Hellen van Meene
Hellen van Meene was born in Alkmaar, The Netherlands, in 1972, and studied photography at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam. Recent solo shows in 2006 include Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, Holland; Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; and a touring show which was first exhibited at Pump House Gallery, London, and travelled across the United Kingdom. She has taken part in various group shows, including Family Pictures, Guggenheim, New York, 2007, and Portaal naar de hemel – Hedendaagse portret foto’s in oude lijsten, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands, 2006. The most recent monograph of the artist’s work, Hellen Van Meene: Travel Portraits, by Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH, was published in 2006. She lives and works in The Netherlands.