Mercedes Helnwein

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

Life

Mercedes Helnwein was born in Vienna as the daughter of the Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein . She lived in Vienna until 1985, after which she moved to Germany with her family . Since 1997 she has lived in Tipperary in Ireland and in downtown Los Angeles . She wrote and drew from a very early age. When she was 13, the German feminist magazine Emma published her comic The Men Strike Back . In her pictorial work, Mercedes Helnwein primarily devotes herself to large-format drawings with pencil, colored pencil, ink and pastel on paper. However, she also works in watercolor and oil techniques.

In her videos she deals with topics similar to those in her drawings: people in absurd and mysterious situations, often together with other people, to whom they seem to be related in a disturbing and indecipherable way.
In 2004 she founded Devils Porchlight Press together with the American artist Alex Prager . After several short stories and short stories, her novel The Potential Hazards of Hester Day was published by Simon & Schuster in New York in 2008 .

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 . Your literary work is represented by: Literary agency Ed Victor Ltd., London and Fletcher & Company, New York.

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

Works (selection)

The Universal Cure , narrative
Devil Got Religion , narrative
Frank , short story
The Potential Hazards of Hester Day , Roman, Simon & Schuster, New York, 2008. ISBN 1416574662
The Book of Disquiet, (an 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, USA, 2004, group exhibition
Last Chapter of Dreaming , South Tipperary Art Center, Ireland, 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 Galerie, 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, 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, 2009, group show

Individual evidence

↑ The Potential Hazards of Hester Day , Mercedes Helnwein, Simon & Schuster, New York, 2008 [1]
↑ Rooms with a view of America's heartland , Los Angeles Times , Jessica Gelt, April 08, 2004 [2]

Web links

personal data
SURNAME	Helnwein, Mercedes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian artist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 12, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna

[1] The Potential Hazards of Hester Day , Mercedes Helnwein, Simon & Schuster, New York, 2008 [1]

[2] Rooms with a view of America's heartland , Los Angeles Times , Jessica Gelt, April 08, 2004 [2]