Education

Masterclass Sandberg Institute 'Radical Imagination'  

Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, Degree (2008) in Fine Arts

Exhibitions & shows

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Current & Upcoming

Ekstasis at Stedelijk Museum Schiedam 

ITGWO, Vlieland

Boston Ballet, video scenography for choreographer Nanine Linning

Video scenography for NBprojects, ITA Amsterdam 

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Past

Abiosis at group exhibition 'Lucid' at Kunstkerk, curated by Boris Gunst, Dordrecht

Habitat at group exhibition 'Post-Digital Heritage' at Grote Kerk, Breda

Lucid, stage and kinetic installation, Tilburg

Heliotrope, group exhibition at NoArt, Amsterdam

Abiosis at group exhibition Naturally: Wild Futures curated by Ward Jansen, Floriade World Expo museum pavilion, Museum M, Almere

Habitat at XP Conference, Riyadh

Habitat at Sonar Istanbul, Zorlu Istanbul

Heliotrope at The Chapel, installation, Tilburg

Habitat at Forum, Groningen

Habitat at Shifting Proximities, Installation, curated by Bogomir Doringer, NXT Museum, Amsterdam

Lightforms at Klankvorm / V2, Visual Performance with Ilpo Väisänen (Pan Sonic), curated by Klankform, IFFR Rotterdam.

ISM Hexadome Project, group exhibition, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art

Parklight Art Festival, Sculptural Installation, curated by John Prop, Oosterpark, Amsterdam

Diadromi,  Sculptural Installation, curated by Nachtlab Agency, Mediamatic, Amsterdam

When Water Falls pro­ject No 3, curated by Zippora Elders, Kunstfort, Vijfhuizen

ISM Hexadome Project, Gropius Bau, Berlin

ISM Hexadome Project, Gray Area Festival, Pier 70, San Francisco

ISM Hexadome Project, Mutek at Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.

Urform, group exhibition curated by Mette Samkalden at Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam

When Water Falls pro­ject No 1, Contrair Antwerp

Videoperformance, Scheepvaart Museum, Amsterdam

Installation with sound artist Matteo Mijnderwijk, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Terrene, an installation commissioned by Het Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam

Ousia, installation, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

Before Dawn, installation group exhibition "Night" curated by Axel Rüger, Art Deli, Amsterdam.

Overview exhibition video works 2007-2009, Odeon, Amsterdam

H2O, photography, part of a group exhibition, Kunsthuis, Oudewater

Final exam video work, part of Best Graduates 2008, Galerie Ronmandos, Amsterdam

Final exam exhibition, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam

Hotel Maria Chapel, group exhibition, Hoorn

Residencies

Residence with Nicole Beutler Projects, Antwerpen

Residence with Nap Labs, Residence Midi, Mazamet

4 week project development ISM Hexadome Project, Supervised by Climatologist Appy Sluijs and microscope expert

Timme Donders, Institute for Geosciences, Utrecht

ZKM Karlsruhe, in preparation for ISM Hexadome Project, Karlsruhe

Absent, Hoorn. 4 months residence at Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn

Danielle van Vree, performance workshop

Grants / Awards / Nominations 

Offical Selection Dutch Film Festival Gouden Kalf 

Stimuleringsfonds, Digitale Cultuur, installation Abiosis

Stimuleringsfonds, Digitale Cultuur, installation Habitat

Stichting Stokroos, installation: Habitat

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Projects

The Chapel no2, installation at Draaimolen Festival

The Chapel, Stage design, Draaimolen Festival 

'The New Today' by 2562 (A Made up Sound). Visual design and live visual performance

'Klockworks' by Ben Klock. Visual brand design, artwork, and live visual performance, 3-year residency

Finn Silver, live in Japan. Visual design and live visual performance in Tokyo and Osaka

Imprint, a residency at Trouw Amsterdam

'Till death do us part' theatre show by Moke. Film project, projection design, and live visual performance

'NDSA makes a proposal', play by Rory de Groot at NDSM loods, Amsterdam. Visual installation design and live visual performance

Exhibition 'Whispering Waters' by Danielle Kwaaitaal at Groninger Museum. Live visual performance at the openin

Whispering Waters by Danielle Kwaaitaal. Assistance for Underwater shoot

'Nightwriters' theatre tour. Visual design and artwork design

Catta Donkersloot fashion show at Melkweg Theater Amsterdam. Light/projection Installation design

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Music Videos

'Hello Love' for Celine Cairo 

'C.e.g.e.c.' for Sofie Winterson ​

'Whimsical' for Fridolijn

'Helldiver' for Rødhåd

'Anipintiros #8' for Tripeo

'Alpha Centauri', film project in cooperation with Jeff Mills

'Innervisions' Boiler Room, video for a secret event during Amsterdam Dance Event, in cooperation with Mirla Klijn

'Mirrors are placed in front of us' for Tone Bardo Therapy

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Publications

'De ontkenning van de aarde' ('In denial of the earth') essay for the book "Waar verzet jij je tegen", Maven Publishing

'Dat wat na de natuur komt' ('What comes after nature') essay for the book 'Dit is het Mooist ooit', Maven Publishing

'De zoektocht naar het onveranderlijke' ('The search for the unchangeable')  Jan Retel, essay

HMK Hotel Maria Kapel 10 years. Published in NRC Handelsblad 

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Interviews/podcasts

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3LIrYGpwB7inG1Hl9LwcXJ

https://nextnature.net/magazine/visual/2021/seeking-symbiosis

https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/but-is-i-t-art/id1622173948

https://www.clotmag.com/interviews/heleen-blanken-and-the-aestheticization-of-nature

https://mnmt.no/magazine/2019/12/19/heleen-blanken-interview/