Bettina Blohm was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1961. She studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (1980-1984). In 1984, she moved to New York City, establishing a second studio in Berlin in 2008. Recent solo exhibitions include Museum Haus am Waldsee im Bikini, Berlin, (2018), Werner Klein Gallery, Cologne (2017), Marc Straus Gallery, New York (2014) and Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, State University, Old Westbury, New York (2012). Institutional exhibitions include The Painting Center, New York (2016);  Kunsthalle Bremen, (2013); International Print Center, New York (2010, 2007); Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (2009); Museum Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserslautern(2007), among others. Her work is represented in numerous permanent collections, including Berlinische Galerie, Busch Reisinger Museum Harvard, Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Kunsthalle Bremen and Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern. Blohm lives and works in New York and Berlin.