Hellen Van Meene

1972 Born in Alkmaar, The Netherlands

Education
1996 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Photography, Amsterdam
1995 College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland

Solo exhibition
2007 Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Fotografins Hus, Sweden
2007 Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany
2007 Focal Point Gallery, United Kingdom
2007 Yours Gallery, Poland
2007 C/O Berlin, The Cultural Forum for Photography
2006 Pump House Gallery, London UK 22
2006 Stills Gallery Edinburgh
2006 Open Eye Gallery Liverpool
2006 Focal Point Gallery
2006 Southend- on- Sea
2006 Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan
2006 Huis Marseille, Amsterdam
2006 Tokyo Wonder Site, Shibuya, Tokyo, catalogue
2006 Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2006 Maison Européene de la Photographie, Paris, France
2006 Frans Hals Museum, Netherlands
2003 Gallery Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
2003 Le Case d’Arte, Milaan,
2002 Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, (cat) Japan Series
2002 Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, (cat) Japan Series
2002 Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, (cat) Japan Series
2002 Photo Espana, Madrid
2001 Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles
2001 Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
2000 De Vleeshal, Middelburg
2000 Le Case d'Arte, Milano
2000 Galleria Laura Pecci, Milano
2000 Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
2000 Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles
2000 Sadie Coles HQ, London
2000 Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
1999 Galerie Dijk 1, Alkmaar
1999 The Photographers' Gallery, London, (cat.)
1998 Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam

Group Exhibition (Selected)
2008 Girls on the verge: Portraits of Adolescence, The Art Institute of Chicago
2008 Me, Ophelia, Van Gogh Museum. Amsterdam (February – May)
2008 Puberty, Haugar Art museum, (January –May)
2007 Family Pictures, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
2007 Inside-Out: Photos from Amsterdam Collections and Archives, Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam
2007 Musee d’Ixelles, Brussels
2007 Photo Espana, Madrid
2006 Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands
2006 Museum of Photography The Hague, Netherlands
2006 Le Musee de Marrakech, Morocco
2006 Maison Européene de la Photographie, Paris, France
2005 De Rabo Kunst Collectie, Gem. Museum den Haag, HxBxD
2005 Der fotografierte Mensch: Von den Anfängen bis heute - Bilder der Fotografischen Sammlung des Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
2005 Reason, Compassion, Justice, 9 Cheim & Read Gallery New York
2005 In Sight: Contemporary Dutch Photography from the Collection of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2005 Constructed Moment, Stichting KW14's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands 26
2005 The Wonderful Fund on Tour Le Musée de Marrakech Marrakech, Morocco
2005 Group exhibition: Bidibidobidiboo - Works from the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection Guarene d'Alba, Turin, Italy
2005 A view of women: Portraits from the Photo Collection, De Hallen Haarlem, Netherlands
2005 Frames Revisited / Cadres revisités, Cultural Centre of The Netherlands, Paris, France Family Pictures: Contemporary Photography and Video from the Collection of the
2005 Guggenheim, Galleria Gottardo, Switzerland
2005 Neues Museum, Germany
2005 Gemeentemuseum Hague, The Hague, Netherlands
2004 Outcasts and Sunday's Children - Acquisitions in 2003, De Hallen, Haarlem, The Netherlands
2004 L-scape, curated by Diego Cortez, John Hope Franklin Center, Main Gallery, Durham, NC
2004 Institute of Contemporary Art (Kortárs Müvészeti Intézet), Dunaújváros, Hungary 17
2004 The Dutch Show: Contemporary Dutch Artists in Greek Collections, Netherlands Insititute, Greece
2003 Gemeente Museum Helmond
2003 Parco Museum, Tokyo
2003 Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany
2003 Game, Ferragamo shoe project, New York, NY
2003 Double Exposure, Folkwang Fest der Kunste 2003, Museum Folkwang, Game, Ferragamo, New York
2003 Moti Mentali - Mirroring Victorian and Contemporary Photography, Marvelli Gallery, New York
2003 Personalities, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
2003 Double Exposure, ING-bank, Kortrijk, Belgium
2003 Photographs: Recent Acquisitions, Fisher Landau Center For Art, Long Island
2002 Gemeente Museum Den Haag, Fotografen in Nederland een anthologie (cat)
2001 The Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize, The Photographers' Gallery, London, (cat.)
2001 Vi - Intentional Communities, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Sweden
2000 Conditions Humaines, Portraits Intimes, Mois de la Photo,
2000 Montreal, NFI Rotterdam, (cat.)
2000 Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
2000 City of Girls, Japanese Pavilion of the Biennale for Architecture, Venice
2000 Galerie du Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice
1999 5 jaar Art Primeur, Pictura, Dordrecht, (cat.)
1999 Uitgelicht 3, Startstipendium Fonds BKVB, De KunstRai 1999, (cat.)
1999 Foto-documentaire opdrachten Noord-Holland,
1999 Dreef Expositie, Provincie Huis, Haarlem
1998 Kunst Aanmoedigingsprijs Amstelveen, Gemeentelijk Expositiecentrum
1998 "Aemstelle", Amstelveen
1997 Art primeur '97, CBK, Dordrecht
1997 Niet de Kunstvlaai, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
1997 Unbeschreiblich Weiblich? Noorderlicht, Groningen
1997 Galerie Niggendijker, Groningen
1996 Eindexamententoonstelling, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
1996 Scanning, gemeentelijke kunstaankopen, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (cat.)
1995 Fotofestival Naarden, Naarden-Vesting
1995 A Sunset Always Sells, Expozaal W.G., Amsterdam
1994 UWAGA, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam

Selected Publications
2008 Me, Ophelia, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
2007 Kidswear January 2007
2006 Photoworks, UK spring
2006 LABEL magazine , Italy spring
2006 The British Journal Of Photography, April 5 2006, Vol. 153, Nr. 7577, p.3 + p.16-18.
2006 HotShoe International - Fresh Perspectives on Contemporary Photography
2006 February/March 2006, Issue 141, p.68-69
2006 Hellen van Meene: New Work 2004-2006, published by Schirmer/Mosel, Germany
2006 European Photography, art magazine number 79/80
2006 Photonews; Zeitung fur Fotografie, December 2006
2005 In Sight, Fotografie Collectie Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Chicago
2005 New York Times portfolio Japan, Tokyo girls 2005
2005 Pop magazine, editorial fashion shoot of Linda Evangelista issue 11 (autumn/winter)
2005 Geo Magazin, 09|2005, September 2005, pp.134-158, text by Harald Willenbrock, German
2005 Galleria Gottardo, family pictures
2005 Art Photography Now , Susan Bright, published by Aperture
2004 Museum Folkwang Essen Der Fotografierte Mensch
2004 Hellen van Meene, Portraits, published by Aperture New York
2003 Double Exposure ING, 29-11-03
2003 Ein bilderbuch, Fotografischen Sammlung im Museum Folkwang
2002 Foam, "Dutchdelight", magazine 1
2002 Fotografen in Nederland, een anthologie 1852-2002
2002 Blink. 100 Photographers, 10 Curators, 10 Writers, Phaidon, 2002
2001 Hellen van Meene, "Untitled", Gabrius Edizione
2001 Catalogue of The Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize 2001
2001 Blind Spot issue nineteen, 2001
2000 "Wild Girls Lullaby" featuring Hellen van Meene, Japan
2000 Catalogue of Mois de la Photo, Montreal
2000 Catalogue Septembre de la Photo, Quinze en Europe
1999 Exhibition Catalogue, Middelburg
1997 De Jeugd, in: De Revisor, 24e jaargang, nr. 5/6, December, p 65-72

Awards/Nominations
1998 Startstipendium
1999 Charlotte Köhlerprijs
2001 Nominated for The Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize 2001

Collections
Art Institute of Chicago
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Folkwang Museum Essen, Germany
Frans Hals Museum, Netherlands
Fries Museum, Netherlands
Guggenheim Museum
High Museum of Art
Huis Marseille, Amsterdam
Miami Art Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Photography The Hague
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Victoria & Albert Museum