CV (Selected)
Born 1948 in Thedinghausen near Bremen, studied at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg as well as at Hamburg University. Since 2010 she has been a member of Deutscher Künstlerbund. Her artistic work is characterized by continuous stays in Southern Europe, the Orient, and Asia. Her media are drawings, ceramics – sculptures, photographs, videos, artists’ books, texts, and space-related installations.
Residency
- 2014 Résidence – HEAD Ceramic Sculpture, Working Space CERCCO, Ginevra, CH
- 2010 FIH The Field Institute, Artist Fellowship, Raketenstation, Stiftung Insel Hombroich, Neuss, D
- 2008/2002/1998 .ekwc, Artist Fellowship, ’s-Hertogenbosch (+Iran Project 2008), NL
- 1998 Artist in Residence, Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, California e Nuovo Mexiko, USA
Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
- 2019 THE BLUE + THE ORIENT deconstructing the blue HELLA BERENT, Museum MANN, Napels, I
- 2019 GREEK FIELD Hella Berent. 80 teste di Antinoo, Collezione BAD, Sant Agata D’ Goti, Napels, I
- 2018 AUTOBIOGRAPHIE I die erlebte Geschichte, Kunstverein Leverkusen, Schloß Morsbroich, Leverkusen, D
- 2018 AUTOBIOGRAPHIE II die erlebte Geschichte, Galerie Kunstraum 21, Bonn, D
- 2018 CREDITO – MASSO – CULO, HELLA BERENT, SAACI/GALLERY, Saviano, Napels, I
- 2016 LIQUIDTIMES HELLABERENT Upstairs Gallery, Oldenburg, D
- 2016 LIFE IS CONSCIOUSNESS OF LIFE HELLABERENT Galerie Kunstraum 21, Bonn, D
- 2016 House of the Refugee HELLA BERENT (+ Hinze, Pfeiffer) Brick Factory Glindow – Brandeburg, D
- 2014 asleep with the devil BLUE COLOR CHART KunstHaus Kunstverein Potsdam, Brandenburg, D
- 2014 ASTRACTION (+ Malte Kebbel) Werkstatt Galerie, Berlin, D
- 2014 Hella Berent 1977 – 2014 Künstlerbücher TIME CAPSULE Landesbibliothek City of Oldenburg, D
- 2012 BOOK SPACE TANK OF TIME Künstlerbücher 1977 – 2012 Stefan Schuelke, Fine Books, Cologne, D
- 2010 / 2011 Hella Berent 1977 – 2010 Künstlerbücher TANK OF TIME Gedanken Korridore Gefühle Transition Of Time, Kunst- & Museumsbibliothek der Stadt Köln, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, D
- 2010 ANTEROOM Blue with Mirror, FIH Field Institute, Rocket Staion, Stiftung Insel Hombroich, Neuss, D
- 2007 SURFACE deconstructed, Museum of Contemporary Art, Isfahan, Iran
- 2005 Ägyptisch Blau – Skulpturen Zeichnungen Fotografien Stadtmuseum, Pulverturm, Oldenburg, D
- 2002 THE BURNT BLUE ekwc, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL
- 2001 The Burnt Blue II Goethe Institut, Cairo, Egypt
- 1997 Über die Linie Galerie Beim Steinernen Kreuz, Brigitte Seinsoth, Bremen, D
- 1993 ATHANASY – The Fire Consuming Otherness, India International Center, New Delhi, India
- 1993 Die Immanenz des Raumes, Galerie Erhard Klein, Bonn, D
- 1992 Judasohren St. Agnes Kirche, Cologne, D
- 1992 XXXXIV NERO Galleria La Nuova Pesa, Rome, I
- 1989 Orfeo, Im Fortgang einer Geschichte… Dany Keller Galerie, Munich, D
- 1988 Eisschrank im Kopf, in der Sonne, unter freiem Himmel Galerie Manfred Rieker, Heilbronn, D
- 1988 Lavori Romani Dörrie * Priess Galerie, Hamburg, D
- 1985 Hella Berent – Hilka Nordhausen, Galerie Ulrich Dörrie, weltbekannt.e.v., Hamburg, D
- 1985 Der Aufbruch in die Ambivalenz der Augen beim Betrachten, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, D
- 1985 Die Besteigung der Nähe,, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, D
- 1983 upside down – Gefühlsstürze oder die Grube des Wunderbaren, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus and
- 1983 Kunstforum Maximilianstraße, Munich, D
- 1982 upside down, am Grad der Seele entlang Red Bar, New York City, USA (with W. Woessner)
- 1980 Zeichnungen, Objekte a strati, Fotos, Filme, Künstlerhaus Hamburg, Hamburg, D
- 1979 Und da steht man sich auf einmal gegenüber, Photograph – Installation Egypt, (+Wolfgang Woessner)
- 1979 Gallery Without A Galerist, Cologne, D
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
- 2016/2017 NUDO & CRUDO, SAACI/Gallery, Saviano, Napels, I
- 2015 BREATHING HOLES FOR EASING EARTH – LAND ART, Campi Flegrei XI EDIZIONE, I
- 2013 “ Sieht man ja, was es ist“ Editionen Erhard Klein Kunstverein Bonn, Bonn, D
- 2010 Künstlerbücher – dalla collezione Erhard Klein, Galerie Klein, Bad Münstereifel-Mutscheid, D
- 2009 Risk Of Colour – Hella Berent, M. Amini, F. Farghadani, M. Mousavizade, S. Zakerameli,
- 2009 Aaran Gallery, Teheran, Iran (.ekwc, ’s-Hertogenbosch, NL)
- 2006/2007 Die Liebe zum Licht – Fotografien des 20. und 21.Jahrhundert, Kunstmuseum Celle, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Museum Bochum, Bochum, D
- 2004 DIE WEITE WELT (R.S.Graphikmappe) Graphische Sammlung, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, D
- 2003 Density and Light – the hannah peschar sculpture garden, Ockley Surrey, GB
- 2000 Castelli in aria – Castel S. Elmo, Napels, I
- 1999 Artefacta – Brunico, Tirolo, I
- 1999 Cuma 4000 – Cuma, Napoli, I
- 1997 Sammlung Hanck, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, D
- 1995 Art and Nature – Goethe Institut, New Dehli, India
- 1995 Levels of life – Goethe Institut, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- 1992 nicht von dieser art – Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, D
- 1991 Space – Max Mueller Bhavan, N.C.P.A. Bombay, India
- 1988 Kunst für Europa, Deutsche Kunst heute – Europäische Gemeinschaft, Brussels, B
- 1984 50 Kleider? Sammlung Hoffmann, Altes Museum, Mönchengladbach, D
- 1981 Ars viva – Skulpturen und Installationen, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, D
Prices and Scholarships (Selection)
- 1991 Hella Berent, Rom Exil der Heiterkeit Karl Kerber Publishing, VG BILD-KUNST
- 1987 Kunstfonds – Stipendium, Bonn
- 1986 Karl Hofer Prize, Berlin
- 1985 Scholarship Villa Massimo, Rome
- 1984 Friedrich Vordemberge – Scholarship of the City of Cologne
- 1983 Alfred Krupp von Halbach Foundation, Catalog for ‘Young Artists’
- 1983 Prize for Young Artists ’83. State of North-Rhine Westphalia
- 1981 Ars Viva 81 prize awarded by the Cultural Council of German Industries BDI
- 1977 DAAD Scholarship for Florence, Italy
Teaching
- 2008 Visiting lecturer at Haute École d’Arts d’Appliqués, Geneva, CH
- 2003 Visiting lecturer at Haute École d’Arts d’Appliqués, MINIMALISM, Geneva, CH
- 2002 Guest professorship DRAWING, International Summer Academy For the Visual Arts, Salzburg, A
- 2001 Guest professorship STONE, International Summer Academy For the Visual Arts, Salzburg, A
- 2001 Workshop The Burnt Blue 6th of October, Cairo University, Egypt
- 1995 Teaching assignment, the Artist’s Camp, The different perspectives in the work of women, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- 1992 Visiting professor, International Academy for the Fine Arts and Design, Pentiment, Hamburg, Germany, D
- 1991 Visiting lecturer, Art Academy, Trondheim, Norway, N
- 1991 Visiting lecturer, Academy of Fine Arts, Hamburg, D
Work in public collections and museums
- Altonaer Museum, Hamburg
- Artoteche a Bonn, Colonia, Monaco di Baviera, Oldenburg
- Library in the Ice, Antartic.de
- Deutsche Bank, Mumbai, India
- Deutsche Bank, South America
- .ekwc, ’s-Hertogenbosch, NL
- HEAD, Geneva University, CH
- Kunst- und Museumsbibliothek, City of Cologne
- Kunst aus NRW, Art from North-Rhine Westphalia,Kornelimünster
- Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld
- Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg
- Landesbibliothek Oldenburg, Oldenburg
- Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
- Städtische Galerie im Lenbach Haus, Munich
- Museum Ludwig, Cologne
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Isfahan, Iran
- State Chancellery Stuttgart
- Collection Deutschen Bank
- Collection Hermann Buchholz, Hamburg
- Collection Wolfgang Hanck, Neuss
- Collection Hoffmann, Berlin
- Collection Karin und Uwe Hollweg, Bremen
- Collection Manfred Klette, Cologne
- St. Agnes Church, Cologne
- Villa Massimo, Rome
- West LB, Düsseldorf
Work in public and private spaces (installation)
- 2016 House of the Refugee, Brick Factory, Glindow, Brandeburg, D
- 2013 MIRROR in the way collezione privata, Hamburg, D
- 2010 Sechsundneunzig Ziegel, sculpture for the office, private collection, Hamburg, D
- 2005 Watercolors on Walls, private space, Wangerooge Island, D
- 2004 Ninetysix Bricks, sculpture for the office, private collection, Hamburg, D
- 2000 Have Sunk mirror-installation, Castel S. Elmo, Napels, I
- 1999 Greek Field – 80 Heads of Antinoo, Cuma, Naples, I
- 1999 House of the Refugees, bricks, Brunico, I
- Bad der Diana Rienza River, black/white marble, Brunico, I
- 1996 Pool Echo Book Sculpture, Metal Box in the Floor, private collection, Cologne, D
- Time – Timelessness Art and Architecture, curated by Gallery Mirchandani, Bombay, India
- 1995 Athanatos, stone – installation in the public space, Oldenburg, D
- 1994 The Mirror – oneness being beyond [Book Sculpture, Metal Box in the Earth]. Landeskulturzentrum Salzau, D
- Athanatos Stone-Installation, India International Center, Neu Delhi, India
Publications (Solo Exhibitions)
- 2019 THE BLUE + THE ORIENT HELLA BERENT Museo Nazionale Arcjheologico Napoli; MANN, Naples, I
- 2018 AUTOBIOGRAFIE I die erlebte Geschichte HELLA BERENT (con testi critici di Susanne Wedewer- Pampus,Jean-Luc Nancy) Hsg. Kunstverein Leverkusen
- 2013 Hella Berent Zeichnungen 2010 – 2013 (with a text by Jean-Luc Nancy and a dialog between Hella Berent and Ulrike Jagla-Blankenburg), Dietmar Fölbach Publishing, Koblenz
- 2009 Risk Of Colour Hella Berent, Mariam Amini, Fariba Farghadani, Masoud Mousavizade, Shantia Zakerameli (with text contributions by Koos De Jong, Fergus Meiklejohn, Farnoosh Daneshpanah, Hella Berent) English/ Farsi, Cologne, edited by Hella Berent and .ekwc ‘s-Hertogenbosch NL
- 2008 Hella Berent Blaue Lagune (with text contributions by Peter Seele and Hella Berent) Cologne: Karun 2008/1 D
- 2005 Hella Berent BLAU – Die Zärtlichkeit einer Materie (with text contributions by Ewald Gäßler, Sabine Isensee, Ulli Seegers, and Hella Berent), Isensee Publishing Oldenburg
- 2003 Caeruleus & Cerula Das Bläuliche & Das Blau des Himmels und der Meere by Hella Berent (with 60 color illustrations, and with text contributions by Sydney H.Aufrère, Hella Berent, Hans – Joachim Bieber, Koos de Jong, Rudolf zur Lippe, J.van Erkel / P.Paaschens, Bernd Pirrung, Gajus Plinius Secundus Major, Marcus Vitruvii Pollionis, Andrea Wach, Stefan Weidner and an interview, H.B. with Gamal Abboud), Darling Publications, Cologne
- 2002 Hella Berent DER STEIN DAS ECHO DER HIMMEL (with texts of Ulli Seegers and Hella Berent) Selbstverlag, Cologne
- 1997 Stein sculture for Oldenburg (with texts by Ekkehard Seeber, Katja Gohe and Rudolf zur Lippe). Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg
Trilogia 7 curated by Giorgio Bonomi, Ciussi – Berent – Corneli (with a text by Elmar Zorn ) Petruzzi Editore, Perugia, I Kölner Skizzen, vol. 16, No. 2 (with a text contribution of Ulli Seegers) - 1994 AARON 1st Floor – Black Meadow Editor Gallery Erhard Klein, Bad Münstereifel (with text contributions by Carl-Friedrich Schröer, Ulli Seegers and Hella Berent)
- 1993 ROM – Exil der Heiterkeit Karl Kerber Publishing, Bielefeld (with text contributions by Helmut Frielinghaus, Ursula Panhans-Bühler, Jo Schultheis and Hella Berent) Vierzehn Stationen St. Agnes Kirche, Cologne (with text contributions by Hans-Werner Bott and Hans-Ulrich Wiese) 33 steps, 33 stones (2 volumes) Max Mueller Bhavan, Mumbay, India (with text contributions by Michael Sukale and Hella Berent)
- 1992 XXXXIV NERO Galleria La Nuova Pesa, Rome (with text contributions by Mario de Candia and Patrizia Ferri)
- 1990 Nervenland – Texte, Zeichnungen, Fotografien (with Jo Schultheis) (with text contributions by Jo Schultheis and Ulrich Dörrie) Michael Kellner Publishing, Hamburg
- 1988 lavori romani Dörrie * Priess Gallery, Hamburg (text contribution by Jo Schultheis) Michael Kellner Publishing, Hamburg, Italian edition with a text by Cinzia Piccioni)
- 1985 Die Besteigung der Nähe Oldenburger Kunstverein, text volume by Hella Berent (with text contributions by Helmut Frielinghaus Hannes Hatje, and Hilka Nordhausen).,Michael Kellner Publishing, Hamburg
- 1985 Der Aufbruch in die Ambivalenz der Augen beim Betrachten Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, (with text contributions by Hanna Hohl and Hella Berent)
- 1984 Im See liegt das Wasser … Dany Keller Galerie, Munich (with text contributions by Michael Krüger and Hella Berent)
- 1983 upside down – Gefühlsstürze oder die Grube des Wunderbaren Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus and Kunstforum Maximilianstraße, Munich (text contributions by Helmut Friedel, Christine Hoffmann, Ch. Manfred Klette and Hella Berent)
- 1980 Zeichnungen, Objekte a strati, Fotos, Filme House of Artists, Hamburg, (text contributions by Gabriella Benecke, Chris Hoffmann, Wolfgang Woessner and Hella Berent)
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