Biography
Sophie von Hellermann lives and works in London, UK.
Solo Exhibitions
2020
2019
- Swirls and Circles, WENTRUP Gallery, Berlin
- Ileden, Greene Naftali, New York
2018
- Petri Dishes, Parrasch Heijnen Gallery, Los Angeles
- New Waves, Pilar Corrias, London
2017
- Stufen zur Kunst, Kunstverein Hannover
- Office Baroque, Brussels
2015
- After a Fashion – A Play with Fire, Vilma Gold, London
2013
- Novel Ways, Greene Naftali, New York
- Elephant in the Room, Firstsite, Colchester
2011
- Crying for The Sunset, Vilma Gold, London
- The Lucky Hand, Greene Naftali, New York
2010
- Who Shall Survive?, Almine Rech, Brussels
- Sophie von Hellermann & Josh Smith, curated by Anne Pontegnie,Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Le Consortium, Dijon
2009
- Maximus, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
2008
- Accidental Portraits, Vilma Gold, London
- Moonch, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
2007
- Greene Naftali, New York
2006
- Judgement Day, Chisenhale Gallery, London; Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen
- No Man Good Island (with Brian Griffiths), Vilma Gold Project, Berlin; Patrick De Brock Gallery, Knokke
2005
- Goddess in the Doorway, Greene Naftali, New York
- Neuveaux Commanditeurs, Nancy
2004
- Hot Fusion, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
- On The Ground, Vilma Gold, London
- Ghislaine Hussenot Gallery, Paris
- Jablonka Luhn, Cologne,
- Vacío 9 Galería de Arte, Madrid
2003
- Wilkuren, Kunstverein Konstanz, Germany
- Jablonka Galerie Linn Luhn, Cologne
2001
- Vusering Hites, Vilma Gold, London
- Saatchi Gallery Presents Sophie von Hellermann, London
- Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
Group Exhibitions
2020
- 5 Days for 14 Artists, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
- ALLES NOTWENDIGE, Braunsfelder Family Collection, Köln
2019
- 3 Zimmer, Küche, Bad, Braunsfelder Family Collection, Köln
- Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London
2017
- The New Frontiers of Painting, Fondazione Stelline, Milan
2016
- Jahresgaben 2016, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
2015
- Works on Paper, Greene Naftali, New York
- Call and Response, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York
- Jerwood Encounters: The Grantchester Pottery paints the stage, Jerwood Visual Arts, London
- Die Moderne der Frauen in Deutschland (Empathy and Abstraction: Modernist Women in Germany), Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld
- Katrin Plavcak and friends: History of Painting Revisited, Function Room, London
- Drawing Biennial 2015, Drawing Room, London
- Present Conditional, Nino Mier, California
2014
- Imaginary Portraits: Prince Igor, Gallery Met, Metropolitan Opera, New York
- I Cheer a Dead Man’s Sweetheart, De La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill on Sea
- Nuite Amricaine, Office Baroque, Brussels
2013
- Gen X, La Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Repubblica di San Marino, San Marino
- Folk Devil, David Zwirner, New York
- Out of the House, Cranford Collection, Fundacion Banco Santander, Madrid
2012
- Buy My Bananas, Kate Werble Gallery, New York
- In the disappearing mist, the gift whispers, Focal Point Gallery, Southend
- Howling at the Moon: The Artist and the Night Sky from Old Masters to Today, Dickinson Fine Art, New York
2011
- Party Animals, Royal/T, Los Angeles
- Capitain Pamphile #3, Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg
- Watercolour, Tate Britain, London
- Der Menschen Klee, Kunst Im Tunnel, Düsseldorf
- Printemps de Septembre—à Toulouse, Toulouse
- Outrageous Fortune: Artists Remake the Tarot, Focal Point Gallery, Southend
2010
- TAG: From 3 to 45. New London Painting, Brown Gallery, London
- New Art for a New Century: Contemporary Acquisitions, 2000-2010, Orange County Museum of Art, OrangeCounty
- Pamphile Show: A pictorial novel in pieces, Jet, Berlin; Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg
- The Library of Babel/In and Out of Place, Projectspace 176, London
- Don Juan in the Village, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm
2009
- Sophie von Hellermann and Josh Smith, le Consortium, Dijon, travelled to Museum Dhonts-Dhaenens, Deurle
2008
- 100 Years, 100 Artists, 100 Works of Art. Art on the Underground, Rochelle School, Shoreditch
- The Alliance, Do-Art Gallery, Beijing and Seoul
- Works on Paper by Gallery Artists and Ricci Albenda, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
- Base-Progetti per l’Arte, Florence
- Painting Now and Forever, Part II, Greene Naftali and Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
2007
- Inky Toys Affinitas, Cerealart, Philadelphia
- Looking Up, Galeria Mario Sequiera, Lisbon
- Secret Flix, Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt
- Der Ficker, Fortescue Avenue/Jonathan Viner, London
- White Columns 2007 Benefit Auction and Exhibition, White Columns, New York
- Art For Opera, Arnold and Marie Schwartz Gallery, Metropolitan Opera House, New York
- Looking Up, Galeria Mário Sequeira, Braga
2006
- Out of Line: Drawings from the Collection of Sherry and Joel Mallin, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
- Heroines, Arnold and Marie Schwartz Gallery, Metropolitan Opera House, New York
- Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
- Olympia (with hobbypopMUSEUM), Public, Paris
2005
- Sophie von Hellermann & Josh Smith: Collaborations, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
- The Hardest Thing To Draw Is A Kiss, Wimbledon School of Art, London
- Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna
- POST-MoDERN, Greene Naftali, New York
- Clarke & McDevitt Present, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
- Mystica, hobbypopMUSEUM, Deitch Projects, New York
2004
- Die Graue Kammer: Pohl, Gursky, hobbypopMUSEUM, Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna
- The Drawing Project, Vamiali’s, Athens
- Mothers, Oh! Art, London
2003
- Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
- Art and Mountains, The Alpine Club, London
- Hydrophobia, Henry Peacock Gallery, London
2002
- Cher Peintre, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
- De La Peintre!..., Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris
- Immediate Gesture, Lombard Fried Fine Arts, New York
- Paintings, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
- Artagents Gallery, Hamburg
- We all Love . . ., The Mission, London
- OBERWELTE, Stuttgart
- Mediated Cooperation, collaboration with Johannes Maier
- Electric Show, The Great Eastern Hotel, London
2001
- hobbypop MUSEUM, Düsseldorf, London
- Abbey Road, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
- White Rabbit, New Langton Arts, San Francisco
- Saatchi Gallery at Underwood Street, London
- Death to the Fascist Insect That Preys on the Life of the People, Anthonyd’ Offay, London
2000
- Furore, Vilma Gold Gallery, London
- Timothy Taylor, London
- Angel Island, hobbypopMUSEUM at Nicc, Antwerp
1999
- What you buy is your problem, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam
- Trouble Spot Painting, Museum vanHedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp
- hobbypopMUSEUM, Düsseldorf
- Spiel des Lebens, Düsseldorf
1998
- hobbypop Terror, part of Glut exhibition at Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf
- Keep on riding - volkstümliche Malerei, Kunstforum, Rottweil
- hobbypop publications, Niet die Kunstvlai, Amsterdam
- Die Serie, Galerie 102, Düsseldorf
1997
- Hello Down There, Gothaer Kunstforum, Cologne
1996
- Drive-in, Düsseldorf
1995
- Coole Bilder, Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, Cologne
Bibliography
2020
2019
- Tenzing Barshee: Painting Tempi: Everyone else is a Troll - Sophie von Hellermann in conversation with Tenzing Barshee; Mousse Issue 66 2019, Winter
- 7 artists to Watch in January; Artspace, January
- Sophie von Hellermann's "Ileden" Greene Naftali; Cultured, January
- Sophie von Hellermann; The New York Times, January
- Sophie von Hellermann - Greene Naftali, The New Yorker, January
2016
2015
2009