The Beauty of one Moment

Doris Betz (photo © Bernhard Roth)
Doris Betz
Every single jewellery piece of mine is a snap shot of my art work.
I feel free to cross the rules of handcraft and I go straight to the borders of the material.
I invent processes of work, which I cannot control. The coincidence is my most important ally. New forms and surfaces arise. Energy, speed and movement stream directly into the metal, the lightness and the beauty of one moment is catched.

Earrings Clouds silver, gold (photo © Erol Gurian )
Biography
2006–09 Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, assistant to Otto Künzli / DE
1996 Diploma
1990–96 Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, with Hermann Jünger and Otto Künzli / DE
Prizes, Awards, Grants
2017 Projektstipendium Danner Stiftung München / DE
2017 Projektstipendium Erwin und Gisela von Steiner Stiftung München / DE
2010 Bavarian State Award, IHM, Munich / DE
2006 Atelierförderung der Landeshauptstadt München / DE
2000 Artist in Residence, Vienna / AT
1999 Development Award, Förderkreis Bildende Kunst in Nürnberg / DE
1997 Projektstipendium des Deutschen Museums München /DE
1997 Förderpreis Angewandte Kunst der Landeshauptstadt München / DE
1996 Herbert Hofmann Award, IHM, Munich / DE
1994 Development Award, Deutsches Elfenbeinmuseum, Erbach / DE
Public Collections
Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum, Danner-Stiftung, Munich / DE
mudac – Musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains, Lausanne / CH
Jewellery Museum, Pforzheim / DE
Stedeljik Museum, Amsterdam / NL
The Mint Museum of Art and Design, North Carolina / US
Gallery of Art, Legnica / PL
Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York / US
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide / AUS
CODA Museum, Apeldoorn / NL
Selected Exhibitions
Since 1996 many single- and group-Exhibitions in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Finland, Slovakia, America, Australia.

Necklace Napoli silver (photo © Erol Gurian )