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Bettina Rheims Biography
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1970 |
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Started out photographing striptease artists and acrobats, and did many commissionned works (albums covers, such as for Jean-Jacques Goldman; photos of various stars)
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1991 - 1992 |
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Photographed celebrities and addressed issues of voyeurism and confession, particularly in her project 'Chambre Close', a collaboration with Serge Bramly
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1994 |
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Awarded from the Grand Prix de la Photographie of the City of Paris
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1995 |
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Took the official portrait photograph of Jacques Chirac, President of the French Republic
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Promoted by Jacques Chirac, President of the French Republic, to the grade of Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur for her whole career
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Lives and works in Paris, France
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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Rose, c’est Paris (avec Serge Bramly), Richelieu / Galerie de photographie, Paris, France
La collection s'expose - Polaroïd en péril !, Musée de l´Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
AU-DELA DU REEL, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France
Intimacy! Baden in der Kunst, Kunst Museum Ahlen, Ahlen, Germany
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2009
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Portrait de l’artiste en motocycliste - MAGASIN, Centre National d’art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Dans l'oeil du critique - Bernard Lamarche-Vadel et les artistes, Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - MAM/ARC, Paris, France
Influence Pop, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France
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2008
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Can You Find Happiness?, Co-Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Traumfrauen. 50 Starfotografen zeigen ihre Vision von Schönheit, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Gallery Selections, Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK
REAL. Fotografien aus der Sammlung der DZ-BANK, Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
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2008
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Just like a Woman, ProjectB Gallery, Milan, Italy
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2007
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Heroines, Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, Germany (solo)
Animal, Deyrolle, Paris, France (solo)
Vogue en beauté, 1920-2007, BnF Site François-Mitterrand, Paris, France
Guangzhou Photo Biennial 2007 - Guangzhou Photo Biennial, Guangdong, China
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2006
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Héroïnes, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France
Retrospective, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Netherlands ; Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, Russia ; Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France (solo)
Femmes, Maruani & Noirhomme Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Twenty Five Years, Cook Fine Art, New York, NY
Colleziona - Forma, Centro Internazionale di Fotografia, Milan, Italy
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2005
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Retrospective, KunstHausWien, Wien, Germany; NRW Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany; Botanique Museum, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
YES YES YES YES, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
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2004
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Retrospective, Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland ; Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway (solo)
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2003
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Shanghai, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France (solo)
I.N.R.I., MEO Contemporary Art Collection, Budapest, Hungary(solo)
Corpus Christi - Christus-Darstellungen in der photographie, 1850-2001, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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2002
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Chambre Close - L’intégrale, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France (solo)
Archeology of Elegance, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Muster Frau, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Chambre Close, Cheim & Read Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2001
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HIMMELFAHRTEN - Mythos, Kult und Religion in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Galerie Wolfgang Gmyrek, Dusseldorf, Germany
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2000
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'INRI', Thaddeus Ropac Gallery, Salzburg, Austria
X'mas, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Faith: The Impact of Judeo Christian Religion on Art at the Millinium,The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
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1998
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The Erotic Sublime, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
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1997
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Anthologie, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria (solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, France
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Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
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Musée de l´Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
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| Literature |
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2006
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Héroïnes. Paris: Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, 2006 (catalogue)
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2004
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S. Bramly, K. Levine, JC. Amman and B. Arell, Rétrospective Bettina Rheims. Munich, Germany: Schirmer / Mosel Verlag, 2004
More Trouble. Munich, Germany: Schirmer / Mosel Verlag, 2004
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2003
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Shanghai. Paris, France: Robert Laffont, 2003
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2000
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X’mas. Paris, France: Léo Scheer, 2000
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1998
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I.N.R.I. Paris, France: Albin Michel, 1998
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1994
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Animal. Munich, Germany: Kehayoff (Gina) Verlag, 1994
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1992
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Chambre Close. Paris, France: Maeght, 1992
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1990
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Modern Lovers. Paris, France: Paris Audiovisuel, 1990
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1989
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Female Trouble. Munich, Germany: Schirmer / Mosel Verlag, 1989
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