Bettina Charlotte Radatz

Bettina Charlotte's career as an artist began after a long life of exploration. Although she has traveled around geographically too, Berlin/ Germany had been her base for 54 years - in 2013 this has changed as she decided to move to the Portuguese island of Madeira.
Before starting her artistic career Bettina Charlotte has explored different professions: she travelled the world as flight attendant for Lufthansa, she learned to be and worked as professional photographer, studied adult education and worked with adults for many years, was self employed and worked as systemic life coach in Berlin, Germany – these professions have given her a wide horizon of different elements of life. Because of her constant drive to be creative, art has always accompanied her during times of other professions and in 2013 she finally decided to work as full time artist when she moved to the island of Madeira to be part of the local artist community.
Perhaps because of all this together--getting to know so many earthly professions--her art has turned more into the abstract and sometimes metaphysical. Her special ability is intuitive painting in a gestural expressive way – she calls it “The Art to Listen to Your Heart” which she also teaches in workshop...

Artistic Biography

Born in April 1957 in Berlin/ Germany

Studied Terracotta (Clay)-Art and Sculpture 1994 – 2010
with Erika Sauer, Berlin

Studied Painting and Drawing 1990 -1998
with different professional artists in Berlin/ Germany (i.e. André Bednarzic Berlin)

Working and exhibiting in the artist gallery “Espaço das Artes”/ Funchal, Madeira 2012 – 2016.

Working and exhibiting as “Artist in Residence” in “Art Center Caravel”/ Funchal, Madeira 2016-2018

Painting Live at Restock Gallery, Funchal, Madeira May-December 2018

Working now in Alentejo, Portugal

2010 – “Terracotta Arts and Sculptures”, Solo Exhibition at “Stirner Friseure”, Berlin, Germany
2011 – “Kunstmeile Stahnsdorf” – Contemporary Art Exhibition at Stahnsdorf, Germany
2011/2012 – “Close to Heaven” – “Terracotta Arts and Sculptures”, Solo Exhibiton at “Café Gallery Poesie”, Berlin, Germany
2016 – “Islands 2016” – International Group Exhibition in Art Center Caravel, Funchal, Madeira
2017 – “Islands 2017” – International Group Exhibition in Art Center Caravel, Funchal, Madeira
2018 – “Islands 2018” – International Group Exhibition in Art Center Caravel, Funchal, Madeira
2018 – “It's Just a Thought” – Solo Exhibition at Restock Gallery Funchal, Madeira