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Bettina.Carl AT web.de studio address Zurich: for a studio visit, please make an appointment via e-mail
DuflonRacz gallery
Switzerland: Gerechtigkeitsgasse 40, CH - 3011 Bern
Belgium: Chaussée de Waterloo 690, Rivoli Building # 11, BE - 1180 Bruxelles
www.duflon-racz.ch info AT duflon-racz.ch
b i o g r a p h y
please scroll down for a record of exhibitons, grants etc.
Bettina Carl is a Swiss-German artist, based in Zurich, educated in Berlin, born in Bavaria in 1968.
Her recent solo and group exhibitions include shows at Museum Haus Konstruktiv Zurich, DuflonRacz Brussels, Laura Mars Gallery Berlin, DuflonRacz Bern, Kunsthaus Grenchen, MARCO Museum of Contemporary Art Buenos Aires, Haus am Luetzowplatz Berlin, Helmhaus Zurich, D.U.M. Museum for Contemporary Art Brno, CZ, and Lucie Fontaine, Milan.
She won several residencies and awards in Berlin and Zurich, among them are the Canton of Zurich's Art Award, the Berlin Senate's Arbeitsstipendium, the City of Zurich's residency stipend in Buenos Aires, and various project grants by German institutions and Swiss foundations. Bettina Carl is also active as a curator, writer and translator in the art field.
From 2008 until 2013, Bettina Carl was represented by Vegas Gallery London, and Christiane Buentgen's SchauOrt Zurich. Since 2014, DuflonRacz Bern / Brussels are representing her work.
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Growing up in the age of the Cold War in West Germany, the sound of New Wave, and the anti-nuke movement were influential throughout my teenage years.
I was studying English and Spanish Literatures in Munich, followed by a stay at the University of Granada, Spain, when the Berlin Wall came down. This felt, indeed, like "the end of the world as we knew it". Keen to get immersed in the tremendous changes underway, I moved to East Berlin. In 1994, I entered the Berlin University of Art UdK, and joined Katharina Sieverding's Klasse for Visual Cultures. After holding an Erasmus grant at Chelsea College of Art and Design London, I graduated from the Berlin University of Art in 2001 as M.A. Fine Arts (Meisterschuelerin UdK) - only to return to university once more in 2004, when I was invited to participate in the Critical Studies Postgraduate Course at the Malmo Academy of Arts, Sweden.
Over the past two decades, I have exhibited widely, mostly in European capitals. Drawing in the studio is a solitary work, and I do it with reckless abandon. However, exchange, transdisciplinary learning and delving into other artists' work have always been very important for me. In 2001, I founded CAPRI BERLIN Space for Contemporary Art with two artists friends. Though after five years and 77 shows, we closed our physical space in Berlin-Mitte, Ina Bierstedt and I have since continued to work as an independent team of artists-curators.
In 2007, private motives -love- made me set about a new start in Switzerland. The decision to leave Berlin and move to Zurich was eased by two successive residency grants I was awarded to. In the meantime, I've come to feel at home in the Zurich art scene as much as I do in Berlin.
solo exhibitions
2023 Dinge im Fall / Things Falling / Cosas al caer. DuflonRacz gallery, Bern
2022 Sechs Fahnen / Six Flags. Kunstkiste akku Uster / Zurich
2020 Take a Bone From a Dog. DuflonRacz gallery, Brussels
2017 Bettina Carl / solo show, with DuflonRacz gallery, at Art on Paper Fair, BOZAR, Brussels
2017 Anti-Falten. DuflonRacz gallery, Bern
2014 Ganze Teile. Galerie im Gluri Suter Huus GSH Wettingen
2014 Nahe Verwandte des Menschen. DuflonRacz gallery, Bern
2013 Drawings. Bettina Carl and Irene Weingartner. Trajector Intermezzo, Brussels
2012 Neue Zeichnungen. Kabinett Visarte, Zurich
2011 Forstgottheiten / Deities of the Forest. Galerie SchauOrt Christiane Buentgen, Zurich (catalogue)
2009 Ein weites Feld. Bettina Carl and Ina Bierstedt. Galerie oqbo, Berlin
2009 Utopies Prochaines-l'avenir ist nicht mehr hier. (with Rafael Grassi Hidalgo) Kunstraum Winterthur
2008 On A Horse Without. Vegas Gallery, London
2008 Kapitel I. Art Agreement at Rueffer und Rub, Zurich
2008 WESEN. Villa am Aabach, Staedtische Galerie fuer Kunst und Gestaltung Uster (catalogue)
2007 BOA constructa. White Space contemporary art, Zurich
2006 Soll und Haben. Villa Straeuli, Winterthur
2005 About culture: To the Old Acquaintancies. CAPRI, Berlin
2004 Nein danke's not dead. Kunstbank exhibition venue of the Berlin Senate for Cultural Affairs
2003 CapriXXXI. CAPRI, Berlin
2003 expo3000 reloaded. (with Sofia Hultén) Lothringer 13, Munich
2001 Montes Sovietici. CAPRI, Berlin
selected group exhibitions 2003 - 2023
2023 Zeichen-Zeichnen. Curated by Michael Nitsch, Chateau au Lac Hornegg Zurich
2022 Canton of Zurich Art Awards / Werkschau, Museum Haus Konstruktiv Zurich
Koennen wir verschwinden? Curated by Judit Villiger, Haus zur Glocke, Steckborn, CH
Imaginaires Vibrants. Curated by Félix Antoine Buercher, Espace Arlaud, Lausanne
panorama akku Uster, Zeughausraeal Uster, CH
Anonymous Drawings 2022. Curated by Anke Becker, Galerie im Koernerpark, Berlin
Palmenschatten. Curated by Dorothée Bauerle-Willert, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin
2021 The City of Zurich Art Awards / Werkstipendien. Helmhaus Zurich
One Thousand Plateaus, pop-up show at D.U.M. Museum for Contemporary Art, Brno, CZ
Best of visarte 2021, OnCurating Space Zurich
Corona Call. Curated by Sibylle Omlin, Kunstraum Kreuzlingen, CH
2020 Fit durch Wunder. Laura Mars gallery, Berlin
BonusTrack 03. Muellerstrasse, curated by Kunsthaus Aussersihl, Zurich
LIME. Etel Adnan, Bettina Carl, Chr. Gonzenbach, Inga Haeusermann. DuflonRacz gallery, Bern
2019 Art for Humanism. Kunsthalle im Lipsius-Bau Dresden
Irrlichter. DuflonRacz Galerie Bern
Impression 2019. Kunsthaus Grenchen, CH
Ueberrollt und abgetanzt. NeverStopReading Zurich
2018 Siempre rinde más. MARCO Arte Foro, La Boca, Buenos Aires
Piernas sin Piernas. URRATigre, Buenos Aires
Kunst-Szene Zurich 2018. art space Garage, Zurich
Anonymous Drawings 2018 selection. Galerie am Koernerpark Berlin
All Together Now. DuflonRacz gallery, Bern
2017 The City of Zurich Art Awards / Werkstipendien. Helmhaus Zurich
R.A.Q. Rarely Asked Questions. Haus am Luetzowplatz, Berlin
Untertage. Curated by Daniela Minneboo and Sandra Oehy, former Waldhaus Dolder Zurich
Silent Auction, The Drawing Hub, Berlin
2016 Peripherien der Zeichnung. Palais fuer aktuelle Kunst, Glueckstadt, Hamburg
Fetische. DuflonRacz Galerie, Bern
Homesick. Kunstraum tête, Berlin
Anonyme Zeichner. Kunstverein Ruesselsheim, Galleria Q43, Rome and Kunstverein Tiergarten Berlin
2015 Magnetic Leakage Fluxes/Disparátní Proudy. D.U.M. Museum for Contemporary Art, Brno, CZ
Centre Parting. Kaskadenkondensator Basel
Fernweh. Harding Kimmel Center for Contemporary Art, Nebraska City
2014 I Baffi del Bambino. Curated by Luca Bertolo, Lucie Fontaine Milan, IT
Zurich art awards exhibition / Werkstipendien, Helmhaus Zurich
made in Berlin. Pavillon am Milchhof , Berlin
Minimale II. Alpineum Produzentengalerie, Lucerne, CH
Catch of the Year. art space Dienstgebaeude, Zurich
2013 re: gegen weiss. Remise Zurich
Eyeing. Curated by Miguel Mitlag, HAW HaveAWindow Projects, Turin, IT
Anonyme Zeichner 2013 I-III. Delikatessenhaus Dresden, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, T.A.C. Eindhoven, NL
SchauOrt Galerie Christiane Buentgen booth, Art Rotterdam
2012 Catch of the Year. art space Dienstgebaeude,Zurich
paper file on tour. Galerie oqbo at Preview Art Fair Berlin
Offene Systeme. Curated by Black Box, Kunstraum Aarau, CH
2011 I know what you don't see. Futura Centre for Contemporary Art Karlin Studios, Prague
Glueck. Mit Seife und Gabeln I - II. Kunstraum Kreuzlingen u. Substitut art space, Berlin (catalogue)
Schau Ort Galerie Christiane Buentgen booth, Art Brussels (catalogue)
Roulette. Vegas Gallery, London
2010 AppropriateModernism. Curated by Centrifugal Projects, Trajector Art Fair Brussels
Ich weiss, was du nicht siehst. Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien Berlin
Six Days of New Media . Curated by Pola Sieverding, Temporaeres/Linienstrasse, Berlin
Outland. Curated by Ken Pratt, Vegas Gallery, London
2009 Catch of the Year. art space Dienstgebaeude, Zurich
Minimale I. Alpineum Produzentengalerie, Lucerne, CH
I Am By Birth A Genevese I and II Forde espace d'art, Geneva and Vegas Gallery London
Edition Mai 09. VFO Verein fuer Originalgraphik, Zurich
2007 The Acceptance World. Rachmaninoff's Gallery, London
Fortschritt. Space Invasion Kunstprojekte, Vienna
2006 The Square Root of Drawing. TheArtProjectsNetwork at Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin (digital catalogue)
L'Apparence et l'Abîme. Immanence Espace d'Art,Paris
Abyss and Surface . P///AKT art spaces Amsterdam
2005 Things We Know . Test Site Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmo, SE
Stick/Figure. Showroom for Media and Moving Art M.A.M.A., Rotterdam
The Future is Stupid. Showroom for Media and Moving Art M.A.M.A., Rotterdam
2004 We Are The State. Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmo, SE
Drawing the Line Between Fact and Fiction. Rocket Shop@zentralbuero, Berlin
2003 goldrausch 2003 Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien, Berlin (catalogue)
attrapé. Heeresbaeckerei loop raum fuer aktuellekunst, Berlin
flache welt / flat earth 1+2 RAMP Gallery, Hamilton and rm103, Auckland, NZ (catalogue)
education
2004-2005 Art Academy Malmo and Rooseum Centre for Contemporary Art, Malmo: Critical Studies Postgraduate Course
1994-2001 Berlin University of Art: MA Fine Art, and BA Fine Art, with Prof. Katharina Sieverding
1999 Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, Erasmus Grant: BA Course Fine Art
1988-1994 University of West Berlin, Universidad de Granada, University of Munich: English and Spanisch Literatures
selected residencies, grants, and acknowledgements
2023 Prohelvetia residency grant, at La Ira de Díos art projects, Buenos Aires
2022 Canton of Zurich Art Award / Werkbeitrag des Kantons Zuerich
2021 artist grant: Covid-19 fund of the City of Zurich
2020 project grant: Stiftung KunstFonds Bonn
2018 6-months residency at Casa Suiza, Buenos Aires: Atelierstipendium City of Zurich 2017
2016 project grants: City of Zurich, Foundations E. & C. Burgauer, E. Goehner, O. & E. Gubler-Hablueztel
2015 project grants: Senate of Berlin, Czech-German Culture Fonds
2014 project grants: Foundations E. & C. Burgauer, Ernst Goehner, Zurich
2013 stipend for Travel and Research: Goethe Institut
2013 project grants: City of Zurich, Migros Kulturprozent, Foundations E. & C. Burgauer, O. & E. Gubler-Hablueztel
2011 project grants: Czech-German Culture Fonds, ifa e.V. Institut fuer Auslandsbeziehungen
2008 artist grants: Georges and Jenny-Bloch-Foundation, Foundation Art Progressive, Zurich
2007 award Akku 2007, residency: Verein Akku, Uster/Zurich
2006 residency and grant: Foundation Sulzberg, Villa Straeuli Winterthur
2006 project grant: 'International Art Exchange': Senate of Berlin
2004 award, one-year artists grant (Arbeitsstipendium): Senate of Berlin
2003 project grant: Goethe Institut/inter nationes
2003 2. place GASAG Art Award, Berlin
2003 scholarship program Goldrausch Kuenstlerinnenprojekt art IT, Berlin
selected bibliography
2023 "Bettina Carl", by Anke Hoffmann, in Kunstbulletin magazine vol. 5/2023, Zurich
2022 Swiss Art magazine 123/124, ed. visarte Visual arts association Switzerland, 2021/2022, Zurich
2020 "Take a Bone from a dog", by Irene Mueller, in Kunstbulletin magazine vol. 10/2020, Zurich
2017 "Bettina Carl bei DuflonRacz Bern", by Ewa Hess in SonntagsZeitung Bern, April 30, 2017
2016 "Peripherien der Zeichnung", by Gabriele Knoop, Norddeutsche Rundschau Hamburg, Sept. 23, 2016
2015 interview by Czech Public Televison Broadcasting, Prague, June 9, 2015
2015 "Meine Wahl", by Daniel Morgenthaler in Zueritipp, Oct. 1, 2015, Zurich
2013 "Re: Gegen Weiss", by Paulina Szeszniak in Zueritipp, Nov. 14, 2013, Zurich
2012 "Bettina Carl" feature, by Marc Valli, ELEPHANT Arts Magazine vol. 9, London-Amsterdam, Jan. 2012
2010 "Ich weiss, was du nicht siehst", by Peter Funken, in Kunstforum International magazine, May 2010
2008 "Bettina Carl: Strumming for Martyrdom", by Ken Pratt, WOUND magazine vol. 02/08, London
2008 "Flaechengeometrische Illusionsraeume", by Suzanne Kappeler, Neue Zuercher Zeitung, Feb. 26, 2008
2005 "Prekaere Perspektiven" ed. NeueGesellschaft fuer Bildende Kunst ngbk e.V. Berlin
2022 Koennen wir verschwinden? ed. Judit Villiger, Steckborn (exhibition booklet)
2022 panorama akku, ed. akku Uster e.V. (catalogue)
2021 Corona Call. ed. Visarte Switzerland (catalogue)
2011 Bettina Carl. Forstgottheiten ed. Galerie SchauOrt Christiane Buentgen Zurich (monographic catalogue)
2011 Art Brussels 2011 (art fair catalogue)
2011 Glueck. Mit Seife und Gabeln. ed. Tanja Trampe/Parasitaere Gastarbeit, Revolver Verlag (catalogue)
2008 Bettina Carl. WESEN - BEINGS ed. akku Uster e.V., Staedtische Galerie Uster. (monographic catalogue)
2005 Preview Berlin The Emerging Art Fair 2005, Berlin (art fair catalogue)
2004 flache welt / flat earth. ed. Goethe Institut/inter nationes and CAPRI Berlin (catalogue)
2003 Bettina Carl. MONTES SOVIETICI ed. Goldrausch Berlin (monographic catalogue)
2001 bopulaer ed. TZR Galerie, Bochum and Berlin University of Art (catalogue)
1998 StadtFinden ed. Kerstin Vorwerk/Kulturamt Hannover (catalogue)
1997 Junge Kuenstler Deutscher Akademien. ed. Hypobank AG Munich (catalogue)
editions of printed graphics, and artworks for magazines
2019 Continental Divide. linol cut print, eight parts, ed. XYLON Switzerland
http://www.xylon.ch/de/zeitschrift/167.shtml
2018 Zine – to March, Clandestine Life of the Boycott Giiirls!, ed. Corner College Press Zurich
https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/600871871/switzerland/zurich-switzerland/corner-college-zurich/
2017 Prelude. inkjet print, edition by Haus am Luetzowplatz Berlin
2010 The Figure of Two, in "31" magazine, vol. 14/15, ed. Institut fuer Theorie, Zurich University of the Arts
2009 The Locals I - IV, series of four lithographies, ed. VFO Verein fuer Originalgrafik Zurich
https://www.edition-vfo.ch/artist/index/detail/id/195-Bettina-Carl/
