BETTINA HUBBY CV
Education
1995 MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1990 BA, College of Charleston, South Carolina
Exhibitions and Projects
2017
The Panacea Project, curatorial and new body of work, presented by Klowden Mann, Werkartz, Los Angeles, CA
Note to self, curatorial based on artists to-do lists, Elephant Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Sexual Bronze Show solo show, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
2016
Ben Hubby's Xmas Party, performance, Gangs of Kosmos, Los Angeles, CA
Human Condition, curated by John Wolf, West Adams, Los Angeles, CA
THE SEXUAL BRONZE SHOW, Klowden Mann, Culver City, CA
Thanks for the Mammaries book launch, published by LAND, Arcana, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Photographing Los Angeles; Five artists in search of a city, panel and book signing for Both Sides of Sunset, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
Side Effects May Include Art, group show, The Patient Experience, The Situation Room, Los Angeles, CA
Chinatown League of Ultimate Benevolence, solo project, Fifth Floor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Paris Photo LA, Paramount Studios, 2 person project with Klowden Mann, Los Angeles, California
Love Potion No. 9, a matchmaking event with a focus on scent, Institute of Art and Olfaction, Los Angeles, CA
2014
8th + Hope + Hubby, curatorial, on construction, Partnered with Side Street Projects, 8th and Hope, Los Angeles, CA
Thanks for the Mammaries, curatorial, boob-related art work by 125 artists to raise money for breast cancer research, For Your Art, Los Angeles, CA
Open House, inaugural group show, curated by David Bell, Downtown Los Angeles, CA
The Property, group show, curated by Chris Olivera, Property, Downtown Los Angeles, CA
The View of Bellmer, Alias Books, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Googly Eyes for Giant Rock, Sculptural installation for High Desert Test Sites, curated by Andrea Zittel, Dave Hickey, Libby Lumpkin, Joshua Tree, CA
Dig the Dig, LA Mart, curatorial, 31 artists relating to construction, in conjunction with the Santa Monica Museum of Art project, including the release of the new scent, DIG, a collaborative scent for construction workers developed with Saskia Wilson-Brown at the Institute of Art and Olfaction, Los Angeles, CA
Pretty Limber, solo exhibition, Klowden Mann Gallery, Culver City, CA
Dig the Dig Dinner, potluck art exhibition and culmination of the project for the Santa Monica Museum of Art, an outdoor potluck dinner for construction workers, neighbors, artists and friends, musical performances, Santa Monica, CA
Dig the Dig, Resident Construction Artist for the Santa Monica Museum of Art, 6 month multivalent art project in conjunction with the Metro-Expo line development, SMMoA, Santa Monica, CA
LA River Walk-nic NELA Riverfront Collaboratice and LA River Walks sponsored Hubby’s digital picture tour of the river, picnic by Thank You For Coming, music by Hélène Renaut, Los Angeles, CA
Construction Man Dinner, An outdoor disco-ball activated exhibition and dinner for workers, neighbors and friends, Silver Lake, CA
ArtPad SF, hotel installation for Klowden Mann, Concourse Exhibition Center, San Francisco, CA
2012
Get Hubbied book launch & performance w/ Joe Sola, Art Catalogues, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
The Rock Shop, All the rocks from the Eagle Rock Rock and Eagle Shop, For Your Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Eagle Rock Rock and Eagle Shop, three-month fully functioning shop and curated show, Eagle Rock, CA
The Call of the Wild, curated by Leonardo Bravo, LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA
Were, Not, Now, Rebecca Farr, Bettina Hubby, and Christopher Russell, Gallery KM, Los Angeles, CA
The Five Spot, curated by Shana Nys Dambrot, Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SITE, two person show with Chad Attie, curated by Jon Leaver, Harris Gallery, La Verne University, La Verne, California
ARTIST MERCHANDISING ART, group show, Wonderloch Kellerland, Los Angeles, CA
A to B and Back Again, Andrew Uchin and Bettina Hubby, Art Book, Los Angeles, CA
Valentine, group show, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara
California La Biennale, group show, The Stanback, IP Stanback Museum and Planetarium, South Carolina State University, SC
2011
The Home Show, curated by Miki Garcia and Michele O'Marah, California Arts Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA
GET HUBBIED, curated, conceptual and celbratory wedding for Bec Ulrich and Ruben Diaz, The Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA
X-10 Biennial, ten artists present their top ten artists in ten minutes, curated by Leonardo Bravo and Jeremy Rosenberg, Los Angeles, CA
Sex without the people, two person show with Lun*na Menoh, Track 16 gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Get Hubbied, curatorial, 27 artists in conjunction with Get Hubbied, the wedding project, Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, Eagle Rock, CA
Honest Mystique, Post: Kamakazi, Bettina Hubby, Rachel Roske and Landon Wiggs, Los Angeles, CA
Signs on the Road, group show, co-organized by Michael Ashkin and Joshua Geldzahler (as Workroom G), Winkleman CRL, New York, NY
The Open Daybook, curated by David Earle, exhibition at LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), Los Angeles, CA
2010
La tribune de la cuisine contestataire, 10 artists internationally performing a radio art work about food, curated by Asuka Hisa, Santa Monica Museum of Art, for FRANCE CUTURE, CA
Hubby's CoTour, film screening and lecture, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, edited by Tyler Hubby, Los Angeles, CA
Costumes for Achilla, a performance directed by Andrew Hahn, WPA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Trade Show, WPA, Chinatown, Los Angeles , CA
Manifest Equality, curated by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Annie Philbin, Shepard Fairey, Ed Ruscha, Lari Pittman, Lisa Love, Franklin Sirmans, Edgar Arceneaux, Rick Jacobs, David Pagel, Los Angeles, CA
2009
A Picnic in Eden, The Company Gallery, collaborative project between Bettina Hubby, Abel Gutierrez and Piper Olf, Los Angeles, CA
2008
CoTour 2008, multi-disciplinary project in homage to Hubby's ideal city, 10 curated venues, Los Angeles,CA
Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, curatorial, all the artists of CoTour, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Studio, Redcat Theater, costume design for a folk opera, directed and performed by David Jones and Kelly Martin, Los Angeles, CA
Cocktail Party w/ Skip Arnold, group show, Bonelli Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group show w/ Andre Butzer, 1727 N. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA
Fabricated Artifications, group show, Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA
2007
Double Fantasy, a co-exhibition of fashion and photography by Mike Slack and Bettina Hubby, Naked, Los Angeles, CA
Hubby Part V, solo project, Daniel Hug Gallery, portrait exhibition and event, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Hubby Part IV, solo project, The Mountain Bar, portrait project of Chinatown art community, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Hubby Part II, garment exhibition and performance with 3 models, Weathervane, Santa Monica, CA
Hubby and Hee Hee, collaborative event with Joel Mesler, runway show with comedy and naked breakdancing by Charles Irvin, Dianne Pruess Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999
Excerpts from 1000 Character Project, solo exhibition, MTV, New York, NY
1998
Drawings, group show, Cal State Fullerton, CA
Slide and Film Club at the Anchorage, slide show collaboration with William Stone titled: All the People I am are not inside me yet, Anchorage, Brooklyn, New York, NY
1997
A View From Brooklyn, group show, Cal State Fullerton, CA
Gothic, traveling group exhibition, Iceland
America, group show LA Space for Art & Culture, Los Angeles, CA
Winter Social, curatorial event, Four Walls, Hosted in Manhattan, Void, New York, NY
Fall Social, curatorial event, The Art of Being Social, Four Walls, Brooklyn, NY
Film Club, group film screening, Four Walls, Brooklyn, New York, NY
1996
Codpiece, group show, Griffin Linton Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
Scratch, group show, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
The Crest Hardware Show, group show, Crest Hardware, Brooklyn, NY
Vulgate, three person show, Nova Space, New York, NY
Seaming, group show, HERE Gallery, New York, NY
1995
The New 13, group show, The Joyce Goldstein Gallery, New York, NY
The Fold, 2 person show, SVA Gallery, New York, NY
50 Years, group show, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, NY
Flash, group show, New York, NY
1994
America's Favorite Painting Part II, group show, organized by Komar & Melamid, SVA Gallery, New York, NY
1993
Cadavre Exquis, group show, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Bibliography
2017
Walters, Sydney. ""The Panacea Project" Nudges Funnybones at Werkartz". ART AND CAKE, Sept.
Nakhla, Andrea. "One Night, Seven Shows: An Artist's Guide To An LA Art Crawl," blog.society6, Sept.
"Bettina Hubby's Exhibition "The Sexual Bronze Show," at the Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX," blouinartinfo.com, Dec.
2016
Bell, David. “The Sexual Bronze Show.” Notes on Looking. Feb.
"Bettina Hubby 'The Sexual Bronze Show'," wertical.com, Jan.
2015
Rothman, Tibby. “Art patriarchs John Baldessari and Ed Ruscha pick out Los Angeles’ brightest creative talent.” Wallpaper, Feb.
2014
Ruscha, Ed. “Best of 2014 The Artists’ Artists.” ARTFORUM, Dec.
Williams, Maxwell. “Thanks for the Mammaries.” GOOD Magazine. Aug.
Wilkinson, Isabel. “Artist Turns Breast Cancer Into Cause for Humorous, Boob–Themed Art Show.” NY Magazine. Aug.
Broersma, Virginia. “Busting it Out: A Studio Visit With Bettina Hubby.” A Studio Affair, July
Gluck, Marissa. “Bettina Hubby Turns Her Breast Cancer Recovery Into an Art Project.” LA Weekly, May
2013
Napoli, Lisa. "Dine amid the rubble and Dig the Dig at Bergamot Station," NPR
Dambrot, Shana Nys. "Dig the Dig," Voices Places
Dambrot, Shana Nys. "Smells Like Artistic Spirit: The Institute for Art and Olfaction," KCET
Napoli, Lisa. Disco ball hangs on crane: Silver Lake nightmare inspires local artist to create hard hat art," NPR
Wagley, Catherine. "Public Art: A contentious Silver Lake construction site becomes a one-night art party, LA Weekly
Apodaca, Rose. "Digging Bettina Hubby," La Vie en Rose
Kudler, Adrian Glick. "Artist throws party at Rowena construction site in Silver Lake," Curbed Los Angeles
Raymond, Anthea. "Pop Up exhibit Saturday documents Rowena Avenue's 'Big Dig,'" Echo Park-Silver Lake Patch
"Red Line Above Ground in DTLA, Expo Line Construction Art, Curbed Los Angeles
Frank, Peter. "Haiku Reviews: Greek Gods, The Wizard of Oz and a Facebook Miracle," review of SITE, 2 person show by Chad Attie and Bettina Hubby, The Huffington Post
2012
Bush, Bill. "Optical Allusions," review of the Five Spot at Andrew Shire Gallery, Huffington Post
Wagley, Catherine. "Performance Art Revisted," LA Weekly
Artsy, Avishay. "An Eagle Rock Shop that sells what else? Eagles and rocks," All Things Considered
Hodge, Brooke. "Seeing Things, Get Your Rocks and Eagles Here," New York Times Magazine
Wagley, Catherine. "Eagle Rock Rock and Eagle Shop," LA Weekly
Wagley, Catherine. "Eagle Rock...Literally," LA Weekly
Nelson, Steffie. "Eagle Rock Rock and Eagle Shop," Art & Commerce, Pasadena Magazine
Singh, Ajay. "Farewell, Eagle Rock Rock and Eagle Shop," Eagle Rock Patch
2011
Dambrot, Shana Nys. “David Tutera’s ‘My Fair Wedding’ Be Damned: Bettina Hubby’s ‘Get Hubbied’ project Will Transform Your Wedding Into Performance Art," LA Weekly, Oct.
Apodaca, Rose. "Go Get Hubbied," La Vie En Rose
Hodge, Brooke. "Getting Hubbied, Seeing Things, New York Times, Sept.
Dambrot, Shana Nys. "Something Borrowed, Something Bizarre: Get Hubbied Turns a Wedding into Performance Art," LA Weekly
Apodaca, Rose. "Getting Hubbied to A T, La Vie En Rose
Knight, Christopher. “It’s all over the map, Home Show Revisted,” LA Times, July
Tuck, Geoff. "Bettina Hubby in Home Show Revisited," Notes on Looking
Nelson, Steffie. “Space Invaders,” The New York Times T Magazine, June
2010
Kraus, Chris. and El Kholti, Hedi. "Chinatown by Hubby: A Snapshot of an Era," conversation, Paris LA
2008
Julavitz, Heidi. "Ready to Tear," New York Times T Magazine, Dec.
Lecaro, Lina. "Couture Savage, Bettina Hubby's Co-Tour 2008," LA Weekly, Oct.
Apodaca, Rose. Style File Blog, Oct.
Magner, Erin. "Get on the Bus: Bettina Hubby's Los Angeles," Style.com, Oct.
Von Messling, Christina. "Get on the Bus: Bettina Hubby's Soulbaring CoTour 2008," Racked.com, Oct.
Nelson, Steffie. "The Radar Now! CoTour de Force," Angeleno Magazine, Sept.
Ruscha, Ed. "Erotic Images," Vogue Hommes, Spring/Summer
2005
Halley, Peter. "Real life: FASHION, Salon Salon!," interview and images
2004
Hundley, Jessica. "Runway Show as Exhibit," LA Times
Rose, Aaron. "Bettina Hubby," Anthem Magazine
Frank, Peter. "Irrational Exhibits 3, Hubby Part IV," LA Weekly
2001
Rose, Aaron. "Young, Sleek, and Full of Hell," Published by Drago
2000
Rose, Aaron. "People / Bettina Hubby," Atmosphere Magazine, 2000