Mercedes Helnwein

Mercedes Helnwein ( born November 12, 1979 in Vienna) is an Austrian visual artist, writer and video artist.

Life

Mercedes Helnwein was born as the daughter of Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein in Vienna. She lived until 1985 in Vienna, after which she moved with her family to Germany. Since 1997 she lives in Tipperary in Ireland and in Downtown Los Angeles. She wrote and recorded since their earliest youth. When she was 13 years old, the German feminist magazine Emma published her comic The men are fighting back. Her artistic works, Mercedes Helnwein is dedicated primarily to the large-format drawing with pencil, colored pencil, ink and pastel on paper. However, it also works in watercolor and oil technique.

In her videos she handled similar issues as in their drawings: people in absurd and mysterious situations, often together with other people to whom they appear to be a disturbing and not to be decrypted manner in relationship. In 2004 she joined forces with the American artist Alex Prager the publisher Devils Porchlight Press. After several short stories and short stories, her novel The Potential Hazards of Hester Day was published in 2008 by Simon & Schuster in New York.

Mercedes Helnwein is represented by the following galleries: Blackston Gallery, New York, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, The Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, Pool Gallery, Berlin and Bespoke Gallery, Dublin. My Literary work is represented by: Ed Victor Literary agency Ltd, London and Fletcher & Company, New York..

In March 2010 Damien Hirst acquired all the works of their exhibition Whistling Past the Graveyard in the A Gallery in London.

Works (selection)

  • The Universal Cure, narrative
  • Devil Got Religion, narrative
  • Frank, short story
  • The Potential Hazards of Hester Day, novel, Simon & Schuster, New York, 2008 ISBN. 1416574662
  • The Book of Disquiet, ( to immoral drama ) Devil's Porchlight Press; 2005
  • Whistling Past the Graveyard, Video
  • East of Eden, video
  • Faking It, Video
  • Love is a Dog, colored pencil on paper

Exhibitions (selection)

  • Drawings, Studio Jason Lee, Los Angeles, 2003, solo exhibition
  • America Motel, installation, America Motel, Los Angeles, 2004
  • In America Now, Omelveny Gallery, West Hollywood, United States, 2004, group exhibition
  • Last Chapter of Dreaming, South Tipperary Art Centre, Ireland, in 2006, solo exhibition
  • Amazing Grace, Pool Gallery, Berlin, 2006, solo exhibition
  • Young Guns, ( curated by The Shooting Gallery ), Sundance Film Festival, Park City, USA, 2006, group exhibition
  • Beyond Representation, ( curated by Shawn Barber) Scion Dashboard Gallery, San Francisco, 2006, group exhibition
  • Strange Days, Pool Gallery, Berlin, 2007, solo exhibition
  • RHA Annual, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, 2007, group exhibition
  • Strange Days, Bespoke Gallery, Dublin, 2007, solo exhibition
  • Local News, Molesworth Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, in 2007, solo exhibition
  • Luck of the Draw, Hunsacker / Schlesinger Fine Art Gallery, Santa Monica, USA, 2007, group exhibition
  • Whistling Past the Graveyard, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, 2008, solo exhibition
  • We Are the Superlative Conspiracy, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, USA, 2008, group exhibition
  • East of Eden, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles 2009, solo exhibition
  • Whistling Past the Graveyard II, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, 2009, solo exhibition
  • It's a Wonderful Life, Randall Scott Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, in 2009, group exhibition
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