Mercedes Helnwein

Mercedes Helnwein (born 1979) is an artist, writer and filmmaker. She was born in Vienna, Austria.[1]

Biography

Mercedes Helnwein was born in Vienna, Austria. Her father is Austro-Irish artist Gottfried Helnwein.[2] She and her brothers, Cyril, Ali, and Wolfgang Amadeus, often modeled for their father's work as children, whose works often included nightmarish depictions of war and exploitation.

As children, Mercedes and her siblings were given the freedom to express themselves, and she developed a style distinctively hers.

She says , "Secrets of suburbia, the surface fakeness, have always been interesting to me" [3]

Helnwein creates large-scale drawings, most of which are done with black pencil, colored pencils, or pastels.

Helnwein's art debuted in 2003, with her first group exhibition hosted in Downtown Los Angeles by actor Jason Lee.[4]

Mercedes Helnwein contributed art to the 2006 Beck album, The Information.[5]

In 2010, Damien Hirst acquired the entire work of Helnwein's "Whistling Past the Graveyard" show in London.[6]

In 2004, her travelogue, "Devil Got Religion," covered the 15-day road trip with Alex Prager and Beth Riesgraf for their "America Motel" installation.[2]

Her debut novel, The Potential Hazards of Hester Day, was released in February 2008 by Simon & Schuster.[7]

Selected reviews
  • The Helnwein Siblings' Artful Life in LA, by Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, Oct 16, 2011[8]
  • Making Cindy Sherman Proud, by Rachel Wolff, New York Magazine, July 3, 2007[9]

References
  1. Mercedes Helnwein: Temptation to be Good, Juxtapoz magazine, December 30, 2013
  2. Jessica Gelt (April 08, 2004) "Rooms with a view of America's heartland", Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-06-05.
  3. Haramis, Nick (Dec/Jan 2008). “The New Literary Enfant Terrible.” Blackbook. Retrieved 2010-01-04 at http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/the-new-literary-enfant-terrible/1546#When:17:01:00Z
  4. People are Strange: Mercedes Helnwein’s ‘Make it Dark’ at Merry Karnowsky Gallery, by Keith Dugas, cartwheel, November 20, 2012
  5. Beck, The Information, Art Direction and Design, http://www.bigactive.com
  6. Ladygunn Surprise Issue: Mercedes Helnwein, by Heather Seidler, June 21, 2011
  7. The Potential Hazards of Hester Day, Mercedes Helnwein Author, Publishers Weekly, November 5, 2007
  8. "The Helnwein siblings' artful life in L.A." Los Angeles Times. October 16, 2011.
  9. "Making Cindy Sherman Proud". Vulture. July 3, 2007.
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