Michael Bette

Michael Bette (* 1942 in Poznan ) is a German painter and draftsman .

Life

Michael Bette grew up in Düsseldorf and studied painting from 1964 to 1969 at the University of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf.

Even before his studies he had contact with Otto Piene and Heinz Mack , the founders of the artist group ZERO . As a teenager he took drawing courses from Otto Piene and was involved in his light ballet. At the university, Bette became a master student of Gerhard Hoehme , a representative of Informel .

After graduating, he was a fellow of the British Council for Advanced Studies at Hornsey College in London. This was followed by stays abroad, in 1976 as a winner of the Villa Romana Prize and in 1978 as a scholarship holder at the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris . In 1982 he won the Villa Massimo Prize in Rome and during this time was also a professor at the International John Cabot College in Rome.

In 1992 he received a professorship for Artistic Basics at the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, where he taught until 2011. In 2001 and 2002 he was visiting professor at Nanyang Polytechnic in Singapore.

Michale Bette lives and works in Berlin.

Exhibitions

• 1973: Kunstverein Heidelberg
• 1978: Stadtische Galerie Nordhorn
• 1980: Galerie Stolanova, Wiesbaden
• 1981: Suzanne Fischer Gallery, Baden-Baden
• 1982: International Art Market Cologne (Galerie Stolz)
• 1983: Villa Massimo Rome
• 1984: Galerie Stolz, Cologne
• 1984: Galerie M, Hanover
• 1986: Kunstverein Ludwigshafen
• 1987: Theater am Domhof, Osnabrück
• 1990: Suzanne Fischer Gallery, Baden-Baden
• 1990: Karin Fesel Gallery, Düsseldorf
• 1992: Galerie Stolz, Berlin
• 1996: Karin Fesel Gallery, Düsseldorf
• 1996: Suzanne Fischer Gallery, Baden-Baden
• 1998: Kunstverein Grafschaft Bentheim, Neuenhaus
• 1999: Brandenburg Art Collections Cottbus (catalog)
• 2000: Avacon Gallery Casa, Lüneburg
• 2002: Kesselhaus Gallery, Hanover
• 2004: Kurt Tucholsky Literature Museum, Rheinsberg
• 2005: GaleriArtist, Berlin
• 2007: art Karlsruhe, Jochen Höltje Gallery, Tübingen
• 2009: "Bruch / Continuum", Studio Ilgen Spandau, Berlin
• 2012: Kunsthalle Brennabor , Brandenburg an der Havel, pictures from 1979 to 2011

Awards

• 1967: 1st prize from the Poensgen Foundation
• 1969: Scholarship from the British Council, Advanced Studies, Hornsey College of Art, London
• 1976: Villa Romana Prize, Florence
• 1978: Scholarship Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
• 1980: Lower Saxony artist grant
• 1982: Villa Massimo Prize, Rome

Publications

• 1980: Rolf-Gunter Dienst: German art: a new generation. In: The work of art. 6, XXXIII, 1980, p. 4 ff.
• 1983: Luigi Lambertini: With Michael Bette in his studio in the Villa Massimo. Catalog.
• 1987: Lothar Romain: Michael Bette. In: Lower Saxony contemporary artists. Volume 32.
• 1990: Heinz Liesbrock: The Open Order, Michael Bette, New Pictures. Invitation from the Fesel Gallery. Düsseldorf 1990.
• 1991: Heinz Liesbrock: Living Hieroglyphs in Document + Analysis. 20th year, No. 2/91, p. 77 ff.
• 1992: Heinz Liesbrock: Unstable orders. Michael Bettes concept of the image. In: Michael Bette. Diary. Nordhorn 1992.
• 1997: Kai-Uwe Hemken: The uprising of signs against their meaning. In: Construction, Concept, Color. Exhibition catalog. Art Association Speyer 1997.
• 1998: Dieter Ronte: About the sensuality of philosophizing about Michael Bettes pictures. Catalog Kunstverein Grafschaft, Neuenhaus.
• 2004: Fré Ilgen: Art? No thing! Pro Foundation. The Netherlands, 2004, p. 363 ff.

Web links

• Michael Bette's website