Bettina Carl
Bettina Carl, "Guitar Player / Shirt-sleeve" ,50 x 65 cm, acrylic, pencil, watercolour on paper, 2007
Bettina Carl "Ich habe mich wohl im tag geirrt" , 230 x 350 cm 3 parts, watercolour, pencil, ink on paper, 2007
CV BETTINA CARL
Born 1968 in Coburg, Germany
Bettina Carl presently lives and works in Zurich.
Solo Exhibitions:
2011 N.N. Bettina Carl. Schau Ort Galerie Christiane Buentgen, Zurich, CH (upcoming)
2009 Ein weites Feld. Bettina Carl und Ina Bierstedt Galerie OQBO, Berlin, D
2009 Bettina Carl and Rafael Grassi. Kunstraum Winterthur, CH
2008 Kapitel 1: Bettina Carl. Art Agreement @ rueffer&rub publishers, Zurich, CH
2008 ON A HORSE WITHOUT, Vegas Gallery, London
2008 WESEN/BEINGS Villa am Aabach, Staedtische Galerie für Kunst und Gestaltung Uster/Zurich, CH
2007 BOA constructa White Space Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Zurich, CH
2006 Soll und Haben Villa Straeuli, Winterthur, CH
2005 Bilder über die Kultur: Den alten Bekannten CAPRI, Berlin, D
2004 Nein danke’s not dead Kunstbank Gallery of the Senate for Science, Research and Culture in Berlin, D
2003 Capri XXXI CAPRI, Berlin, D
2003 expo 3000 reloaded Lothringer 13/mediale experimente, Muenchen, D
2001 Montes Sovietici CAPRI, Berlin, D
Group Exhibitions (selected):
2011 I know what you don’t see Futura Centre For Contemporary Art at Karlin Studios, Prague, CZ (upcoming)
2011 Glueck/Mit Seife und Gabeln curated by menudata, Substitut Raum fuer Kunst, Berlin (upcoming)
2011 Paperfile On Tour. Galerie oqbo at Preview Art Fair Berlin
2011 Glueck/Mit Seife und Gabeln curated by menudata, Kunstraum Kreuzlingen, CH
2011 I know what you don’t see FUTURA at Karlin Studios, Prague, CZ (
2011 Art Brussels: booth Schau Ort Galerie Christiane Buentgen
2011 Roulette, VEGAS Gallery, London
2010 Interregio, minimuseum viganó, Rapperswil-Zurich, CH
2010 Outland curated by Ken Pratt, Vegas Gallery, London, UK
2010 Appropriate Modernism curated by Centrifugal Projects, Trajector Art Fair Brussels, BE
2010 Paperfile On Tour Edvard Munch Haus Warnemuende, D
2010 ICH WEISS WAS DU NICHT SIEHST Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien Berlin, D
2010 Six Days of New Media Temporaeres/Linienstrasse, Berlin
2009 Minimale 09 Galerie Alpineum, Lucerne, CH
2009 Catch of the Year Galerie Dienstgebaeude, Zurich, CH
2009 Anonyme Zeichner 10 Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien Berlin
2009 I Am By Birth A Genevese Forde Espace d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, CH
2009 Edition Mai 2009, VFO Verein fuer Originalgraphik, Zurich, CH
2009 I Am By Birth A Genevese Vegas Gallery London, GB
2009 paperfile # 3, Galerie OQBO, Berlin, D
2008 Smokers Liberation Front Foto-Shop Galerie fuer Fotografie, Berlin, D
2007 The Acceptance World Rachmaninoff’s Gallery, London, GB
2007 Fortschritt Space Invasion International Exhibition Project, Vienna, A
2006 The Square Root of Drawing The ArtProjectsNetwork at Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, IRL
2006 Umwege ohne Leitung Villa Straeuli, Winterthur, CH
2006 L’Apparence et l’Abîme Immanence Espace d’Art, Paris, F
2006 Abyss and Surface P////AKT art spaces Amsterdam, NL
2005 Things We Know Test Site Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmoe, SE
2005 Stick/Figure Showroom M.A.M.A., Rotterdam, NL
2005 CAPRI bei Preview the emerging art fair, Berlin, D
2005 nous sommes venus vous dire que … Galerie Rapinel, Bazouges la Pérouse, F
2005 The Future is Stupid Showroom M.A.M.A., Rotterdam, NL
2005 Kleine Plastik I Galerie Saeulencenter, Berlin, D
2005 We Are the State Test Site Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmoe, SE
2004 Noah’s living room China Club, Berlin, D
2004 Housewarming Test Site Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmoe, SE
2004 Drawing the Line Between Fact and Fiction Rocket Shop@zentralbuero, Berlin, D
2003 goldrausch2003 Kunstamt Kreuzberg/Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, D
2003 attrapé guestroom heeresbaeckerei, loop raum für aktuelle kunst, Berlin, D
2003 flache welt RAMP Gallery, Hamilton, NZ
2003 flache welt rm103, Auckland, NZ
2003 O-FORM CAPRI, Berlin, D
2002 snow crash Kunst- und Medienzentrum Adlershof, Berlin, D
2002 Open Weekend Kunst Mitte Nord lisa lounge, Berlin, D
2002 gruppenschau Pavillon Kunstkiosk, Kassel, D
2001 ausgezeichnet Kunststiftung Starke, Berlin, D
2001 Capri ∞ CAPRI, Berlin, D
2001 bopulaer TZR Galerie, Bochum, D
2000 Fernsehturm Galerie im Fernsehturm am Alexanderplatz, Berlin, D
2000 genre painting Galerie G7, Berlin, D
1999 wohnen Galerie R+M, Kassel, D
1999 luecke luxus Ausstellungsforum Berlin Mitte, Berlin, D
1998 StadtFinden art projects in public space, Hannover, D
Grants, Residencies, Acknowledgements:
2009 workshop grant: VFO Verein fuer Originalgrafik, Zurich, CH
2008 project grant: Foundation George and Jenny Bloch, Zurich, CH
2008 project grant: Foundation Art Progressive, Zurich, CH
2007 winner of Akku 2007, 1 year studio residency grant, Uster/Zurich, CH
2006 grant for international cultural exchange: Senate for Science, Research and Culture in Berlin, D
2006 artist in residence, stipend: Sulzberg Foundation, Villa Straeuli Winterthur, CH
2004 10 months artist grant: Senate for Science, Research and Culture in Berlin, D
2003 grant for the art project flache welt: Goethe Institut/inter nationes, D / NZ
2003 2. place GASAG Art Award, Berlin, D
2003 project grant: Senate for Science, Research and Culture in Berlin, D
2002/2003 Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt: scholarship postgraduate artists program, Berlin, D
1999 Socrates-Erasmus grant: Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, GB
Education:
2004/2005 Critical Studies Postgraduate Course, Art Academy and Rooseum, Malmoe, SE
2001 M.A. Fine Art (Meisterschuelerernennung), University of Art Berlin, D
1994/2001 Fine Art at the University of Art Berlin, study group for Visual Culture, with Prof. Katharina Sieverding
1999 Chelsea College of Art and Design, Fine Art, B.A. course (spring term) London, GB
1988/1994 English and Spanish Literatures + Linguistics at the Universities of Munich, Granada (Spain) and Berlin
Catalogues and Press Commentaries (selected):
2011 Bettina Carl. FORSTGOTTHEITEN/DEITIES OF THE FOREST, Berlin (monographic catalogue)
2011 Mit Seife und Gabeln. Ermittlungen zum Glueck. ed. data-Auftrag fuer parasitaere Gastarbeit. Revolver Publishing, Berlin (catalogue)
2010 <<31>> Magazine, Vol. 14/15: “The Figure of Two” ed. by Dept. of Theory, Zurich University of the
Arts / ith ZHdK
2008 Wesen/Beings, with an introduction by Stefan Neuner, Zurich/Berlin (monographic catalogue)
2005 preview - the emerging art fair, Berlin (catalogue)
2004 flache welt ed. Goethe Institut/inter nationes and CAPRI Berlin (catalogue)
2003 MONTES SOVIETICI ed. Goldrausch Kuenstlerinnenprojekt Berlin (monographic catalogue)
2001 bopulaer ed. TZR Galerie, Bochum and University of Art Berlin (catalogue)
1998 StadtFinden ed. Kerstin Vorwerk/Kulturamt Hanover (catalogue)
1997 Junge Kuenstler Deutscher Akademien. Hrsg. Hypobank AG Muenchen (catalogue)
2010 ‘Ich weiss, was du nicht siehst’, Peter Funken, Kunstforum International Vol. 202, May 2010
2010 ‘Neu im Kunstraum Kreuzberg: Was Du nicht siehst’ Tagesspiegel, Berlin, 03 Apr. 2010
2009 ‘Utopien, verwandelt in Konfettiwolken’, Chr. Peege, Landbote Winterthur, 14 May 2009
2008 ‘Strumming For Martyrdom. On Bettina Carl’s Drawings’, Ken Pratt, WOUND Magazine 02/2008, London
2008 ‘Uster ist nicht idyllisch’, Tages-Anzeiger, p. 70, 02 Febr. 2008, Zurich, CH
2007 ‘Die Spacegirls von Aussersihl’, ZUERITIPP Nr. 49, p. 39, 06 Dec. 2007, Zurich, CH
2007 ‘Schnittstelle von Natur und Zivilisation’, Zuercher Oberlaender. p. 43, 06 June, 2007, CH
2007 ‘Space Invasion’ ARTMAGAZINE (www.artmagazine.cc), 04 Apr. 2007, Vienna, AT,
2006 The road to Esfahan by Hubert Dechant (Basel: Christoph Merian Verlag)
Teaching, Lectures, Curatorial Activities (selected):
2008 Haute école des arts de Berne, Berne, CH: mentor for the graduation course
2005 - 2008 Curatorial Training Programme ‘Mr. Miyagi’, Showroom M.A.M.A. Rotterdam, NL: teacher and mentor
2006 Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, D: teacher for the workshop “Das Werk, der Raum und das Gedaechtnis”
2008 artist talk at Villa am Aabach, Staedtische Galerie fuer Kunst und Gestaltung, Uster/Zurich, CH
2007 Wer macht die Schweizer Kunst, und wo? chair of panel discussion at White Space, Zurich, CH
2006 discussion / talk for Umwege ohne Leitung, Villa Straeuli, Winterthur, CH
2006 lecture ‘Curating Tomorrow’ Art Talks ArtRotterdam 2006, Rotterdam, NL
2005 panellist in ‘artist-curator/curator-artist’, a seminar by ArtRotterdam Educational Event Side Programme
2004 artist talk at NBK, Berlin (’StipendiatInnen des Berliner Senats 2004′)
2004 panellist in ‘Prekaere Perspektiven’, at ngbk Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin
2004 chair of the workshop ’small space, big impact’ at the StabilityMobility Conference, Rotterdam, NL
2007/2008 Presently Absent and other projects at White Space space for art and research, Zurich, CH
2001/2006 director and curator for ‘Capri I - LXXI’: 71 shows and international projects at CAPRI project space, Berlin (with Alena Meier and Ina Bierstedt)
2006 United Islands Tour 2006 art spaces’ exchange projects in Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris
2005 Transfert-Transfer exhibition with 10 Berlin based artists in Bazouges la Pérouse Rennes, France
2005 We Are the State projects and talks, Test Site, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmoe, Sweden
Published Writings On Art (selected):
2009 “GEGEN WEISS. Positionen neuer Malerei” in: Wo faengt Kunst an, wo hoert Kunst auf, ed. Susanne Sauter, Whitespace, Zurich
2008 “Great Cases Unresolved / Die grossen ungeloesten Faelle, in Ina Bierstedt. second,monographic catalogue, ed. Kuttner+Siebert Galerie, Berlin
2007 “More and Less” in WeAreTheArtists No. 9, Jan-Apr 2007, ed. Oliver Kielmayer & k3space, Zurich
2006 “Zitternde Modelle. Malerei von Geka Heinke / Quivering Models. Geka Heinke¹s paintings” (dt./engl.) exhibition catalogue Revisiting Home (ngbk Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin)
2006 “Von der Wildnis der Begriffe in den Dingen, die wir kennen. Zur Einfuehrung in die Arbeit von Sofia Hultén” in Points in Room Condensing, monographic catalogue, ed. Akademie der Kuenste Berlin
2005 “Hard Work Looking Easy, the Ballerinas Always Smile. Notes on the Art of Hanne Darboven”, essay in: Afterthought. New Writing on Conceptual Art, ed. Mike Sperlinger (London: Rachmaninoffs)
2005 “Rahmenbedingungen” Essay in Alena Meier: “und”, Katalog, ed. Bettina Carl/CAPRI (Berlin)
2005 “Beutezuege” in Ella Ziegler: Bin gleich zurueck, monographic catalogue, (Berlin: Revolver Verlag)
2005 “Malmoe Psychogeography” in MALMOE MAGAZIN Nr. 3/2005 (Vienna: 2005)
2004 “We Are the State. A Project by Critical Studies”, in PROVISORIUM Nr. 01/2005 (Malmoe: 2005)
2004 “Im Freien (En plein air)”: essay on a project by Gert Bendel, in: berlin murmur, catalogue
(Metz: le Ministère de la Culture/École des Beaux Arts, 2004)