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BEATRIX OST

EDUCATION & TRAINING

  • Artist-in-Residence, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, 1987 

  • Stachelz-Institut of Homeopathy and Psychology, Munich, Germany, 1968-70

  • Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany, 1958-62

  • Oskar Kokoschkas Schule des Sehens, Salzburg, Austria, 1958-59

  • Isadora Duncan School of Dance, Munich, Germany, 1953-59

LITERATURE, THEATER & CIMENA

Literature

  • My Father's House/A Piece of Me 2006

  • Als wär's ein Teil von mir 2004

  • GREYBOOK Vol III: The Philosopher's Style 2016

  • More Than Everything 2017

  • I Bit My Tongue 2000

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Theater

  • Scriptwriter, Killer Venus 1998

  • Producer, White Chocolate 2004
     

Cinema

  • Creative Producer, Scriptwriter, Producer, Hearts' Lonely Hunters (dir. D. Kuttner), 35mm, 106 minutes, 1 : 1.85 color, Charlottesville, VA, KO Films, 1996

  • Actress. Pousse Cafe (dir. Susan Winter), Charlottesville, VA, Burnt Mountain Films, 1996

  • ZDF German State Television documentary: Zu Gast bei Beatrix Ost, 1980

  • Leading role, Protokoll einer Heirat (dir. Dieter Lemmel). German State Television, 1967

  • Leading role, Bis zum Happy End (dir. Theo Kotulla), 35mm, 1967

AWARDS

  • Women's Wear Designer of the Year, CFDA Fashion Awards, The Row 2012 

  • Jury Award for Best Work, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA, 1991 (Tom Armstrong)

  • Jury Award of Distinction, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA, 1990 (Donald Kuspit)

ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP

  • Board Member. The Culture Project, New York, NY, 1997-present

  • Board Member, Live Arts, Charlottesville, VA, 1993-99

  • Board Member, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA, 1985-95

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • Illuminations and Illusions, 2nd Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA 2019

  • 100 Nudes, Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, VA 2003

  • About Love and Other Obstacles, Artists' Consortium, Charlottesville, VA 2002

  • Galerie Goetz, Stuttgart, Germany, 1994

  • The X-Art Foundation, Blast 4, Bioinformica, New York, NY, 1994

  • Beauty is Harsh, Gallery White Hall, New York, NY, 1993

  • Ten Years of Solitude, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, 1993

  • Beauty is Harsh, Newcomb Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1993

  • In Search of the Goddess, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA, 1992

  • Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA, 1991

  • Galerie Goetz, Stuttgart, Germany, 1991

  • New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, 1989

  • Galerie Rieder, Munich, Germany, 1988

  • Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1988

  • Randolph-Macon Gallery, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA, 1987

  • Riverside Museum Gallery, New York, NY, 1987

  • Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, 1986

  • Synergist Gallery, New York, NY, 1982

  • Watercolors by Beatrix Ost, Galerie Poseidon, Ischia, Italy, 1973

  • Galerie Commerzbank, Munich, Germany, 1972

  • Watercolors by Beatrix Ost, Galerie Poseidon, Ischia, Italy, 1971

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • Community Art Fund, Nature Gallery, Charlottesville, VA 2003

  • New York Academy of Art, New York, NY 2001

  • Get Surreal: Reviving the Exquisite Corpse, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA 2000

  • Animal Attraction, Frank IX Building / Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2000

  • Hindsight/Foresight, Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2000

  • New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, 1999, 1998, 1994, 1993

  • Hispanic AIDS Forum, Gallery White Hall, New York, NY, 1993

  • Salute to Merce Cunningham, Cartier, New York, NY, 1993

  • Galerie Goetz, Stuttgart, Germany, 1992

  • Dream House, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA, 1992

  • Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA, 1991

  • Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA, 1991

  • Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA, 1990

  • Artists Create Fashion, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, 1987

  • Studied from Life, Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1987

  • Museo Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 1965

  • Herbstsalon, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany, 1964

  • Museum Bratislava, Bratislava, Yugoslavia, 1963

  • Museum Wasserburg, Wasserburg am Inn, Germany, 1962

  • Art in Concentration Camps, Museum Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany, 1961

PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS

  • Nannette Gehrig, München

  • Barbara Schwarz, NY

  • American Health Foundation, Valhalla, NY

  • Baden-Baden Museum of Art, Baden-Baden, Germany

  • Box Tree Hotel, New York, NY

  • National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

LECTURES

  • Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, 1993 / 2003

  • Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA, 1992

  • Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1988

  • New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, 1987

  • Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, 1986

BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS

  • Vintage Contemporary Editions, Random House 1990-94

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • Virginia Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA: Hindsight/Fore-site: Art of the New Millennium, 2003

  • Riley, Terrance, The Unprivate House. New York, NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1999 p.116

  • Graaf, Vera, Farbflut und Kunststoffwellen. Die New Yorker Wohnung der Künstlerin Beatrix Ost, Architektur und Wohnen, Germany, February 1998

  • Modepassport: Beatrix Ost: Bohemienne mit Grandezza, Vogue (German), June 1998 p.38

  • Giovannini, Joseph, Design Notebook: The Shape of Things to Come Is Here, New York Times, 18 September 1997, late edition, sec. F, pg. 1

  • Rose, Deborah, Film Offers New Lens on Town, Marquee, Charlottesville, VA, April 5, 1996 p.3

  • Youssef, Nancy A, Movie Filming Near Rotunda..., Cavalier Daily, Charlottesville, VA 1995

  • Podium: Klassikers Eigenleben: Malerei von Beatrix Ost, Podium, Stuttgart, Germany 1994

  • Moldenhauer, Susan, Beatrix Ost: Ten Years of Solitude, The Second Glance, Charlottesville, VA 1993 p.1

  • Schwartz, Eugene, Visibles, Rose Tattoo, Parade. A Conversation unpublished interview, July 1993

  • Holladay-McLeod, Deborah, Beauty Is Harsh. Exhibition Notes. Gallery White Hall, New York, NY, September 1993

  • Beauty Is Harsh, 1993 (dir. Mikl Wood) 30 minutes, Wood Productions. Videocassette

  • Margulis, Stephen, Ten Years of Solitude. McGuffey Show Stimulates, Charlottesville (Virginia) Observer, Vol. XVI #38, 23 September 1993

  • McLeod, Deborah, In Search of the Goddess. Exhibition Catalog. Newport News, VA: Peninsula Fine Arts Center, 1992

  • Rand-Hudson, Carol, Ost Succeeds in New Medium: Sculpture, Hampton Roads Virginian Pilot- Ledger Star, 12 April 1992 sec. G, pg. 5

  • St. John Erickson, Mark, At a Glance: PFAC Shows Are Emotionally and Visually Intense, Newport News (Virginia) Daily Press, April 26, 1992

  • McGreevy, Linda, Two Women's Art, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA, April 1992

  • In Search of the Goddess, 1992 (dir. Daniel Kuttner) 25 minutes, KO Films. Videocassette.

  • Latter, Ruth, Beatrix Ost Unlaces the Corset, Marquee, Charlottesville, VA, September 1991

  • von Olschowsky, Petra, Das tägliche Abenteuer, Stuttgarter Nachrichen, Germany, 10 January 1991 Sec. NR, pg. 8

  • Sherman, Linda, On the Path of Self-Discovery. Beatrix Ost...of Freedom and the Corset, Charlottesville (Virginia)Observer, May 23, 1991 p.1
· Schmock, Regina: Stil Porträt, Manhattan Malerisch, Vogue (German), February 1990, p. 70

  • Casey, John, Some Observations on Beatrix Ost's 'Beaches and Beds'. Exhibition Catalog. Stuttgart, Germany: Galerie Goetz, 1990

  • Schulze-Lackner, Klaus Peter, Wie gemalt: Münchener Kunst in Virginia, Monaco International, 3. Jahrgang, Spring 1988

  • Van Doren, William, New York Welcomes Ost Show With Crowd at Academy of Art, The Charlottesville (Virginia) Observer 1989

  • Women at Work: Beatrix Ost, Other Voices, Special Issue - 2, Japan, October 1989

  • Latter, Ruth, From the Art World: Ost's Canvases Boldly Executed, Charlottesville (Virginia) Daily Progress, 6 November 1988 Sec. C, pg. 3

  • Van Doren, William, Ost's Exhibit at the Bayly Shows Artist's Spirit, Charlottesville (Virginia)Observer, 17 November 1988

  • Tucker, Dale, All About Ost. The Bayly's Exhibit of Stark and Dignified Portraits, Charlottesville (Virginia) Declaration, 17 November 198

  • Ost Exhibit Overlaps Film Festival, Charlottesville (VIrginia) Daily Progress ,Saturday Magazine, 22 October 1988 p.5

  • Metzner, Sheila, Robert Reed, Douglas Day, Beatrix Ost: Still Lives. Exhibition Catalog. Charlottesville, VA: Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, 1988

  • Jerz, Dennis, Art Preview. Ost Exhibit Invites Viewer Interpretation, University of Virginia Journal, Charlottesville, VA, November 1988
· Ein Leben aus der Frühzeit der Moderne: Die Malerin Beatrix Ost, Vogue (German), March 1988 p.166

  • Leute, Loriot stand für Beatrix Ost, Abendzeitung, Munich, Germany, 7 March 1988 p. 12

  • Latter, Ruth, Paintings Question Reality, Charlottesville (Virginia) Daily Progress, 16 November 1986

  • Prominenz in Schale: Aussergewöhnliche Paare..., Vogue (German), November 1986, p. 234

  • Latter, Ruth, Studied from Life, Charlottesville (VIrginia) Daily Progress , 16 December 1987 Sec. F, pg. 3

  • Merrit, Robert, Ost's Surreal World Unfolds in Art, Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch, April 23, 1987 Sec. D, pg. 14

  • Ein Haus der Kunst, Vogue (German), July 1987 p.194

  • Works by Beatrix Ost at Randolph-Macon College, Richmond (Virginia) News Leader, 18 April 1987 and Randolph-Macon College Bulletin, VA, Spring 1987

  • Gutman, Nell, The Paintings of Beatrix Ost. Exhibition Notes. New York, NY: Riverside Museum Gallery, 1987

  • Vroom IV, George, Ost's Exotic Surreal, Artworld, New York, NY, Vol. II #6, 15 March - 15 April 1987, p.7

  • Merkin, Richard, Vienna in Virginia, Vanity Fair, New York, NY, November 1986 p. 114
Holladay, Deborah, Beatrix Ost. Exhibition Catalog. New York, NY: Riverside Museum Gallery,1986

  • Höhne, Anita, Mit Maximilian Schell. Die Münchener Malerin spielt eine Malerin, Abendzeitung, Munich, Germany, 6 June 1986 p. 30

  • Wilson, Elizabeth, Living Well Still Best Revenge, Charlottesville (Virginia) Daily Progress, 24 October 1986

  • Graaf, Vera, Old South, Ein Farmhouse in Virginia, Architektur und Wohnen, Germany, 22 May 1985

  • Bangert, Dr. Albrecht, Eine Wohnung aus verrückten Träumen, Ambiente, Germany, February 1981

  • Wintour, Anna and Post, Henry, Looking Great, New York , New York, NY, 9 November 1981 p.37

  • Graaf, Vera, Rotes Dinner in Manhattan, Ambiente, Germany 1979

  • Exhibition Catalog, Commerzbank, Munich, Germany 1972

  • Eine Schülerin Oskar Kokoschkas, Quick, Munich, Germany, Jahrgang 12 #53, 29 August 1959 p.1