Over the last twenty-five years, the curatorial work of Bettina Pelz (she/her) is dedicated to art-in-context projects. Her transdisciplinary projects are hosted at art institutions and in public space, in postindustrial environments and cultural heritage settings. She has been internationally involved in projects in Africa, Asia, Europe as well as in North and South America. Since 2000, the focus of her curatorial research and practice is on light and light-based media in fine arts. She has been the founding curator of several sustainable public art projects in Europe and Africa. As an academic teacher, she is based at the University of Arts in Bremen since 2004 with a focus on professionalizing the arts. Since 2010, she has been lecturing at academies and universities throughout Europe on light and digital media in fine arts. From 2015 to 2017, she was visiting professor at the University of Fine Arts Saarbrucken.de. From 2019 — 2022, she directed the international study program on art-in-context the TASAWAR CURATORIAL STUDIOS. hosted by GOETHE-INSTITUT in Tunis. Since 2025, she directs the MOMENTUM CURATORIAL PROGRAM by ZAKHAM in Tunis.
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Malika Hagemann