Birgid Helmy
Birgid Helmy (* 1957 in Wiesbaden ) is a German sculptor .
Life
Birgid Helmy first studied social pedagogy with a focus on theater pedagogy at the Wiesbaden University of Applied Sciences and supplemented this course with further training in art therapy . In 1995 she began studying sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Mainz with Christa Biederbick . Between 1995 and 1999, she worked several times at the Sculpture Academy in Carrara near Pietrasanta in Italy. In 2001 she received a scholarship from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and in 2002 became a master student of Christa Biederbick.
Birgid Helmy mainly creates three-dimensional sculptures for small and large rooms. From 2002 to 2006 she was involved in the socio-cultural project More Democracy and Tolerance in Wiesbaden.
Birgid Helmy lives and works in Wiesbaden and Eltville on the Rhine .
Awards
- 2002: Eisenturm Art Prize , Mainz
- 2006: 1st prize in the call for art in architecture for the German Embassy in Warsaw
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- 2000: Kunstverein Eisenturm, Mainz
- 2003: Art Association Rüsselsheim
- 2007: National Sports and Olympic Museum Germany, Cologne
- 2007: Oberfinanzdirektion and Hessisches Immobilienmanagement, Frankfurt am Main
- 2008: Kunstverein Worms
- 2008: Kunstverein Essenheim
- 2008: EuroHypo Germany headquarters, Eschborn
- 2009: Stadtwerke Düsseldorf
- 2010: Sculpture Forum Isernhagen
- 2010: Kunsthaus Hannover
- 2011: Galerie Südhessen, Darmstadt Regional Council
Group exhibitions
- 1997: Group exhibition of the Biederbick class, Landtag Rhineland-Palatinate
- 2000: Sparkasse Mainz
- 2001: Stadt (s) kul (p) tur , Rüsselsheim
- 2002: Wahnsinn , Stadtmuseum Altes Rathaus, Ingelheim
- 2002: Hessiale , Giessen
- 2002: Gait , Bischofsheim
- 2003: Self - in the broadest sense , Kunstverein Marburg
- 2004: Artists Fair Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz
- 2005: Hessiale 2005, Kulturbahnhof, Kassel
- 2006: Artists Fair Rhineland-Palatinate
- 2010: Inclusions , Eberbach Monastery , Eltville am Rhein
Public purchases
- 2004: State Chancellery Hessen
- 2004: City of Rüsselsheim
- 2006: Morgan Stanley, Frankfurt am Main
- 2006: Gelnhausen tax office
- 2007: Ministry of Finance Hessen, Wiesbaden
- 2006: bauverein AG, Darmstadt
- 2007: Barclays Bank, Frankfurt
- 2008: City of Neuwied
- 2008: Ministry for Education, Science, Youth and Culture Rhineland-Palatinate
- 2009: City of Wiesbaden
- 2010: Hessian construction management
Web links
- Literature by and about Birgid Helmy in the catalog of the German National Library
- Birgid Helmy's website
- Birgid Helmy in the Kontrapost gallery
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Helmy, Birgid |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiesbaden |