Helen Verhoeven

Helen Verhoeven (born 1974 in Leiden) is a painter and sculptor based in Berlin.^[1] Verhoeven was born in the Netherlands and moved to the U.S. in 1986.^[2] She attended the San Francisco Art Institute, New York Academy of Art, and the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam.^[3] In 2008 she won the Dutch Royal Award for Modern Painting, in 2010 the Wolvecamp Painting Award, and in 2019 she was the recipient of the ABN-AMRO Art Prize. She was commissioned to make a painting for the new courthouse of Dutch Supreme Court in The Hague that opened in 2015. Verhoeven's works seem to explore the theme of ceremonial gatherings. She makes monumental-sized paintings that are populated with contorted figures in various states of rapture, despair, lust and estrangement. Helen is the daughter of acclaimed film director Paul Verhoeven.^[4]

Selected solo exhibitions[]

2004

• Nightmares, Wallspace, New York

2006

• Saints, Wallspace, New York

2007

• The Beautiful Many, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam

2008

• Event Two, Mesler & Hug, Los Angeles
• Event One, Wallspace, New York

2010

• The Thingly Character, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam
• Art Show I - Helen Verhoeven, KLEMM’S project room 7d5e, Berlin

2012

• Stage Disasters, Wallspace, New York
• Part Pretty, SCHUNCK, Heerlen, Netherlands

2013

• Mother, Stigter van Doesburg, Amsterdam
• The Waiting, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt

2016

• Libby Libby Libby, Galerie Stigter van Doesburg, Amsterdam

2018

• Statements, Basel
• Oh God, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht

2019

• Schamerkat, Hermitage, Amsterdam

Group exhibitions[]

1994

• Posturing, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco
• Its About Power, Belcher Street Studios, San Francisco ^[5]

1995

• Lateral, Southern Exposure, San Francisco

1996

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

1997

• Baggage, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco

2001

• MFA Exhibition, Tribeca Hall, New York

2002

• Night of a 1000 Drawings, Artist Space, New York

2003

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

2004

• Show and Tell, Zimmer Museum, Los Angeles

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

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

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

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

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

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

2011

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

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

2013

• 10 Years, Wallspace, New York, NY

2014

• Disturbing Innocence, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
• How Soon is Now?, Manifesta Foundation, Amsterdam
• De Grote Kunstshow, Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam
• Beating Around The Bush, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht

2015

• Apophänie, Nederlansche Bank, Amsterdam
• Aanwinten 2014-2015, LUMC, Leiden

2016

• Geen Woorden maar Beelden, LUMC, Leiden
• 10e Wolvecampprijs, Heartpool, Hengelo
• It's not your paintings I like, It's your painting, Stigter van Doesburg, Amsterdam

2017

• Vele gezichten van het LUMC, LUMC, Leiden
• Paint it Soft, SCHUNCK, Heerlen
• Vaste Collectie: Beeldende Kunst 1850-heden, Utrecht Central Museum, Utrecht
• The Painted Bird, Marres, Maastricht

2018

• Neue Heimat, Willem Twee Kunstruimte, Den Bosch, NL & Reinbeckhallen, Berlin
• De Meest Eigentijdse, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht

References[]

External sources[]

Media related to Helen Verhoeven at Wikimedia Commons

• Rosenberg, Karen. (October 31, 2008). Art in Review. New York Times
• Hamilton, Adrian. (November 25, 2013). A Mixed Body of Work. The Independent (London)