Solo shows
2008 - The Naked Eye - Visual Voice Art Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2007 - We are Stardust - Visual Voice Art Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2006 - Nous sommes poussière d'étoile - Galerie Espace arts du feu, Montreal, Canada
2005 - Helios - ART en majuscule, Montreal, Canada
2004 - Lunar Genesis - Galerie de la Ville, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Canada
2003 - Moon - Atelier Bettina Forget, Montreal, Canada
2002 - Monsoon - Atelier Bettina Forget, Montreal, Canada
2002 - Monsoon - Visual Voice Art Studio, Singapore
Group shows
2008 - ASTRO '08 - Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute Conference, Hyatt Montreal, Canada
2008 - A Postcard to Yuri - NASA Ames Reasearch Centre, California, USA
2007 - Cosmic Vision - Casa de Los Tres Mundos, Granada, Nicaragua
2006 - ISDC Space Art Show - International Space Developement Conference, Los Angeles, USA
2005 - Ouverture - Galerie Nevermind, Montreal, Canada
2005 - Space Art - Imaginarium, Nevada City, California, USA
2004 - Snap-to-Grid - LACDA, Los Angeles, USA
2004 - the Nano Show - Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, USA
2003 - Ausstellung - Marziart Internationale Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
2003 - WarmWarmer - Sala Rossa, Montreal, Canada
2003 - regard suspendu, temps arrêté - Galerie Artus, Montreal, Canada
2001 - Exit - Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
2000 - Body - collaboration with photographer Claudia Goetzelmann, Singapore
1999 - Life Art - Life Art Society, Singapore
1998 - Life Art - Life Art Society, Singapore
Other
2007 - Festival Montréal en arts - open-air gallery, Montreal
2006 - Festival Montréal en arts - open-air gallery, Montreal
2006 - The Painted Universe - creation of collective artwork, Atelier Bettina Forget
2005 - Festival Montréal en arts - open-air gallery, Montreal
2004 - Festival de Peinture à Mascouche - Le Prélude, Mascouche, Canada
2004 - Festival des arts du Village - open-air gallery, Montreal
2004 - The Painted Universe - creation of collective artwork, Atelier Bettina Forget
Collections
corporate collections
NMG Financial Services, Singapore (head office) and Perth, Australia (subsidiary),
Madison Area Technical College, USA,
International Association of Astronomical
Artists' juried collection "The Artists' Universe"
private collections
private collections in Singapore, London (England), Hamburg (Germany),
and Montreal (Canada)
Education
2000 - 2001 BA (Fine Art)
Curtin University of Technology /Nanyang Academy of Fine Art
Perth, Australia & Singapore
1989 - 1991 - BA(hons) Graphic Design
Central St Martins School of Art, London, England
1985 - 1987 - B/TEC Diploma in General Art
and Design
City and East London College, London, England
born in Hamburg, Germany
Work Experience
2007 - today
Owner and director of Visual Voice Art Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2007 - today
Director of Exhibitions of the International Association of Astronomical Artists (IAAA)
2002 - today
Full-time artist, working and exhibiting at her studio in Montreal, Canada
2001 - 2002
Owner of Visual Voice Graphic Design & Art Studio, Singapore
2001 - 1997
Owner of Visual Voice Graphic Design, Singapore
1992 - 1997
Owner of Zeitgeist Design, Montreal, Canada
1991 - 1992
Designer, Design Portfolio, London, England
Bibliography
RIENDEAU, Isabelle, "Décroche-mopi une étoile ", Vie des arts, spring 2008 (click here for the on-line version)
FORGET, Bettina, "We are Stardust", The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, October 2007
STEVENS, Donna, "Fire and Ice", The Planetary Report, issue July/August 2008
PEARCE, Tralee, "The New Face of Fundraising", Fashion, issue April 2007 (click here for the on-line version)
AGÜERO, Arnulfo, "Paisajes astronómicos", La Prensa, 24 February 2007 (click here for the on-line version)
MULLIGAN, Martin, "Arte espacial en Casa de Los Tres Mundos", El Nuevo Diario, 20 February 2007 (click here for the on-line version)
SANCHEZ VARGAS, Tiara, "Astronautas en Granada", La Prensa, 10 February 2007 (click here for the on-line version)
HARRIS, Thierry, "Concerns of an Art School Granduate", The Concordian, 6 December 2006 (click here for the on-line version)
CHONG, Jia-Rui, "Space Artisit Face Reality: NASA Does It Better ", LA Times, 18 June 2006 (click here for the on-line version)
BUJOLD, Bernard, "L'artiste des étoiles", Le Studio 1, 15 May 2006 (click here for the on-line version)
LÉVY, Bernard, "Jouer avec le feu", Vie des arts, summer 2005 (click here for the on-line version)
SEIDMAN, Karen, "Exploring the Art Side of the Moon", The Montreal Gazette, 11th March 2004 (click here for the on-line version)
SCHILTZ, Valérie, "La face cachée des lunes", Cites Nouvelles, 22nd February 2004 (click here for the on-line version)
SIM, Arthur, "Rained out at this art show", Singapore Straits Times, 27th March 2002 (click here for the on-line version)
Membership
International Association of Astronomical
Artists (IAAA) - Director of Exhibitions
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) - Vice-President
Yuri's Night Montreal - Co-organizer
English Language Artists Network (ELAN)
Galleries
Canada
Visual Voice Art Gallery
372 Ste-Catherine West
local 421
Montreal, Québec H3B 1A2, Canada
Germany
Marziart Internationale Galerie
Eppendorfer Weg 110
20259 Hamburg, Germany