BETTINA REIBER   —   Curriculum Vitae

Solo Exhibitions

2024

Open Studio, London, United Kingdom.

2023

Open Studio, London, United Kingdom.

2022

Open Studio, London, United Kingdom.

2021 

‘Paintings from Epping Forest’, London Dermatology Centre, London, United Kingdom.

2014

‘Bettina Reiber : A Residency’, The Blue Gallery & Ruskin’s Study, Brantwood, Coniston, Lake District, United Kingdom.

2012

‘Colour, Mind and Eye’, no format gallery, London, United Kingdom.

2010

‘Cross Current 03.6’, Central St. Martins College of Art & Design, University of the Arts London, London, United Kingdom.

2004  

‘Minotaur’, SOAS, London, United Kingdom.

‘Commemoration’, Christ Church College, Canterbury, United Kingdom.

2003  

‘Definite Traces’, IrregularArtBeat, London, United Kingdom.

2002 

‘Drawing Power’, Central Club, London, United Kingdom.

2001

‘Open @ ArtSpace', ArtSpace, London, United Kingdom.

2000  

‘Painting is Life’, Artwall Projects, London, United Kingdom.

1998

‘Digital images', The Only Place for Pictures, London, United Kingdom.

Group exhibitions

2024

‘Don't eat the Pomegranate?’, Free Painters and Sculptors, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks, United Kingdom.

2022

‘FPS at the Muse’, Free Painters and Sculptors, Muse Gallery, London, United Kingdom.

2018

‘Ultra’, Free Painters and Sculptors, Barge House, London, United Kingdom.

2016

‘Spring’, Free Painters and Sculptors, Fitzrovia Gallery, London, United Kingdom.

2015

‘Members Exhibition’, Free Painters and Sculptors, Menier Gallery, London, United Kingdom.

2014

‘Members Exhibition’, Free Painters and Sculptors, Menier Gallery, London, United Kingdom.

‘Missing Narrative’, Free Painters and Sculptors, Menier Gallery, London, United Kingdom.

2013

‘Without Boundaries’, Free Painters and Sculptors, Menier Gallery, London, United Kingdom.

2012

‘Threadneedle Prize Exhibition’, Mall Galleries, London, United Kingdom.

‘A New Look at Nature’, Ruskin Prize Exhibition, Brantwood, Coniston Water, Lake District, United Kingdom.

2010

‘Being-in-the-World and drawing’, University of Brighton, United Kingdom.

‘Bodies’, in conjunction with Susie Orbach’s Richard Price Memorial Lecture on ‘Frankenstein’s Bodies Today’, Newington Green Unitarian Church, London, United Kingdom.

‘The Beginning of Something’, collaborative project with choreographer Vangelis Legakis, dancer Tania Soubry, composer Billy Bultheel, Siobhan Davies Studios, London, United Kingdom.

2009

‘Joined Up’, Contemporary Collaborative Drawing, Vault Gallery, Lancaster, United Kingdom.

‘Pictures @ Open House London’, Newington Green Unitarian Church, London, United Kingdom.

‘On CDOs and Double Club’, AUGUST art, London, United Kingdom.

2006

‘Psyche and Imagination’, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, London, United Kingdom.

2005

‘May Fete’, Cecil Sharp House, London, United Kingdom.

2004

‘Querschnitt 17’, Berlin, Germany.

‘Forms - Nature, Architecture and Mind’, curated by Lockbund Sculpture and rhizomeculture, affiliated with Drawing Power, Banbury, Oxford, United Kingdom.

‘direct / indirect’, a rhizomeculture project, Chefchaouen, Morocco.

2003

‘The Derelict Sensation’, a Pangaea project, St. Pancras Chambers, Midland Grand Hotel, Euston, London, United Kingdom.

'The Big Draw’, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom.

'Drawing Power’, Business Design Centre, London, United Kingdom.

‘Day-Mer Festival for Peace’, Clissold Park, London, United Kingdom.

‘The Unmentionables’, Boulevard, London, United Kingdom.

‘Stokefest 2003’, Clissold Park, London, United Kingdom.

‘The Derelict Sensation', film night, 291, London, United Kingdom.

‘Fabric of the Feminine 2’, Poetry Cafe, London, United Kingdom.

‘Mutiny’, Lost Property Arts, Barge House, London, United Kingdom.

‘Grand’, Midland Grand Hotel, Euston Road, London, United Kingdom.

2002

‘Unlock the Red Door', Crypt, St. Pancras Parish Church, London, United Kingdom.

‘Drawing Power’, Central Club, London, United Kingdom.

‘Mindscape’, Stoke Newington Festival, London, United Kingdom.

‘Fabric of the Feminine’, Poetry Cafe, London, United Kingdom.

‘Springboard @ ArtSpace’, sponsored by Ryman, ArtSpace, London, United Kingdom.

2001

‘The Big Grid’, Stoke Newington Festival, Stoke Newington, London, United Kingdom.

‘Challenge the Nail’, Salon des Arts, Kensington, London, United Kingdom.

‘Witness', Stoke Newington Festival, London, sponsored by Rowan Yarns, Stoke Newington, London , United Kingdom.

‘360°’, Lost Property Arts, The Roundhouse, Camden, London, United Kingdom.

1999

‘Grand Opening Exhibition’, Beatrice Royal Contemporary Art & Craft Gallery, celebrating the extension and refurbishment of the gallery funded by the National Lottery, Eastleigh, United Kingdom.

'Nanostate Reading Room’, The Golders Green Club supported by the National Lottery Fund through the Arts Council of England, London, United Kingdom.

1998

‘Winter Auction’, Proud Galleries, London, United Kingdom.

‘Digital images’, Proud Galleries, Edinburgh Festival, United Kingdom.

‘Summerexposure’, Proud Galleries, London, United Kingdom.

‘Beachside Bazaar', Islington International Festival, London, United Kingdom.

1997

‘Wintershow', Sackville Gallery, London, United Kingdom.

‘Erotica’, Olympia, London, United Kingdom.

'Paintings and Drawings’, Wolfson College, Oxford, United Kingdom.

'Pure Thoughts', Sackville Gallery, London, United Kingdom.

Galerie Makart Gasse, curated by Wilde Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria.

1996

Publication of drawings in: ‘Her Mind’s Eye', Pyramid Press, London, United Kingdom.

‘Rebound’, The Modern Print Gallery, Wirksworth, UK, United Kingdom.

‘À Suivre', curated by Acte de Naissance, The Tannery, London, United Kingdom.

‘À Suivre', curated by Acte de Naissance, Schloß Bruneck, Italy.

‘À Suivre', curated by Acte de Naissance, L’H de Siege, Valenciennes, France.

‘Rebound’, Site Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

1995

‘Cyberstamps: Artistamps in Cyberspace’ at http://mmm.dartmouth.edu/pages/user/cjkid/ArtistampGallery.

‘The Way We Live Now’ with Howard Hodgkin, Susan Sontag, Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton, United Kingdom.

Publication of drawings in ‘Body:Image, Artists’ Cooperative’, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom.

‘Sex, Health and Education’, Cooltan Arts, London, United Kingdom.

‘’95 Sorak Internationale Biennale’, Sorak, Korea.

‘Outpost Venice’, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.

‘The 227th Summer Exhibition', Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom.

‘Bodies’, Bedales Gallery, London, United Kingdom.

1994

‘The Art Show’, Alexandra Palace, London, United Kingdom.

‘Phoebe Llewellyn Smith Award’, Lethaby Gallery, Central St. Martins College, London, United Kingdom.

1993

‘Paintings’, Lethaby Gallery, Central St. Martins College, London, United Kingdom.

Exhibition catalogues

2014

‘Bettina Reiber : A Residency’, catalogue with a Foreword by Howard Hull, Director of the Brantwood Trust & Ruskin Foundation, and an interview with the artist and Gareth May, solo exhibition at The Blue Gallery, Brantwood, Coniston, Lake District, United Kingdom, available on blurb   =>    https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/5672870-bettina-reiber-a-residency

2009

‘Joined Up, Contemporary Collaborative Drawing’, The VAULT Gallery, Lancaster, United Kingdom.

2003

‘Querschnitt 17’,  Verein für Kunst und Kultur, Berlin, Germany.

1995

‘Exposition À Suivre’, Acte de Naissance, Valenciennes, France.

Collections

Public, corporate and private collections in Brazil, Britain, Germany and Switzerland.

Publication

‘Myth, art, and language in the phenomenological presence of the landscape: An investigation into the creative qualities of human experience and the relationship of these with language and the natural landscape’, Guido Balbo di Vinadio, 2023. 

Publications about Exhibitions

Online: http://thelunecyreview.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/joined-up-contemporary-collaborative-drawing-the-vault-gallery/ 29 November 2009.

Banbury Guardian, 7 October 2004, p.39.

The Independent, September 25 2004, The Big Draw supplement, p. 22.

Time Out London, October 29  - November 4 2003, Listings p. 111.

Time Out London, June 4 -10 2003, Listings p. 73.

Time Out London, January 15 -21 2003, Listings p. 83.

Time Out London, November 13 -20 2002, Listings p. 78.

Highbury & Islington Express, 4 October 2002, interview, p. 13.

Artists & Illustrators, September 2002, The Big Draw supplement, p. XV.

Rowan Newsletter, Spring/Summer 2002, p. 5.

Time Out London, April 24 - May 1 2002, Listings p. 58.

a-n Magazine for Artists, November 2001, News section, p. 20.

Art Monthly, November 2001, Artnotes section, p. 16.

Angel magazine, November 2001, Art Focus section, p. 10.

Briefing, November 2001, p. 8.

BBC World Service, interview, June 2001.

Painting Immersions

2024

Großes Lautertal & Lonetal, Swabian Jura, Germany.

2023

Alps, Feichtegg & Kitzstein & Rabenegg, Chiemgau, Germany.

2022

Llangrannoc, Ynys-Lochtyn & Rhydlewis & Ty Canol, Carnedd Meibion-Owen, Wales, United Kingdom.

Moylegrove & Presili Mountains & Ty Canol, Wales, United Kingdom.

2021

Coed-y-Bryn & Llangrannoc, Ynys-Lochtyn & Ty Canol, Wales, United Kingdom.

2020

Alps, Feichtegg & Kitzstein & Rabenegg, Chiemgau, Germany.

Großes Lautertal & Lonetal, Swabian Jura, Germany.

2019

Alps, Feichtegg & Kitzstein & Rabenegg, Chiemgau, Germany.

East Soar, Coast of Devon, near Salcombe, United Kingdom.

Alps, Feichtegg & Kitzstein & Rabenegg, Chiemgau, Germany.

Großes Lautertal & Lonetal, Swabian Jura, Germany.

2018

Alps, Feichtegg & Kitzstein & Rabenegg, Chiemgau, Germany.

Alps, Feichtegg & Kitzstein & Rabenegg, Chiemgau, Germany.

Alps, Feichtegg & Kitzstein & Rabenegg, Chiemgau, Germany.

2017

Alps, Feichtegg & Kitzstein & Rabenegg, Chiemgau, Germany.

2012

Pyrenees, France.

2002

Domme, Dordogne, France.

Residencies

2013  

‘Bettina Reiber : A Residency’, painting residency at Brantwood, John Ruskin's home, Coniston, Lake District, United Kingdom.

2010

‘Contemplating van Gogh’, residency at the Royal Academy during the ‘Van Gogh, the Artist and his Letters’ exhibition.

2007

‘Constructing Constructions’, residency at St. Mary Magdalene Academy, London, United Kingdom.

Commissions of Paintings

2005

Private client, Freiburg, Germany.

2004

Unilever, London, United Kingdom.

Unilever, Berlin, Germany.

2003

Private client, Lisbon, Portugal.

2002

Private client, Stuttgart, Germany.

2001

Private client, Zurich, Switzerland.

2000

Private client, Munich, Germany.

1999

Private client, Stuttgart, Germany.

1998

Medical practice, Freiburg, Germany.

Lease and Sale of Paintings through Central Saint Martins Leasing

2002

Kleinwort Capital, London, United Kingdom.

2001

David Rubin & Partners, London, United Kingdom.

Falcon Search, The City, London, United Kingdom.

2000

Heros Properties, Mayfair, London, United Kingdom.

Zecca Properties, Mayfair, London, United Kingdom.

Curatorial Experience

2010

‘Bodies', Newington Green Unitarian Church, London, United Kingdom.

2009

‘Pictures @ Open House London’, Newington Green Unitarian Church, London, United Kingdom.

2004

ArtSpace in association with Lockbund Sculpture and Drawing Power: ‘Forms - Nature, Architecture and Mind’, Banbury, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.

ArtSpace: ‘direct/indirect’, Les Journées Theatrales de Chefchaouen, Chefchaouen, Morocco.

Pangaea: ‘The Derelict Sensation’, Award winning films, Halloween Short Film Festival, ICA, London, United Kingdom.

Pangaea: ‘The Derelict Sensation’, Pangaea short films, Halloween Short Film Festival, ICA, London, United Kingdom.

2003

Pangaea: ‘The Derelict Sensation’, International art event at the former Midland Grand Hotel, funded by the Arts Council of England and Awards for All, London, United Kingdom.

Pangaea: ‘Film Night’, 291 Club, and launch of the Pangaea Arts Film Challenge, London, United Kingdom.

2002

Lost Property Arts: ‘Unlock the Red Door’, The Crypt, St. Pancras Church, London, United Kingdom.

‘Springboard @ ArtSpace,’ ArtSpace, sponsored by Rymans, London, United Kingdom.

2001

‘Open @ ArtSpace', ArtSpace, sponsored by La Fromagerie and Poilane, London, United Kingdom.

Online videos   –   Artist's Talks

2022   

‘How I paint’, Artist’s talk, Bettina Reiber introduces the dramatic landscapes where she paints, her materials, talks about her process and shows the studios she sets up in nature…

Watch the Video

2012   

‘Malerische Vorgehensweise’, Artist’s talk in honor of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of GEDOK Freiburg, (GEDOK, Gemeinschaft der Künstlerinnen und Kunstfördernden e.V., Europe; the largest, interdisciplinary women artists’ association across Europe), Bettina Reiber, Freiburg, Germany.

Watch the Video

2011  

‘Theorising Painting: Modernism, Hegel, Heidegger’, conference presentation, ‘Tableau Project’, a Research Symposium organised by Tate Modern, Paintclub (University of the Arts London), Bettina Reiber, University of the Arts London, London, United Kingdom. For more information on the Tableau Project click here.

Watch  Part 1 &  Part 2 of Bettina’s presentation.

Radio Interview

2010

‘Jung’s Red Book’, BBC Radio 3, an interview about Jung’s ‘Red Book’ with Bettina Reiber and Professor Sonu Shamdasani, presented by Bidisha; a programme of the Arts Magazine programme ‘Twenty Minutes'.

Academic Publications

2009

‘The Sublime and the Possibility of Meaning’, Bettina Reiber, in: ‘The Sublime Now', Claire Pajaczkowska, Luke White, (eds.), Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

2008

‘Psyche, Imagination and Art’, Bettina Reiber, in: ‘Psyche and the Arts',Susan Rowland (ed), London, New York: Routledge.

2007

‘Introduction to ‘Experiencing the Sublime’’ at ‘The Sublime Now Symposium’, Tate Britain.

‘Art Theory's Legitimation – Whence Come We? Where Are We? Whither Do We Go?’, in van Koten, H. (ed), 'Proceeds of Reflections on Creativity’, 21 and 22 April 2006. Dundee: Duncan of Jordanstone College.

2005

‘Where does that Leave the Introverts? - a Critique of Modernist Art Theory from a Jungian Perspective’, Bettina Reiber, Harvest, International Journal for Jungian Studies, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 124 - 143.

Academic In-Person Presentations

2012

‘Malerische Vorgehensweise’, Artist’s talk in honor of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of GEDOK Freiburg, (GEDOK, Gemeinschaft der Künstlerinnen und Kunstfördernden e.V., Europe; the largest, interdisciplinary women artists’ association across Europe), Bettina Reiber, Freiburg, Germany.

2011

‘Theorising Painting: Modernism, Hegel, Heidegger’, Bettina Reiber, conference presentation, 'Tableau Project’, a Research Symposium organised by Tate Modern, Paintclub (University of the Arts London), held at University of the Arts London, London, United Kingdom. For more information on the Tableau Project click here.

Watch  Part 1 & Part 2  of Bettina’s presentation

2010

‘Being-in-the-World and Drawing’, Drawing Research Network conference: ‘Observation: Mapping: Dialogue’, Bettina Reiber, University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom.

‘Theorising Painting: Modernism, Hegel, Heidegger’, the London Consortium, Tate Modern and University of the Arts London, Bettina Reiber, London, United Kingdom.

2008

‘Phoenix from the Ashes: Breakdown and Emergence of Meaning’, Bettina Reiber, conference: ‘Trauma and the Sublime', University of Swansea, Swansea, United Kingdom.

‘Belief and Reason: Kant and Heidegger',  Bettina Reiber, ‘Collegium Phenomenologicum – Belief after Reason’, Città di Castello, Italy.

2007

‘Reflections on the Experience of the Sublime’, Bettina Reiber, symposium ‘The Sublime Now’, Tate Britain, a collaboration between London Consortium, Middlesex University and Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom.

2006

‘Psyche and Imagination - How far is it from here to Thinking about Art?’, Bettina Reiber, conference: ‘Psyche and Imagination’, University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom.

‘Art Theory's Legitimation – Whence Come We? Where Are We? Whither Do We Go?’, Bettina Reiber, conference: ‘Reflections on Creativity’, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom.

2005

‘Aspects of Kant’s Philosophy on the Sublime', Bettina Reiber, Research Strategy Group Theory and Practice, Middlesex University, Middlesex, United Kingdom.

2004

‘C.G. Jung and Modernist Aesthetics’, Bettina Reiber, Greenwich Jung Research Forum, University of Greenwich,  London, United Kingdom.

‘Reason and the “Absolute” - A Critique of Hegel’s Concept of the “Absolute Spirit”’, Bettina Reiber, conference: ‘Research and the Quest for Truth’, Canterbury Christ Church University College, Canterbury, United Kingdom.

‘Where does that Leave the Introverts? - a Critique of Modernist Art Theory from a Jungian Perspective’, Bettina Reiber, conference: 'Culture and the Unconscious’, organised by the Tavistock Clinic and the University of East London, SOAS, London, United Kingdom.

Academic Recognition and Awards

2007

Inclusion in the RAE 2008 submission of the University of the Arts London, United Kingdom.

2004

The Chancellor’s Scholarship for Academic Achievement, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom.

1994

Honourable mention, ‘First International Biennale of Female Artists’ Art,’ Stockholm, Sweden.

1989

‘Certificate of Excellence’, Artitudes, New York, USA.

1980

Empfehlung der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Bonn, Germany.

Academic Membership

Art and Philosophy, reading group, Central St. Martins College of Art & Design, London.

British Society of Aesthetics.

British Society for Phenomenology.

Drawing Research Network.

German Philosophy, reading group, University College London.

Hegel Society of Great Britain.

International Association of Jungian Studies (IAJS).

International Centre for Fine Art Research, University of the Arts London.

‘Paintclub’, University of the Arts London.

Research Centre, University of the Arts London.

Research Strategy Group Theory and Practice, Middlesex University.

UK Kant Society.

Professional Experience

2018 - 2023

Fine Art Mentoring Scheme, online and in person group courses, Education at Bettina Reiber Fine Art London, United Kingdom.

2007

Member, Project Team, organising the two day symposium ‘The Sublime Now’ at Tate Britain, a collaboration between the Tate Research Project 'The Sublime Object: Nature, Art and Language’ (AHRC funded), the London Consortium and Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom.

1998 – 2023

Associate Lecturer, painting and drawing, at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, London, United Kingdom.

1998 – 2022

Visiting Lecturer, painting and drawing, at the City Lit, London, United Kingdom.

1998

Design work for the King’s Head Theatre, London, United Kingdom.

Cover design for the City Lit Programme 1998, London, United Kingdom. 

Panel design for the City Lit, London, United Kingdom.

Image design for the Islington International Festival publicity material, London, United Kingdom.

1995

Exhibition assistant, Smith’s Gallery, London, United Kingdom.

1993

Placement, ICA, London, United Kingdom.

Education

2023

‘Dancing with the Elements’, UK Shamanic Gathering, EarthSpirit Centre, Glastonbury, Somerset, United Kingdom.

‘The Way of the Melissae’, Sacred Trust, Dev Aura Retreat Centre, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.

2022

‘Weaving the Wisdom Ways’, UK Shamanic Gathering, EarthSpirit Centre, Glastonbury, Somerset, United Kingdom.

2021

‘Return to Earth’, UK Shamanic Gathering, EarthSpirit Centre, Glastonbury, Somerset, United Kingdom.

2019

‘Wildnispädagogik’, Basismodul, Wildnisschule Chiemgau, Bad Feilnbach, Germany.

‘Nordische Mythologie’, Women and Earth, Ways of Shamanic Healing, Freiburg, Germany.

2018

‘Embracing the Earth Medicine’, 12th UK Shamanic Gathering, EarthSpirit Centre, Glastonbury, Somerset, United Kingdom.

‘Von der Kraft des Himmels und der Seele der Landschaft’, summer camp for Women, Women and Earth, Ways of Shamanic Healing, Campi di Cascio, Gualda di Sotte, Monteverdi PI, Italy.

‘Sich in Gaias neuen Räumen zurecht finden’, Gea-Kultur-Werkstatt, facilitated by Marco Pogacnik, Zaunreiter-Akademie, Gea-Kultur, Geomantie, Penzendorf 5/1, Hagenberg, Austria.

2017

‘Nurturing the Soul Dream’, 11th UK Shamanic Gathering, EarthSpirit Centre, Glastonbury, Somerset, United Kingdom.

‘Sacred Medicine Immersion’, facilitated by Rachel Corby, Brook End, Dundon, Somerton, Somerset, United Kingdom.

‘The Descent’, Spirit Horse, Pennant Valley, Llanbrynmair, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom.

‘Vigil’, summer camp for Women, Women and Earth, Ways of Shamanic Healing, Alpe Caseravera, Domodossola, Italy.

2016

‘Deep Ecological History of the Earth’, facilitated by Stephan Harding and Bruce Lipton, Schumacher College, Dartington, Devon, United Kingdom.

‘Bones of Ritual’, facilitated by Colin Campbell and Lucy Hinton Schumacher College, Dartington, Devon, United Kingdom.

‘The Journey’, Embercombe, Higher Ashton, Devon, United Kingdom.

‘Dark Ecology’, facilitated by David Abram and Stephan Harding, Schumacher College, Dartington, Devon, United Kingdom.

2014 – 2015

‘Foundation Course in the Perennial Philosophy’, Temenos Academy, London, United Kingdom.

2010

‘Geology of the Jurassic Coast’, Lyme Regis Field Studies Centre, organised by the Natural History Museum, London, and the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site Management.

‘Introduction to Podcasting, Wikis and Blogs', Centre for Learning & Teaching in Art & Design, University of the Arts London.

2008

‘Belief after Reason – Hegel, Heidegger, Derrida, Collegium’, three week residential course, Collegium Phenomenologicum, Città di Castello, Italy.

2004 – 2007

MA Aesthetics and Art Theory, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom.

2002

Web design at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, London, United Kingdom.

1998

Professional internet design, The City Lit, London, United Kingdom.

Digital portfolio, The City Lit, London, United Kingdom.

City and Guilds 7307 Stage 2 Further and Adult Education Teachers’ Certificate, The City Lit, London, United Kingdom.

1991 –1994

BA (Hons) Fine Art, Painting, Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, London, United Kingdom.

1991

Foundation Course in Art and Design, The City Lit, London, United Kingdom.

1982 –1988

Law degree (Universities of Tübingen, Hamburg, Freiburg, Germany).