes, where she suffered abuse.
A quiet tenacity led Bing forward, however, and the San Francisco native (1936–1998) would become one of the most significant artists to emerge in the Bay Area in the mid-century generation. In a circle that included Joan Brown and Jay DeFeo, Bing would establish herself with her gripping abstractions which blended Eastern and Western influences.
Now, nearly 30 years after her death in 1998, the West Coast Abstract-Expressionist is getting her first New York solo exhibition with 'Bernice Bing: BINGO' at Berry Campbell in New York (through October 12). The gallery, which had represented the Bing Estate since earlier this spring, has organized a powerful introduction to the artist whose legacy has long been snubbed by the East Coast art world."
— Katie White, Artnet News
