Emmanuel Levinas, Difficult Freedom, 1961

Claire Betti begins his artistic career in the 80s as professional theatre actress then as painter work in the 90s. She lives and works Lausanne in Switzerland.

2017

• Training, 6 weeks Courses at the China Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China
• Collective exhibition gallery Trace-Ecard, Bulle. FESTIVAL altitudes, « migratory instincts cartography and tagging », Switzerland
• Personal exhibition « INKS » Gallery du Theatre du Pommier, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• collective exhibition « Women’s » Swiss Place of contemporary arts, Lausanne, Switzerland

2016

• Collective exhibition, « ULTRA NOEL », sketchbooks, Vevey, Switzerland
• Organization of one trip in China :
• « Watercolour and drawing in China » for Atelier Claire Koenig

Personal exhibition

• « BY ALPS TO HUANGSHAN », Galery La Librairie, Morges, Switzerland

2015

• Collective exhibition « Seriel », La Sarraz, Switzerland
• Organization of two collective trips in China:
• « Off the beaten path, mountains and campaigns of Anhui »
• « Travel to the mythical landscapes of Chinese painting »

2013

• Painting activity
• First journey to China

2008-2013

• Manager of cultural project of the theatre company
• Painting activity

2008

• SAWI training course, cultural management
• 1993, 1996, 1998 – Birth of her three children

Painting activity

• 1992 – Start of self-taught painting activity with Chinese ink
• 1985 – 1992 – Professional theatre actress
• 1982-1985 – Dramatic arts student at the Atelier de Travail Theatral, Lausanne
• 1958 – Birth April 16th, Switzerland

Education

Senior Scholar programme China academy of art, Hangzhou, China (2017-Present )

Master’s programme for exchangestudents in Media Arts from École supérieure des beaux-arts d’Angers,France, 2015

M.F.A in Painting from Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan , West Bengal. (2013-2015)

B.F.A in Painting from College Of fine Arts, Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. (2009-2013)

Scholarships

• 2016-Chinese government scholarship for Senior Scholar programme
• 2015-Chapark French government scholarship for exchange students
• 2015-Scholarship from Ministry Of Culture of India
• 2014-Scholarship for young artists given by Ministry of Culture, New Delhi
• 2014-Kerala lalithakala akademy art student’s scholarship for MFA, Trissur
• 2014-Visva Bharati Merit scholarship
• 2013-Kerala lalitha kala academy student scholarship for BFA , Trissur

Exhibition

• 2017-‘conglomeration #2’ an international exhibition of prints, Kerala Lalit Kala Academy art gallery kozhikkode and College of fine arts art gallery.thiruvananthapuram
• 2017-‘Burned stone’ exhibition of paintings, Kasrgod, Kerala
• 2016-‘Conglomeration’ an international exhibition of prints, Kerala Lalit Kala Academy art
  Gallery, Durbar hall, Kochi
• 2016-‘Poetics of Plurality’ a national exhibition of art, A group show in site art space
  Baroda,India
• 2016-‘Continents meet’ an International Exhibition of art , Group exhibition
  Cholamandal Artists village, Chennai
• 2015-‘KRIYA 2015’, an International Exhibition of art, dialogues on post performance
  Object, Group exhibition in Pune, Maharastra,india
• 2016-Exhibition of drawings (Solo), Nanets, France
• 2016-‘GAMES OF LIGHT’, International art students exhibition, group show,
  École supérieure des beaux-arts d’Angers, gallery , Angers France
• 2016-‘Wounded Lines’ exhibition of drawings, at Amsterdam,Netherlands
• 2014-Final display Nandan ART gallery, Santiniketan,Visva Bharati university
• 2014-An exhibition for Postgraduate students in Gorky central Kolkata
• 2014-Kerala Lalit Kala Academy state art exhibition Durbar hall art center Cochin
• 2013-Siddartha foundation annual art Exhibition, kollam, kerala
• 2013-‘WATER MARK’ Degree show, College of fine arts Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
• 2013-Kerala Lalit Kala Academy state art exhibition Durbar hall art center Cochin, kerala

CAMPS

• 2015-‘Make something’ workshop for art students, École supérieure des beaux-arts d’Angers,France,
• 2015-International performing workshop, Kolkata, India
• 2014-About time and space Art student’s workshop, visa Bharati, santiniketan, west Bengal
• 2014-Inter National Artists camp SSVAD Sntiniketan, West Bengal
• 2013-National Art student’s camp, College of Art, Delhi

EXHIBITIONS

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017 Transitions, Galerie New Image, Paris, France.
2016 Paysages d’eau, Galerie New Image, Paris, France.
2015 L’esprit de l’encre, Galerie New Image, Paris, France.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016 La Petite Galerie. Bourron-Marlotte, Fontainebleau, France.
Promenade dans la montagne, with Qixiang Zhou, Galerie New Image, Paris, France.

FAIRS
2015 Salon d’art de La Bellevilloise, Paris, France.

PUBLICATIONS

2016 Publishing of calligraphies and an extended article about Chinese calligraphy and
poetry in Alga nº 75, a specialized poetry review. Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain.
2009 Illustrates the book Zen, tradition vivante. Promenade philosophique autour du
Genjô kôan de Maître Dôgen, by Yoko Orimo. Temple de la Chaux-de-Fonds,
Switzerland.
2000 Publishing of poems in the Portuguese literary magazine Anto, a biannual culture
magazine. Amarante, Portugal.

OTHERS

2015 Artistic direction and set design of the play El espíritu de las aguas. Espai Ku, Poetry
Festival of Barcelona, Spain.

Graduated from Chinese Department of China Academy of Art , received Bacherlor of Arts in Traditional Chinese Landscape painting in 2000.
Graduated from Chinese Department of China Academy of Art , received Master of Arts in Traditional Chinese Landscape painting in 2004.
Graduated from Chinese Department of China Academy of Art , received PhD. of Fine Arts in 2010.
I had taught the traditional landscape painting course in the International College of China Academy of Art from 2004 through present, specially for foreign students. So I was deeply interested in the difference between Chinese landscape painting and western landscape painting. I hope my research in this area, could enrich both my own works and all my foreign students’ works.

I was invited to exhibit my painting in:

1999, Work: “The Good Autumn Day” in the Ninth National Exhibition of Arts Zhejiang Province.
2001, Work: “The Country Side” was awarded 1st place in my category of all graduated students from Arts Academies around China.
2002, Work: “The Rain In Later Afternoon” in Chinese and Japanese “ Human and Nature” Exhibition.
2004, Work: “The Mist Forest Near The West Lake” in the Tenth National Exhibition of Arts China. This work was kept by Zhejiang Museum.
2005, Work: “The Fragrance of Tee in Jiangnan” in Zhejiang Young Landscape Paintings Exhibition.
2006 July, At “Nature Sagesse And Encre De Chine” demonstrated the art of brush painting specially in Landscape painting in France.
2007，Works: “Free me”, “The Shadow of the flower”, “Shade in Summer ”, “Liu Yuan Garden” in Exhibition of the young teacher of China Academy of Art in Shenzhen Guang Shanyue Museum.
2009，Work: “Ramble over The West Lake” in the Twelfth National Exhibition of Arts Zhejiang Province.
2009, Work: “Four seasons of The West Lake” in The Landscape Painting Exhibition for commemorate Lu Yanshao.
2012, “Seek Dreams on the West Lake”- Personal Exhibition in Hanyang Art Gallery, Hangzhou.

2015, Published academic papers of the research on Chinese landscape painting of urban themes in contemporary.
Works published in the Art Salon, Chinese Painting, the Art Collection and some other magazines.
2016，During May to July, had been invited to visit Cite International des Arts, Paris France.
Had been Teaching in Chinese Traditional Painting Studio in the International College of China Academy of Art Since 2004, teaching students from more than 20 countries all over the world.