Bettina Pousttchi was born 1971 in Mainz, Germany. She is based in Berlin.

Education

1999/2000
Whitney Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum, New York
1995–1999
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Prof. Rosemarie Trockel and Prof. Gerhard Merz)
1992–1997
Studies in philosophy, art history and film theory, Universities of Cologne and Bochum
1990–1992
Studies in fine art, Université de Paris

Grants and Awards

2016
Villa Aurora, Los Angeles
2014
Wolfsburg Art Prize, Junge Stadt sieht Junge Kunst
2008
TrAIN, Research Center for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation, University of the Arts, London
2007
BBAX - Berlin Buenos Aires Art Exchange
2005
Provinzial Förderprojekt
2000
Kunststiftung NRW

Solo Exhibitions

2024

Bettina Pousttchi: Progressions, Museum Haus Konstruktiv Zürich

2023

Bettina Pousttchi: World Time Clock, Aurora Museum, Shanghai
Bettina Pousttchi: Constellations, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai
In Transit, Buchmann Galerie Berlin
Station to Station: Bettina Pousttchi, Vertical Highways, Central Station Berlin

2022

The Curve, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn
Fluidity House, Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden Wuppertal

2021

Amplifier, Konzerthaus Berlin
Directions, Buchmann Galerie Berlin
Fluidity, Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen

2020

Vertical Highways, Buchmann Box Berlin

2019

In Recent Years, Berlinische Galerie, Museum of Modern Art, Berlin
Panorama, KINDL - Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin
Block, Kunsthalle Tübingen

2018

UNN (United Nations Nuremberg), Pavilion, Neues Museum Nürnberg
Allee, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin
Protection, Kunstmuseum St.Gallen

2017

Daniel Buren & Bettina Pousttchi, Kunsthalle Mainz
Metropolitan Life, Museo Nivola, Orani
Suspended Mies, The Arts Club of Chicago

2016

World Time Clock, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
Ceramics, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin
Double Monuments, The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.

2015

Plano Piloto, Buchmann Lugano
Curtain Wall, Buchmann Galerie Agra

2014

Sightings: Drive Thru Museum, Nasher Sculpture Center Dallas
The City, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg

2013

Off the Clock, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin

2012

Framework, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/Main

2011

World Time Clock, Kunsthalle Basel
Echo Berlin, German Embassy London

2010

World Time, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin

2009

Echo, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin

2008

Blackout, Triangle Gallery, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
Tomorrow was yesterday, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin

2007

Reality Reset, Von der Heydt Kunsthalle Wuppertal
Parachutes, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin

2006

Landing, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin

2005

Ihr Museum, Leopold-Hösch-Museum, Düren
Take Off, Buchmann Galerie, Cologne
Limits, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund 

2004

CineRoma, public art project, Rome

2003

Screen Settings, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart

2002

Locked, Chelsea Kunstraum Köln

2001

My artificial nature, Verein Junge Kunst e.V., Wolfsburg
Die Katharina-Show, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen