Beate Engel
Beate Engel (*1964) has been the director of the Stadtgalerie Bern since 1999
and has organized a programme with guest curators there for the last two
years. Since 2004 she is the director and curator of the PROGR_Zentrum f?¼r
Kulturproduktion in Bern, a studio house which gives working opportunities for
more than 100 artists from different fields. The PROGR runs a lively exhibition
and events programme, and also offers a artists in residence programme partly in
collaboration with Pro Helvetia. (www.progr.ch)
After finishing (1993) her master-degree at the University of Cologne with Frau
Prof. Antje von Graevenitz with her thesis on ???Bruce Nauman und Samuel
Beckett??, Beate Engel worked as an art critic for Radio DRS, WoZ, Kunstbulletin and produced a diverse range of contributions to catalogues. She finished her
master studies in arts management at the University in Basel in 2003.
As a guest curator Beate Engel curated the group show ???Larger than Life?? - living
installations by 15 Swiss artists, Kunsthalle Bunkier Sztuki in Cracow, Poland
(2001) and the one man show of Christoph B?¼chel: Shelter II, OK-Centrum
f?¼r Gegenwartskunst Linz, Austria (2002). Engel was a member of the research
group on the DORE-Project ???Performance and Space?? at the University in Basel
in 2003 and 2006. She is a member of the art commission of the city of Bern. She
won the federal prize for art in 2004.
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