Lives and works in Berlin,
grew up in Vienna,
born in Hamburg (1972)
Education
1991 Académie Julian, Graphic Arts Diploma, Paris, France
1991–1992 Chelsea College of Art, Foundation Course, London, UK
1992–1995 Kingston University, BA (HONS), Fine Art, London, UK
1995–1997 University of Manchester, MA in Post-War and Contemporary Art, Art History, UK
1999 Artsymposium, Rettenegg, Austria
Awards and Grants
2019 Searching for The Miraculous – The Curfew Tower Residency, Northern Ireland
2016/2017 Cultural exchange stipend for a residency in Los Angeles/Pasadena at the Art Center College of Design (ACCD)
2015 Work scholarship Stiftung Kunstfonds, Germany
2010 Studio scholarship CCA Andratx, Art Foundation Mallorca, Spain
2003 Nominated for the prize of NORDWESTKUNST 2003, Germany
1999 SCA-Art-Competition, SCA, Vienna, Austria
Solo Exhibitions
2021
Wolken//Außeninstallationen, (mit Yvonne Lee Schultz), Landesvertretung Niedersachsen, Berlin
2018
On a clear day you can dream forever (with Andrea Lenardin), Whiteman Airport, Los Angeles, U.S.
Doppelpass II – Tread softly, because you tread on my dreams, (mit Andrea Wolfensberger) Galerie der DG, Munich
2017
Thought through my Eyes, Billboard on Hyperion Avenue at Evans Street,
Los Angeles
2015
Bettina Khano-Splinters, PICTURE WINDOW Series#3, Manière Noire, Berlin
Wolke im Tal, jour fixe „im Tal“, Einweihung der 49. Arbeit, Hasselbach, Germany
2014
Draußen, Berlin-Weekly.com, Berlin
flipped image, Plattenpalast, Berlin
Bettina Khano, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany
2013
Wolke, Installation in the Gräfliche Park, Bad Driburg, Germany
2011
SpanSpace, curated by Marc Glöde, Y8, Hamburg
2010
The sky is the limit, Solo for one, Bar Babette, Berlin
2006
Galaxie 1, Galerie Heike Curtze, Berlin
2004
Wide Cube, Architektur Galerie, Berlin
2003
Implosion, Pavillon Schloss Molsberg, Molsberg, Germany
2001
Bettina Khano, Koch und Kesslau, Berlin
Group Exhibitions
2021
Wie im Himmel
galerie weisser elefant, Berlin
Jeongmoon Choi, Patricia Detmering, Alice Dittmar, Vemo Hang, Bettina Khano, Anderas Schmid
2020
COVID 19/20/21 Alles muss raus
galerie weisser elefant, Berlin
Laure Catugier, Anne Gathmann, Bettina Khano, Anja Gerecke & Stefan Rummel, Franziska Frey, Julia Krewani, Aurelie Pertusot, Tim & Kaspar Trantenroth, Mariana Vassileva
Wolken in der zeitgenössischen Kunst – flüchtig – zeichenhaft – bedrohlich
Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg
Bettina von Arnim, Laurenz Berges, Henry Bond, E.R. Nele, Björn Dahlem, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Bernhard Fuchs, Tue Grenzort, Andreas Gurkst, Thilo Heinzmann, Luise Heute, Axel Hütte, Axel Kasseböhmer, Bettina Khano, Karen Kilimnik, Erwin Kneissl, Sandra Kranich, Stefan Löffelhardt, Anne Meyer, Richard Oelze, Thomas Pöhler, Ria Patricia Röder, Dieter Roth, Thomas Ruff, Beja Sachau, Michael Sailstorfer, Adrian Sauer, Thomas Scheibitz, Michael Schmidt, Andreas Schulze, Yvonne Lee Schultz, Alexandre Singh, Berndnaut Smilde, Axel Stoffels, Stephen Suckle, Vincent Tavenne, Nasan Tur, Grace Weaver, Thomas Zipp
2019
DOMIZIL
Pop-Up Exhibition during Art Week Berlin, Berlin
Menno Aden, Alexandra Baumgartner, Astrid Busch, Alanna Lawley, Jenny Keuter, Bettina Khano, Virginie Mossé, Andrea Pichl, Katja Pudor, Andrea van Reimersdahl, Wieland Schönfelder, Stefanie Seidl, Alice Stepanek, Sinta Werner
2018
SUPER RADIANCE,
The Nook Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.
akikounico, Nancy Baker Cahill, Debbie J. Cho, FLOAT, Linda Franke, Siri Kaur, Paradise Khanmalek, Bettina Khano, Grace Jiyoon Kim, Clay Lipsky, Mtendere Mandowa, Alicia McDaid, Yetunde Olagbaju, Opertura, Alex Pelly, Vincent Ramos, Brooks Salzwedel, Katie Shapiro, Jennifer Juniper Stratford, Courtney Taylor, Holly Tempo, Dani Tull, Leora Wien + Michelle Andrade, Kim Zumpfe
Join the dots/Unire le distanze,
Salone degli Incanti, Triest, Italy
MAGIC,
Emmanuel Walderdorff Galerie, Molsberg
with works by Frank Ahlgrimm,, Pia von Aulock, Elisabeth Altenburg, Matthias Beckman, Pedro Bosse, Joe Borg, Lili Fischer, Peter Fischli/David Weiss, Denesh Ghyczy, Frank Herzog, Bettina Khano, Patrik Kovacovsky, Svätopluk Mikyta, Annette Philip, Hans Pfrommer, Bodo Rott, Alexander von Schlieffen, hilipp Schönborn, Julia Schrader, Armin Subke, Franz Stähler, Stepanek&Maslin, Attila Szucs, Thomas Thiede, Ralf Witthaus
100,
Axel Obiger, Berlin
SMOKE & MIRRORS,
Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, U.S.
Gordon Winiemko, Elizabeth Withstandley, Gioj De Marco, Barry Markowitz, Dorsey Dunn, Thomas Müller, Alejandra Urresti, Joséphine Wister Faure, Lewis Colburn, Clifton Childree, Heta Kuchka, Bettina Khano, Adler Guerrier
2017
bau-sinn-lich,
Federkiel Raum für Kunst, Bildung, Ökologie und Genuss, Munich
with works by Nevin Aladağ, Anja Braun, Matthias Hoch, Hans-Dirk Hotzel, Bettina Khano, Gordon Matta-Clark, Richard Allen Morris, Manfred Pernice, Platino, Tata Ronkholz, Tilo Schulz & David Semper – Möbel und Objekte von Stählemühle/e15, Annika Staudt & quartier vier
Open Studios,
at Art Center Graduate Art, Pasadena, U.S.
Beth Abaravich, Robin Akashi, Gal Amiram, Natheniel Ancheta, Kevin Bouton-Scott, Karolina Beveridge, Hannah Boone, Ryan Brewer, Andrew Dall’Olmo, Jessica Dillon, Caitlin Ducey, Kevin Eichorst, Jenny Eisenpresser, Shingo Francis, Owen Fu, Lily Frydman, Kiva Garber-Maikovska, Chris Hanke, Kyle Jorgensen, Westen Lyon, Bijan Machen, Reuben Merringer, Delbar Shahbaz, Adam Stamp, Christian Valla, Mona Varichon, Rebecca Waldron, Sterling Weels, Eliot Yasumura, Aziz Yonuss, Haena Yoo, Tong Zhou, Berlin Artist-in-Residence: Bettina Khano
2016
Open Studios
at ArtCenter Graduate Art, Pasadena, U.S.
Beth Abaravich, Robin Akashi, Gal Amiram, Natheniel Ancheta, Kevin Bouton-Scott, Karolina Beveridge, Hannah Boone, Ryan Brewer, Andrew Dall’Olmo, Jessica Dillon, Caitlin Ducey, Kevin Eichorst, Jenny Eisenpresser, Shingo Francis, Owen Fu, Lily Frydman, Kiva Garber-Maikovska, Chris Hanke, Kyle Jorgensen, Westen Lyon, Bijan Machen, Reuben Merringer, Delbar Shahbaz, Adam Stamp, Christian Valla, Mona Varichon, Rebecca Waldron, Sterling Weels, Eliot Yasumura, Aziz Yonuss, Haena Yoo, Tong Zhou, Berlin Artist-in-Residence: Bettina Khano
Editionen 2013-2016
at Emmanuel Walderdorff Galerie, Molsberg
Martina Altschäfer, Franz Josef Altenburg, Matthias Beckmann, Pedro Boese, Joe Børg, Andreas Feist, massoud graf-hachempour, Bettina Khano, Jörg Mandernach, Julia Ossko, Hans Pfrommer, Bodo Rott, Uwe Schäfer, Philipp Schönborn, Julia Schrader, Armin Subke, Thomas Thiede, Ralf Witthaus, Majla Zeneli
IN EWIGKEIT
at Deutsche Gesellschaft für christliche Kunst, Munich
Markus Bacher, Judith Egger, Monika Huber, Nicolas Humbert / Werner Penzel, Robert Lax, Bettina Khano, Christof Salzmann, Yukara Shimizu, Erik Sturm, Viron Erol Vert, Leo Zogmayer
Edition 8×8
at Y8, Hamburg
Bas Jan Ader, John Armleder, Robert Barry, David Blamey, Meg Cranston, Peter Downsbrough, Ken Garland, Katharina Grosse, Klaus Frahm, Channa Horwitz, Bettina Khano, McBride/Rubsamen, Jonathan Monk, Sandra Peters, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Karin Sander
im Tal: Dreißig Jahre, fünfzig Werke & einige Wünsche
at Depositum, Weyerbusch, Westerwald
BERLINBRITZENALE
at Kolonie Morgentau, Berlin-Britz
Frederik Foert, Ingo Gerken, Folke Köbberling, Bettina Khano, Ulrike Mohr, Carola Rümper, Sonya Schönberger, Vincent Tavenne, Philip Topolovac, Bernd Trasberger, Raul Walch, Ina Weber, Markus Wirthmann, Markus Zimmermann
Wendezeiten
at CCA Andratx, Mallorca,
Abel Auer, Florian Auer, Awst & Walther, Florian Baudrexel, Tjorg D. Beer, Lutz Braun, FAMED, Lutz Fezer, Carsten Fock, Sabrina Fritsch, Klaus Geigle, Torben Giehler, Birke Gorm, Phillip Grözinger, Tobias Hantmann, Dani Jakob, Stephan Jung, Markus Karstieß, Bettina Khano, Henning Kles, Bernhard Martin, Timo Nasseri, Frank Nietsche, Markus Oehlen, Manfred Pernice & Martin Städeli, Kai Richter, Wolfram Sachs, Isabelle von Schilcher, Lukas Schmenger, Helga Schmidhuber, Richard Schur, Meik Stamer, Katja Strunz, Gert & Uwe Tobias, Claudia Wieser, Jens Wolf
2015
Das instabile Objekt
at Salon am Moritzplatz, Berlin
Susanne Bürner, Anne Gathmann, Dominique Hurth, Bettina Khano,
Nana Kreft, Anna-Lena Wenzel, Sinta Werner
SUPERMAGNETS – The Power of Attraction
at SCHAU FENSTER, Berlin
Awst & Walther, Su Hwan Choi, Sunah Choi, Pierre Granoux, Annette Kelm,
Bettina Khano, Pe Lang, Erich Reusch, Pietro Sanguineti, Adrian Sauer,
Bettina Semmer
DIE WEISSE AB – HAUS – VERKAUFS – KUNSTSCHAU #4
at das weisse haus, Vienna, Austria
Opening on the Foam
at Schloss Sacrow, Sacrow/Potsdam
Malte Bartsch, Hicham Berrada, Julius von Bismarck, Thea Drechsel, Sven Drühl,
Andreas Greiner, Bettina Khano, Felix Kiessling, Fabian Knecht, Andreas Mühe,
Maximilian Rödel, Julian Rosefeldt, Sarah Ancelle Schönfeld, Willem Jan Smit,
Nasan Tur, Raul Walch
ARCHIPELAGO—SPLINTERS, MATTER, AND EVIDENCE
at Kunstraum Innsbruck
New and expanded works in the context of Correspondents
Editions 2009—14. Lars Neckel, Bettina Khano, nOffice, Irmi Peer,
William Engelen, Karen Lohrmann & Stefano de Martino
2014
Fresh
at CCA Andratx, Mallorca , Spain
Florian Baudrexel, Aleana Egan, FAMED, Sullivan Goba-Blé, Birke Gorm,
Stephan Jung, Bettina Khano, Guillermo Mora, Mira O’Brien, Belén Rodríguez,
Meredith Sparks, David Stjernholm, Claudia Wieser, Maria Zahle, Natalia Zaluska
Intervention
Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin, Germany
During the exhibition Flüchtige Koordinaten of Harriet Groß and Franziska Hünig
Marta Intermezzo. Museum in Bewegung
Gehry-Galerien im MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
Re-plis
galerie weisser elefant,
with Anne Gathmann, Bettina Khano, Antonia Nordmann, Sinta Werner,
Markus Wüste, Berlin
Drive the Change
100plus, Zürich, Switzerland
Papier/Paper IV – Collagen
kunstgaleriebonn, Bonn, Germany
with Kirstin Arndt, Frank Badur, Erwin Bechtold, Max Cole, Tibor Gáyor,
Bettina Khano, Schirin Kretschmann, Matthew Northridge, Karim Noureldin,
Martin Pfeifle, Günter Tuzina, Albert Weis
2013
ahnen
The Museum of Modern Art Carynthia in co-operation with Schloss Grafenstein, Austria
The Legend of the Shelves
Autocenter, Berlin
Andratx on Paper
Curated by Patricia Asbaek, CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
ROOM TO MOVE
Humboldt University, Atrium, Berlin
with Ursula Behr-Heyder, Lisa Haucke & Wiebke Heiber, Carola Keitel,
Bettina Khano, Laura McLardy & Jonas Wendelin, Kalin Lindena,
Lucia Mors de Castro, Eli Skatvedt
2012
In Formal Structures
curated by Marc Glöde, Andrae Kaufmann Galerie, Berlin
with Peter Downsbrough, Bettina Khano, Kitty Kraus, Tadaaki Kuwayama,
Sol LeWitt, Matthieu Mercier, Egon Karl Nicolaus, Karin Sander, Sara Sizer,
Franz Erhard Walther
(Re-) locating the Self
curated by Marc Glöde, KUNSTSAELE, Berlin
with Carl Andre, David Blamey, Peter Downsbrough, Channa Horwitz, Bettina Khano,
Sandra Peters, Karin Sander, Lawrence Weiner
Miniature by Serendipity
Kosmetiksalon Babette, Berlin
2011
Neverwhere
Autocenter, Berlin
with Franziska Hünig, Bettina Khano, Schirin Kretschmann, Katinka Pilscheur,
Sinta Werner
MS Dockville Kunstcamp 2011
Hamburg, Germany
Stay Hungry
curated by Anna Redeker and Theo Ligthart, allotment garden at the Gleisdreieck, Berlin
with Jochen Arbeit & Hopek Quirin, Awst & Walther, Agathe de Bailliencourt,
Heinrich Dubel, Stella Geppert, Lola Göller, Harald Hofmann, Michael Höpfner,
Satch Hoyt, Bettina Khano, David Levine, Pia Lindman,
Laura López Paniagua & Andreas L. Hofbauer, Mladen Miljanovic,
Wolfgang Plöger, Herbert Tilly, Bernd Trasberger, Simon Wachsmuth,
Stephen Willats, Christof Zwiener
36 Girls
curated by Maik Schierloh and Jan Kage,
Bar Babette, Berlin
2010
Col.leccio ART FOUNDATION MALLORCA
curated by Patricia Asbaek, CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
Lichtung
curated by Anna Redeker, Antje Wachs Galerie, Berlin
with Tim Bennett, Bettina Khano, Alison Moffett
Clouds
Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
UM10
Festival für zeitgenössische Kunst,
Musik und Literatur, Uckermark, Germany
Sommerreigen
Galerie Heike Curtze, Berlin
Measuring Potentials
curated by Marc Glöde,
P 88, Berlin
Stille Post
Galerie Heike Curtze, Berlin
2009
Anonyme Zeichner N°10
Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
Gathering
curated by Franziska Hünig, Berlin
Sommer(r)eigen
Galerie Heike Curtze, Salzburg, Austria
0X/01 FRISE-Kunstkammer
curated by Anke Westermann, Hamburg
girlsgilrsgirls contagious act
Galerie Steinle Contemporary, Munich
2008
UM08
Festival für zeitgenössische Kunst,
Musik und Literatur, Uckermark, Germany
Sonnengold
Galerie Heike Curtze, Salzburg, Austria
2007
Welträume
Galerie Steinle, Munich
Konzentrat – 5 Jahre Galerie
Architektur Galerie, Berlin
2006
Art Biesenthal
Inconstruction, Biesenthal
East/West Encounters
Stephanie Ferrario Contemporary, London, UK
2005
Architektur Galerie and VIP-Lounge
Artforum, Berlin
Humorror
Shedhalle Tübingen, Tübingen
Skulpturen, Installationen und Objekte
Kunstverein Hürth, Hürth
2004
Berliner Kunstsalon
Berlin
NORDWESTKUNST 2003. Die Nominierten
Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshaven
Private/Public
Würtenberger, Berlin
White Cube
installation at the Artforum, Berlin,
co-operation with Sybille Kesslau
Chaosmatische Anthropologie
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2002
0 : 0
Galerie Boda, Seoul, Korea
Monographs / Artist Books
2013
Bettina Khano 887 002 2AAAANN1 03/02/04 1,
Correspondents (ed.), 2013
2012
Bettina Khano You May Appear Closer Than You Are,
Forword by Ulrich Loock, Texts by Marc Glöde, Helga Lutz, Annika Reich, German/English, hardcover, Hatje Cantz, 2012
Publications
2021
WAIT A MINUTE, recorded in Vienna + Los Angeles, 2021, edited by Peter Never I Andrea Lenardin, Schlebrügge Editor
2018
life of artists in berlin, an art guide, 2018, hendrik Bäßler Verlag (ed.)
Doppelpass II, Bettina Khano und Andrea Wolfensberger ‘Tread softly because you tread on my dreams’, exhibition catalogue, 2018, Deutsche Gesellschaft für christliche Kunst e.V. (ed.)
Smoke & Mirrors, exhibition catalogue, 2018, Torrance Art Museum (ed.)
2014
Contemporary Culture – Ten Questions About Berlin, journal, Marie Egger (ed.)
Präsenz 2014, exhibition program catalogue 2014, galerie weisser elefant (Hg.) in co-operation with the local council Bezirksamt Mitte von Berlin
2013
ahnen, exhibition catalogue, Ferdinand Orsini-Rosenberg (ed.)
ROOM TO MOVE, exhibition catalogue, Christina Danick,
Clara Gehlen, Leoni Grützmacher (eds.)
2007
Implosion in: Butis Butis (ed.) Jan Behnstedt, Thorsten Bothe, Christina Hünsche, Alexander Klose, Isabel Kranz, Helga Lutz, Nina Wiedemeyer, Stehende Gewässer, Medien der Stagnation, diaphanes Zürich-Berlin
2002
Blinder Fleck (video stills)
in: Bernd Ternes (ed.), Das rigorose Glück, Tectum Verlag, Marburg
2003
Nordwestkunst 2003. Die Nominierten.
Exhibition catalogue, Daniel Spanke (ed.)
2001
Der Körper des Genoms (video stills), co-operation with Annika Reich and Laura Bieger, in: menschen formen (eds.), Ver-schiede der Kultur, Tectum Verlag, Marburg