Helen Vergouwen
Helen Vergouwen (Rucphen, 1960) lives in France and works in both the Netherlands and France.
Helen Vergouwen’s sculptures refer to maps of houses, cities or places where she has been. These are imagined memories solidified in the sturdy material that the sculptures are made of: wood, bronze and corten steel. The structure of the material is important. Her works are about forms, usually geometric forms, but sometimes also irregular, more organic forms. Vergouwen plays with opposites such as open versus closed, rough versus smooth, inside versus outside. Geometric abstract art, but intuitive, not calculated. Helen releases emotion by letting you look at a form made from rusty steel. The attraction of her sculptures is reinforced by her masterly command of the materials she uses and the precision of her work.
Education
Graduated Academie of Arts ST. Joost Breda (NL)
Collections
CIAC Centre International d'Art Contemporain de Carros, Nice (FR)
MAGI '900, Bologna (IT)
Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem (NL)
Exhibitions
2025
ARTZuid Amsterdam Biënale (NL)
Le Pont de Claix, Grenoble (F)
Art Rotterdam, Art Amsterdam (NL)
Artemis Vaison La Romaine (F)
2024
PAN Amsterdam, Art on paper Amsterdam, KUNSTRAI (NL)
PAD Paris (FR)
Sentier de sculptures Altier, Jeux Artistiques château de Maillebois
2023
Art on paper Amsterdam, Art Rotterdam (NL)
Artist in Residence BCAC Buffalo Creek Art Center Nevada (USA)
2022
Salon Realites Nouvelles Parijs, Modern Art Fair Parijs (FR)
2021
Stedelijk Museum Breda (NL)
