Education 1999-2002 Hunter College, New York City, USA (MFA) 1997-1998 Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1995 École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France 1992-1997 Städelschule Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Master) Awards 1999-2000 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) - Year Stipend for New York 1997 Skowhegan Summer Residency Program, Maine, USA 1995 Erasmus Stipend for Paris Solo Exhibitions 2007 Galerie Schlag, Essen, Germany 2006 Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY (project room) 2005 “A Supernatural, Circular Time,” Galerie Kunstraum Sutter-Kress, Erlangen, Germany 2004 “Armor and Etiquette,” Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY 2004 Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY (project room) 2003 "How do you like: The World is dreaming you", Galerie Kollmeier,Essen, Germany 2001 "Lulu", Galerie Kollmeier, Essen, Germany 2000 "Neue Malerei", Galerie Kollmeier, Essen, Germany 1996 "Sleeping Beauty, Looking at the Stars, Praying for Protection", Galerie Fruchtig, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Selected Group Shows 2006 "Flicker", University Art Museum, Albany, NY, USA 2006 "Betonwurst und andere Teamgeister", After the Butcher, Berlin, Germany 2005 "Hello Sunday", Sixtyseven Gallery, New York, NY, USA 2005 "Arbeiten auf Papier" ("Works on Paper"), Villa Griesebach Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2005 “Honeymooon with Romeo,” Groeflin Maag Galerie, Basel, Switzerland 2005 “Lolita,” AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA 2005 “Remastered,” Diesel, San Francisco, USA 2005 “Hope Auction,” Gavin Brown Passerby, New York, NY, USA 2005 “Pretend Friendly,” curated by Alfredo Martinez, The Artist Network, New York, NY, USA 2004 “Under the Sun”, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario 2003 "Drawings", Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY, USA 2003 "Girls Gone Wild", cur. by Katherine Bernhardt, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, NYC, USA 2002 "Summer 2002", Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York, NY, USA 2001 American Fine Arts, New York, NY, USA 2000 "Na'er Do Wells", DNA-Studios, New York, NY, USA 2000 "Meisterschüler", Kulturverein Hirschberg, Germany 2000 "Bi-Virtue", Star 67, Brooklyn, NY, USA 1999 "Formula", ONI Gallery, Boston, MA, USA 1998 "A Skowhegan Decade", David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY, USA 1998 "Black Hole", Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1997 "Polymorph", Rathaus Rüsselsheim, Germany 1997 "Optimiste", curated by Ken Lum, Carreau des Arts Cérgy, Paris, France 1996 "Klubhaus", Allianz-Versicherung, cur. by Kasper König, Frankfurt/M., Germany Bibliography “Remastered”, curated by Sebastien Agneessens, Die Gestalten Velag, Berlin, Germany, 2006 "Flicker", Corrina Ripps-Schaming, University Art Museum, Albany, New York, 2006 Sept. (Brochure) “Gesichter in der Zeitschleife,” Kurt Jauslin, Nürnberger Nachrichten, Germany, March 2005 “Wiedergänger aus der Vergangheit,” Kurt Jauslin, Erlanger Nachrichten, Germany, March 2005 “”Bettina Sellmann at Derek Eller Gallery,” Sarah Jorgensen, The New York Art World, NYC, USA Coverpage of the Literary Review, Madison, NJ, USA, January-March 2004 "Girls Gone Wild", Roberta Smith, The New York Times, Art in Review, NYC, USA, July 4 2003 "Wenn die Traumwelt zerrinnt", Christof Wolf, Neue Ruhr Zeitung, Essen, Germany, June 25 2003 "Moderne Zeiten: Die Kunst…Kopf", Michael Kohlstadt, Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany, June28 2003 "Vergängliche Machtstrukturen", Deike Steineshoff, Westdt. Allgemeine Zeitung-Werden, Germany, June 24 2003 "Bettina Sellmann bei Kollmeier", Werdener Nachrichten, Germany, June 19 2003 "Spielplatz der starken Mädchen", Hans Pietsch in art nr.4, p. 42, Germany, April 2003 "Mädchen, Mädchen", Magdalena Kröner, Feuilleton, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany, August 12 2002 "Lulu - Trying to resolve reality", Frank Schroder, NY-Arts Magazine, New York, NY, USA, January 2002 "Wenn das Perfekte zerbricht", Deike Steineshoff, Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany, October 2001 "Hysterische Momente", Werdener Nachrichten, Germany, October 2001 "Die junge Kunst...", Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung Essen, Germany, October 2001 "We live in Public", David Greenberg, Luvvyplex-Art Newsletter, NYC, USA, September 2000 "Frankfurter Meisterschüler stellen aus", Weinheimer Nachrichten, Germany, May 2000 "Meisterschüler stellen aus", Weinheimer Nachrichten, Germany, May 2000 "Pfiffiges und Buntes", Werdener Tageszeitung, Germany, March 2000 "Man Ray... and others", Stefano Pasquini, NY-Arts Magazine, New York, NY, USA, March 2000 "Strong Groupshows in Boston and Cambridge", Boston Globe, Boston, MA, USA, December 1999 "HTV de Ijsberg", Kunstvlaai-Newspaper, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 1998 "Polymorph", Kulturamt Rüsselsheim, Germany, 1997 (Folder) "Seid umschlungen Embryonen", Elfriede Schmidt, Rüsselsheimer Echo, Rüsselsheim, Germany, September 1997 "Vertrautes in fremder Form", Tanja Zech, Mainspitze, Rüsselsheim, Germany, September 1997 "Optimiste", École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, 1997 (Catalogue) "Oragiri", Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany, 1997 (Catalogue) "Klubhaus", Allianz-Versicherung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1996 (Catalogue) "Schneemann in der Damendusche", Sandra Danicke, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany, November 1996 Public Collections Museum of Modern Art, NY Go to top