About Tinka Bechert/ Biography

Biography:

2011: Currently living & working in Berlin, Germany and Sligo, Ireland.

2010: MA in Visual Arts Practice, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dublin, Ireland

2003: Bachelor of Fine Arts with First Class Honours, Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland

2002: Diploma in Fine Art/ Painting, Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland

Solo Exhibitions:

2011: Open Studios, GlogauAir, Berlin, Germany

2009: Malerei/ Paintings, Galerie 21, Braunschweig, Germany

2008: Exploration, Galerie Ardizon, Bregenz, Austria

2008: Two Artists: Tinka Bechert & Eoin O'Connor, Tramyard Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2008: The Banff Series, Summit Fine Art Gallery, Alberta, Canada

2007: Paintings: Open Studio, Leighton Artists' Colony, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada

2007: Drawings: Return Trip, The Other Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada

2005: Lineage, South Tipperary Arts Centre, Ireland

2004: Fusion, Waterfront Gallery, Sligo, Ireland

2004: New Work, Custom House Studios, Westport, County Mayo, Ireland

2004: Lineage, Sligo Art Gallery, Ireland

2004: Appleloft Gallery, County Sligo, Ireland

2003: Casa De Cultura De Monte Verde, Sao Paolo, Brazil

2003: Atelier Maier-Jantzen, Essen, Germany

2003: Atelier Signe Moebus, Sao Paolo, Brazil

Awards:

2011: Artist in Residence, GlogauAIR, Berlin, Germany.

2011: Artist in Residence, Academy for Sciences: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Berlin, Germany

2010: Artist in Residence. Arts Residency Egypt , Giza/Harem, Egypt, collaborative residency with artists Anne Devine and Sarah Badran for TRIANGULATIONS: The Giza Plateau + Nile River, Egypt

2010: Irish Arts Council Travel & Training Award for TRIANGULATIONS: London + Cairo, Egypt

2009: AIR, Venice Biennale, Irish Pavilion, Italy

2009: Sligo County Council Arts Bursary

2007: Artist in Residence. Leighton Studios, Banff Centre Banff, Alberta, Canada. Self-directed artist residency, realised August-October 2007

2006: Granted by the Irish Arts Council : Banff Centre, Leighton Studios, Self-directed artist residency

2005: Artists' Book, Mariannenpresse Berlin, (limited edition of 100 copies, containing lithographs)

2005: Solo Exhibition (Award) South Tipperary Arts Centre, Ireland

2004: Solo Exhibition (Award), Sligo Art Gallery, Ireland

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2011: HAUS BERLIN, curated by Perennial Art, IAC Berlin, Berlin, Germany

2011: URLAUB IN BERLIN, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

2011: Drift Station Gallery, Nebraska, USA

2011: An Exchange with Sol LeWitt, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MOCA),Massachusetts, USA

2010: Berlin Art Projects, Berlin, Germany

2010: Anonyme Zeichner, Uferhallen, Berlin, Germany

2010: MA SHOW: Public Gesture: Treasure Hunt, MA in Visual Arts Practice IADT, The LAB, Dublin, Ireland

2009: Interventions at various Pavillions, Venice Biennale, Italy

2009: Anonyme Zeichner, Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin

2009: Kulturtag Regensburg, Kuenstlerhaus Andreas-Stadel, Regensburg, Germany

2009: RUA RED, Summer Show, Dublin, Ireland

2009: Beethoven 200, Berlin Germany

2009: EIGSE, Carlow Arts Festival, Ireland

2009: FTLO, Mill Street Studios, Dublin, Ireland

2009: Posted Project 4: SKART Artists Collaboration, Cork, Ireland

2008: Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

2008: LSC Open, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Leitrim, Ireland

2008: Skew Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

2007: Gordon Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland

2007: King House, Invited Artists, Boyle Arts Fesival, Roscommon, Ireland

2007: 'Being bold', Art Auction, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland

2006: 'Waves - Paper Unframed', Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo, Ireland

2006: The Dock, Arts Centre, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim, Ireland

2006: 'One in Four'- Charity Auction, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland

2005: Iontas, Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo, Ireland

2003: Kuenstlerhof Blankenfelde, Berlin, Germany

2003: Appleloft Gallery, Easky, Co. Sligo, Ireland

2003: Degree Show, Model Arts Centre, Sligo, Ireland

Collections:

Tinka Bechert's work is represented in many private and public collections in Brazil, Canada, Germany, Austria, Ireland and the UK. Selected Collections include the Office of Public Works, Ireland, the Central Art Archives/ National Library, Berlin, Germany, the Victoria & Albert Museum (National Art Library, London) and Tate Britain, London.

Collaborative Projects:

2010: TRIANGULATIONS, collaborative project, Artists: Anne Devine, Sarah Badran, Tinka Bechert, ongoing

2009: OILSPILL, painting collective: Emma Berkery, Majella Clancy, Meike Zopf, Tinka Bechert

2009: Collaboration with writer Brian J Showers: Stories of Spirit and Stone, artists book, to be published in 2011

2009: Culture Night Ireland, SLIGLOW, Artists/Presenters: Vanya Lambrecht Ward, Lisa Vandegrift Davala, Tinka Bechert, The Glasshouse, Sligo, Ireland

2005: Collaboration with writer & poet Eckhardt Momber in design & creation of artists book'Chinamesser': Artists' Book, Mariannenpresse Berlin, (limited edition of 100 copies, containing lithographs)

Curatorial Projects:

2010: The Crate, Collaboration with Emma Betts, Enagh Farrell and Carl Giffney, MA in Visual Arts Practice, The LAB, Dublin, Ireland

2009: The Garden, Tinka Bechert in collaboration with flora and fauna, Sligo, Ireland.

Selected Bibliography/ Talks etc.:

2011: Catalogue, HAUS BERLIN, Curated by Perennial Art,Berlin, Germany

2011: Cataloque, An Exchange with Sol Le Witt, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MOCA),Massachusetts, USA

2010: Interview Tinka Bechert/ Treasure Hunt, MA Show: on air: public space web blog: a platform for the exchange and recording of dialogue generated in conjunction with the MA in Visual Art Practices (IADT) Public Gesture: Pirate Capital event at the LAB, Dublin, Ireland

2010: THE LEDGE: Artists in conversation: Anne Devine& Tinka Bechert, curated by Rebecca Birch and Jen Southern, London

2009: Artists Talk, Artists in Conversation, Galerie Ardizon, Bregenz, Austria

2009: Bechert und Gantner, Voralberger Nachrichten, Bregenz, Austria

2009: Abridged Zero Seventeen, Tinka Bechert: Modern Day, Art& Poetry Magazine, Northern Ireland

2009: Vernissage Art Magazine, Ruhr Region; Braunschweig, Galerie 21 Special, Germany

2009: VAN: Visual Arts News Sheet, Art in the Public Realm: Sliglow, Ireland

2009: The Irish Independent, Sliglow, Culture Night 2009

2008: Sunday Business Post: Tinka Bechert & Eoin O'Connor, Culture, Dublin, Ireland

2005: The Irish Times, Lineage, Sligo Art Gallery: Solo Exhibition by Tinka Bechert, Dublin, Ireland

2004: Circa Art Magazine, Dublin, Ireland: New Work, Tinka Bechert, Custom House Studios, Westport, Ireland