Bettina Hubby
(b. 1968, New York City)
Lives and works in Los Angeles since 2000
Education
1995 MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York City
1990 BA, College of Charleston
Solo Exhibitions
2021
The People’s Lawn, Bringing the Whitehouse Back to the People, Virtual reality Film Screening on the side of the building, Presented by L.A.N.D., Barbara Bestor gallery, Los Angeles.
2019
Positively Earnest, Klowden Mann, Los Angeles
THE SEXUAL BRONZE SHOW, Klowden Mann, Los Angeles
2018
THE SEXUAL BRONZE SHOW, Erotic Heritage Museum, Las Vegas
2016
THE SEXUAL BRONZE SHOW, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin
2015
Thanks for the Mammaries, LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division), Los Angeles
2013
Pretty Limber, Klowden Mann, Los Angeles
Googly Eyes for Giant Rock, curated by Andrea Zittel, Dave Hickey, and Libby Lumpkin, for High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Size Is Relative, curated by Laura Howe, Matruska Construction, Los Angeles
2023
Don’t Believe Everything You Think, curated by Galia Linn, Brand Library & Art Center
MOM, presented by Vesta, curated by Amy Russell, Silverlake
2022
GARDEN, curated by Ladies Room LA and Annie Wharton, benefitting LA Food Bank and World Central Kitchen, Los Angeles
LET’S TALK, goat gallery, curated by Nicola Vruwink, Landers
2020
Visions in Light: Windows on The Wallis, organized by TZ Projects and The City of Beverly Hills, Wallis Annenberg Center for Performing Arts, Beverly Hills
MAIDEN LA 2020, various locations throughout Los Angeles county
Take PART 2020, organized by Dominique Clayton, Andrea, Andrea Feldman Falcione, and Cris McCall, online
DRIVE-BY-ART, organized by Warren Neidich, Renee Petropoulos, Michael Slenske and Anuradha Vikram, various locations East of Western, Los Angeles
Bodies in Singularity, with Andrea Chung, Rebecca Farr, Jonesy, David Lloyd, and others, Klowden Mann, Los Angeles
TEXT Show, with John Baldessari, Kristin Bauer, Greg Colson, Ginny Cook, Robert Dean, Alexandra Grant, Steve Hurd, Marion Jungeblut, Cecilia Miniucchi, Laura Parker, Ed Ruscha, Susan Silton, Allen Tombello, Lawrence Weiner, Augusta Wood, and Jody Zellen, CMAY Gallery, Los Angeles
2019
Soft Schindler, curated by Mimi Zeiger, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles
UltraChrome Plus, DENK, Los Angeles
The Vision Board, with Nancy Buchanan, Carolyn Castaño, Laura Krifka, William Powhida, Erika Rothenberg, Elizabeth Valdez, Marnie Weber, Sara Ann Weber, and others, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles
LA Woman, Bale Creek Allen Gallery, Austin
2018
The mecca, California, with Chad Attie, Alexandra Grant, Shane Guffogg, Tim Hawkinson, Bettina Hubby, Soo Kim, Alice Könitz, Friedrich Kunath, Johnston Marklee, Fawn Rogers, Ed Ruscha, Allison Schulnik, Samantha Thomas, Richard Louderback, and Eric Yahnker, Eastern Star Galley in partnership with The LODGE, Los Angeles
Disparate Sources: Los Angeles Collage, curated by Chelsea Dean, Keystone Gallery, Los Angeles
2017
Amplify Compassion, 356 Mission, Los Angeles
2016
Were Not Now, with Rebecca Farr, Bettina Hubby, and Christopher Russell, Klowden Mann, Los Angeles
Human Condition, curated by John Wolf, located within a shuttered hospital in West Adams, Los Angeles
2015
Side Effects May Include Art, The Situation Room, Los Angeles
The Grinstein Artist Invitational, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles
2014
Open House, curated by David Bell, Visitor Welcome Center, Los Angeles
The Property, curated by Chris Olivera, Property, Los Angeles
2012
The Five Spot, curated by Shana Nys Dambrot, with Marion Lane, Bettina Hubby, Vincent Sabella, Laura & Manfred Menz, Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles
SITE, curated by Jon Leaver, with Chad Attie and Bettina Hubby, Harris Art Gallery at the University of La Verne,
La Verne, CA
Dreamhouse Vs. Punk House (plus Cat House), organized by Kristin Calabrase, Joshua Aster, and Torie Zelben, Serious Topics, Los Angeles
A to B and BACK AGAIN, with Andrew Uchin and Bettina Hubby, ARTBOOK @ Paper Chase, Los Angeles
The Call of the Wild, curated by Leonardo Bravo, LA Mart, Los Angeles
Artist Merchandising Art, Wonderloch Kellerland, Los Angeles
Valentine, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara
La Biennale 2012 at The Stanback, IP Stanback Museum and Planetarium, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC
2011
Home Show: Revisited, curated by Miki Garcia and Michele O’Marah, with Piero Golia, Evan Holloway, Bettina Hubby, Florian Morlat, Kori Newkirk, Jennifer Rochlin, Ry Rochlen, Kirsten Stoltmann, Stephanie Taylor, Jennifer West, presented by the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara
X-10 Biennial, curated by Leonardo Bravo and Jeremy Rosenberg, Los Angeles
Sex without the people, with Lun*na Menoh and Bettina Hubby, Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles
Signs on the Road, organized by Michael Ashkin and Joshua Geldzahler (as Workroom G), Winkleman CRL, New York City
The Open Daybook, curated by David Earle, at LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), Los Angeles
2010
La tribune de la cuisine contestataire, curated by Asuka Hisa, presented by France Cuture, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica
The Trade Show, WPA, Los Angeles
Manifest Equality, curated by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Annie Philbin, Shepard Fairey, Ed Ruscha, Lari Pittman, Lisa Love, Franklin Sirmans, Edgar Arceneaux, Rick Jacobs, and David Pagel, Los Angeles
2008
Cocktail Party, with Skip Arnold, Bonelli Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles
Group Show, with Andre Butzer and others, 1727 N. Spring St., Los Angeles
Fabricated Artifications, Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica
1990’s
Excerpts from 1000 Character Project, MTV, New York City, 1999
Drawings, Gallery at California State University Fullerton, 1998
A View From Brooklyn, Gallery at California State University Fullerton, 1997
Gothic, Iceland (traveling), 1997
America, LA Space for Art & Culture, Los Angeles, 1997
Codpiece, Griffin Linton Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, 1996
Scratch, Thread Waxing Space, New York City, 1996
The Crest Hardware Show, Brooklyn, 1996
The New 13, Joyce Goldstein Gallery, New York City, 1995
The Fold, SVA Gallery, New York City, 1995
50 Years, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York City, 1995
America’s Favorite Painting Part II, Organized by Komar & Melamid, SVA Gallery, New York City, 1994
Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York, 1993
Selected Curatorial
2023
Odeya Nini, Vocal master and sound healer, HubbyCo in collaboration with Weather Maker Productions, Hubby residence, Hermon, Los Angeles emerge, a night of ecstatic dance & breathwork with Dre Dominguez, Hubby residence, Los Angeles
2020
HUGS!, drawings by Michael G. Bauer, LSH Collab, Los Angeles
2019
Gary Cannone: Albums by Conceptual Artists, ARCANA Books on the Arts, Los Angeles
2018
Curatorial Hub, exhibitions and events including Circus of Books, Art Catalogues at LACMA, Helms Bakery, ARCANA Books on the Arts, Blue Roof Studios, Bestor Architecture, and Depart Foundation, Los Angeles
2017
The Panacea Project, with Adrienne Adar, Michael G. Bauer, Nancy Barber, Carl Berg, Agnes Bolt, Cal Clements, Michael Dee, Bob Dornberger, Amanda Yates Garcia, Emma Gray, Bettina Hubby, Alex Miller, Jeremy Shockley, Joe Sola, William Stone and Nicola Vruwink, presented by Klowden Mann, on view at Werkartz, Los Angeles
note to self, with Ashton Allen, Margot Bowman, Saskia Wilson Brown & Micah Hahn, Joshua Callaghan, Bob Dornberger, David P. Earle, Emma Gray, Bettina Hubby, Steven Rimlinger, and Mike Slack, Elephant, Los Angeles
2015
Thanks for the Mammaries, The Facebook Feed, LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division), Los Angeles
2014
Thanks for the Mammaries, presented by Klowden Mann, on view at For Your Art, Los Angeles
8th + Hope + Hubby, with Suzanne Adelman, Chad Attie, Joshua Callaghan, Alice Clements, Omar Lopex, Rory Mitchell, Steven Rimlinger, Mike Slack, Keith Walsh, and Karen Lofgren, presented by Side Street Projects, Los Angeles
2013
Dig the Dig, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica
Construction Man Dinner, Silver Lake neighborhood, Los Angeles
2012
The Eagle Rock Rock and Eagle Shop, Eagle Rock Rock and Eagle Shop, Los Angeles
The Rock Shop, For Your Art, Los Angeles
2011
Get Hubbied, Eagle Rock Community Center, Los Angeles
Honest Mystique, POST, Los Angeles
2009
A Picnic in Eden, with Abel Baker Gutierrez and Bettina Hubby, The Company, Los Angeles
forming-storming-norming-performing, with Karen Lofgren, Skip Arnold, David Jones, Erin Trefry, Evan Holloway, and Bettina Hubby, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles
2008
CoTour, 10 locations in Los Angeles
2007
Double Fantasy, with Mike Slack and Bettina Hubby, Naked, West Hollywood
2003
Tif Sigfrids, Horowitz, Ferrini, and Biondi, Los Angeles
2002
Makiko Takehara, Roth Horowitz Gallery, Los Angeles
1990’s
Slide and Film Club at the Anchorage, Anchorage, Brooklyn, 1998
Winter Social, Four Walls, New York City, 1997
Fall Social, The Art of Being Social, Four Walls, Brooklyn, 1997
Film Club, Four Walls, Brooklyn, 1997
Vulgate, Nova Space, New York City, 1996
Seaming, HERE Gallery, New York, 1996
Art Fairs
2024 LA/NY AF, Spring Break Art Show, curated by Patrick Meagher and Amy Russell
2023 Ojai Design Vintage with Shelter Social Club, Alamo Hotel, Ojai
2019 Rebecca Farr, Bettina Hubby, and Morgan Mandalay, Art Los Angeles Contemporary with Klowden Mann, Los Angeles
2018 NADA NY, with LAND, New York City
2015 Come Up and See Me Sometime, Paris Photo LA with Klowden Mann, Los Angeles
2014 Dallas Art Fair, with Klowden Mann, Dallas
2013 Art Pad SF with Klowden Mann, San Francisco
Miami Project, with Klowden Mann, Miami
2012 Miami Project, Klowden Mann, Miami, Florida
Happenings
2023
Dr. Ben Hubby’s Christmas Party, multi-valent writing and performance, collaboration between Bettina and Dr. Ben Hubby (from beyond the veil), with guest confessions. Dr. Hubby played by Tyler Hubby, Hubby residence, Hermon, Los Angeles IN YOU I SEE ME <> I SEE ME IN YOU, Cleaning Cloth Design Collaboration, LA Eyeworks, Los Angeles
2022
AGAPE SMILES, On stage presentation of congregational digital collage with Rev. Michael Beckwith, Agape International Spiritual Center, Beverly Hills
2015
Love Potion No. 9, Institute of Art and Olfaction, Los Angeles
Chinatown League of Ultimate Benevolence, Fifth Floor Gallery, Los Angeles
2014
The View of Bellmer, Alias Books, Los Angeles
2013
Googly Eyes for Giant Rock, curated by Andrea Zittel, Dave Hickey, Libby Lumpkin, for High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree
LA River Walk-nic, presented by NELA Riverfront Collaborative and LA River Walks, picnic by Thank You For Coming, music by Hélène Renault, Los Angeles
2011
Maximum Miniature, with The Sewing Sisters, Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles
2010
Achilla costume design, directed by Andrew Hahn, WPA Gallery, Los Angeles
2008
Studio costume design, directed by David Jones and Kelly Martin, Redcat Theater, Los Angeles
2007
Hubby Part V, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles
2004
Hubby Part IV, The Mountain Bar, Los Angeles
Hubby and Hee Hee (Hubby Part III), Dianne Pruess Gallery, Los Angeles
2002
Hubby Part II, Weathervane, Santa Monica, California
Hubby Part I, Private residence, Los Angeles
Bibliography
Kingsley Kahler Hubby, a tribute, (of her grandmother’s paintings) by Bettina Hubby, self-published, 2018.
The monster at the end of this small book, Bettina Hubby, design and layout by S. Rimlinger, published by Printed Matter, 2017. Part of Box of Books, X, edition of 13.
Thanks for the Mammaries, Bettina Hubby, published by LAND, 2016.
THE SEXUAL BRONZE SHOW, Bettina Hubby, published by Klowden Mann, 2016.
UNIFORMS, Bettina Hubby, Design by The Iceplant Press, with text by Dave Cull, 2013.
The Eagle Rock Rock and Eagle Shop, Bettina Hubby, Design by Janet Klein, printed by Donahue Printing, 2012.
Get Hubbied, Bettina Hubby, Design by Ed Panar, Self published, 2011.
CoTour, Bettina Hubby, 2009. Designed and edited by Mike Slack.
Double Fantasy, Bettina Hubby and Mike Slack, Design by Mike Slack, Self-published, 2007.