Todd Berman is a San Francisco-based artist who travels the world and his local community, sketchbook in hand. Todd’s art shows the colorful eccentricity bound within moments and individuals, depicting scenes of people coming together to improve the world.
By day, Todd is a public school substitute teacher. Recently named San Francisco County 2006 Bike Commuter of the Year, Todd also uses his two wheels to bring his art to events, parks, schools, watering holes, and protests, where he encourages people to create small, personalized drawings which he then collages into larger collaborative works.
During trips to India and Greece, Todd made small-format drawings that became an illustrated travel journal, ultimately mailed off as postcards to family and friends. Given some down time, you'll find Todd at home in San Francisco’s eclectic Mission District neighborhood, painting scenes that capture a chaotic sense of community and collaboration in bright, expressionistic drawing, painting and collage.
Todd was born in the hills of West Virginia, grew up on Long Island, NY, and moved to San Francisco in 1998. He has a BA in Public Policy from Brown University and continues his arts education through programs at U.C. Berkeley Extension and the San Francisco Art Institute. His art often hangs on the walls of local community spaces in San Francisco and his virtual gallery is always open here at TheArtDontStop.org.
