Helen Verhoeven

Helen Verhoeven (born 1974 in Leiden) is a painter and sculptor based in Berlin. Verhoeven was born in the Netherlands and moved to the U.S. in 1986. She attended the San Francisco Art Institute, New York Academy of Art, and the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. In 2010, she was the winner of the Wolvecamp Award, a 18,500 euro Dutch art prize for painters under 40 years old. A catalog, Part Pretty, was published in connection with the Wolvecamp award. Verhoeven's works seem to explore the theme of ceremonial gatherings. Her work also conjures themes of burlesque, largely of the Weimar period. Helen is the daughter of acclaimed film director Paul Verhoeven.

Selected solo exhibitions
2013

Mother, Stigter van Doesburg, Amsterdam

The Waiting, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt

2012

Stage Disasters, Wallspace, New York

Part Pretty, SCHUNCK, Heerlen, Netherlands

2010

The Thingly Character, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam

Art Show I - Helen Verhoeven, KLEMM’S project room 7d5e, Berlin

2008

Event Two, Mesler & Hug, Los Angeles

Event One, Wallspace, New York

2007

The Beautiful Many, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam

2006

Saints, Wallspace, New York

2004

Nightmares, Wallspace, New York

Group Exhibitions
2014

Disturbing Innocence, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY

2013

10 Years, Wallspace, New York, NY

2012

Der Gemalte Raum / Painted Space, Works from the Essl Collection in the Schömer Hause Through an Open Window, Institut Néerlandais, Paris, France Made in Germany Zwei, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany Door Schildersogen / From a Painter’s Perspective, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2011

Bellevue, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Objects of Dismissal, Autocenter, Berlin, DE

2010

Helen Verhoeven and Alon Levin, Lees Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Wolvecampprijs 2010, Hengelo, the Netherlands RC de Ruimte – curated by Ben and Hannie Loerakker Girl Overkill 2 – curated by Iris van Dongen, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany in.flec.tiion, Hudson Valley Center of Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY Tentoonstelling in RC de Ruimte, IJmuiden, the Netherlands

2009

Girl Overkill – curated by Iris van Dongen, Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, Germany New Painters, LUMC, Leiden, the Netherlands Play, Monica de Cardenas, Milan, Italy Retour, Huize Frankendael, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Girl Overkill, curated by Iris van Dongen, Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, DE

2008 Royal Prize For Painting 2008, GEM Museum Contempoaray Art, The Hague, NL Tints Of Majesty, Lizabeth Oliveria, Los Angeles, CA, US Pruesspress, Rental Gallery, New York, NY

2007

Some Kind of Portrait—curated by Simon Watson & Craig Hensala, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles Hedendaagse Figuratie #2—curated by Pim Trooster, Kunstcentrum, Hengelo, Hengelo, NL About Contemporary Figuration, Safe Art, Dalfsen NL Recent Acquisitions - Young Painting' Sammlung Essl Museum, Vienna, Austria

2006

The Presence of Absence—curated by Rachel Howe, Gallery w52, New York, NY In Order of Appearance, Living Arts Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland 25 Bold Moves—curated by Simon Watson/Scenic, 382 West Broadway, New York, NY Parts, Xiamen City, CN, 'Rijksakademie at Parts' Open Ateliers—curated by Nacisse Tordoir, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL

2005

Hot Spots 05, Sammlung Essl Museum, Vienna, Austria Seven Young Painters, Bowie Van Valen, Amsterdam, the Netherlands ArtReview 25: Emerging US Artists, Phillips de Pury & Co, New York The Exploding Plastic Inevitable—curated by Simon Watson/Scenic, Bergdorf Goodman, New York Open Ateliers—curated by Nacisse Tordoir, Rijkakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2004

Show and Tell, Zimmer Museum, Los Angeles

2003

The Holiday Shopping Show II - curated by Robin Kahn, Wallspace, New York Photography As Model, Wallspace, New York Space Invaders, Fishtank, Brooklyn

2002

Night of a 1000 Drawings, Artist Space, New York

2001

MFA Exhibition, Tribeca Hall, New York

1997

Baggage, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco

1996

Betrothed, Falkurk Cultural Center, San Raphael, CA Snacks, ACME Gallery, San Francisco

1995

Lateral, Southern Exposure, San Francisco

1994

Posturing, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Its About Power, Belcher Street Studios, San Francisco

External Sources
Rosenberg, Karen. (October 31, 2008). Art in Review. New York Times

Hamilton, Adrian. (November 25, 2013). A Mixed Body of Work. The Independent (London)