Vilma Gold Sophie Von Hellermann   Lives and works in London 1975 Born in Munich 1993-99 Kunstakademie, Dusseldorf 1999-01 Royal College of Art, London Solo Exhibitions 2010 Sophie von Hellermann & Josh Smith, MDD (Museum Dhondt- Dhaenens), Deurle, Belgium 2009 Sophie von Hellemann & Josh Smith, Le Consortium, Dijon, France Maximus, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles 2008 Accidental Portraits, Vilma Gold, London 2007 Sophie von Hellermann, Greene Naftali 2006 Judgment Day, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen (cat.) Judgment Day, Chisenhale Gallery, London (cat.) No Man Good Island, (with Brian Griffiths), Vilma Gold Project Patrick De Brock Gallery, Knokke, Belgium 2005 Neuveaux Commanditeurs, Nancy, France Goddess in the Doorway, Greene Naftali, New York 2004 On The Ground, Vilma Gold, London Sophie von Hellermann, Ghislaine Hussenot Gallery, Paris Sophie von Hellermann, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles Sophie von Hellermann, Vacio 9, Madrid Sophie von Hellermann, Jablonka Galerie Linn Luhn, Cologne, Hot Fusion, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA 2003 Sophie von Hellermann, Jablonka Linn Luhn Jablonka, Cologne Sophie von Hellermann, Kunstverein Konstanz, Germany 2001 Vusering Hites, Vilma Gold, London Saatchi Gallery Presents Sophie von Hellermann, London (cat.) Sophie von Hellermann, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles Group Exhibitions (selected) 2010 The Library of Babel/In and Out of Place, Zabludowicz Collection/ 176, London TAG: From 3 to 45. New London Painting, Brown, London 2008 100 Years, 100 Artists, 100 Works of Art. Art on the Underground The Alliance, Do-Art gallery, Beijing and Seoul curated by Seungduk Kim and Franck Gautherot. Group Exhibition, Base-Progetti per l’Arte, Florence, curated by Franz West Painting Now and Forever Part II, Greene Naftali and Matthew Marks Gallery,New York 2007 Group Exhibition, Flaca, London 2006 Out of Line: Drawings from the Collection of Sherry and Joel Mallin, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, New York Heroines, Arnold & Marie Schwartz Gallery Met, Metropolitan Opera House, New York Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA Olympia, hobbypopMUSEUM, Public, Paris 2005 Sophie von Hellermann & Josh Smith: Collaborations, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York The Hardest Thing to Draw is a Kiss, The Gallery at Wimbledon School of Art, Wimbledon (cat.) Clarke&McDevitt present, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Dublin (cat.) Group show, Linn Luhn Jablonka, Cologne POST MoDERN, Greene Naftali, New York 2004 The Drawing Project, Vamiali’s, Athens Group Show, Marcc Fox, Los Angeles Mothers, Oh! Art, London Britannia Works, British Council, Athens (cat.) 2003 Art and Mountains, The Alpine Club, London Hydrophobia, Henry Peacock Gallery, London 2002 Dear Painter, paint me…, curated by Alison Gingeras, Pompidou Centre, Paris (cat,) Group show, Lombard Freid, New York Group show, Artagents Gallery Hamburg Group show, Ghislaine Hussenot Gallery, Paris Mediated Cooperation, collaboration with Johannes Maier OBERWELTE, Stuttgart, Germany We all Love… The Mission, London Electric Show, The Great Eastern Hotel, London 2000 Timothy Taylor Gallery, London 1999 Group show, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam Weltausstellung 99/robolove, koelnerstrasse, Dusseldorf Troublespot.Painting, curated by Luc Tymans and Narcisse Tordoir NICC and Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Belgium von Hellermann, Gerhard Richter, Chris Ofili, Paul Morrison, Michael Raedecker, Luc Tymans, Michaelangelo Pistoletto, Marlene Dumas, Kippenberger, Laurence Weiner,Felix Gonzalez-torres, Elsworth Kelly, Robert Ryman, Vincent Geyskens, Ugo Rondinone, John Currin, Robert Gober and Andy Warhol Selected Bibliography Publications 2009 Forest Road, 38th Street Publishers, New York Sophie von Hellerman, Private Getaway Life, Painting a better Present, Pinturas de la Coleccion Diezy7, Barcelona (cat), 2009. 2007 Judgement Day, Koenig Books, London 2005 I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself, Exhibition Catalogue, Marella Arte Contemparnea 2004 Britannia Works, Exhibition Catalogue, British Council 2002 Dear Painter, paint me… Painting the Figure since late Picabia, Exhibition Catalogue, Pompidou Centre, Paris, curated by Alison Gingeras 2001 Saatchi Gallery Presents Sophie von Hellermann, Exhibition Catalogue, The Saatchi Gallery, London New Contmeporaires, Exhibition Catalogue, Touring Exhibition Images that are nagging me, Exhibition Catalogue, The Saatchi Gallery 1999 Trouble Spot-Painting Red, Exhibition Catalogue, MOCA Antwerpen, Articles 2008 Lack, Jessica, Sophie von Hellermann, The Guardian Guide, May Ward, Ossian, In the Studio Sophie von Hellermann, Time Out, May 22 2006 Herbert, Martin, Sophie von Hellermann, Frieze, September Vogel, Carol, Where Bel Canto Meets Paintbrush, New York Times, August 15 R.C., Tag der Abrechnung, Kunst 21, April von Naso, Ruediger, Sophies Schoene Schrille Welt, Madame, March Janzen, Irina, Judgement Day: Mythen und Motive zum Thema Moral, Aachener Zeitung, March 17 Frantzen, Sahar Maria, Das Juengste Gericht in der Passstrasse, Aachener Nachrichten, March 17 2005 Hudson, Suzanne, Sophie von Hellermann, ArtForum International. September 2005, Pg. 305-6 Kazanjian, Dodie, Bright Ideas, Vogue, Issue April 2005, Pg. 224 Davis, Nicole, A New Lease On Painting, artnet.com, February 9 Ho, Christopher, POST MoDERN, Modern Painters, March Johnson, Ken, Sophie von Hellermann, The New York Times, June 10 Rosenberg, Karen, Show and Tell: Sophie von Hellermann, New York Magazine, May 23 2004 Sophie von Hellermann in conversation with Andreas Leventis, Miser & Now, Issue 03, Pg.88 Lafuente, Pablo, Sophie von Hellermann, Flash Art, July-September Pg.74 Hubbard, Sue, Sophie von Hellermann at Vilma Gold, The Independent, 27th January 2004, Pg.55 Benedictus, Leo, Here Today Gone Tomorrow, The Guardian Guide, issue 8th October – October 15th 2004, Pg. 1 of special pull-out Lack, Jessica, Picks of the Week: Sophie von Hellermann, The Guradian G2, 19th January 2004, Pg.8 Lack, Jessica, Sophie von Hellermann, The Guardian Guide, issue 17th January – January 23rd 2004, Pg. 37 Sanchez, Sofia, Wish You Were Here, (article illustrated by Sophie von Hellermann), Interview, 4th January 2004 2003 Falconer, Morgan, Hydrophobia, What’s On, issue 3rd December 2003, Pg.28 Brooks, Adam, Picabia, the paradigm, Art in America, issue March 2003 Bishop, Claire, Katharina’s mice and men, The Evening Standard, issue 31st August 2001 Meister, Helga, Gold – aus Staub und Wasser, Westdeutsche Zeitung, issue 15th November 2003 Hirsch, Thomas, Aus der Erinnerung, Biograph Dusseldorf, issue August 2003 Breit, Dorothea, Lady, anatomisch schlecth, Kolner Statd-Anzeiger, 18th July 2003 Christofori, Ralph, Leiber Maler…, Kunst-Bulletin, issue April 2003 Koegel, Alice, Sophie von Hellermann, Stadt Revue Koln, issue July 2003 Gardner, Belinda Grace, Fragile Momente…, Kunstzeitung, issue No. 79 March 2003 2002 Focus Painting Part One, Contemporary Painting Today Edited by Charles Gute, Samuele Menin and Michele Robecchi, Flash Art, October. Bush, Kate, “Cher Peintre, Lieber Maler, Dear Painter” ,Art Forum, October, Pg.14 Tuymans, Luc, Enquête sur l’image peinte (Dear Painter), Art Press, July-August Dear Painter, Modern Painters, issue Autumn Wetzel, Johannes, Dear Painter, Financial Times Germany, 7th August.2002 Frehner, Matthias, Phrasen und Paraphrasen (Dear Painter), Neue Zurcher Zeintung, 31st July Hackworth, Nick, Insider art from the Germans, Evening Standard, issue 6th June 2002 Articles continued Galleries Museums & Artists, Art in America, issue August 2002 Bush, Kate, Preview summer 2002, Artforum International, issue May 2002 Le Figaro, Sophie von Hellermann, issue June 2002 Buck, Louisa, Louisa Buck’s London Diary, The Arts Newspaper, issue March 2002 Sophie von Hellermann, Hot Tickets, issue January 2002 2001 Preston, William, What’s Nagging Sophie?, Art Review, September. Maloney, Martin, Maloney’s Magnificent Seven, Art Review, April. Sumpter, Helen, Sophie Von Hellermann, Evening Standard, Hot Tickets. Searle, Adrian, Heat Of the Moment, The Guardian, 10th July 2001 Hubbard, Sue, The Critics: Visual art Pick Of the Galleries – Sophie von Hellermann, The Independent on Sunday, issue 21st October 2001 Knofel, Ulrike, Jung, blond, bose, Der Speigel, issue 10th December 2001 2000 Grabner, Michelle, Trouble Spot Painting, Frieze, issue February 2000 Museum Collections Los Angeles County Museum of Art Glenbo Museum in Calgary Alberta