Helena Hafemann
Biography
(Born in 1997, in Wiesbaden, Germany)
Helena Hafemann is pursuing studies in fine arts and art history at the School of Fine Arts and at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. She is undertaking a double major in ethnology and fine arts.
Her artistic work explores the visualization and transformation of social values, with a particular emphasis on the dignity of materials. She uses everyday objects, freeing them from their original function to reinterpret them artistically. For example, in her Fadenschein series, she connects fragments of broken porcelain with delicate threads, creating a visual and conceptual connection between destruction and beauty.
Since 2019, she has co-directed the Kunstraum Wiesbaden, an exhibition space in Germany, in collaboration with designer Max Vizard. In 2021, she also took on the curatorial direction of Kunstraum Wiesbaden II, also in
Germany.
Helena Hafemann has received several awards, including the 14th ZONTA Mainz Art Prize in 2023 and a CAA scholarship the same year. She has also participated in international exhibitions, notably at the Lee-Bauwens Gallery in Brussels in 2024 and at the Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu in Torun, Poland, in 2023.
Exhibitions selected
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
(SELECTION)
2023
Niech szyją! let them weave!, Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu, Toruń, Poland
Luxembourg Art Week, Jarmuschek + Parter, Berlin, Germany
paper positions berlin, Jarmuschek + Partner, Berlin, Germany
Ein Roter Faden, Ausstellungshaus Spoerri, Hadersdorf am Kamp, Austria
Carte blanche à Galerie Hafemann, espace despalles, Paris, France
So Slowly, Galerie Hafemann, Wiesbaden, Germany
J+1, Jarmuschek + Partner, Berlin, Germany
2022
Luxembourg Art Week, Jarmuschek + Partner, Luxembourg
Let them weave, Centre of Polish Sculpture in Oronsko, Studio Cannaregi, Venice, Italy
J+1, Jarmuschek + Partner, Berlin, Germany
2021
Catch Up 22, Jarmuschek + Partner, Berlin, Germany
Von uns Zu euch, HBK Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany
Experimente IV 4+8, Cadhro Zentrum, Galerie van der Kohlen, Mainz, Germany
11 Freund:innen, Kunst trifft Brita-Arena, Wiesbaden, Germany
2020
mindest abstand kunst markt, Nassauischer, Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany
Poesie im Park, Biebricher Schlosspark, Wiesbaden, Germany
KCILBKCUR, Westend-Galerie Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
2019
3 x Klingeln, Kultursommer Rheinland-Pfalz, Mainz, Germany
Was Bleibt?, 46. Detmolder Kunsttage, Detmold, Germany
What's Up - Wie?, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany
Close Relations, Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, Poland
Contexts IX, International Festival of Ephermeral Art, Sokołowsko, Poland
Junge Kunst im Garten, Opelvillen Rüsselsheim, Rüsselsheim, Germany
Entropie, Eine Fotoausstellung im MVB-Forum, Mainz, Germany
2016
30x30x30, Bellevuesaal, Wiesbaden, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
(SELECTION)
2023 AMTSALON, Jarmuschek + Partner, Berlin, Germany
2022 Time goes by, Jarmuschek + Partner, Berlin, Germany
2021 Zeit_Raum, Opelvillen Rüsselsheim, Rüsselsheim, Germany
2020 Von Zeit zu Zeit, Kunstraum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
COLLECTION
Galila's P.O.C. (Passion, Obsession, Collection), Brussels, Belgium
ART IN ARCHITECTURE
2022
Das Karussel, Mainzer Hauptbahnhof West, Mainz, Germany
Rhizom, Neuer Kindergarten Ober-Olm, Mainz, Germany
2018 - 2019
Zugvögel, Alte Schule Ober-Olm, Mainz, Germany
