Mercedes Helnwein - WeActivist
Mercedes Helnwein is a fine-artist, writer and video artist born in Vienna, Austria. Daughter to celebrated artist Gottfried Helnwein, Mercedes spent her teens in Ireland, recently adding Los Angeles as a second home. Jason Lee was an early supporter of her work, both collecting as well as hosting a number of her exhibitions.
He has said of her "...she's gone on to become one of the most respected and intriguing young artists of our time... Mercedes epitomizes the true pursuance of art ...sincerity and purity."
Her detailed drawings have been described by the press as "photo-realistic delicacies", "lucid fairy-tales," "haunting," "southern Gothic,""evocative" and "unexpected". Her self-portraits have been compared to Cindy Sherman and her sense of quiet drama to Alfred Hitchcock and Edgart Allen Poe.
Helnwein's debut novel "The Potential Hazards of Hester Day" was publishing by Simon Schuster in 2008.
She also collaborates with her brother, composer Ali Helnwein on her video works. Her November 2009 show "East of Eden" at the Merry Karnowsky Gallery (Los Angeles) is sponsored by WeSC.
He has said of her "...she's gone on to become one of the most respected and intriguing young artists of our time... Mercedes epitomizes the true pursuance of art ...sincerity and purity."
Her detailed drawings have been described by the press as "photo-realistic delicacies", "lucid fairy-tales," "haunting," "southern Gothic,""evocative" and "unexpected". Her self-portraits have been compared to Cindy Sherman and her sense of quiet drama to Alfred Hitchcock and Edgart Allen Poe.
Helnwein's debut novel "The Potential Hazards of Hester Day" was publishing by Simon Schuster in 2008.
She also collaborates with her brother, composer Ali Helnwein on her video works. Her November 2009 show "East of Eden" at the Merry Karnowsky Gallery (Los Angeles) is sponsored by WeSC.
