Henriette is not a typical artist from the art academy. Her art is not complete chaos, and it is not pure beauty. Perhaps you could call it too masculine – but during her career it has been called any synonym instead. Intense, raw. I find it most of all relevant.
We agreed that you can easily see modern politics shining through her art. Not only, as the only selected Danish artist for "Nasty Women" exhibition in New York, in response to Donald 'The Pussygrabber' Trump's comments about Hillary Clinton - but also through something deeper.
David Blum, Heartcore Magazine, June 2022
Photo Peter Noerby
Henriette Hellstern, Lives and works in Copenhagen Denmark, (b. 1979 Aarhus)
Collaborations
Memberships
Awards
VKunst award 1 prize - Frankfurt - 2015
Outstanding work at Baltic Pride - Tallinn - 2011
Board member
De Kreatives Forretning - Skraa, Frederiksberg
2024-
Writer
POV.international - Copenhagen
2024-
Advisor
Den Kreative Forretning - Skraa, Frederiksberg
2024-
Cofounder and curator
De Kreatives Forretning - Skraa, Frederiksberg
2024-
Cassandra's´s sisters - The Round Tower, Copenhagen
2019-2022
Moderator
Det gode kunstnerliv, Den Kreative Forretning, Kulturmoedet Mors - 2024
Tower Talk, Cassandras´s sisters, The Round Tower - 2022
Panel debates
Representation and community - ArtWeek/Cassandras´s sisters - 2022
Salon Indigo, Vela - 2012
Education
MFA, Funen Art Academy
Professor Jens Haaning og MC. Coble
2009-2011
BA, Funen Art Academy
Professor Jakob Jakobsen
2006-2009
Lamrim, Vinaya og Prajnaparamitta, Buddhist University, Phendeling
By Bhikzuni Ani Tenzin Drolkar
2013-2015
Classes
Artweek speeddating - Gl. Strand
Curator Piia Oksanen, Museum of contemporary art Kiasma, Helsinki.
Curator Ingrid Pui Yee Chu, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong.
2022
Mentee
Billedkunstnernes fagforbund, with gallery owner Jesper Elg, Galleri V1
2018-2019
Grants
Toyota Foundation - Cassandra's´s sisters - 2022
Ny Carlsberg foundation - Cassandra's´s sisters - 2022
A.P. Møller foundation - Cassandra's´s sisters - 2022
Danish Art Council - Cassandras´s sisters - 2022
Danish Art Council - Working grant - 2015
Vesterbro local Council- Working grant - 2014
Ragnvald & Ida Blix Foundation - Travel grant - 2009
Selected exhibitions
Open video XVI, Kunstrum Fyn, Taarup, Denmark
October 2023
Mini Cassandra, Gallery Skitse – Copenhagen, Denmark
June 2022 - now
Cassandra's sisters, The round tower – Copenhagen, Denmark
April 2022 - June 2022
Growth, Gallery Gl. Lejre – Lejre
May 2021 - June 2021
Masters of the Universe, Distance Gallery – Denver, USA
April 2020 - May 2020
Show Anything Show, The Wall Space – Falkirk, Scotland
March 2020 - April 2020
Planet:Heart, Museu Soledade Malvar– Braga, Portugal
November 2019 - December 2019
Remix #5, Kunstmix – Copenhagen, Denmark
January 2019 - February 2019
Solo: Das Narrenhaus, Gallery NB - Viborg, Denmark
August 2019 - September 2019
Christmas stars, Gallery NB - Viborg, Denmark
December 2018 - December 2018
Oktober 43/Humanity in action, Politikens forhal - Copenhagen, Denmark
September 2018 - October 2018
Remix #4, Kunstmix – Copenhagen, Denmark
August 2018 - September 2018
Flair, Gallery NB - Viborg, Denmark
August 2018 - September 2018
Passion, Gallery NB - Viborg, Denmark
June 2018 - July 2018
I am, Decumanus Gallery – Krk, Croatia
April 2018 - May 2018
Solo: Inner Atlas, Gallery NB – Viborg, Denmark
March 2018 - April 2018
Colorful Chaos, The Laundry Artspace – Brisbane, Australia
February 2018 - March 2018
Pop-Up, Gallery NB/Riget Art Association - Copenhagen, Denmark
December 2017 - Januar 2018
Group Exhibition, Gallery NB/Vejle Municipality Art Association - Vejle, Denmark
December 2017 - December 2017
Self to #selfie, SOMarts cultural center– San Francisco, USA
June 2017 - July 2017
Solo: Your Quiet Riot, Gallery NB – Viborg, Denmark
March 2017 - April 2017
Nasty women, The Knockdown Center – New York, USA
January 2017 - February 2017
GendErotica Night, Toscana Pride Park – Limonaia di Villa Strozzi, Florence, Italy
June 2016 - July 2016
We do not argue for that, Staldgade 74 – Copenhagen, Denmark
May 2016 - June 2016
Emotions, GRAFO gallery – Vilnius, Lithuania
May 2016 - June 2016
Solo: Lucidity, GRAFO gallery – Vilnius, Lithuania
February 2016 - April 2016
Grand opening group show, GRAFO gallery – Vilnius, Lithuania
December 2015 - Februar 2016
Solo: Weightlessness, GRAFO gallery – Vilnius, Lithuania December 2015 - Januar 2016
Ich bleibe/Vkunst award, Galerie Greulich – Frankfurt, Germany May 2015 - June 2015
GendErotica, Eyes Wild Drag, - Rome, Italy
May 2015 - June 2015
Filmideo, Index Art Center, - New York, USA
April 2015 - May 2015
All of that needs to go, Beaver – Athen, Greece
February 2015 - March 2015
MOTHA, The museum of transgender history and art – San Francisco, USA
December 2014 - January 2015
Queer art screening, Cine-k GdR, - Oldenburg, Germany
November 2014 - December 2014
Solo: Annihilated, C4projects – Copenhagen, Denmark
September 2014 - Oktober 2014
Points of view, NE fest II - Sofia, Bulgaria
September 2014 - October 2014
Entzaubert DIY Queer Film Festival, Schwarzer Kanal – Berlin, Germany
July 2014 - August 2014
Mon amie l´image, VKunst award – Frankfurt, Germany
May 2014 - june 2014
&c Dark Matters, 48eight Gallery - Kent Sussex, United Kingdom
April 2014 - May 2014
Holes and other vaginas, Galerie Kulturwerkstatt - Berlin, Germany
Februar 2014 - March 2014
The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog, C4projects – Copenhagen, Denmark
December 2013 - january 2014
Cantana Pride – Torino, Italy
June 2013 - july 2013
GendErotica, Eyes Wild Drag - Rome, Italy
May 2013 - June 2013
One year birthday event, C4Projects - Copenhagen, Denmark
October 2012 - November 2012
Solo: StressHat, NLH-Space - Copenhagen, Denmark
October 2012 - September 2012
Entzaubert DIY Queer Film Festival, Schwarzer Kanal – Berlin, Germany
August 2012 - September 2012
Stoff/Stockholm Fringe Fest, Kulturhuset Sergels Torg - Stockholm, Sweden
August 2012 - September 2012
Queere Filmtage Zürich, Traumschicht Kollektiv - Zürich, Switzerland
June 2012 - July 2012
The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog, C4projects – Copenhagen, Denmark
December 2011 - january 2012
The Day of The Dead, Gallery DAMP – Copenhagen, Denmark
October 2011 - November 2011
Titanikas NBeX project, Titanikas – Vilnius, Lithuania
October 2011 - November 2011
She´s lost control again, Gallery Jesper Tae – Copenhagen, Denmark
September 2011 - October 2011
Family, März Projectroom – Tallinn, Estonia
June 2011 - July 2011
World in my eyes, Brandts– Odense, Denmark
May 2011 - August 2011
Woman where´s your tower, Gallery NB – Roskilde, Denmark
March 2011 - May 2011
Christmas event, Gallery NB – Viborg, Denmark
December 2010 - January 2011
25th Copenhagen Gay & Lesbian Film Festival- Copenhagen, Denmark
October 2010 - November 2010
Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage, International Queer Film Festival - Hamburg, Germany
October 2010 - November 2010
Solo: Abject & Object, NBeX Projectroom, Gallery NB – Viborg, Denmark
August 2010 - September 2010
Entzaubert DIY Queer Film Festival, Schwarzer Kanal – Berlin, Germany
July 2010 - August 2010
Overgaden Art Publications, Overgaden – Copenhagen, Denmark
April 2010 - May 2010
The artists easter exhibition, Aarhus Kunsthal – Aarhus, Denmark
March 2010 - May 2010
Threads, SOMArts Cultural Centre– San Francisco, USA
June 2009 - July 2009
ArtBeat, Odense International Music Theatre – Odense, Denmark
May 2009 - June 2009
Charlottenborg´s spring exhibition, Charlottenborg – Copenhagen, Denmark
April 2009 - May 2009
Crash, The Janus Building Easter Exhibition – Tistrup, Denmark
March 2009 - May 2009
PAM/Perpitualartmachine, Utsikten Kunstsenter – Kvinesdal, Norway
November 2008 - Januray 2009
Unitedtwentyfifteen, Unicef/IMCC, FAA Project Room – Odense, Denmark
April 2008 - May 2008
The artist´s easter exhibition, Aarhus Kunsthal– Aarhus, Denmark
March 2008 - April 2008
HomoEvent, Ridehuset – Aarhus, Denmark
Januar 2008 - Februar 2008
Machine-Raum a biennale for video art and digital culture, Spinderihallerne – Vejle, Denmark
November 2007 - December 2007
The artist´s easter exhibition, Aarhus Kunsthal– Aarhus, Denmark
March 2007 - April 2007
Charlottenborg´s spring exhibition, Charlottenborg – Copenhagen, Denmark
March 2007 - April 2007
SuperMarket v. Koh-i-noor, Konstnärshuset – Stockholm, Sweden
February 2007 - March 2007
Decorations
Sparekassen Thy - 2018
Viborg Hospital - 2016
Randers Statsskole - 2015
Art fairs
2024
Kulturmoedet Mors, Nykoebing Mors
2019
Art Vilnius, Lithuania
Art Herning, Herning
2018
North Art Fair, Aalborg
Art Herning, Herning
2017
North Art Fair, Aalborg
Art Herning, Herning
2016
Art Copenhagen, Copenhagen
North Art Fair, Aalborg
Art Herning, Herning
2015
Art Copenhagen, Copenhagen
2013
Art Verona, Verona
2011
Art Herning, Herning
Guest lecturers/teaching
Aeroe Art School - 2024
Aeroe Art School - 2014
Taarnby Painters - 2013
Aarhus Art School - 2013
Aeroe Art School - 2012
Aarhus Art School - 2012
Residencies
Raeveskiftet, Ole Haslund Foundation - 2017
Malerhuset, BKF - 2016
Raeveskiftet, Ole Haslund Foundation - 2014
Loegum Kloster, Artist Residency - 2014