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About me

Helen Acosta Iglesias
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born 1975 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, lives and works in Berlin

2007                       Master Class in Fine Arts by Prof. Verena Vernunft
2000 - 2006            Fine Art Studies at the University of Hannover

1994 -
1998             Translation studies, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Cologne


Residencies / Nominations / Honors

2012      Kultur- und Kreativpiloten, Award, Germany      
               Nida Art Colony. Artist in Residency at Nida, Lithuania. Grant, Spanisch Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania
2011      "Apollo 13" Grant. Artist in Residence at the "Künstlerdorf Schöppingen"
             
Blessing Maschine. Nomitation for HOLY!, award of the Archdiocese of Freiburg
                Claudia. Nomination for the Tempelhof-Schöneberger Art Award, Berlin 

              
Blessing Maschine. Nomination for the LIGHT award of the QQArt Gallery, Düsseldorf 
2009       Tear catcher. Juta Cunny Franz Foundation, Museum Kunst Palast 
2008       Wortlexikon. In der „Junge Akademie" Berlin
               
Nomination for the Sparda Bank Art Award, Hannover
2006        Prinzhorn. In: "Stadtgeschehen bei Mischwetter", SchöneworthVerlag 2006, s.157.
2004        De Recuerdos y Ausencias. First Award. In: IV Literature Award, Foundation Mapfre Guanarteme 2004, s.39.

           

Exhibitions

2012     Ereignis, Kutscherhaus, Recklinghausen.
             Wunschfrei, G.A.S Station Gallery, Berlin
             No one knows what is inside the sea. Nida Art Colony, Lithuania
             Lange_weile, Forum Factory Gallery, Berlin
             Some rather go into the woods, Strümpfe Gallery, Mannheim
             Zinnober. Konnektor Gallery, Hannover
             Heart matters, Art Center, Mojocar, Spanien
2011
     FIVAC, Videoart Festival Camagüey, Cuba
              no TIME,
at the G.A.S Station Gallery, Berlin
              HOLY! at the Kloster Hegne, Lake Constance
              Oh, my God, at the 5th People Gallery, Berlin
              HOLY!,
at the Agustinermuseum, Freiburg
              Kernfragen,
at the "Haus am Kleistpark", Berlin
              HOLY!
, at the Regierungspräsidium, Karlsruhe

              48 Hours Neukölln, at Kohleladen, Berlin
              Never Mind. At the G.A.S Station Gallery, Berlin
              Aktion 2011. Video Festival at the I-A-M, Berlin
              LIGHT.
At he QQArt Gallery, Düsseldorf
              I AND ME. 
At the Großburgwedel Townhall
              "Inzwischen".
At the Konnektor Gallery, Hannover
2010     Failure. Symposium. Several Pursuits. Im i-a-m, Berlin

              Nauten. Viktoria b Gallery, Bonn
              Sweet and Crunchy. Im i-a-m, Berlin

              Grenzenlos.Vierfältig.Eins. Berlin Art projects Gallery, Berlin
              Kaum zu glauben,  
Soloshow in the Schillerpalais Gallery, Berlin
            "glauben, dass..." Shedhalle Tübingen

              ObPHON, Art Festival obART, Kirschau 
               Kohleladen,
48 hours Neukölln, Berlin
              "Institut für alles Mögliche", Wedding, Berlin

               Mov, Tapentenwerk, Leipzig
           
EQUINOX II, Grimmuseum, Berlin 
2009     Family and Friends, Komet Galerie, Berlin
            
Ich glaube an die Kunst, Közelités Galéria, Kusntverein Pécs, Hungary
            
Wie ein Tag, Kestnergesellschaft, Marktkirche, Hannover
             Passagen 09, Spinnerei, Leipzig
            
Wiedersehen, Gartenregion, Hanover
2008     Zug um Zug 08, Sparda Bank, Hanover
            
Gedanken zur Revolution, Spinnerei, Leipzig
               Kunstlauf „Zinnober“, Ratswiese und Faustgelände, Hanover
2007      Meisterschüler 07, Eisfabrik, Hannover
             
Kreuz und Quer, Kestnergesellschaft, Marktkirche, Hanover
2006      Please don´t hesitate to ask, Kaskadenkondensator, Basel
2005      Drei, Kunstlauf "Zinnober", Hanover
             
Arbeitsraum Klasse Verena Vernunft, Grammophon Gallery, Hanover
              
Impuls, at the Hannover Fair, Hanover
2003        Filter, "Kunstort Klärwerk", Hanover
              
common ground #3, "Niedersächsische Landesvertretung", Berlin
2002        Rundgang, "Kurt Schwitters Forum", Hannover
since 1999Sentada, Garten of the University of Gran Canaria, Spain
1999         Sensaciones lejanas, "Tap Gallery", Sydney
1997        Skulpturen, "Galerie Grünecke", Köln