Bettina Weiß German, b. 1970
As a painter I am interested in the inner geometry of nature, which is reflected in all processes in the micro and macrocosm, processes that represent the entire universe, the abstraction of forces and movements of nature. I paint shapes with vivid surfaces, which allow the painting to vibrate and thus open the pictorial space. Patterns have always fascinated me as a kind of order system. I perceive colors very strongly. With compositions that resonate with me, I revise the paintings in many layers until I find forms that are dynamic and calm at the same time. Each painting is a self-contained system of a non-representational composition. I want to “load” the painting with a kind of energy through the manufacturing process, the composition, and the choice of color.
Bettina Weiß was in born 1970 in Flensburg, Germany. She studied at Art University Kassel and later at the University of the Arts Berlin where she earned her Meisterschüler degree in 2004. Since then she has had a number of national and international exhibitions of her work. For 11 years she has been a member of SCOTTY, an artist-run-space and non-profit organization in the Kreuzberg neighborhood of Berlin. Recently she was co-organizer of the Berlin based exhibition series “5 x 5” presented in collaboration with the U.S. based collective Tiger Strikes Asteroid and curated together with Daniel Wiesenfeld the online exhibition Suturo – Artists and Poem – Berlin 2021.
Recent solo exhibitions include the public installation Unter der Sonne, organized by A Trans, Berlin, Germany (2021); Bettina Weiß, Space MM, Seoul, South Korea (2019); Misty Molecules, Semjon Contemporary, Berlin, Germany (2018), Fragments of a Magic Garden, Gallery Bundo, Daegu, South Korea (2018); among others. Her work was most recently featured in Los Angeles in the group exhibitions Here and Now at Monte Vista Projects (2022) as part of a B-LA CONNECT as well as NOMAD, Torrance Art Museum (2021) and co/lab III, Torrance Art Museum (2018).
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Portrait of a Secret Landscape # 8, 2022
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Portrait of a Secret Landscape # 9, 2022
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Portrait of a Secret Landscape # 10, 2022
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Portrait of a Secret Landscape # 1, 2022
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Portrait of a Secret Landscape # 2, 2022
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Portrait of a Secret Landscape # 3, 2022
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Portrait of a Secret Landscape # 6, 2022
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Portrait of a Secret Landscape # 5, 2022
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Portrait of a Secret Landscape # 4, 2022
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Soleil, 2022
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Lunium, 2022
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Portrait of a Secret Landscape # 11, 2022
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Alaxy #1, 2022
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Portrait of a Secret Landscape # 7, 2022
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Blob, 2021
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Rio #2, 2021
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Bliz #1, 2021
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Etern #1, 2021
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Bettina Weiß
Cosme Sep 24 - Oct 1, 2022Edward Cella Gallery proudly presents new paintings of German artist Bettina Weiß in her debut exhibition with the gallery, entitled: Cosme. Weiß considers her abstractions depictions of nature through geometric forms as they occur in micro and macrocosm. Lush in color, texture, and visual subtleties, her hard-edge paintings offer an exciting interplay of forms and colors created on wood panel surfaces. Alternatively lyrical and muscular the works on view offer the most cohesive understanding of the Berlin, Germany based artist’s current practice in the United States to date. The exhibition, Bettina Weiß: Cosme is the first in a series of three solo exhibitions entitled Berliner Fokus. The series is a new element in the Edward Cella Gallery program and introduces notable emerging artists living and working in Berlin, Germany through a collaboration with the Los Angeles based project Himalaya Club. Intended as an annual series of exhibitions that will take place in the Fall, Berliner Fokus seeks to address over time the narratives that bind, differentiate, and distinguish the art communities of Los Angeles and Berlin; and build on the longer established cultural exchanges of these two sister cities.Read more
Edward Cella Gallery @ Himalaya Club
1109 N. La Brea Ave.
Inglewood, CA 90302 -
Pattern | Nature
Sep 12, 2022 - Feb 28, 2023Edward Cella Art & Architecture presents Pattern | Nature, a group exhibition featuring new and recent works by Adam Berg, Kendell Carter, Wosene Worke Kosrof, Constance Mallinson, Brad Miller, Eamon...Read more