Artistic statement and bio here.
Born 1986 in Sofia, People’s Republic of Bulgaria, part of Ottoman Armenian minority, 1990 immigration to Berlin.
Education
Since 2022 Meisterschuelerin (honors postgrad degree) Photography, Prof. Tina Bara. Hochschule fuer Grafik und Buchkunst (Academy of Fine Arts). Leipzig, DE
2020 Diplom (M.f.A.) Media Art, Prof. Clemens von Wedemeyer. Hochschule fuer Grafik und Buchkunst (Academy of Fine Arts). Dresden, DE
2016 - 2020 Media Art and Photography. Hochschule fuer Grafik und Buchkunst. Leipzig, DE
2015 - 2015 Media Art. Prof. Hito Steyerl. Guest listener. Universitaet der Kuenste (University of the Arts). Berlin, DE
2014 - 2016 Fine Arts. Bauhaus-University. Weimar, DE
2013 - 2014 Fine Arts. Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten Den Haag (Royal Academy of Art). The Hague, NL
Awards, scholarships and other recognitions
2022-2024 Fellowship. Neue unentdeckte Narrative Cultural Production. For founding and artistic direction of artistic research program ost in space (Co-direction with Sandy Becker). ASA-FF e.V. Chemnitz, DE
2022-2023 Scholarship. Saechsisches Landesstipendium fuer Graduierte und Meisterschueler:innen (Saxony federal scholarship for graduates and post-grad honors students). Leipzig, DE
2023 Advancement Award (Foerderpreis). Kunstpreis Fotografie (Artprize Photography). Lotto Stiftung/Lotto Foundation Brandenburg. Potsdam, DE
2023 Laureate/nominee. Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award for Young Talents 2023. LUMA Arles and Christian Dior Paris, FR
2023 Project grant. Applicant as board member of Resonanzraum Erzgebirge e.V. for ost in space. Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen. Dresden, DE
2022 Special mention by the jury. Allegro Prize 2022. Warsaw, PL
2022 Shortlist. Fotohof Calling. Salzburg, AT
2022 Fellowship. Stiftung Kunstfonds x Neustart Kultur. Bonn, DE
2021 Fellowship. Recherchestipendium Bildende Kunst/Research Fellowship Fine Arts. Senatsverwaltung fuer Kultur und Europa / Senate Department for Culture and Europe. Berlin, DE
2021 Honorable mention. 8th Arquiteturas Film Festival. Lisbon, PT
2020 Finalist and Runner-up in invited competition. Kunst im Stadtraum 'Karl Marx Allee' (KiSr). KulturMitte. Berlin, DE
2019 Winner. Art in the Underground 2019. neue Gesellschaft fuer bildende Kunst - nGbK. Berlin, DE
2018 Fellowship Summerschool. 'Go East'. DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). Bonn, DE
2017 Award (2nd 2nd place) of Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig. Studienpreis 2017. Hochschule fuer Grafik und Buchkunst. (as Beatrice Sch(als Beatrice Sch¨tt)tt) Leipzig, DE
Curatorial
2023 ost in space “hidden histories”. Symposion. Faculty for Applied Arts Schneeberg, University of Applied Sciences Zwickau and Exhibition at Schmeilhaus. Schneeberg/Ezgebirge, DE
Since 2022 Co-founding and co-direction of artistic research program ost in space in the Erzgebirge/Ore Mountains. With Sandy Becker.
2015 Erzgebirgisches LaserAtomKraftwerk mit Pigmentfenster. Group show. Spinner und Weber. Berlin, DE
Artist residencies, selection
2020 Die Vertraute Welt (Trusted World). Zona D. for Gegenwarten / Presences. Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. Chemnitz, DE
2017 Titanik Gallery. Turku, FI (as Beatrice Peter Schuett)
Group exhibitions, also art in the public space, selection
2023
2023 analogueNOW! Photoweekend. Berlin, DE
2022 To touch at the edge. KO-OP Art Space. Sofia, BG
2022 Kunstsaaten (Art Seeds). Museum Brot und Kunst (Museum of Bread and Art). Ulm, DE
2022 Third Space Walk. Flâneuses* between virtual and material urban spaces. Media House of the UdK. Berlin, DE
2022 c/O - in other people's hands. Affective infrastructures and working interiors. Saalbau Neukoelln, Berlin, DE
2021 Ultrakurzfilmrolle. Kunstraum .mpeg. Filmische Initiative Leipzig (FILZ). Leipzig, DE
2021 The Makeable Mind. Noorderlicht International Photo Festival. Groningen, NL
2021 Academy POSITIONS. Hyp Berlin. POSITIONS Art fair. Berlin, DE
2021 International Bun - Pop Up Shop!! Special guest at kick-off event. Kunst im Stadtraum 'Karl Marx Allee' (KiSr). Berlin, DE
2021 Art for the Elements. Sculpture symposium. District office Treptow-Koepenick. Berlin, DE
2021 The Censored Exhibition. Copenhagen Photo Festival. Copenhagen, DK
2021 Heimat, Herz, Orte. Galerie Bernau, Bernau, DE
2021 The Viral City. Goethe Institut Montreal. Montreal, CA
2021 Kunst im Stadtraum - Karl Marx Allee (KiSr). Finalist's exhibition. KulturMitte, Berlin Senate. Berlin, DE
2020 Stadt findet Kunst. District office Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Billboards in the public space. Berlin, DE
2020 Gegenwarten / Presences. Die Vertraute Welt (Trusted World). Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. Chemnitz, DE
2020 Kunstprojekt Thallwitz 2020. Fine Arts Institute Leipzig. Leipzig/Thallwitz, DE
2019 Up in Arms. neue Gesellschaft fuer bildende Kunst nGbK at Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien. Berlin, DE
2019 Kunst im Untergrund (Art in the Underground). neue Gesellschaft fuer bildende Kunst nGbK. Berlin, DE
2019 MdbK[mobil] Liebeszauber. Museum der bildenden Kuenste Leipzig (Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig). Leipzig/Thallwitz, DE
2019 Stadtgesichter II. Moabiter Filmkultur. Berlin, DE
2017 Studienpreis-Awards 2017. Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts. Leipzig, DE (as Beatrice Schütt)
2016 Mux: Asheville Video Art Festival. Asheville Area Arts Council. Asheville, NC, USA
2015 Transit Zwischenstopp. Kiosk.6. Weimar, DE
Screenings, selection (N for festival award nomination)
2021 8th Arquiteturas Film Festival. Lisbon, PT N - won honorable mention
2021 The Viral City. Goethe Institut Montreal. Montreal, CA
2020 Hot Steam III. Cambridge Community Television. Cambridge, MA, USA
2020 Video Art Miden. Moved to online edition due to pandemic. Kalamata, GR
2019 12th this human world - International Human Rights Film Festival. Vienna, AT N
2019 1st Festival 1666 - Festival Internacional de Cinema 16mm. Sao Paolo/Rio de Janeiro, BR N
2019 18th Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival. Lausanne, CH N
2019 20th dresdner schmalfilmtage (Small Format Film Festival Dresden). Dresden, DE N
2018 34th Internationales Kurzfilmfestival interfilm (International Shortfilm Festival interfilm). Berlin, DE (as Beatrice Schuett)
2018 35th Kasseler Dokfest (Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival). Kassel, DE (as Beatrice Mumdschijan-Schuett)
2018 Screening with members of the class Klasse expanded cinema within Porschismus #12: The artist is absent. C.Rockefeller Center for Contemporary Art. Dresden, DE
2018 Screening & Artist Talks with members of class of expanded cinema. PACT Zollverein. Essen, DE
2016 10th Video Art Miden. Kalamata, GR
Jury panel
2021 Jury member (Fachpreisrichterin). Competition art in the public space (Kunst am Bau). 'Zille-Haus'. KulturMitte. Berlin, DE
Panels and talks, selection
2021 KNTXT - Bernauer Stadtgespraeche. Artist talk about Magic City. Bernauer Stadtmarketing/Galerie Bernau. Bernau, DE
2019 Zukunftsforschung Stadt. Discussion panel by Carsten Lisecki and Bazon Brock. Kulturpark 3000 e.V. Galerie Zwitschermaschine. Berlin, DE
2019 Studio Sessions. MdbK[mobil] Liebeszauber. Artist talk. Museum der bildenden Kuenste Leipzig (Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig). Leipzig/Thallwitz, DE
2002 Panel about children's rights. Delegate of K.R.Ä.T.Z.Ä. Rights フォーラム Forum. Tokyo, JP
2002 Discussion about children's rights. Delegate of K.R.Ä.T.Z.Ä. Free school Tokyo Shure. Tokyo, JP
Publications and press features, selection
2023 Catalog. Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award for Young Talents 2023. Fondation LUMA Arles and Christian Dior Paris. FR
2023 Artist publication. To touch at the edge. KO-OP Art Space. Sofia, DE
2022 maybe. Magazine #2. Kalamari Klub. Heidelberg, DE
2022 Rûm magazine. Graz, AT
2022 Interview in Periphere Plattformen #1. Heidelberg, DE
2021 Catalog The Makeable Mind. Noorderlicht International Photo Festival. Groningen, NL
2021 Libération. 28.07.2021. Mutations territoriales: Arménie des formes. (Full page about Magic City). Commissioned by Laure Troussière. Print and online. Paris, FR
2021 Publication Kunstprojekt Thallwitz. Fine Arts Institute Leipzig. Leipzig, DE
2021 Maerkische Oderzeitung. 21.04.2021. Flexibel bleiben!. Anja Scherer. Anja Scherer. Bernau, DE
2021 Maerkische Oderzeitung. 24.03.2021. Fantasievolle Stadtansichten (blurb and photo about Magic City). Bernau, DE
2021 Maerkische Oderzeitung. 06.02.2021. Im Corona-Jahr 2021 zeigt die Galerie Bernau Kunst an vielen Orten. Olav Schroeder. Bernau, DE
2021 Publication Kunstprojekt Thallwitz 2020. Fine Arts Institute Leipzig. Leipzig, DE
2021 Die Vertraute Welt / Trusted World. Self-published by Zona D. Leipzig, DE
2020 Kreuzer Leipzig. 09.10.2021. Britt Schlehahn. Den Nachwuchskuenstlern auf der Spur. Leipzig, DE
2020 Catalog Gegenwarten / Presences. Trusted World/Zona D. Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. Chemnitz, DE
2020 Photoworks UK. The Museum of Modern Loss. Marissa Chen. Brighton, UK
2020 zwischen den Zeilen. Fine Arts Institute Leipzig/Gemeindeblick Thallwitz. Leipzig/Thallwitz, DE
2020 The Opposite of Innocence is Ignorance: Public Art and Political Engagement. Wendy M. K. Shaw. Berlin, DE
2019 Leipziger Volkszeitung. 16.10.2019. Kunst gegen Waffen. Anne Patzke. Leipzig, DE
2019 Up in Arms. neue Gesellschaft fuer bildende Kunst nGbK. Berlin, DE
2019 Der Tagesspiegel. 11.09.2019. Berlin Art Week. Preise, Partys und ab ins Planetarium. Nicola Kuhn. Berlin, DE
2019 Berlin Art Week Magazine. Draft image for Forensic Excavations Inventory 2019 Part 1/Art in the Underground/Kunst im Untergrund 2019. Berlin, DE
2019 MdbK[mobil] Liebeszauber/Amtsblatt 'Gemeindeblick' Thallwitz. MdbK Leipzig (Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig). Leipzig/Thallwitz, DE
2019 Not here, not Now - Infected Memories. With members of expanded cinema. Academy of Fine Arts. Leipzig, DE
2018 DokBlog about Documentation Report at Kasseler Dokfest. Mainz, DE
2018 Catalog Studienpreis Award 2017. Hochschule fuer Grafik und Buchkunst (Academy of Fine Arts). Leipzig, DE (as Beatrice Schuett)
2017 Reports about Studienpreis 2017: Kunstforum International, 19.12.2017; Kunstmarkt.com; Leipziger Volkszeitung, 16.11.2017 (as Beatrice Schuett)
2017 Titanik 2017. Annual preview publication. Titanik Galleria. Turku, FI (as BPSchuett)
2013 Neue Zuercher Zeitung. 12.08.2013. Ueberwachungskunst und -mode. Peter Glaser. Zuerich, CH (as BPSchuett)
2012 Sergeant Sparrow magazine, year 2013, issue number 5. Cover and interview. Martha's Vineyard, MA, US (as Beatrice Peter Schuett)
2002 Unter Zeitdruck. Student publications edition No 1. Stadt als Schule/City as School. Berlin, DE
2002 kratzig. Art magazine. K.R.Ä.T.Z.Ä. Berlin, DE
In addition, featured in various film festival catalogs, e.g. Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Interfilm, Arquiteturas Film Festival.
Internships, jobs and other
since 2021 Berliner Atelierfoerderung des Berufsverbands Bildender Kuennstler:innen (BBK) / Studio support by the professional artists organization BBK. Berlin, DE
since 2020 Artist's association Creative Armenia (on invitation). Yerevan, AR/Los Angeles, USA
2017 Partner of DeLight Art Festival with Lars Preisser/Art Improvement Agency. Berlin, DE
2015 - 2016 Haus am Horn. Bauhaus UNESCO world heritage. Exhibition supervision. Weimar, DE
2012 - 2013 Deutsche Welle TV. Production assistant Journal. Berlin, DE
2010 - 2013 Custom-designed jewellery for individual customers. Berlin, DE
2003 - 2003 Internship with journalist and author Beate Krol, Berlin, DE
2002 Co-editing assistant and performer. Tatort Kind: Gewalt die aus der Kaelte kommt. TV documentary. Bernd Dost (Director), produced by Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), 2003. Munich, DE
Works in private collections.