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Beuther, Reinhild

Reinhild Beuther was born in 1970 in Rostock, East Germany. She studied Art History at the Humboldt University Berlin, 1990 - 1992 and then Sculpture, Ceramics and Photography at the Hochschule fur Kunst und Design Halle “Burg Giebichenstein” and Muthesius Hochschule in Kiel, Germany 1992 - 1995, and an MA in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art, London in 1997. She was DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) scholar at the Royal College of Art, London 1995 - 1996 and had a Henry Moore Scholarship at the Royal College of Art, London 1996 - 1997. Awards have included Merit Award, Aylesford Newsprint 1997; Deloite and Touche First Prize for Excellence 1997; First Base Award, ACAVA 1998 - 1999

She undertook a six month digital artist residency in Gloucester 1999; was artist in residence at the Poetry Festival, Ledbury, Gloucestershire 2000; artist in residence at the Sculpture Trail, Royal Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire 2000

Reinhild Beuther has exhibited widely in Great Britain and other parts of Europe, including : 1996 “Phobic” group show at Hockney Gallery, London, 1996 “GlovesOff” group show of German artists in the Shoreditch Town Hall, London, 1997 “Below Stairs” site specific show at Osterley Park House, 1997 “hothouse” exhibition in Kew Gardens, 1998 “Fire” video projection at Schloss Broellin, Germany, Sophiensale Berlin and Officina Gallery, Szehezin, Poland, 1998 “repeat” solo show with video work at Banbury Museum, 1999 “Absolut Melancholie”, touring solo show of photographic work in Central Point Gallery, London and Guildhall Arts Centre, Gloucester, 1999 “little mermaid” video installation as part of the “Single Screen” event, Forest of Dean, 2000 “Absolut Melancholie”, solo show at the NIMRC London, 2000 exhibition in Ledbury as part of Ledbury Poetry Festival, 2000 “Going Nowhere Fast”, group show at ACAVA, Cremer Street Studios, London, 2001 “Naked Nave”, sound exhibition at Gloucester Cathedral, 2001 “Beholden”, solo exhibition at Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield, University of Hertfordshire

Extensive work in sculpture, photography, digital imagery and video installations workshops include : Animationstation in Banbury 1998 - 1999; residency/workshops at Churchdown, Chosen Hill and Harewood schools, Gloucester, 1999; John Masefield High School, Ledbury as part of the Poetry Festival 2000 and teacher training workshops in Gloucester, Worcester and Herefordshire. Reinhild Beuther is a founder member of the artist run initiative artNucleus (see “Below Stairs”, “Naked Nave”) and lives with her partner Simon and their son Fridtjof in Gloucester.

GB 1962

ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2003); Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names, National Council on Archives (1997)

https://www.forestofdean-sculpture.org.uk/ retrieved on 13 July 2017