Bettina Amtag
My work is an ongoing investigation into ways in which one can represent visually transient and immaterial sensations, such as thoughts and feelings, or aspects of a psychological condition, such as anxiety, melancholia, mourning, but also happiness. It touches on the areas of the idyll, the miracle, and the uncanny with an underlying interest in stories and illusions/delusions.
My process is rooted in sculpture, although this may not always be obvious in the final outcome, which can take diverse forms sculpture/installation, film and photography. Recently, the outcome has often been textiles based wallhangings, which sit somewhere between 2d and sculpture. I also print and I produce drawings at all stages of a project to assess, re-assess and develop.
Qualifications and training
2012 - Master of Fine Art, Bath Spa University 2008 - BA Hons Fine Art, Dartington College of Arts
Solo exhibitions
2014 The wind was favourable. Nordiska Konstskolan, Kokkola. Finland
2010 If you go down to the woods. Torre Abbey, Torquay
2010 Exeter Phoenix, Exeter
2009 Birdwood House, Totnes
2009 Art Rooms, Totnes
Open Call Exhibitions
2016 Deck the Walls. 44AD, Bath.
2016 Art Works Open, Barbican Arts Group Trust. London.
2016 Hanging Instructions. FaB, Bath.
2016 Eighth Wonder. 44AD, Bath.
2015 Deck the Walls. 44AD, Bath.
2015 Eighth Wonder. 44AD, Bath.
2015 Towards Stillness. 44 AD, Bath. .
2014 8th Wonder. 44AD, Bath. .
2014 Laura’s Place. 44 AD, Bath.
2014 Toride International Video Projection Contest. Toride, Japan.
2013 Deck the walls, 44AD. Bath.
2013 Beyond merely assembling. Projects Manchester. Manchester.
2013 Art Works Open, Barbican Arts Group Trust. London.
2013 State of Play, Southgate. Bath.
2013 Out of the Dark. 44AD, Bath
2013 A Place of Departure. 44AD, Bath.
2012 Deck the Walls. 44AD, Bath
2011 Filthy Bath, Bath
Group Exhibitions
2016 With Preston Street Union: US CHAPS, Exeter
2016 With Preston Street Union: Intervention at Exeter Library
2016 The Waiting Room. 44AD, Bath.
2015 Preston Street Union. With Trevor Pitt.
Spacex, Exeter.
2014 Exeter Open Studios. EVA Studios, Exeter
2013 Exeter Open Studios. EVA Studios, Exeter
2013 MAAD. Walcot Chapel, Bath.
2012 Pop-up Show. Eva Studios, Exeter
2012 MA exhibition. Bath Spa School of Art and Design
2011 Stroud International Textiles Festival
2010 Coming of Age. Bishop’s Palace, Wells, Somerset
2010 Coming of Age. Allsop Gallery, Bridport
2008 Somerset Arts Week
2008 Dartington Festival, Dartington College of Arts
2008 Activity 3, Dartington College of Arts