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Sophie von Hellermann

SOPHIE VON HELLERMANN

Love's Labour's Lost Sies + Höke 30 August–28 September 2024 Düsseldorf
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Sophie von Hellermann (b. 1975) is a UK-based artist renowned for her light, lyrical style of painting. Her works are a mix of vivid colours and gradients that allude to seas and boats, as well as figures, birds, and flowers, creating a romantic, feminine aesthetic. However, upon closer inspection, her paintings contain deeper, more serious stories, exploring, for example, colonialism and its effects. Though Hellermann’s work is often light and playful, her paintings are never shallow. Rather than illustrating individual biographies, she finds a pictorial language that remains deliberately vague, allowing viewers to explore their own interpretations of the stories behind her art.

Her upcoming exhibition at Sies + Höke will be the second solo presentation in the Düsseldorf gallery. Further solo and two-person exhibitions of her work have been held at Turner Contemporary, Margate, (2021); Kunstverein Hannover (2017); Firstsite, Colchester (2013); and Le Consortium, Dijon (2010). Notable group exhibitions include Hayward Gallery, London (2021); X Museum, Beijing (2020); Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn (2016); Gallery Met, Metropolitan Opera, New York (2014); Cranford Collection, Fundación Banco Santander, Madrid (2013); and Tate Britain, London (2011). Her work is in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, among others. Von Hellermann is a founding member of the London and Düsseldorf-based artists collective hobbypopMUSEUM, active since 1998.

Hellermann’s next major institutional presentation is the upcoming Biografien der Moderne: Sammelnde und ihre Werke at the Brücke-Museum, Berlin, opening parallel to her solo exhibition at Sies + Höke.

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About the Artist

UK-based Sophie von Hellermann is a painter who weaves together narratives using signature sweeping gestures on unprimed canvas.

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About the Gallery

Sies + Höke is one of the leading contemporary art galleries in Germany. The gallery represents over 25 established and emerging artists from Europe, the United States and Latin America. In addition to the gallery program, Sies + Höke has developed a distinguished legacy over the years by showcasing well-researched historical exhibitions.

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Poststrasse 2+3
Düsseldorf
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Düsseldorf Poststrasse 2+3
Sies Hoke contemporary art gallery in Dusseldorf Germany
Sies + Höke
Poststrasse 2+3, Düsseldorf, Germany
+49 211 301 4360
http://www.sieshoeke.com

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Monday–Friday: 10am–6.30pm
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