Bert Menco (1946) is a Dutch artist, in the
US by default. His images are reflections of
inner feelings; hiding behind reality,
masking yourself, or trying to show with the
mask how you really feel, maybe one's
“normal” face is really a mask, the sad
humor of Pulcinella and Harlequino.
A retired scientist (Northwestern University's Department
of Neurobiology and Physiology where he was employed
as a Research Associate Professor), he has been making art
all his life. In addition to drawing and painting, he works
in intaglio printmaking, etching, drypointing and
mezzotinting. He has exhibited widely and won several
awards, among them a Sponsor's Prize at the Third
Sapporo International Print Biennale (1996, Japan). His
work was included in The Best of Printmaking, An
International Collection, Rockport Publishers, Gloucester,
MA, 1997. He has had numerous solo shows and his art is
represented in more than fifty public and private
collections, including that of the Rotterdam Historical
Museum in his native country, The Netherlands. For those
interested seeing more of Bert's works, his website is:
http://www.bertmenco.com/.