Biographie / Biography
1961
geboren in Bangor, Wales
lebt und arbeitet in Berlin
Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl) / Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017
Il fait beau aujourd'hui,
Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich, Germany
2016
Singing for the Sea ,
AtlasArts, Portree, Isle of Skye, Great Britain
If I were a frog I´d live in a fountain,
Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland
Culture, Language & Thought,
Kolumba, Kunstmuseum des Erzbistums, Cologne, Germany
2015
Forest,
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany
Zone,
Maison d´Art Bernard Anthonioz, Nogent-sur-Marne, France
2014
Reading Duchamp - Research Notes,
Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
Bethan Huws,
Vistamare Galleria, Pescara, Italy
2013
The Lange-Glass,
Kunsthaus Zug, Switzerland
Singing for the Sea,
Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendall, Great Britain
Bethan Huws,
Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland
2011
Reading Duchamp,
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Films,
Bawag Contemporary-Bawag Foundation, Vienna, Austria
Films & ready-mades,
Fond régional d´art contemporain du Limousin, Limoges, France
Black & White Animals,
Centre international d´art et du paysage, ile de Vassivière, France
Bildboard for Edinburgh Project,
Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
Caplegwyn,
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, Great Britain
2010
Zeichnungen - Drawings,
Graphische Sammlung, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Il est comme un saint dans sa niche: Il ne bouge pas,
Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
Singing for the Sea,
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
2009
New Works for Margate Seafront & King´s Wood,
Challock, Turner Contemporary, Margate and Stour, Valley Arts, Challock, Great Britain
Fountain,
Serralves, Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal
Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland
Kabinett für Moderne Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
daadgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Watercolours,
Cabinet/Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
2008
University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
2007
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Galerie Stadtpark, Krems, Austria
Curious not nosey,
Dommuseum, Salzburg, Austria
2006
B.A.C.A. 2006,
Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Filme,
Institute für Kunst und Medien der HGK, Zürich, Switzerland
Galerie Friedrich, Basel, Switzerland
The Chocolate Bar,
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Wales
2004
ION ON & Singing for the Sea,
Tate Modern, London, Great Britain
2003
Foyer,
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
ION ON,
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Wales
Galerie Friedrich, Basel, Switzerland
Word vitrines,
K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
2001
On What?,
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, Great Britain
2000
Galerie Friedrich, Bern, Switzerland
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München, Germany
1999
Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
1998
Watercolours,
Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany; Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland; Oriel Mostyn Art Gallery, LIandudno, Wales
Oriel Mostyn Art Gallery, LIandudno, Wales
1997
Galerie Friedrich, Bern, Switzerland
1993
Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany
A Work for the North Sea,
Alnwick; organised by Artangel, Great Britain
1991
The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; Great Britain
1990
Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
1989
Riverside Studios, London, Great Britain
Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl) / Selected Group Exhibitions
2017
Art and Alphabet,
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Pure Nature,
Museum Kunst der Westküste, Alkersum, Germany
2016
To Bee Or Not 2 B,
PUNKT-Galleri F 15, Moss, Norway
Prière de toucher - Der Tastsinn der Kunst,
Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland
Climate Changes Everything 2,
Kunst Haus Wien, Vienna, Austria
No One Belongs here More Than You,
Despacio, San José, Costa Rica
The astonishing reality of things,
Barbara Gross Galerie, München, Germany
Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face,
Showroom Glampe, Berlin, Germany
The exhibition of a film #2,
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
On the subject of the readymade or to use a rembrandt as an ironing board,
work from the Daimler Art Collection selected by Bethan Huws, Daimler Art Collection, Berlin, Germany
Me in no-time state - On the individual,
Kolumba, Museum des Erzbistums Köln, Köln, Germany
Orizzonti,
Vistamare-Benedetta Spalletti Galerie, Pescara, Italy
Do you get what you see?,
Greider Contemporary Art, Zürich, Switzerland
Der Duchampeffekt. Readymade. Werke aus der Daimler Art Collection,
Kunsthalle Göppingen, Germany
Point de vue, Oeuvres de la collection du Frac Bretagne,
Galerie Pictura-Pont des Arts, Cesson-Sévigné, France
2015
30 Years,
Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland
Es werde Licht...,
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
more Konzeption - Conception now,
Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
2014
Playing by Heart,
Kolumba, Kunstmuseum des Erzbistums, Köln, Germany
Mean What You See,
Daniel Marzona Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Zone,
ArtUnlited, ArtBasel, Switzerland
Der Kubist Marcel Duchamps mag nicht malen,
Thomas Schulte Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Van Gogh Live!,
Fondation Vincent Van Gogh, Arles, France
Propaganda für die Wirklichkeit,
Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
W-A-R,
Mostyn Gallery, LIandudno, Wales, Great Britain
2013
KölnSkulptur #7,
Stiftung Skulpturenpark, Köln, Germany
Histoires et géometries, acquisitions récentes,
FRAC Bretagne, Rennes, France
Rhythm in it. On Rhythm in Contemporary Art,
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland
PLAY - The Frivolous and the Serious,
Me Collectors Room - Stiftung Olbricht, Berlin
Cleaning Up,
Johannes Vogt Gallery, New York, USA
Virtuosity, A concert of visual artists,
Kammermusiksaal Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
2012
Invisible,
Hayward Gallery, London, Great Britain
Immaterial Sculpture,
Bel Etage Projects, L40, Berlin, Germany
Simultant,
Centre Européen d´Actions Artistiques Contemporaines, Strasbourg, France
KonterFrei - zum Porträt heute,
General Public, Berlin, Germany
Who´s afraid of red, yellow and red?,
La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
An Exhibition to Hear Read,
ICA Philadelphia, USA
The Poster Show,
Galerie Carlier Gebauer, Berlin, Germany
Au loin une ile,
Fondation d´entreprise Richard, Paris, France
Don´t Smile. Vom Humor der Kunst,
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Kabinettstücke,
Weserburg Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany
Zuoz 10th Anniversary,
Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland
Compass,
Beacon Art Project, Lincolnshire, Great Britain
A House of Leaves - First Movement,
David Roberts Art Foundation, London, Great Britain
Agency of Unrealized Projects,
DAAD Galerie, Berlin, Germany
From the Age of the Poets,
Aanant & Zoo, Berlin, Germany
Fountain,
ArtFilm, Art43 Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Problem Play,
Leo Koenig Gallery, New York, USA
2011
A Collection With Stature,
Heinz und Marianne Ebers Stiftung, Kunstmuseen Krefeld - Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany
Back to the Future,
Kunstverein St. Gallen, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland
20 Jahre Gegenwart,
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Spiele im Park,
Villa Schöningen, Potsdam, Germany
Studies for an Exhibition,
The David Roberts Art Foundation, London, Great Britain
Bob and Breakfast - Robert Filiou et ses invités,
Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris, France
Sublimation,
Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Canada
Noli me Tangere,
Vanmoerkerke Collection, Oostende, Belgium
A Text is a Thing,
Galleria Vistamare - Benedetta Spalletti, Pescara, Italy
Incongru. Quand l´art fait rire,
Museum of Fine Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
Kunst und Philosophie,
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
Watercolour,
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
2010
Sphères 3,
Le Moulin - Galleria Continua, Boissy-le-Chatel, France
Die Natur ruft!,
daadgalerie, Berlin, Germany
More Pricks than Kicks,
David Roberts Art Foundation, London, England
Facade,
Artists´Film Festival, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Concrètement,
Galerie Hervé Bize, Nancy, France
25 Jahre Galerie Tschudi,
Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland
Qué hace alguien como tú en un stio como éste?,
Centro de Arte La Regenta, Las Palmas de Canarias, Spain
Next Generation,
Kunstverein St. Gallen, Switzerland
Louise Lawler, Allan McCollum, Bethan Huws,
Galerie Isabella Czarnowska, Berlin, Germany
Täuschend echt. Illusion und Wirklichkeit in der Kunst,
Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, Germany
2009
Vides-Voids,
Centre Pompidou, Musée national d´Art moderne, Paris, France; Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland
The Making Of Art,
Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Epèces d´espaces,
Yvon Lambert, New York, USA
Young Ladies, Old Chaps and Some Thai Friends,
Galleria SpazioA, Pistoia, Italy
elles@centrepompidou,
Centre Pompidou, Musée national d´art moderne, Paris, France
2008
ArteBregaglia,
Bergell, Switzerland
Piss off I´m a Fountain,
The Hayward Gallery, London, Great Britain
The Seventh Shanghai Biennale 2008,
Shanghai, China
2007
Learn to Read,
Tate Modern, London, Great Britain
Tina_b,
Festival of Contemporary Arts, Prague, Poland
Regards croisés sur les paysages,
Parc naturel regional du Vercors & La Halle, Pont en Royans, Project coordinated by Art3, Valence, France
New Acquisitions - Contemporary British Art,
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
Marta falls silent,
Martha Herford Museum, Herford, Germany
2006
Mental-Image,
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland
2005
A Brief History of Invisible Art,
CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, USA
Over & Over, Again & Again,
Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Art made of Chocolate,
Museum Ludwig, Köln, Germany
2004
Hauptwerke der Sammlung,
Kolumba, Kunstmuseum des Erzbistums, Köln, Germany
Spread in Prato 2004,
Dryphoto arte contemporanea, Prato, Italy
2003
ION ON,
Wales at the Venice Biennale, Italy
2002
The Museum, the Collection, the Director and his Loves,
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main
STARTKAPITAL,
K 21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Basics,
Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland
2001
Sammlung Thomas Olbricht,
Neues Museum Weserberg, Bremen, Germany
2000
Watercolours,
The Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, Great Britain
Drehmomente,
Sammlung Hauser und Wirth, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Mixing Memory and Desire,
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland
1999
Am Horizont,
Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany
Forget about the ball and keep playing,
Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Germany
1998
Wahlverwandtschaften,
Art&Appenzell, Appenzell, Switzerland
Voice Over,
National touring exhibition from the Hayward Gallery, London, Great Britain
1997
At the Threshold of the Visible: Minuscule and Small Scale Art, 1964-1996,
touring exhibition organised by Independent Curators International, New York, USA
Pictura Britannica,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Skulptur. Projekte in Münster 1997,
Westfalisches Landesmuseum, Münster, Germany
Niemandsland,
Museum Haus Lange/Haus Esters, Krekeld, Germany
1996
Life/Live,
ARC – Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, France
Private View,
The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Great Britain
1995
Isomnie,
Domaine de Kerguehennec, Locimé, France
1994
Welt-Moral,
Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
1993
On taking a normal situation...,
Antwerp 93, Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen, Belgium
1992
Gemischtes Doppel,
Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria
1990
The British Art Show,
a touring exhibition organised by The South Bank Centre, London, Great Britain
Sammlungen (Auswahl) / Collections (Selection)
Heinz und Marianne Ebers-Stitfung, Krefeld, Germany
Stiftung Olbricht, Berlin, Germany
Kolumba, Kunstmuseum des Erzbistums, Cologne, Germany
Art Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherland
Walther A. Bechtler Stiftung, Switzerland
Kunstverein St. Gallen, Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
David Roberts Art Foundation, London, Great Britain
National Museums and Galleries of Wales, Cardiff, Great Britain
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, Great Britain
Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, Paris, France
Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Germany
FRAC Bretagne, Rennes, France
Tate Collection, London, Great Britain
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