* 1971 in Munich, Germany
lives in Berlin
Collections
MoMA (Museum of Modern Art),New York City, USA CLICK HERE: Bettina Sellmann @ MoMA Collection
Deutsche Bank Collection
Olbricht Collection
Oberfinanzdirektion Frankfurt am Main
International private collections
Awards
2022
Kunstfonds Neustart-Stipendium (New Start Grant by the Kunstfonds Bonn)
2020
Sonderstipendium des Berliner Senats (Special Grant by the Senate of Berlin)
1999
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) – Year Grant for New York City
1997
Skowhegan Summer Residency Program, Maine, USA (full scholarship)
1995
Erasmus Grant for Paris
Studies
1992-1997
Städelschule Frankfurt am Main, Germany, with Jörg Immendorff, Christa Näher, Thomas Bayrle
1995
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
1997
Master Student (Meisterschülerin) of Thomas Bayrle
1997
Skowhegan Summer Residency Program, Maine, USA
1999-2002
Hunter College, New York City, USA (Master of Fine Arts)
1998-2009
lived and worked in New York City and Brooklyn, NY, USA
since 2010
lives and works in Berlin
Solo Shows / 2- and 3-Person Shows
2024
Guiltlessness, Galerie Schindler, Potsdam, Germany
Transforming Identity, Galerie Greulich, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (3-Person Show)
EASYMAGIC123, (with Julia Jansen, poetry reading by Julia Mantel), Kurfürstliches Gärtnerhaus, Künstlerforum Bonn, Germany
EASYMAGIC123, (with Julia Jansen, poetry reading by Julia Mantel), Kunstverein Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
2021
EASYMAGIC123 (with Julia Jansen, poetry reading by Julia Mantel), Kunstverein Offenbach, Germany
2020
EASYMAGIC123 (with Julia Jansen), Baustelle Schaustelle Essen, Germany
EASYMAGIC123 (with Julia Jansen), Baustelle Schaustelle Düsseldorf, Germany
2019
Glam magic manufactoray (with René Luckhardt), Oberfinanzdirektion, Frankfurt/Main, Germany (Catalogue)
2018
Dia-Ikone (with René Luckhardt), Weißfrauen Diakoniekirche, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
2017
Punktlandung (with Damien Hirst), Galerie 21.06, Ravensburg, Germany
Hello Color, Gilla Lörcher I Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany (Catalogue)
2016
It´s already there, One-single-artwork-show, Gilla Lörcher I Contemporary Art, Berlin, German
2015
US Paintings, Gilla Lörcher I Contemporary Art, Location 1, Berlin, Germany
US Paintings, Gilla Lörcher I Contemporary Art, Location 2, Berlin, Germany
Spiral, Square and Dickie-Bow, Wolfstädter Galerie, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
2013
Magic Every Day, Gilla Lörcher I Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany (Catalogue)
To Queen Luise & Young-Wilhelm, Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin, Germany
2012
Chocanaub (with Eva Schwab), Phoenix BB, Berlin, Germany
2011
Bettina Sellmann @ Kaisersaal, ISI/Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany
Templeloch Space Clearing, Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin, Germany
2009
Taina, cosmogeny, make your own paper dragon, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2007
Bettina Sellmann, Galerie Frank Schlag, Essen, Germany
2006
Bettina Sellmann, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2004
Armor & Etiquette, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Drawings, Derek Eller Gallery, Project Space, New York, NY, USA
2003
Catalogue Presentation, Micky Schubert presents @ bureau outernational, Berlin, Germany
How Do You Like: The World Is Dreaming You, Galerie Beate Kollmeier, Essen, Germany (Catalogue)
2001
LULU, Galerie Beate Kollmeier, Essen, Germany
2000
Bettina Sellmann, Galerie Beate Kollmeier, Essen, Germany
1996
Sleeping Beauty, Looking at the Stars, Praying for Protection, Galerie Fruchtig, Frankfurt, Germany
Group Shows
2025
ZOOOM – The Personal is Political, Arsenał Municipal Gallery Poznán, Poland
2024
New Perspectives, New & Abstract, Berlin, Germany
Jenseits von Eden, Galerie Neurotitan, Berlin, Germany
5 Years, Galerie Schindler, Potsdam, Germany
Undone, Hilbertraum, Berlin, Germany
Made In Berlin, Galerie 21.06, Ravensburg, Germany
Liquid Translation, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
Touchée, UNDONE, Hilbertraum, Berlin, Germany
2023
All Together Now, Galerie Tammen, Berlin, Germany
PORTRAIT I, Galerie Tammen, Berlin, Germany
FOYOU 7, FOYOU-Space, Marienburg, Berlin, Germany
MISSTORY, Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt am Main
Alptraum at Polarraum, Polarraum, Hamburg
2022
Essence of Color – Blue, Städtische Galerie im Leeren Beutel, Musea of the City of Regensburg, Germany (Catalogue)
WAN(N) DA, Galerie Greulich, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
außer sich – inner ich, Inselgalerie Berlin, Germany
Kickline, Thaler Originalgrafik, Leipzig, Germany
North Oversee, Kunsthalle Wilhemshaven, Germany
100 unter 1000, Schindler LAB, Potsdam, Germany
Hypnopomp, Hilbertraum, Berlin, Germany
2021
Popup Pickup, Works by 180 international artists on magnets, Lübeck, Germany
Stubenausstellung, Kunstraum Dietz, Cologne, Germany
100 unter 1000, Schindler LAB, Potsdam, Germany
2020
Sweet Nothing Sweet, Kunstverein KISS, Abtsgmünd-Untergröningen, Germany (Catalogue)
(No)body is perfect, Galerie 21.06, Ravensburg, Germany
Alptraum, TAM Torrance Art Museum, California, USA
2019
Voix, Museum of Fine Arts (MdbK), Leipzig, Germany (Catalogue)
Paint: The Seen, the Unseen and the Imagined, Messums Wiltshire, Tisbury, UK
Stubenausstellung, Kunstraum Dietz, Köln, Germany
Alptraum, La Estacion Gallery, Chihuahua, Mexico
Alptraum, Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, Arizona, USA
2018
Das Schöne Zimmer, Alexander Ochs Private, Berlin, Germany
Painting XXL, Ausstellungshalle 1A, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Painting XXL, Galerie Leuenroth, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Zündung, Turps Gallery, London, UK
8 Frauen, Galerie 21.06, Ravensburg, Germany
Die Jahrhundert-Bar, Projektraum Ventilator, Berlin, Germany
AIM I Project, Parallel Art Fair Vienna, Austria
2017
Farbauftrag, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany (Catalogue)
Painting XX, Kunsthalle der Sparkassenstiftung, Lüneburg, Germany (Catalogue)
Berlin–Klondyke, UGM Studio, Maribor, Slovenia
Berlin–Klondyke, SOEHT 7, Berlin, Germany
Under Influence, Galerie Dukan, Leipzig, Germany
2016
Animalism, Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck, Austria
Alptraum, RAE space for contemporary art, Berlin, Germany
Blanke Teile, Schaufenster, Berlin, Germany
2015
1. Berlin Edition, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin
Into the Neon Light, Kreuzberg Pavillion, Berlin
Works in White, Schaufenster, Berlin
Navigare necesse est, Schaufenster, Berlin
Kasablanka, Rumbalotte, Berlin
2014
Berlin–Klondyke – Die Leipziger Edition, Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin, Germany
Alptraum, Salon de Lirio, Goa, India
Halloween, The Idling Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Painting Was A Lady, Wonderloch Kellerland, New York City, USA
Romantica, Emotional Rescue Shows, Berlin, Germany
Alte Sachlichkeit, Emotional Rescue Shows, Berlin, Germany
Video Screening, Gilla Lörcher I Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Artists and Merchandising, Das Kunstbüro, Aarhus, Denmark
Alptraum, Umetnostna Galerija Maribor, Slovenia
Unknown Masterpieces, Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin, Germany
2013
Pophits & Alptraum, Artspace RheinMain, Offenbach
Heike Kelter, René Luckhardt, Bettina Sellmann, Galerie Kollmeier, Essen, Germany
Imaginäre Lösungen – In diesem Sinne III, Munikat, München, Germany
Imaginäre Lösungen – In diesem Sinne I, Kosmetiksalon Babette, Berlin, Germany
Berlin–Klondyke, Hipphalle, Gmunden, Österreich
The Fantastic Painting Show, 547 W 27th St, New York, NY, USA
Berlin–Klondyke, Spinnerei Leipzig, Germany
Gegenwart, Cafe Gegenwart, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Alptraum, Projektraum Balken, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2012
Everywhere and Nowhere, Works from the Collection Reydan Weiss – Kunsthaus Villa Jauss, Oberstdorf, Germany
Alptraum, Green Papaya Art Project, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manila
Painting Was A Lady, Vienna Art Foundation, Kunstraum am Schauplatz, Vienna, Austria
Painting Was A Lady, Kreuzbergpavillion, Kassel, Germany
Painting Was A Lady, Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin, Germany
Artists Merchandising Art, 8. Salon, Hamburg, Germany
Artists Merchandising Art, Atelier Reflexe, Paris, France
Miniature, Kosmetiksalon Babette, Berlin, Germany
Artists Merchandising Art, What The Shop, Vienna, Austria
Artists Merchandising Art, Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin, Germany
2011
Gästezimmer, Atelierfrankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Grandmother Bodhisattva, Galerie Seiler, Munich, Germany
Soiree Matinee, Wonderloch Kellerland, Los Angeles, USA
The Magic Sexy Templeloch of Wonderspirit, Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin, Germany
2010
Dirty Light, Forgotten Bar, Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, Germany
Talk Show, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2009
Glam Shackle & Spice, SATORI Gallery, New York, NY, USA
The Golden Record, g39 Gallery, Cardiff, UK
The Golden Record, The Collection, The Lincoln, Lincoln, UK
Drawn, Kinkead Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Figuratively Seeing, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, USA
Tales of Wonder and Woe, Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, NY, USA
2008
Nada Art Fair, Derek Eller Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
My Generation, Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Jahrgang Rausch, atelierfrankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Summer Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY, USA
The Golden Record, The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Forms of Figuration, cur. by Dinaburg Arts, Clifford Chance, New York, NY, USA
2007
Betonwurst und andere Teamgeister, After the Butcher, Berlin, Germany
2006
Nada Art Fair, Derek Elller Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
Flicker, University Art Museum, Albany, NY, USA
2005
Hello Sunday, Sixtyseven Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Honeymoon with Romeo, Groeflin Maag Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
Lolita, AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Hope Auction, Gavin Brown Passerby, New York, NY, USA
2004
Under the Sun, Greener Pastures Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2003
Drawings, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Girls Gone Wild, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2002
Summer 2002, Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2001
Groupshow, American Fine Arts, New York, NY, USA
2000
Bi-Virtue, Star 67, Brooklyn, NY, USA
1996
Klubhaus, curated by Kasper König, Allianz-Versicherung, Frankfurt/Main, GermanyALL
Selected Press
Lena, Ellen, Issa und die anderen, Christoph Schütte, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany, July 27, 2022
Tanz aus der Reihe, Jürgen Kleindienst, Leipziger Volkszeitung, Germany, April 2, 2022
Top 5 Shows, Anett Göthe, Journal Frankfurt, Nr. 2/2019, Germany, February 2019
Malerei satt links und rechts des Mains, Christoph Schütte, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany, Feb. 9, 2018
Bettina Sellmann: US PAINTINGS, Trendkraft Kunst Kultur Religion, April 18, 2015
https://trendkraft.io/
Now Hanging / The Girlie Show, The New York Times online, Maura Egan, June 30, 2009 http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/
Bettina Sellmann: Taina…, Cassandra Neyenesch, Brooklyn Rail, artseen, December 2008
http://www.brooklynrail.org/
For Artist Bettina Sellmann…, Andrew Goldstein, New York Magazine online Art Candy, July 22, 2008
http://nymag.com/
Bettina Sellmann in New York, Kris Wilton, artinfo, weekend picks, December 18, 2008
Bettina Sellmann at Derek Eller Gallery, Sarah Jorgensen, The New York Art World, NYC, USA, November 2004
The Literary Review (Cover), Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ, USA, January–March 2004
Girls Gone Wild, Roberta Smith, The New York Times, Art in Review, NYC, USA, July 4, 2003, page B-29
Vergängliche Machtstrukturen, Deike Steineshoff, Westdt. Allgemeine Zeitung-Werden, Germany, June 24, 2003
Spielplatz der starken Mädchen, Hans Pietsch, art nr.4, p. 42, Germany, April 2003
Mädchen, Mädchen, Magdalena Kröner, Feuilleton, Süddeutsche Zeitung Nr. 185, Seite 11, Germany, August 12 2002
Lulu – Trying to resolve reality, Frank Schroder, NY-Arts Magazine, New York, NY, USA, January 2002
Strong Groupshows in Boston and Cambridge, Boston Globe, Boston, MA, USA, December 1999
Schneemann in der Damendusche, Sandra Danicke, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany, November 1996
Selected Publications
The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, Christian Rattemeyer (ed.), Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA, 2009, 296 pages, linen hardcover with paper (Book)
New American Paintings, #74, Volume 13, Issue 1, Steven T. Zevitas (ed.), The Open Studio Press, USA, February/March 2008, 172 pages (Catalogue)
Remastered, Sebastien Agneessens (ed.), Die Gestalten Verlag Berlin, Germany, 2006, 160 Pages, hardcover (Book)
Figuratively Seeing, editors Darci Hanna and Chloe Zaug, text by Ann Wilson Lloyd, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA,
USA, 2009, 66 pages, linen hardcover with embossing (Book)
VOIX, Alfred Weidinger (ed.), texts by Mona Horncastle, Jeanette Stoschek, Ijsbrand van Veelen, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Verlag E.A. Seemann, Leipzig, Germany, 2019, 238 pages, hardcover (Book)
Easymagic123, a book by painters Bettina Sellmann and Julia Jansen and poet Julia Mantel, Edition Faust, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, 2022, 128 pages (Book)
https://editionfaust.de/
Bettina Sellmann: Glam Magic Edition, Kann-Verlag, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, 2019, 32 pages (Catalogue, solo)
Bettina Sellmann, Galerie Beate Kollmeier (ed.), text by Zoran Terzic, design by Delia Keller, Essen, Germany 2003, 36 pages (Catalogue, solo)
Bettina Sellmann, Hello Color, Berlin, Germany, text by Helioglobal, 2017 (Catalogue, solo)
Bettina Sellmann, Magic Every Day, Galerie Gilla Lörcher (ed.), text by Andreas Schlaegel, Berlin, Germany, text 2013 (Catalogue, solo)
