Born 1976, Karlsruhe, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Education
2004 – 2006
MA in Painting at Royal College of Art, London, UK
1998 – 2004
Diploma in Fine Art at Hochschule fuer Bildende Kuenste Hamburg, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2020
Helene Appel, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
2019
Outside, The Annexe at The Approach, London, UK
Outside, CCA ANDRATX Contemporary Art, Andratx Mallorca, Spain
2018
Washing, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
2017
Helene Appel, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Waves, The Approach, London, UK
2016
Washing Up, P420, Bologna, Italy
2014
James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
2013
The Approach, London, UK
2011
Helene Appel: Kaiserring-Stipendium, Mönchenhausmuseum, Gosler, Germany
Art Positions, Art Cologne, Germany
Helene Appel, Dorothea Schlueter Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
2010
Chopping Board, The Approach, London, UK
2009
Der Vorschuss, Luis Campana, Berlin, Germany
2008
The Minutes, Outpost Gallery, Norwich, UK
Assistant, The Approach, London, UK
2007
Der Hase, Anna-Catharina Gebbers | Bibliothekswohnung, Berlin, Germany
2006
Gallery Serdtse, Moscow, Russia
2005
Trottoir, Hamburg, Germany (with Monika Jarecka)
2004
Schnelle Äste, HfBK, Hamburg, Germany
2002
Künstlerhaus Hamburg, Germany
Group Exhibitions
2020
Le realtà ordinarie, Palazzo De’ Toschi, Bologna, Italy
E subito riprende il viaggio, P420 Gallery, Bologna, Italy
…außer vielleicht eine Konstellation, project space oqbo, Berlin, Germany
Le realtà ordinarie, Palazzo De’ Toschi, Bologna (catalog), Italy
Elementum, CCA Andratx, Spain
Accrochage, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
On Survival, Britta von Rettberg Gallery, Munich, Germany
2019
The Tiresome Truth, ASC Gallery, London, UK
Condo Unit Athens, The Breeder, Athens, Greece
20 Years, James Cohan Gallery, New York, US
Beweggründe, Lange Nacht der Gerichtshöfe, Berlin Drawing Wow, Berlin
Small Paintings, Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery, Chicago, USA
2018
Premio Lissone, Museo Lissone, Lissone, Italy
Stillleben, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Shall shan’t paint, TKA Schaulager Speicherstadt, Hamburg, Germany
Helene Appel, alisa Margolis, Helen Verheuven, Galerie Judin, Berlin, Germany
Always the Real Thing, White Crypt, London, UK
2017
Fickle Food Upon a Shifting Plate, Studio Leigh, London, UK
20 Years Show, The Approach, London, UK
doing identiy, Sammlung Reydan Weiss, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochum, Germany
2016
Kettle’s Yard at The Hepworth Wakefield, curated by Anthea Hamilton, The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, UK
CORALE, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Frigoriferi Milanesi, Milan, IT
Queensize, Museum Arnhem, Arnhem, NL
Is this living?, The Approach, London, UK
I Prefer Life, The Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
2015
Tutta l’Italia e silenziosa, curated by Davide Ferri, Reale Accademia di Spagna, Rome, IT
Salondergegenwart, Hamburg, DE
Art Berlin Contemporary, Berlin, DE
Painting Show – Part One, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Helene Appel, Olga Balema, Simon Logan, Galerie Luis Campaña, Berlin, Germany
2014-15
QUEENSIZE – Female Artists from the Olbricht Collection, me Collections Room, Berlin, Germany
2014
SOME / THINGS, Projectos Monclova, Mexico City, Mexico
Kunstepedemie Büttner & Scolari, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, Germany
2013
Luce, Giorno: Helene Appel, Antonio Calderara, curated by Davide Ferri, P420, Bologna, Italy
“Inevitable Figuration”: A Scene of Painting Today, curated by Marco Bazzini and Davide Ferri, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
FULL HOUSE reloaded, curated by Wolfgang Schoppmann, Schönewald Fine Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany
2012
ÜBER DIE DINGE, Kulturstiftung Schloss Agathenburg, Agathenburg, Germany
Lines of Thought, Parasol Unit, London
Object Fiction, James Cohen Gallery, New York, USA
2011
FORCEMEAT, Wallspace, New York, USA
Helene Appel, Nadja Frank, Anna Gudjónsdóttir, Claudia Wieser, Galerie Conradi, Hamburg, Germany
Two-person presentation, Independent Art Fair, New York, USA
2010
Index Kunstpreis, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Germany
Rotate, curated by Outpost, Contemporary Art Society, London, UK
Hulahoop, 401 Contemporary, London, UK
The Library of Babel, curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers, 176 Project Space, London, UK
Augentäuschung, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Luxus Der Empfindsamkeit, Luis Campana, Berlin, Germany
2009
Beating The Bounds, Art Now, curated by Lizzie Carey-Thomas and Clarrie Wallis, Tate Britain, London, UK
We Are Moving, Royal College of Art, London, UK
SNIPER, Galerie Biedermann, Munich, Germany
Miniaturen, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany
O/A Stiff Bandeau, Tricycle Gallery, London, UK
2008
Think Again, Rachmaninoff’s, London, UK
Divination, The Brunswick Centre, London, UK
2007
Members Show, selected by Gavin Turk, Outpost Gallery, Norwich, UK
The Teardrop Explodes, Stadtgalerie Schwaz, Schwaz, Austria
The Thinnest Door I’ve Ever Sold, Studio 1.1 Gallery, London
Fast, La Generale, Paris, France and b22, Hamburg, Germany and Ausstellungsraum glue, Berlin, Germany
bookish relations, Anna-Catharina Gebbers | Bibliothekswohnung Berlin, Germany
Inky Toy Affinitas, curated by Anna-Catharine Gebbers, Cerealart, Philadelphia, USA
2006
Friedrich, curated by Bruce Haines, Doggerfisher Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
the air line, The Reliance, London, UK
Beverley Knowles Fine Art, London, UK
Arcade, New Quebeckstreet, London, UK
Degree Show, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2005
Index 2005, Kunsthaus, Hamburg, Germany
Grosse Koalition, Gallery Wagdas, London, UK
Der Himmel ist schön…, Walden Kunstausstellungen, Berlin, Germany
Electric Ladyland, Umspannwerk, Berlin, Germany
2004
Der Himmel ist schön…, temporary exhibition space, Hamburg, Germany
2003
Index 2003, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Germany
2002
Introduction, Museum Burgkloster, Lübeck, Germany
2001
Kunst in der Börse, Handelskammer Hamburg, Germany
Awards
2011
Kaiserringstipendium
2004 – 2006
DAAD scholarship to study in London
1998 – 2004
Scholarship from Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
Publications and Writing
2015
Canziani, Cecilia, Helene Appel – In Full Light, Cura, No 19, Winter issue
2014
Wilson, Michael, Helene Appel, Artforum, November
Helene Appel, Art in America, October
Gopnik, Blake, Helene Appel Carves up a Cliche, Artnet News, 17th September
Werner Büttner: Düngeschlacht über den Fontanellen, Textem Verlag
QUEENSIZE – Female Artists from the Olbricht Collection, me Collections Room, Berlin
2013
The Inevitable Figuration: A Scene of Painting Today, edited by Marco Bazzini and Davide Ferri, Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, SilvanaEditoriale
2012
Lines of Thought, Parasol Unit, edited by Ziba Ardalan
2011
Helene Appel, Mönchehaus Museum Goslar, Textem Verlag, with contributions by Anna-Catharine Gebbers and Bettina Ruhrberg
2010
Deception of the Eye – Special Effects in Contemporary Art, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven and Kerber Verlag
With contributions by Urs Stäheli, Viola Weigel, Rachel Withers and Nina Zschocke
Index Kunstpreis 2010, Hantje Cantz, edited by Elena Winkel
With the essay Briefumschlag – Putztuch – Krümel by Polina Stroganova
Collections
La Gaia Collection, Busca, Italy
Moenchehaus Museum Goslar, Germany
Olbricht Collection, Berlin
Williamson Art Gallery, The Wirral, UK
Zabludowicz Collection, London/Sarvisalo/New York
