Education
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Masterclass Sandberg Institute 'Radical Imagination', Hilversum (2017)
Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Bachelor Fine Arts, Amsterdam, (2008)
Exhibitions & Commissions
Singularity Garden, Installation, Next Nature Museum, curated by Mieke Gerritzen & Ruben Baart, Evoluon Eindhoven (2025)
Abisois, Installation, Frans Hals Museum, curated by Manique Hendricks, Haarlem (2025)
​​Habitat, film, Mutek, curated by Damian Romero, Mexico (2024)
Heliotrope, Installation, Inota Art Festival, curated by Daniel Besnyo & Mátyás Kálmán, Budapest (2024)
Heliotrope, live performance, Conflux Festival Rotterdam (2024)
Habitat, film, Group exhibition at Festival Interstice, curated by David Dronet, Caen (FR) (2024)
Exhibition, Abiosis at V2, curated by Florian Weigl, Rotterdam (2024)
Frame of Reference, Kinetic work, Solo exhibition at Small Museum, curated by Rosa Cherim & Sanne Lohof Amsterdam (2024)
Heliotrope at Barbican Art Center, Londen (2024)
Group exhibition ‘Habitat’ at Uncloud, curated by Jaco Schilp Utrecht (2023)
Group exhibition at Artemis Gallery, curated by Maria João Teixeira & Manuel Mendonça Lisbon (2023)
Group exhibition 'Wie danst is vrij' at Stadsarchief, curated by Manique Hendricks, Amsterdam (2023)
Scenography for Atmen with choreographer Nicole Beutler, ITA Amsterdam (2023)
Group exhibition 'Ekstasis' Abiosis at Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, curated by Nick Verstand & Sanne Huisman (2023)
Hi & LO / ITGWO Vlieland, site-specific installation Sintopium, curated by Maire Havenkort (2023)
Scenography for Boston Ballet, with choreographer Nanine Linning, Boston US (2023)
Group exhibition 'Lucid' Abiosis at Kunstkerk, curated by Boris Gunst, Dordrecht (2023)
Habitat at group exhibition 'Post-Digital Heritage’ curated by Suzanne Rietdijk at Grote Kerk, Breda (2023)
Lucid, stage and kinetic installation, Tilburg (2022)
Group exhibition, Hinterland at Alluminous, curated by Ward Janssen, Almere (2022)
Heliotrope, group exhibition at NoArt, curated by Jaco Schilp, Amsterdam (2022)
Abiosis exhibition Naturally: Wild Futures, Floriade World Expo museum pavilion, curated by Ward Janssen, Museum M, Almere (2022)
Habitat at XP Conference, curated by Mirik Milan, Riyadh (2022)
Habitat at Sonar Istanbul, curated by Lalin Akalan, Zorlu Istanbul (2022)
Heliotrope at The Chapel, installation, Tilburg (2021)
Habitat at Forum, Groningen (2021)
Habitat at Shifting Proximities, Installation, curated by Bogomir Doringer, NXT Museum, Amsterdam (2020)
Lightforms at Klankvorm / V2, Visual Performance with Ilpo Väisänen (Pan Sonic), curated by Klankform, IFFR Rotterdam. (2020)
ISM Hexadome Project, group exhibition, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (2019)
Parklight Art Festival, Sculptural Installation, curated by John Prop, Oosterpark, Amsterdam (2019)
Diadromi, Sculptural Installation, curated by Nachtlab Agency, Mediamatic, Amsterdam (2019)
When Water Falls project No 3, curated by Zippora Elders, Kunstfort, Vijfhuizen (2019)
ISM Hexadome Project, Gropius Bau, Berlin (2019)
ISM Hexadome Project, Gray Area Festival, Pier 70, San Francisco (2019)
ISM Hexadome Project, Mutek at Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal. (2019)
Urform, group exhibition curated by Mette Samkalden at Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam (2019)
When Water Falls project No 1, Contrair Antwerp (2019)
Videoperformance, Scheepvaart Museum, Amsterdam (2018)
Installation with sound artist Matteo Mijnderwijk, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (2018)
Terrene, installation commissioned by Het Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam (2016)
Ousia, installation, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2016)
Before Dawn, installation, group exhibition "Night" curated by Axel Rüger, Art Deli, Amsterdam. (2015)
Grants / Awards / Nominations
Mondriaan Fund for Singularity Garden (2025)
Mondriaan Fund for Small Museum (2023)
Stimuleringsfonds Public interventions, ITGWO Festival (2023)
Habitat, Official Selection Dutch Film Festival Gouden Kalf (2021)
Stimuleringsfonds, Digitale Cultuur, installation Abiosis (2021)
Stichting Stokroos, installation: Habitat (2018)
Stimuleringsfonds, Digitale Cultuur, installation Habitat (2018)
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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/