Bettina Hohls (born 26 June 1947, in Celle) is a German artist and

designer A designer is a person who plans the form or structure of something before it is made, by preparing drawings or plans. In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, products, processes, laws, games, graphics, services, or exp ...

. She raised the attention of an international audience with her design and photographic work for the covers of two

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albums in 1973 and 1974 as well as with her vocal contributions to releases of the German rock band

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in 1972. Bettina Hohls lives in

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and works as a certified cultural manager.

Education and career

Bettina Hohls attended the Hölty-Gymnasium in Celle until 1963. In 1969 Bettina Hohls graduated as Designer at the

Werkkunstschule A Kunstgewerbeschule (English: ''School of Arts and Crafts'' or S''chool of Applied Arts'') was a type of vocational arts school that existed in German-speaking countries from the mid-19th century. The term Werkkunstschule was also used for thes ...

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(today Fachhochschule

) and attended Hochschule der Künste in Berlin (today

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) until 1975. Hohls was associated with the German psychedelic rock group

, contributing vocals to their 1972 album ''Seven Up'' (with

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) and the single "Gedanken"."Gedanken"
Ash Ra Tempel discography, retrieved 24 September 2008 She designed the cover of ''

The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage ''The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage'' is the third album by British singer-songwriter Peter Hammill. It was released on Charisma Records in 1974, during a hiatus in the activities of Hammill's progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. ...

'', a 1974 album by the British singer and songwriter

and took the photograph "Hamburg foliage" on the cover of Hammill's 1973 album ''

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''. In the 1980s and 1990s Bettina Hohls worked as a teacher for arts and took part in various exhibitions and art symposiums in Germany as well as in Korea and Japan. She assisted Peter Gabriel in preparing the first

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festival in 1982. She is engaged in intercultural studies, works as an artist agent and, on a small scale level, as a concert manager.

Personal life

Bettina Hohls has a daughter and has lived in Berlin since 1969. She is very interested in intercultural communications, especially in Asian culture. She is member of the Deutsch-Japanische Gesellschaft where she takes part in cultural events. Bettina Hohls is a multiple synesthete.

References

External links

Bettina Hohls at MySpace
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hohls, Bettina Living people 20th-century German painters 21st-century German painters German women artists German contemporary artists 1947 births People from Celle Artists from Berlin 20th-century German women 21st-century German women