ROLE
Bettina Pelz was the artistic director of INTERFERENCE in Tandem with Aymen Gharbi from 2016–2025.
BACKGROUND
Her focus of curatorial research and practice is on light and light-based media in contemporary fine arts. She has been the founding curator of several sustainable light and media art projects in Europe and Africa. She is dedicated to art-in-context projects.
Her exhibition projects are hosted at art institutions and in public space, in postindustrial ensembles and cultural heritage environments. Internationally, she has been involved in projects in Austria, Belgium, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Jordan, Mali, Mexico, The Netherlands, North-Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland, and Tunisia.
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2025 Houmt Souk & Guellala (tn), SEE DJERBA Media Art Festival
2025 Bremen (de), MEDIA ART LAB Open Space Domshof Night Sessions
2025 Luedenscheid (de), LICHTROUTEN Light Art Festival
2024 Innsbruck (at), BERGSILVESTER 3D Mappings
2024 Gelsenkirchen (de), GOLDSTÜCKE Light Art Projects
2024 Houmt Souk (tn), SEE DJERBA Media Art Project
2024 Brixen (it), WATER LIGHT FESTIVAL Neustift / Novacella
2023 Houmt Souk (tn), SEE DJERBA Media Art Festival
2023 Tunis (tn), INTERFERENCE Light Art Projects
2023 Brixen / Bressanone (it), WATER LIGHT FESTIVAL Novacella Abbey
2022 Tunis (tn), MISE EN LUMIERE Public Art Project
2022 Gelsenkirchen (de), GOLDSTUECKE Light Art Projects
2021 Ingolstadt (de), LICHTSTROM International Light Art Project
TEACHING
2025–2026 Tunis (tn), MOMEMTUM CURATORIAL: Head
2019–2022 Tunis (tn), TASAWAR CURATORIAL STUDIOS: Head
2014–2017 Saarbrucken (de), UNIVERSITY OF FINE ARTS: Visiting Professor
Since 2004 Bremen (de), UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS: Lecturer with Special Assignment
FORMATION
1985–1988 Muenster (de), UNIVERSITY: Studies of Philosophy and Social-Pedagogics, Degree: Diploma
LINKS
bettinapelz.de
arsphotonica.net
instagram.com/kunstpelz
FEATURED IMAGE
Malika Hagemann