Helena Huneke
Spark Art Fair
20th - 24th of March 2025
BIOGRAPHIE
Das erbarmungslose Ausbreiten von Allem ist der zerstörte private Raum
(Teilnahme an dekonstruktivistischer Architektur/Seminare in Wien 95/96)
später Mak-Schindlerstipendium Los Angeles
Akademie Isotrop / danach "Hochzeitsgeschenke".
Aufbruch einer Gruppe, Herstellung einer anderen (aber symbolisch).
Vorstellung der Wichtigkeit von Beziehungen, Verwandtschaftsverhältnissen zwischen
Künstlern ist noch da.
für Jonathan Meese
für Nele Budelmann
für Ascan Pinkernelle
für Cy Twombly.
danach Kriegsbilder, Internet und Seattle passieren. Ein Tagebuch des roten Baron aus dem ersten Weltkrieg ist Inspirationsquelle. Kampf, auch mit der Leinwandformaten meiner Ex-Kollegen und mit dem Berlin Thema, die Aufnahme des feudal-kitschigen. "Bisexual warmemories" hat wieder die von den Hochzeitsbildern gewohnte, weiche Ästhetik, ist aber wesentlich mit Farbe bearbeitet, statt mit Fäden, Zeichnung etc.
Der Plan nimmt sich (gereinigt) ein Modernistisches Vokabular vor, nach dem Fasten.
genderd…
-Helena Huneke
Das erbarmungslose Ausbreiten von Allem ist der zerstörte private Raum
(Teilnahme an dekonstruktivistischer Architektur/Seminare in Wien 95/96)
später Mak-Schindlerstipendium Los Angeles
Akademie Isotrop / danach "Hochzeitsgeschenke".
Aufbruch einer Gruppe, Herstellung einer anderen (aber symbolisch).
Vorstellung der Wichtigkeit von Beziehungen, Verwandtschaftsverhältnissen zwischen
Künstlern ist noch da.
für Jonathan Meese
für Nele Budelmann
für Ascan Pinkernelle
für Cy Twombly.
danach Kriegsbilder, Internet und Seattle passieren. Ein Tagebuch des roten Baron aus dem ersten Weltkrieg ist Inspirationsquelle. Kampf, auch mit der Leinwandformaten meiner Ex-Kollegen und mit dem Berlin Thema, die Aufnahme des feudal-kitschigen. "Bisexual warmemories" hat wieder die von den Hochzeitsbildern gewohnte, weiche Ästhetik, ist aber wesentlich mit Farbe bearbeitet, statt mit Fäden, Zeichnung etc.
Der Plan nimmt sich (gereinigt) ein Modernistisches Vokabular vor, nach dem Fasten.
genderd…
-Helena Huneke
Helena Huneke, Untitled (Fuck), year unknown perhaps 1998 (LA years), ball point pen and paint on paper, 48 x 40cm
Helena Huneke, Der Plan, 2002, Linen, Acrylic, Newspaper, pen, paper, 254 x 132cm
Helena Huneke, Untitled (Augen), year unknown, ink on paper, 41 x 54cm
Untitled (Referenz), year unknown (presumably 2001), door handle, wood, acrylic, foil, tights, paper, ink, 98 x 63cm
Helena Huneke, Hell - Seher, year unknown, found objects, 40x40x75cm
1. Helena Huneke, Untitled (Rote Nasen), year unknown tipp-ex, ink, acrylic, marker on paper ,51 x 66 cm
2. Helena Hunke, Untitled (Streichholzmädchen / Medusenköpfe), year unknown, watercolor on paper, 40 x 43cm
Drawings in Original Frames, around 2010
1, Helene Huneke, Untitled (Hip-Hop), 24 x 34cm
2. Helena Huneke, Untitled (froggy love), 24 x 34cm
3. Helena Hunke, Untitled (fucking boring) 24 x 34cm
4. Untitled (tired of it), 24 x 34cm
Helena Huneke, Untitled (Faxe), 1997-1998 (main work),fax paper, fabric, pins, 150 x 186cm
Helena Huneke, Untitled (teer wie blasen), paper, pen, bull point pen, scotch tape, 68 x 56 cm
Helena Huneke, Belzebub, year unknown found objects, 40 x 40 x 50 cm
Helena Huneke, Untitled, year unknown, ball point pen on paper. 7 x 15 cm
Sigrid Huneke, installation and frame
Helena Huneke was a German artist known for her interdisciplinary approach. Born 1967, in Münster/Westfalen, she studied at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK) Hamburg from 1988 to 1995, earning a diploma in Industrial and Product Design with a focus on interior design, furniture design, and theory.
In 1997, Huneke worked as an assistant to Professor Ann Wolf at HfBK Hamburg. She received the MAK-Schindler Artist-in-Residence scholarship in Los Angeles (1997–1998), where she developed a distinctive artistic language that informed much of her later work. From 1998 to 2000, she was a member of the influential artist collective Akademie Isotrop, which played a significant role in Hamburg's contemporary art scene. In 2003, she was awarded an artist studio residency at Goldbekhof e.V. in Hamburg.
Throughout her career, Huneke exhibited widely. Her solo shows Montgomery Berlin (2008), Fullerton Art Museum, San Bernardino (1999), and MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles (1998). Her work was shown shortly after her death in Halle für Kunst Lüneburg (2015).
SPARK Art Fair Vienna was the fist solo presentation of her work after her passing in 10 years.
Her work was also featured in numerous international group exhibitions, such as "Ins Dunkle Schwimmen" at Universitätsgalerie der Angewandten, Vienna (2024), "Painting Forever!" at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2013), and "Formalismus. Moderne Kunst Heute" at Kunstverein Hamburg (2004).
In addition to her visual art practice, Huneke was an active writer, contributing essays, reviews, and image-based texts to publications such as Starship, Texte zur Kunst, Metalic, and Rand-los Magazin. She engaged in editorial and critical writing, including contributions to exhibition catalogs and artistic manifestos. In 2012, she launched the website "automotor.cc," further expanding her creative discourse into digital platforms.
Helena Huneke's legacy endures through her innovative practice, critical engagement with contemporary art discourse, and her influence on the German and international art scenes. She passed away in Berlin in November 2012.
We want to thank Sigrid and Claudia Huneke, Helene Baur, Verena Dengler, Robert Müller, Olivia Coeln, Nik Geene, Paul Makovsky and Enno Limmer. This would have not been possibe without you and we are deeply greatful for your important work.
Thank you.
In 1997, Huneke worked as an assistant to Professor Ann Wolf at HfBK Hamburg. She received the MAK-Schindler Artist-in-Residence scholarship in Los Angeles (1997–1998), where she developed a distinctive artistic language that informed much of her later work. From 1998 to 2000, she was a member of the influential artist collective Akademie Isotrop, which played a significant role in Hamburg's contemporary art scene. In 2003, she was awarded an artist studio residency at Goldbekhof e.V. in Hamburg.
Throughout her career, Huneke exhibited widely. Her solo shows Montgomery Berlin (2008), Fullerton Art Museum, San Bernardino (1999), and MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles (1998). Her work was shown shortly after her death in Halle für Kunst Lüneburg (2015).
SPARK Art Fair Vienna was the fist solo presentation of her work after her passing in 10 years.
Her work was also featured in numerous international group exhibitions, such as "Ins Dunkle Schwimmen" at Universitätsgalerie der Angewandten, Vienna (2024), "Painting Forever!" at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2013), and "Formalismus. Moderne Kunst Heute" at Kunstverein Hamburg (2004).
In addition to her visual art practice, Huneke was an active writer, contributing essays, reviews, and image-based texts to publications such as Starship, Texte zur Kunst, Metalic, and Rand-los Magazin. She engaged in editorial and critical writing, including contributions to exhibition catalogs and artistic manifestos. In 2012, she launched the website "automotor.cc," further expanding her creative discourse into digital platforms.
Helena Huneke's legacy endures through her innovative practice, critical engagement with contemporary art discourse, and her influence on the German and international art scenes. She passed away in Berlin in November 2012.
We want to thank Sigrid and Claudia Huneke, Helene Baur, Verena Dengler, Robert Müller, Olivia Coeln, Nik Geene, Paul Makovsky and Enno Limmer. This would have not been possibe without you and we are deeply greatful for your important work.
Thank you.