Berlin, 2011










Planning of the installation
"Europeans", Museum für
Kommunikation, Berlin 2002








Bettina Flitner and Ulrich Schneider,
installing the work Mein Denkmal,
Suermondt Ludwig Museum, Aachen 1998







At the Berlin Wall,
Berlin, 1996

 






Studio, Cologne, 2005









Palermo, 2004




New York, 2011

BETTINA FLITNER
born 1961

1995/96 Guest Professor at the Kunsthochschule Weissensee/ Art School, Berlin
1994 Member of "Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Photographie"
(German Society of Photography)
since '92 Atelier in the Art-Forum of the city of Cologne
since '88 work as a film director
since '86 work as a photographer
1986-92 Student at Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie, (German Film- and Television school), Berlin
1982-86 (trainee) film editor at WDR
 
 

one person exhibitions / Installations in public space (selection)

2011Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, USA; Frauenmuseum,Wiesbaden; 
2009Urania, Berlin;
Museum für Kommunikation, Frankfurt;
Ministerium für Generationen, NRW;
Ministerium für Umwelt, NRW;
Universität Konstanz; Universität Kiel; Universität Göttingen
2008"Europäerinnen", Visual Gallery. Photokina; "Frauen die forschen" , FrauenMediaTurm
2007 Biblioteca National, Madrid/ Tour&Taxis, Brüssel; "Boatpeople", Galerie Holtmann
2005/06 Stadthaus Ulm
2005 Galerie 6811, forum junge kunst
2005 Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
Deutsche Bibilothek, Francfort
2004 Swiss Re, Munich
Gallery Kampl, Munich
Museum fuer Kommunikation, Berlin
2003 ART Cologne, Gallery von Loeper
List Hall, Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria
2002 Museum fuer Kommunikation, Berlin
2001/02 Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipeh, Taiwan
2001 ART Cologne, exhibition of young artists, Gallery von Loeper
1999 Gallery von Loeper, Hamburg
1998 Suermondt Ludwig Museum, Aachen
1997 Photo installations in the shopping malls of Potsdam, Koeln, Bern, Hamburg
1996 "Der Raecher von Dresden" („The Revenger of Dresden“)
Photo installation for the Festival "Theater der Welt" („Theater of the world“), installed on Dresden’s historical Bridge and on the shopping mall
"Mein Herz" („My heart“) Photo installation in the Lustgarten, at Berlin’s Historical Centre Unter den Linden, Berlin
"Brueckenschlag" Photo installation on the Hohenzollernbridge, Cologne
1995 Fotoforum, Luzern, Switzerland
1994/96 "Mein Denkmal" („My Monument“) Photo installation at the Josef-Haubrich-Hof, Cologne
1993 Melkweg Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1992 Grauwert Gallery, Hamburg
Gallery zpaf, Warsaw, Poland
Goethe Instituts of Atlanta, Montreal, Brussels, Rotterdam, Lyon, Torronto
"My enemy" Photo installation in the Schildergasse, Cologne
1991 Elefanten-Press Gallery, Berlin
1990 Photogallery at the Helsingforser Platz, Berlin
Gallery 4, Cheb, Czech Republic
Gallery of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia
Art Gallery, San Francisco, USA
 
 

group exhibitions (selection)

2008"Positionen der Fotografie Heute II" Galerie Holtmann; FSM Gallery Florence
2006 „Am Strom“, Holtmann Gallery, Cologne
2003 „wonderlands“, Museum Kueppersmuehle collection Grothe
1999 ART Cologne, Gallery von Loeper
1998 KoelnKunst 5, Kunsthalle, Cologne
Deutsches Klingenmuseum, Solingen
1997 Haus der Geschichte, (Museum of German History) Bonn
Photo festival Groningen, Netherlands
1996 Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerpen, Belgium
1995 "Passagen" Gallery Tammen und Busch, Berlin
"Deutschland-Zyklus" 3. Internationales Bildforum, Herten
"2+2" Gallery Teutloff, Cologne
Deutsche Fototage, Bonn
1994 "Strangers in Paradise" The national institut for Photography, Rotterdam
"Leben in Deutschland" ("Living in Germany"), ( Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Cologne
1993 "Sie nennen es Liebe" (They call it love) Neue Gesellschaft fuer Bildende Kunst, Berlin
"Contemporary German Photography" The Light Factory, N.Carolina, USA
1991 "Krieg fuer Frieden" („war for peace?“) Elefanten-Press Gallery, Berlin
 
 

Films

1999 "Die Ministerin" („The minister“) dokumentary, WDR
1994 "Mein Feind" („My enemy“) dokumentary,
shown at the Berlinale, International Film festival Berlin, 1994
1991 "Aktenzeichen XX-ungeloest" fiction, RTL
1989 "Das Fest" ("the party"), documentary, WDR
1988 "Ich" ("Me"), short film/fiction, ARD
 
 

Books

2009 F
2008		otofestival Lodz, Fotofestival Luxembourg    "Frauen, die forschen", Collection Rolf Heyne (women scientists)
2004 „Frauen mit Visionen, 48 Europaeerinnen“(„Women with Visions“), Knesebeck-Verlag, Munich
„L’Europe au feminin“(french edition of „Women with Visions“),
Editions de la Martinére, Paris
1998 "Mitten ins Herz" („Right thrue the Heart“) reports and installations, Edition Braus, Heidelberg
1995 "Mein Herz“ („My Heart“) 3 Photo essays, Emma, Cologne
1991 "Reportage aus dem Niemandsland" („Report from no mans land“) Elefantenpress- Verlag, Berlin
1988 „Portraits“, Emma, Cologne
 
 

 Awards (selection)

2005 Photo Award of the Michael Horbach Foundation
2001 "Rueckblende" (Award for political photography)
1995 Foerderpreis des Landes NRW fuer junge Kuenstlerinnen und Kuenstler,
1994/95 For the Film "Mein Feind":
"Prix du public" (Audience Award), Festival Films des femmes, Paris
"Prix de la mise en scene" (best director) Festival Henri Langlois, Paris
"Premio della giuria per il migliore medio-cortometraggio", festival international cinema, Turino (best short-film)
"International Student Film festival Award ", Potsdam
1993 Chargesheimer-Preis der Stadt Koeln (The Chargesheimer Award, Cologne)
1991 "Preis des jungen Bildjournalismus" (Young Photojournalism Award)
1988 For the film "Ich ("Me"):
Foerderpreis der Deutschen Filmkritik (German Film critics Award )
Preis des Oberhausener Manifests (Oberhausener manifest Award)
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