CV
HELLEN VAN MEENE
1972 Born in Alkmaar, Netherlands
EDUCATION
1996 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Photography, Amsterdam
1995 College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2019 The Bird in Borrowed Feathers, James Freeman Gallery, London
2016 Villa Mondrian in Winterswijk, The Netherlands
2015 Five, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
Fotomuseum Den Haag (survey book)
2013 Galerie OstLicht, Vienna für Fotografie
The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
2012 De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam “Dogs and Girls”
2012 Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo “Dogs and Girls”
Panoramas, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
2011 Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York: “What Dog do you belong to”
2010 FO.KU.S Foto Kunst Stadtforum, Stadtforum, Innsbruck, Austria
2009 Tout va disparaître, Yancey Richardson, New York
Pool of Tears, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Tokyo
2008 Sadie Coles, London
I M ART, Seoul, Korea
2007 Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
Fotografins Hus, Sweden
Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany
Focal Point Gallery, United Kingdom
Yours Gallery, Poland
C/O Berlin, The Cultural Forum for Photography
2006 Pump House Gallery, London UK 22
Stills Gallery, Edinburgh
Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
Focal Point Gallery
Southend-on-Sea
Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
Huis Marseille, Amsterdam
Tokyo Wonder Site, Shibuya, Tokyo
Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Maison Européene de la Photographie, Paris
Frans Hals Museum, Netherlands
2003 Gallery Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
Le Case d’Arte, Milaan,
2002 Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
Photo Espana, Madrid
2001 Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
2000 De Vleeshal, Middelburg
Le Case d'Arte, Milano
Galleria Laura Pecci, Milano
Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles
Sadie Coles HQ, London
Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
1999 Galerie Dijk 1, Alkmaar
The Photographers' Gallery, London
1998 Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2017 Great Journeys: The Magnum Square Print Sale In Partnership With Aperture, Magnum Photos,
New York
2016 Faces: Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece
Faces: Musée d’Orsay and Dutch EU Presidency, Paris, france
Faces: Photography Festival Photo España, Madrid, Spain
'Hondenleven', Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, Leiden, The Netherlands
Vee in Beeld: Piet Mondriaan en de Haagse School and Tom Claassen
2015 Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussel, Faces now, portraits photographique europeens depuis 1900
(catalog)
2014 Hunter Museum of American Art
Monday, November 24, 2014 – Sunday, March 29, 2015
2014 Aperture Gallery
New York, NY 10001
2014 MOCA Jacksonville
Saturday, April 26 – Sunday, August 24, 2014
2013 Kranenburgh, Culturele buitenplaats in Bergen (NH) 1 September – Oktober Ata Kando en
Hellen van Meene
2013 Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, 7 september Herontdekking van de Wereld
2013 Yancey Richardson group exhibition , Desire
2013 Fotofestival Lodz, Lodz, Poland
The New York Times Magazine Tearsheets
Thursday, June 6 – Tuesday, June 25, 2013
2013 Centro de Extensión, Universidad Católica de Chile
Monday, April 15 – Friday, May 31, 2013
2012 Face to Face, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art
2012 Palau Robert
Thursday, September 20 – Sunday, December 2, 2012
2012 Foam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Thursday, March 22 – Thursday, May 31, 2012
2012 Naarden Festival mei , juni
2011 Les Rencontres d’Arles
Monday, July 4 – Sunday, September 4, 2011
2011 new Museo del 900, Milan, Photography from Bank of America Collection
2011 The New York Times Magazine Photographs, Les Rencontres d’Arles at the Eglise Sainte Anne
2011 Photography from Bank of America Collection, held in Museum of Fine Art in Boston
2011 I promise to love you: Kunsthal Rotterdam. NL - Caldic Collectie 2000-2010
(5 februari t/m 15 mei 2011
2010 A Touch of Dutch DZ Bank Kunstsammlung Frankfurt am Main 28-09-2010 /04 -12-2010
Inter-cool 3.0 Dortmund/ Germany- September 17th to November 28th in 2010
2009 Extended Family: Contemporary Connections, Brooklyn Museum, New York
2009 The Female Gaze, Cheim & Reid, New York
2009 As Others See Us. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT
Museum of the City of New York, NY
2008 DARKSIDE –Photographic Desire and Sexuality Photographed, Fotomuseum Winterthur
Art Miami, Midtown Miami Art District, Miami, FL
Paris Photo, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris France
In Repose, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia
Girls on the Verge: Portraits of Adolescence, The Art Institute of Chicago
Me, Ophelia, Van Gogh Museum. Amsterdam
Puberty, Haugar Art Museum
2007 Family Pictures, Guggenheim Museum, New York
Inside-Out: Photos from Amsterdam Collections and Archives, Foam Fotografiemuseum
Musee d’Ixelles, Brussels
Photo Espana, Madrid
2006 Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands
Museum of Photography The Hague, Netherlands
Le Musee de Marrakech, Morocco
Maison Européene de la Photographie, Paris, France
2005 De Rabo Kunst Collectie, Gem. Museum den Haag, HxBxD
Der fotografierte Mensch: Von den Anfängen bis heute - Bilder der Fotografischen Sammlung des
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Reason, Compassion, Justice, 9 Cheim & Read Gallery New York
In Sight: Contemporary Dutch Photography from the Collection of the Stedelijk Museum,
Amsterdam, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Constructed Moment, Stichting KW14's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands 26
The Wonderful Fund on Tour Le Musée de Marrakech Marrakech, Morocco
Group exhibition: Bidibidobidiboo - Works from the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection
Guarene d'Alba, Turin, Italy
A view of women: Portraits from the Photo Collection, De Hallen Haarlem, Netherlands
Frames Revisited / Cadres revisités, Cultural Centre of The Netherlands, Paris, France
Family Pictures: Contemporary Photography and Video from the Collection of the
Guggenheim, Galleria Gottardo, Switzerland
Neues Museum, Germany
Gemeentemuseum Hague, The Hague, Netherlands
2004 Outcasts and Sunday's Children: Acquisitions in 2003, De Hallen, Haarlem, The Netherlands
L-scape, John Hope Franklin Center, Main Gallery, Durham, NC
Institute of Contemporary Art (Kortárs Müvészeti Intézet), Dunaújváros, Hungary
The Dutch Show: Contemporary Dutch Artists in Greek Collections, Netherlands Insititute,
Greece
2003 Gemeente Museum, Helmond
Parco Museum, Tokyo
Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany
Game, Ferragamo, New York
Double Exposure, Folkwang Fest der Kunste 2003, Museum Folkwang,
Moti Mentali: Mirroring Victorian and Contemporary Photography, Marvelli Gallery, New York
Personalities, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Double Exposure, ING-bank, Kortrijk, Belgium
Photographs: Recent Acquisitions, Fisher Landau Center For Art, Long Island
2002 Fotografen in Nederland een Anthologie, Gemeente Museum Den Haag, Netherlands
2001 The Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize, The Photographers' Gallery, London
Vi - Intentional Communities, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Sweden
2000 Conditions Humaines, Portraits Intimes, Mois de la Photo, Montreal, NFI Rotterdam
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
City of Girls, Japanese Pavilion of the Biennale for Architecture, Venice
Galerie du Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice
1999 5 Jaar Art Primeur, Pictura, Dordrecht
Uitgelicht 3, Startstipendium Fonds BKVB, De KunstRai
Foto-documentaire Opdrachten, Noord-Holland
Dreef Expositie, Provincie Huis, Haarlem
1998 Kunst Aanmoedigingsprijs Amstelveen, Gemeentelijk Expositiecentrum
Aemstelle, Amstelveen
1997 Art primeur '97, CBK, Dordrecht
Niet de Kunstvlaai, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
Unbeschreiblich Weiblich? Noorderlicht, Groningen
Galerie Niggendijker, Groningen
1996 Eindexamententoonstelling, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
Scanning, Gemeentelijke Kunstaankopen, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1995 Fotofestival Naarden, Naarden-Vesting
A Sunset Always Sells, Expozaal W.G., Amsterdam
1994 UWAGA, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2015 The Years shall run like rabbits, survey book, introduction Martin Barnes, Ludion
Faces now, portraits, Bozar.be
2008 DARKSIDE –Photographic Desire and Sexuality Photographed, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Steidl
Verlag
Me, Ophelia, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
2007 Kidswear, January
2006 Photoworks, Spring
LABEL magazine, Italy, Spring
The British Journal of Photography, April 5, Vol. 153, Nr. 7577, p.3 + p.16-18
2006 HotShoe International, “Fresh Perspectives on Contemporary Photography,”
February/March 2006, Issue 141, p.68-69
Hellen van Meene: New Work 2004-2006, published by Schirmer/Mosel,Germany
Art Magazine, “European Photography,” number 79/80
Photonews; Zeitung fur Fotografie, December
2005 In Sight, Fotografie Collectie Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam,
New York Times, “Tokyo Girls,” 2005
Pop, Issue 11 (Fall/Winter)
German Geo, September, pp.134-158
Family Pictures, Galleria Gottardo,
Art Photography Now, Aperture
2004 Museum Folkwang Essen Der Fotografierte Mensch
Hellen van Meene, Portraits, Aperture, New York
2003 Double Exposure ING, 29-11-03
Ein bilderbuch, Fotografischen Sammlung im Museum Folkwang
2002 Foam, "Dutchdelight," magazine 1
Fotografen in Nederland, een Anthologie 1852-2002
Blink: 100 Photographers, 10 Curators, 10 Writers, Phaidon
2001 Hellen van Meene: Untitled, Gabrius Edizione
The Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize
Blind Spot, Issue Nineteen
2000 Wild Girls Lullaby, Japan
Mois de la Photo, Montreal
Septembre de la Photo, Quinze en Europe
1999 Exhibition Catalogue, Middelburg
1997 De Revisor, “De Jeugd,” 24e Jaargang, nr. 5/6, December, p 65-72
AWARDS/NOMINATIONS
2016 The Royal Photographic Society Honorary Fellowship 2016, Awarded to distinguished people in
the areas of the fine art of photography and science.
2001 The Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize, Nominee
1999 Charlotte Köhlerprijs
1998 Startstipendium
COLLECTIONS
Art Institute of Chicago
Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
Folkwang Museum Essen, Germany
Frans Hals Museum, Netherlands
Fries Museum, Netherlands
Guggenheim Museum
High Museum of Art
Huis Marseille, Amsterdam
Miami Art Museum
Museo Artium del Pais Vasco, Spain
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Photography The Hague
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Victoria & Albert Museum
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Mint Museum, North Carolina
Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Massachusets
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC