About
Bettina is a self-taught visual artist born and living in Switzerland. On a quest for a contemporary interpretation of the antique painting techniques of Encaustic and Fresco, her practice is a continual inquiry of an abstract vocabulary through exploring natural materials like beeswax, natural resins, marble dust, lime putty, sands, and pigments.
She is a member of frontofbicycle since 2017 and has exhibited at several of their Group Exhibitions in Basel, Switzerland. Her works were also shown at the ARTE Binningen and the Trevisan International Art Gallery in Bologna, Italy. She was invited to participate at the Juried Show of the International Encaustic Conference in Provincetown in the USA.
Bettina is a founding member of the European Encaustic Artists Group, a member of the International Encaustic Association, and one of two listed R&F Encaustic Teachers in Switzerland.
From 2017 to 2019 she supported frontofbicycle Gallery in her role as Exhibition Coordinator. Her works are appreciated by collectors in Switzerland, the US, and Singapore.
Bettina is a self-taught visual artist born and living in Switzerland. On a quest for a contemporary interpretation of the antique painting techniques of Encaustic and Fresco, her practice is a continual inquiry of an abstract vocabulary through exploring natural materials like beeswax, natural resins, marble dust, lime putty, sands, and pigments.
She is a member of frontofbicycle since 2017 and has exhibited at several of their Group Exhibitions in Basel, Switzerland. Her works were also shown at the ARTE Binningen and the Trevisan International Art Gallery in Bologna, Italy. She was invited to participate at the Juried Show of the International Encaustic Conference in Provincetown in the USA.
Bettina is a founding member of the European Encaustic Artists Group, a member of the International Encaustic Association, and one of two listed R&F Encaustic Teachers in Switzerland.
From 2017 to 2019 she supported frontofbicycle Gallery in her role as Exhibition Coordinator. Her works are appreciated by collectors in Switzerland, the US, and Singapore.
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Education
2020 - Fabrik am See, Akademie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Germany, Gabriele Musebrink, “TAO”
2019 - Truro Center of the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, USA, Lia Rothenstein "Encaustic & Cold Wax, a Sensational Synergy"
2019 - Zijedlings, Tilburg, NL, Dietlind Van der Schaaf "Transparencies, Layers and See Throughs", Encaustic Workship
2018 - Fabrik am See, Akademie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Germany, Gabriele Musebrink, “Licht in Grau-Weiss-Modulationen”
2018 - Truro Center of the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, USA, Jodi Reeb "Alternative Surfaces"
2018 - Truro Center of the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, USA, Susan Lasch Krevitt "Cyanotypes"
2018 - Alicia Tormey, "Learn to Burn"8
2017 - Geistreich, Dortmund, Gabriele Musebrink, "Master Class Steinzeichen"
2016 - Fabrik am See, Akademie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Germany, Gabriele Musebrink, “Stille und Kraft”
2015 - Fabrik am See, Akademie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Germany, Gabriele Musebrink, Masterclass “Der Zenstrick in Aufgebrochenes”
2014 - Malreise „Le Grand Bleu“ mit Ines Hildur in St. Paul de Vence, Frankreich
2014 - Fabrik am See, Akademie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Germany, Gabriele Musebrink “Die haptische Herausforderung mit dem Extremen"
2013 - Fabrik am See, Akademie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Germany, Gabriele Musebrink “Dem Unvorhersehbaren auf der Spur”
2013 - Kunstfabrik Wien, Austria, Gabriele Musebrink “Dem Unvorhersehbaren auf der Spur”
Grant
International Encaustic Conference 2020 (conference canceled), Scholarship
International Encaustic Conference 2019, Scholarship awarded by the International Encaustic Association, Provincetown, MA
Collaborations & Memberships
Since 2020 Member of the R&F’s official Teaching Artists List
Since 2018 Member of the IEA – International Encaustic Association
Exhibition Coordinator frontofbicycle Gallery (3 years, 2017 – 2019)
2020 - Fabrik am See, Akademie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Germany, Gabriele Musebrink, “TAO”
2019 - Truro Center of the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, USA, Lia Rothenstein "Encaustic & Cold Wax, a Sensational Synergy"
2019 - Zijedlings, Tilburg, NL, Dietlind Van der Schaaf "Transparencies, Layers and See Throughs", Encaustic Workship
2018 - Fabrik am See, Akademie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Germany, Gabriele Musebrink, “Licht in Grau-Weiss-Modulationen”
2018 - Truro Center of the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, USA, Jodi Reeb "Alternative Surfaces"
2018 - Truro Center of the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, USA, Susan Lasch Krevitt "Cyanotypes"
2018 - Alicia Tormey, "Learn to Burn"8
2017 - Geistreich, Dortmund, Gabriele Musebrink, "Master Class Steinzeichen"
2016 - Fabrik am See, Akademie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Germany, Gabriele Musebrink, “Stille und Kraft”
2015 - Fabrik am See, Akademie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Germany, Gabriele Musebrink, Masterclass “Der Zenstrick in Aufgebrochenes”
2014 - Malreise „Le Grand Bleu“ mit Ines Hildur in St. Paul de Vence, Frankreich
2014 - Fabrik am See, Akademie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Germany, Gabriele Musebrink “Die haptische Herausforderung mit dem Extremen"
2013 - Fabrik am See, Akademie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Germany, Gabriele Musebrink “Dem Unvorhersehbaren auf der Spur”
2013 - Kunstfabrik Wien, Austria, Gabriele Musebrink “Dem Unvorhersehbaren auf der Spur”
Grant
International Encaustic Conference 2020 (conference canceled), Scholarship
International Encaustic Conference 2019, Scholarship awarded by the International Encaustic Association, Provincetown, MA
Collaborations & Memberships
Since 2020 Member of the R&F’s official Teaching Artists List
Since 2018 Member of the IEA – International Encaustic Association
Exhibition Coordinator frontofbicycle Gallery (3 years, 2017 – 2019)