Bettina Buck
*1974 Cologne, Germany. †2018 Berlin, Germany.

EDUCATION:

2002 – 2003
MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London
1995 – 2000
Diploma, KHM (Academy of Media Arts), Cologne

GRANTS

2016
Art360, Dacs Foundation, London
2015
Tanzfonds, recherche grant to visit Anna Halprin at her dance deck in Kentfield, California
2009
Exrotaprint, residency, Berlin
2007
Curarequito, residency, Quito
2004
Stiftung Kunst und Kultur NRW, annual scholarship
2002
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) annual scholarship, London
1999
Ifima, 3 month-residency, Peking

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023
Finding Form, Palazzo d’Toschi, Bologna
2017
Delays arranged: Bettina Buck invites John Reardon, Åplus, Berlin
2015
Monomera/September Shuffle, ROKEBY, London
2014
Another Interlude, Performance, Nomas Foundation in collaboration with Galleria Nazionale d‘Arte Moderna, Rome
Plinth Drawings II Discoveries | Art Basel Hong Kong, with ROKEBY, Hong Kong, SAR China
2013
Motor: Bettina Buck invites Marie Lund, Spacex, Exeter
2012
Interlude, Gallery Opdahl, Stavanger
Bettina Buck invites Peggy Frank, ROKEBY, London
abc – art berlin contemporary, solo presentation with Gallery Opdahl, Berlin
2011
All my mistakes I made for you: Bettina Buck invites Laure Provost, Galerie Opdahl, Berlin
2010
Platzhalter, Monitor Gallery, Rome
In Shape, In Control, ROKEBY, London
Booth (Basel), Statements | Art Basel, with ROKEBY, Switzerland
Bettina Buck, New Positions, Art Cologne, Cologne
2009
Solid Objects: Bettina Buck invites Sara Barker, Mirko Mayer Gallery, Cologne
Soundproofed, with Rokeby Gallery, Zoo, London
Testing Version One, Tableaux / project with Tatiana Echeverri Fernandez, Berlin
2008
Flexing Brown, ROKEBY, London
2006
Groß, Dunkel, Stark, Mirko Mayer Gallery, Cologne
2005
Pink Venus, Monitor Gallery, Rome
2004
Bettina Buck, Mirko Mayer Gallery, Cologne

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023
Micrologies, Gregory Allicar Museum of Art in Fort Collins, Colorado
2022
HIC SUNT DRACONES by Chiara Camoni, GAM, Turin
Micrologies
, Irenic Projects, Los Angeles
2021
La Meraviglia by Chiara Camoni, CEAAC, Strasbourg
Deux sœurs by Chiara Camoni, Capc–Musée d‘art contemporainde Bordeau
2019
Autoritratti/Self protraits, curated by Cecilia Canziani, Le Murate. Progetti Arte Contemporanea, Florence
Micrologies, Scharaun, Berlin
2018
Geheimnis Papier: Raumfolgen, curated by Kay von Keitz, Schloss Burgau, Düren
New Relics, curated by Kate Terry and Tim Ellis, Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London
2017
Gig#1 bis #4, series of short group exhibitions at diverse places: attic/Acud; ground-floor/Werkbundhaus; ground-floor/architect’s office; Videothek/Winsstr., Berlin
2016
Naive Set Theory – TEORIA INGENUA DEGLI INSIEMI, curated by Cecilia Canziani and Davide Ferri, P420, Bologna
collection, gallery & friends, Mirko Mayer Gallery, Cologne
City Dance Köln, 12-hour long collective walk/performance in collaboration with mouvoir/Stephanie Thiersch and Brigitta Muntendorf, based on an idea by Anna Halprin, a Tanzfond Erben project, Cologne
2015
jurassiccontemporary, curated by Michaela Zimmer and Alexandra Hopf, Projektraum Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
Èdra, Tutta l’Italia è silenziosa (All of Italy is silent), Villa Massimo and Accademia Reale di Spagna, curated by Davide Ferri, Rome
homecomings: PROJECTIVE SPACE, The Bakery III, Berlin, cur. Cassandra Edlefsen Lasch & Annabelle von Girsewald
2014
Love Among The Artists, a project by Laure Prouvost, Walden Affairs, Den Haag
To continue. Notes towards a Sculpture Cycle, Third chapter: Scale, curated by Cecilia Canziani and Ilaria Gianni, Nomas Foundation, Rome
No Meaning, 5 months in Deptford, project by Linda Persson, London
2013
The Secret Life of Things / Vom Eigensinn der Dinge, curated by Julia Höner, Kai 10, Düsseldorf
Provisional Information, curated by Philomene Pirecki, Camberwell Space, London
2012
Misplaced, Displaced, Replaced, Rotwand Gallery, Zürich
A House of Leaves, curated by Vincent Honoré, David Roberts Art Foundation, London
Solo, curated by Louise Colbourne, Electro Studios Project Space, St Leonards
Komplexraum #3, Tatiana Echeverri Fernandez und Bettina Buck, a project by Marie-José Ourtilane, General Public, Berlin
Duration, curated by Rose Lejeune, APT, London
Mesmerized, Gallery Opdahl, Berlin
Oriel Davies Open, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newton, Powys, Wales
Sofie Bird Møller & Bettina Buck, Hopstreet, Brussels
2011
Projectspace Desaga, Cologne
Performance (V&A cycle), performance, Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990: Friday Late: The Postmodern Look, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Somiglianze non sensibili, curated by Cecilia Canziani, Galerie Opdahl, Berlin
2009
Proposal (Nacht und Träume) for Stavanger, curated by Vincent Honoré, Galerie Opdahl, Stavangerv
If it’s not right, its wrong?,curated by Neil Porter and Polina Stroganova, Hooverville Projects, London
11, Mirko Mayer Galerie / m-projects, Cologne
2008
The Unfair Fair, curated by Cecilia Canziani and Vincent Honoré, Rom
Yellow Freight, Fold Galerie, London
Stuff, Laura White, Alison Wilding, Bettina Buck & Phyllida Barlow, V22, The Waft Road Project, London
Limited, curated by Dallas Seitz, Lisa Penny & Trevor Hall, V22, The Waft Road Project, London
Syndicate, ROKEBY, London
2007
Reaparecidos, Museo de la Ciudad, curated by Cecilia Canziani and Vincent Honoré, Ouito
Storyboard, Mirko Mayer Galerie, Cologne
Zawirowania, Performancefestival, in collaboration with dance company Mouvoir, Warsaw
Scenographie‚ Cactus Bar, dance company Mouvoir, Tanzhaus NRW, Duesseldorf
Sculpture für Performance, in collaboratio with Mouvoir, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
2006
Sculpture for performance Beautiful Me in collaboration with dance company Mouvoir/Stephanie Thiersch, Temps D’ Image Festival, Centro Cultural de Belém, CCB, Lisabon; Romaeuropa, Rom; Tanzhaus NRW, Duesseldorf
2005
Skip Intro, MProjects II, Cologne
2004
come home, Nora Wirtz, Chicago
Überkurator 1, Trade Apartment, London
Goldsmiths graduates 2003, Mirko Mayer Galerie, Cologne
2003
Arche Noah, Galerie Gabriele Rivet, Cologne
Made in UK, Arch Galerie, London
Kommen sie nach hause 4, Midorí Mitamura, Tokyo
2002
Eva Bodemer & Bettina Buck, Gothaer Kunstforum, Cologne
Arsenal Armoury, curated by Petra Stilper, Wandelhalle, Cologne
2001
Vexierbilder, Kunstraum Fuhrwerkswaage, curated by Elisabeth Vary, Cologne
flora medialis, Flora, curated by Jochen Heufelder, Cologne
2000
Wie man sieht…Fotografie und andere mediale Eskapaden, curated by Jürgen Klauke and Siegfried Zielinski, Museum Ludwig, Cologne

VIDEO SCREENINGS

2017
Somewhere out there, films by Bettina Buck, Rick Buckley, Alexandra Hopf, Studio Buckley, Berlin
2016
Film screening, Cinéphèmére at the Tuileries Garden, Fiac, Paris
FID Maseille, July 2016, Maseille
2015
Sculpture in four parts, screening curated by Tatiana Echeverri Fernandez with works by Bettina Buck, Beatriz Olabarrieta, Laure Prouvost, Grimmuseum, Berlin
Houseproject//Structural Object, kuratiert von Linda Persson, Deptford, London
2014
Performance and Fiction Mix, kuratiert von Li Zhenhua, Art Basel, Hong Kong