Renate Bertlmann

Renate Bertlmann (28 February 1943 in Vienna) is an Austrian feminist avant-garde artist, living and working in Vienna. She is a contemporary of Birgit Jürgenssen and VALIE EXPORT, and her work focuses on the relationship between masculine and feminine forms.

Between 1964 and 1970 Renate Bertlmann completed her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. From 1970 to 1982 she was lecturer at the Academy. She has produced freelance work since 1982 in a variety of mediums including: drawings, paintings, objects, installations, photography, film/video, performances, multimedia-events, texts. She is member of Vienna Secession and FLUSS – Society for the Promotion of Photo- and Media Art, Lower Austria. She has been married to the physicist Reinhold Bertlmann since 1969.

• 1975 Magna feminismus, Galerie St. Stephan, Wìen
• 1977 Künstlerinnen International, Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin
• 1978 Festival einer anderen Avantgarde, Brucknerhaus, Linz
• 1982 Stimmen der Sehnsucht, Galerie Apropos, Luzern
• 1985 Kunst mit Eigen-Sinn, Museum Moderner Kunst, Wien
• 1986 Bestehend-lebend-gegenwärtig, Museum Villa Stuck, München
• 1991 Außerhalb von Mittendrin, NGBK, Berlin
• 1993 Schneegestöber - Flitter(s)türme, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Wien
• 2002 Werkschau VII, Arbeiten von 1976 – 2002, Fotogalerie Wien
• 2003 Künstlerinnen – Positionen 1945 bis heute, Kunsthalle Krems
• 2007 Top U29, Studio Tommaseo, Trieste
• 2008 MATRIX, Geschlechter/ Verhältnisse/Revisionen, MUSA
• 2009 VIDEORAMA — Kunstclips aus Österreich, Kunsthalle Wien
• 2009 rebelle. art and feminism 1969 - 2009, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, the Netherlands
• 2010 DONNA: AVANGUARDIA FEMMINISTA NEGLI ANNI '70 dalla Sammlung Verbund di Vienna, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Roma
• 2013 MUJER/WOMAN, La vanguardia feminista de los anos 70, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid
• 2103 TRANSFORMATIONS, Richard Saltoun Gallery, London
• 2014 AKTIONISTINNEN, Kunsthalle Krems/Frohner Forum, Krems
• 2014 Gwangju Biennale 2014 Burning Down The House, Gwangju, Südkorea
• 2014 IM DIALOG: WIENER AKTIONISMUS, Museum der Moderne Salzburg
• 2014 SELF-TIMER STORIES, Austrian Cultural Forum New York
• 2104 WOMAN, The Feminist Avant-Garde of the 1970s, BOZAR, Brüssel
• 2015 Feministische Avantgarde der 1970er Jahre, Sammlung Verbund, Hamburger Kunsthalle
• 2015 The World Goes POP, Tate Gallery of Modern Art
• 2015 SELF-TIMER STORIES, Musac, Leon, Spain
• 2015 Die achziger Jahre in der Sammlung des MUSA, MUSA Museum, Wien
• 2015 RABENMÜTTER zwischen Kraft und Krise: Mütterbilder von 1900 bis heute, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz

• 1978: Theodor Körner award
• 1980: Z-Promotional award
• 1989: Promotional award of the city of Vienna
• 2007: Great award of the city of Vienna

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