Mercedes Helnwein

Mercedes Helnwein (born 1979) is an artist, writer and filmmaker. She was born in Vienna, Austria.[1]

Career

Art

Helnwein creates large-scale drawings, most of which are done with black pencil, colored pencils, or pastels.

Helnwein's art debuted in 2003, with her first group exhibition hosted in Downtown Los Angeles by actor Jason Lee.[2]

Mercedes Helnwein contributed art to the 2006 Beck album, The Information.[3]

In 2010 Damien Hirst acquired the entire work of Helnwein's "Whistling Past the Graveyard" show in London.[4]

Writing

In 2004, her travelogue, "Devil Got Religion," covered the 15-day road trip with Alex Prager and Beth Riesgraf for their "America Motel" installation.[5]

Her debut novel, The Potential Hazards of Hester Day, was released in February 2008 by Simon & Schuster.[6]

Personal life

Mercedes Helnwein was born in Vienna, Austria. Her father is Austro-Irish artist Gottfried Helnwein.[5] She and her brothers, Cyril, Ali, and Wolfgang Amadeus, often modeled for their father’s work as children.[7]

Selected reviews
  • The Helnwein Siblings' Artful Life in LA, by Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, Oct 16, 2011[8]
  • Making Cindy Sherman Proud, by Rachel Wolff, New York Magazine, July 3, 2007[9]

References
  1. Mercedes Helnwein: Temptation to be Good, Juxtapoz magazine, December 30, 2013
  2. People are Strange: Mercedes Helnwein’s ‘Make it Dark’ at Merry Karnowsky Gallery, by Keith Dugas, cartwheel, November 20, 2012
  3. Beck, The Information, Art Direction and Design, http://www.bigactive.com
  4. Ladygunn Surprise Issue: Mercedes Helnwein, by Heather Seidler, June 21, 2011
  5. Jessica Gelt (April 08, 2004) "Rooms with a view of America's heartland", Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-06-05.
  6. The Potential Hazards of Hester Day, Mercedes Helnwein Author, Publishers Weekly, November 5, 2007
  7. Haramis, Nick (Dec/Jan 2008). “The New Literary Enfant Terrible.” Blackbook. Retrieved 2010-01-04 at http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/the-new-literary-enfant-terrible/1546#When:17:01:00Z
  8. "The Helnwein siblings' artful life in L.A." Los Angeles Times. October 16, 2011.
  9. "Making Cindy Sherman Proud". Vulture.
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