Bethan Huws

Bethan Huws (born 1961) is a Welsh multi-media artist whose work explores place, identity, and translation, often using architecture and text. Her work has been described as "delicate, unobtrusive interventions into architectural spaces". English is her second language, with Welsh being her vernacular. She studied at Middlesex Polytechnic between 1981 and 1985 and at the Royal College of Art, London, between 1986 and 1988.

Huws' first major solo exhibition was Art Cologne 1989 at Koelnmesse GmbH in Cologne. Other notable exhibitions include the Anthony Reynolds Gallery (1988), Riverside Studios (1989), Kunsthalle Bern (1990), Luis Campana Gallery (1991), the Venice Biennale (2003) and the Ingleby Gallery (2011).

In 1991, Huws moved to Paris, France.

Between 1999 and 2000, Huws undertook The Henry Moore Sculpture Fellowship at the British School at Rome. Through the use of multi-media materials, her work interrupts and redirects understanding. She is also influenced by René Magritte's intellectual work. Art Now Lightbox: Bethan Huws, Tate Britain, London, UK (2010) More Pricks Than Kicks, The David Roberts Arts Foundation, London, UK (2010) Bethan Huws: Capelgwyn, Whitechappel Art Gallery, London, UK (2011) Bethan Huws: Billboard for Edinburgh, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, UK (2011) A Text Is A Thing, Vistamare Benedetta Spalletti, Pescara, Italy (2011) Art and Philosophy, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (NBK), Mitte, Berlin, Germany (2011) Zwei Sammler - Thomas Olbricht and Harald Falckenberg, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (2011) Problem Play, Koenig & Clinton, Brooklyn, New York, USA (2012) A House of Leaves, The David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK (2012) Ahoy, an Island!, Fondation d'Entreprise Ricard, 8e, Paris, France (2012) Bethan Huws & The Bistritsa Babi: 'Singing for The Sea' (1993), Abbot Hall Gallery, Kendal, UK (2013) Editions of the Aargau Art Association 1991 – 2013, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland (2013) Rhythm in it, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland (2013) Cleaning Up, Johannes Vogt, Upper East Side, New York, USA (2013) Bethan Huws, Vistamare Benedetta Spalletti, Pescara, Italy (2014) Bethan Huws: Reading Duchamp, Research Notes 2007-2014, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland (2014) Billboard For Edinburgh, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, UK (2014) Boom She Boom: Works from the MMK Collection, MMK, Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, Germany (2014) Playing by Heart, Kolumba, Kunstmuseum des Erzbistums Köln, Cologne, Germany (2014) Beating around the bush Episode #3, Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands (2014) Bethan Huws: Culture, Language & Thought, Kolumba, Kunstmuseum des Erzbistums Köln, Cologne, Germany (2016) 30 Years Kunsthalle Bern Foundation, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland (2016) Do you get what you see?, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland (2016) Horizons, Vistamare Benedetta Spalletti, Pescara, Italy (2016) The Astonishing Reality of Things, Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich, Germany (2016) Bethan Huws, Vistamare Benedetta Spalletti, Pescara, Italy (2017) Bethan Huws, Barbara Cross Galerie, Munich, Germany (2017) A boat is a floating piece of space, toward the Horizon, Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Italy (2017) Bethan Huws: Works on Paper, Barbara Cross Galerie, Munich, Germany (2018) Bethan Huws, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland (2018) Reflection about Reflection, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland (2018) The Sculpture Collections, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK (2018) RE-SET: Appropriation and transformation in Music and Art since 1900, Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland (2018) Reading Duchamp- Research Notes 2007-2014, Kunstaele Berlin, Germany (2019) Federn: Wärmen, Verführen, Fliegen, Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland (2019) Sans réserve, Frac Bretagne, Rennes, France (2019) Monde(s) Merveilleux, Galerie Art Attitude Herve Bize, Nancy, France (2019) Cambio. New Additions to the Collection, Kunstmusuem St. Gallen, Switzerland (2020) The World is Gone, I Must Carry You, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden (2020) I Reflect What You Are: From Nan Goldin To Roni Horn. Intimacy In The Collection Lambert, Collection Lambert en Avignon, France (2020) Art From A Hundred Years: Highlights Of The Daimler Art Collection 1920-2020, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany (2020) Ècoute, Galerie Tschudi · Zuoz, Switzerland (2021) Bethan Huws: Works on Paper / Word Vitrines, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Reinhart am Stadtgarten, Winterthur, Switzerland (2021) Bethan Huws: Works on Paper / Word Vitrines, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Beim Stadthaus, Winterthur, Switzerland (2021)