1972 Born in Alkmaar
Lives and works in the Netherlands
Solo Exhibitions
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
2003 Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
Le Case d’Arte di Leccese Pasquale, Milan, Italy
2002 Japan Series, Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (cat.)
Japan Series, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago (IL) (cat.)
Japan Series, De Hallen, Haarlem, The Netherlands (cat.)
PhotoFestival Espania, Madrid
Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland
2001 Matthew Marks, New York
Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
Marc Foxx Gallery, New York
2000 Sadie Coles HQ, London
Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
Marc Foxx Gallery, (project space), Los Angeles (CA)
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels (with Diane Arbus)
Galleria Laura Pecci, Milan, Italy (with Bettina von Zwehl)
Le Case d’Arte, Milan, Italy
De Vleeshal, Middleburg, The Netherlands (cat.)
Gallery Atsuko Koyanagi, Tokyo
1999 Galerie Dijk 1, Alkmaar, The Netherlands
The Photographer’s Gallery, London (with Francesca Woodman) (cat.)
1998 Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
Group Exhibitions
2007 Family Pictures, Guggenheim, New York
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
Body Soul Face: The Position of Women from the 16th-21st Century, Leopold Museum, Vienna
2005 Museum of Photography the Hague, The Hague, Netherlands
Frames Revisited, Institut Néerlandais, Paris
Constructed Monument, Stichting KW14’s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
The Wonderful Fund on Tour, La Musée de Marrakech, Marrakech
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,
Netherlands
In Sight: Contemporary Dutch Photography from the Collection of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
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, Netherlands
2004 The Dutch Show, The Netherlands Institute, Athens
Wonder Holland, Markets of Traiano, Rome
I-scape, John Hope Franklin Center, Duke University, Durham (NC)
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 (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, Montreal, 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
Art primeur ’97, CBK, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
1996 Scanning, gemeentelijke kunstaankopen, Stedelijk Museum,
Amsterdam (cat.)
Eindexamententoonstelling, Gerrie Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
1995 Fotofestival, Naarden, Naarden Vesting, The Netherlands
A Sunset Always Sells, Expozaal W.G., Amsterdam
Awards
1999 Charlotte Kohler Prize