Statement
I am an artist/printmaker and art therapist who has exhibited worldwide and participated in numerous printmaking shows.
From 1983-85 I studied woodblock printmaking in Japan, having been awarded the Japanese ‘Monbusho’ scholarship. From Japan I moved to Denmark where I have many works, including paintings, in private collections and corporate businesses. From 1987-88 I moved to Spain producing works, mostly paintings and inks on paper for exhibiting back in Denmark. On returning I set up my own gallery ‘BellFree’ in Copenhagen promoting both national and international artists.
I currently live and work in Edinburgh as a practising artist/art therapist and am producing work for both independent and group shows returning to my preferred medium of printmaking.
My current work explores the idea of personal environment, cultural history and memory and how one integrates these in an ever-changing world.
I combine elements of multicultural reference and the changing industrial landscape.
I believe the emotional complexity of containing multicultural history is increasingly a more universal experience. It is something of these ambiguous experiences I attempt to share with the viewer through the medium of printmaking.
Email:bellhansen1@yahoo.co.uk
Exhibitions
2009 Patriot Hall Wasps. Edinburgh.
2008 Freedom, mini print exhibition, Sunderland. Næstved International mini print exhibition, Denmark. Royal Scottish Academy, Visual Arts Scotland and Society of Scottish Artists Annual Show, Edinburgh. Edinburgh Printmakers Winter Show.
‘Zoo’ Edinburgh Printmakers Gallery II. Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition. Prints Tokyo 2007. Japan. Edinburgh Printmakers Winter Show
2006 Edinburgh Printmakers Winter Show.
2005 Edinburgh Printmakers Winter Show.
2004 Edinburgh Printmakers Winter Show.
2003 EmergeD, accommodation 2, Edinburgh Festival. Transmission Gallery Glasgow. Edinburgh Printmakers Winter Show.
2002 ‘Three Piece Suite’ Wasps Patriot Hall. Edinburgh.
Edinburgh Printmakers Winter Show.
2001 Small Prints Exhibition, London.
1998 Edinburgh School of Art.
1997 Mostingshus‘Passage’Copenhagen. Royal Scottish Academy SAAC Edinburgh
1996 369 Gallery, Edinburgh.
1995 Alfeldts Medborger Hus. Denmark
1994 Mary Ward Centre, London. Courtauld Gallery, London.
Open Door Studio exhibition (Kultur Fabbrikken) Denmark
1993 The Mermaid Theatre, London. Galleri 93, Gentofte. Denmark. ‘Naked and Nude’ Brondsalen Denmark. International Print Biennial, Maastricht, Nederlands.
1992 ‘Frameworks’ travelling group show. Buxton Museum and Gallery
1990 Studio 1-2,Hernning Denmark. Art Gallery, Derbyshire. Brew House Arts Centre, Burton on Trent.
1989 Skovhuset Ballerup Denmark. Annette Birchs Kunsthandle Denmark. Galleri Steen Esbjerg Denmark.
1988 Galleri Gari, Copenhagen. Studio 1-2, Hernning. Overgarden Kulturebygning ‘Transport Billder’ Copenhagen
1985 2nd Cabo Frio International Print Biennial Brazil. Galleri Sct. Agnes, Roskilde Denmark.
1984 Tama Art University Tokyo. 10th I.I.E.P. Kanagawa Japan
1983 The Winchester Gallery. 1st Cabo Frio International Print Biennial Brazil. 9th I.I.E.P. Kanagawa Japan. 1982
1982 International Independent Exhibitions of Prints Japan.
1981 Parade Gallery, Cheltenham
Sales, Publications and Membership
Sold to numerous Art Unions in Denmark and private collections worldwide. Edition of a print and calendar for ‘Colourpack’ Denmark. for their customer base which includes the Royal Household of Denmark.
Publications: Artists Newsletter, April & May issues 1983
Blink Red website.2001 –2003
Member of the RSA
Member of SSA
Member of VAS
Member of Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop
2008. Curator of show between Edinburgh Printmakers and Wellspring centre for counselling and psychotherapy.
Education
1978-79 Maidstone College of Art (Foundation)
1979-81 Winchester School of Art (B.A.Hons, Fine Art)
1983-85 Tama University,Tokyo, Japan
(Japanese state scholarship-Monbusho)
To study Japanese woodblock printmaking.
(Art Therapy and Psychotherapy)
1995-97 Edinburgh University Settlement
School of Art Therapy (Postgraduate Diploma, Caledonian University)
2002-05 Scottish Institute of Human Relations, Therapeutic Skills with Children and Young People. (P.G. Diploma, Strathclyde University)
2008 EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
Trained to European Standard.
Practising Artist &
Self-Employed Art Therapist at
‘Wellspring’ Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy’.
Various workshops and teaching experiences. |
