Meene is an artist who makes photos, mostly portraits, mostly of young people, and mostly of girls. Thanks to her galleries she can make a living out of this. Her work is shown in museums and galleries all over the world. She is the single subject of three books and appears along other artists in many other books and magazines. She lives in Heiloo, The Netherlands.
1972
Born in Alkmaar, The Netherlands
Lives and works in The Netherlands
Solo Exhibitions
2008
Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
Viva Lolita curated by James Putnam, Maddox Arts, London, UK
surrounding ages, I M ART, Seoul, South Korea
2007
Hellen van Meene. Portraits, C/O Berlin, Germany
2006
Folkwang Museum Essen, Germany
Hellen van Meene, Pump House Gallery, touring to Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, UK, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK, Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea, UK
Van Zoetendaal Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan
Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2003
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
Le Case d’Arte di Leccese Pasquale, Milan, Italy
2002
Japan Series, Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, UK (cat.)
Japan Series, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago (IL), USA (cat.)
Japan Series, De Hallen, Haarlem, The Netherlands (cat.)
PhotoFestival Espania, Madrid, Spain
Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland
2001
Matthew Marks, New York (NY), USA
Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan
Marc Foxx Gallery, New York (NY), USA
2000
Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Marc Foxx Gallery, (project space), Los Angeles (CA), USA
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen (with Diane Arbus), Brussels, Belgium
Galleria Laura Pecci (with Bettina von Zwehl), Milan, Italy
Le Case d’Arte, Milan, Italy
De Vleeshal, Middleburg, The Netherlands (cat.)
Gallery Atsuko Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan
1999
Galerie Dijk 1, Alkmaar, The Netherlands
The Photographer’s Gallery (with Francesca Woodman), London, UK (cat.)
1998
Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Group Exhibitions
2008
DARKSIDE, Photographic Desire and Sexuality Photographed, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Zürich, Switzerland
2007
Family Pictures, Guggenheim, New York (NY), USA
2006
Portaal naar de hemel – Hedendaagse portret foto’s in oude lijsten, Frans Hals Museum Haarlem, The Netherlands
MEP – Maison Européene de la Photographie, Paris, France
Body Soul Face: The Position of Women from the 16th-21st Century, Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
2005
Museum of Photography the Hague, The Hague, Netherlands
Frames Revisited, Institut Néerlandais, Paris, France
Constructed Monument, Stichting KW14’s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
The Wonderful Fund on Tour, La Musée de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco
Family Pictures: Contemporary Photography and Video from the Collection of the Guggenheim Museum, Galleria Gottardo, Lugano, Switzerland
Bidibidobidiboo — Works from the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection, Turin, Italy
A view of women: Portraits from the photo collection, De Hallen, Haarlern, The Netherlands
In Sight: Contemporary Dutch Photography from the Collection of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Der fotografierte Mensch: Von den Anfängen bis heute – Bilder der Fotografischen Sammlung des Museum Folkwang, Essen, Neues Museum, Nürnberg, Germany
H x W x D — Dutch modern art from the Rabobank collection, Gerneentermuseum Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands
2004
The Dutch Show, The Netherlands Institute, Athens, Greece
Wonder Holland, Markets of Traiano, Rome, Italy
I-scape, John Hope Franklin Center, Duke University, Durham (NC), USA
2003
Child in Time, Gemeentemuseum Helmond, Helmond, The Netherlands
2002
The House of Fiction, Sammlung Hauser und Wirth, Lokremise St. Gallen, Switzerland (cat.)
Kein Ort, nirgends, Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
2001
The Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize 2001, The Photographers’ Gallery, London, UK (cat.)
Vi – Intentional Communities, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö, Sweden
2000
City of Girls, Japanese Pavillion at the Mostra Internazionale d’Architettura, Venice, Italy
Septembre de la Photo: Quinze en Europe – La Jeune Photographie Européenne, Galerie du Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, France
Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
1999
Conditions Humaines, Portraits Intimes, Mois de la Photo, Montréal (QC), Canada
NFI Rotterdam (cat.)
Foto-documentaire opdrachten Noord-Holland, Dreef Expositie, Provinciehuis, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Uitgelicht 3, Startstipendium Fonds BKVB, De KunstRai, The Netherlands (cat.)
5 jaar Art Primeur, Pictura, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (cat.)
1998
Kunst Aanmoedigingsprijs Amstelveen, Gemeentelijk, The Netherlands
Expositiecentrum ‘Aemstelle,’ Amstelveen, The Netherlands (cat.)
1997
Galerie Niggendijker, Groningen, The Netherlands
Unbeschreiblich Weiblich?, Noorderlicht, Groningen, The Netherlands (cat.)
Niet de Kunstvlaai, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Art primeur ’97, CBK, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
1996
Scanning, gemeentelijke kunstaankopen, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (cat.)
Eindexamententoonstelling, Gerrie Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
1995
Fotofestival, Naarden, Naarden Vesting, The Netherlands
A Sunset Always Sells, Expozaal W.G., Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Awards
1999 Charlotte Kohler Prize