Curriculum Vitae

Education

2017–2019 MA Photography, Royal College of Art, London (Distinction)
2016–2017 MA Art and Visual History, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin (Dropped)
2011–2015 BA Art History & Book Science, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen

Exhibitions

2019

Bloomberg New Contemporaries, South London Gallery, London (Upcoming)
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds
Statement of Being, Deptford Does Art, London
Homeland, Revolv Collective, Take Courage Gallery, London
Homeland, SeeMeOn 29, Sofia Art Week, Sofia
The AOP Student Awards Exhibition, Wex Photo Video, London
Plexus, RCA Show, Royal College of Art, London
In Repeat, Photoeast Fringe, Frameworkshop & Gallery, Ipswich
Ginnel Foto Fest, Ipswich
Offprint, Tate Modern, London
Hot Sheet, Downstairs at The Department Store, London
Alarum, Ardesia Projects, Landesvertretung Baden-Württemberg, Tiergarten, Berlin
Fragmentation, Coningsby Gallery, London
Intro:spective, Revolv Collective, Seen Fifteen Gallery, London

New Femininity, Curated by Girls, Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam
Envisioning Other Worlds, Bow Arts, London
Align, Subject Matter, Online

2018

RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London
European Month of Photography: Emerging Artists, BBA Gallery, Berlin
Rapture, Aeon Gallery, Illinois
Family of No Man, Cosmos Books, Arles
Photography Project Space, Royal College of Art, London
One Year Revolv, Revolv Collective, Safe House 1, London
Offprint, Tate Modern, London
MIA Photo Fair, with Luisa Catucci Gallery, Milan
Work in Progress Show, Royal College of Art, London
Disrupt, Subject Matter, Online

2017

Trash cans for hearts and people have no soul, Fotofestiwal, Łódź
Still Lives: Honouring the Dead, Gallery X, Dublin
La peau de l'ours, Galerie Marie Demange, Brussels
MIA Photo Fair, with Luisa Catucci Gallery, Milan
Fotofever, with Luisa Catucci Gallery, Paris
Final Girls Film Festival, Moviemento, Berlin

2016

Ophelia, Cell63 Gallery, Berlin
All dreams continue in the beyond, Cell63 Gallery, Berlin
Unlocked, Atopos CVC, Athens
Cross the Line, KH5 Gallery, Zurich
Off Course Art Fair, with Cell63 Gallery, Brussels

2015

SHVR, Click! Triangle Photo Festival, North Carolina
There is strong shadow where there is much light, Vanilla Gallery, Tokyo
Cross the Line, La Cave Showroom Gallery, Paris
Goth: Dissection and Suture, Vanilla Gallery, Tokyo
Triskaidekaphobie, Galerie Morgenrot, Berlin

2014

Rituals, Galerie Morgenrot, Berlin (Solo)
Reflect: Art is Dead, Cell63 Gallery, Berlin
Brüche, Jugendzentrum, Bamberg
Docma Award, Museum für Kommunikation, Frankfurt

Awards and Nominations

2019

Le Bal Award for Young Creation, Finalist and Jury Favourite
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Winner
Travers Smith CSR Art Programme, Winner
Ginnel Foto Award, Winner
AOP Student Awards, The Association of Photographers, Winner
Magenta Flash Forward, Magenta Foundation, Winner

2018

European Photography Award, Shortlisted
100 Heroines, Royal Photographic Society, Nominee

2017

London International Creative Competition, Shortlisted
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention
The Collector's Apartment, Fotofever, Selected
Photography Grant, Nominee

2014

Docma Award, Winner
Fine Art Photography Awards, Winner

Publications

British Journal of Photography, Issue 7889, November 2019
HANT – Magazin für Fotografie, Issue 12, Zeichen der Zeit, 2019
On Death, Kris Graves Projects, 2019
Homeland, Revolv Collective, 2019
Optika Zine, Issue 2, Ginnel Foto Fest, 2019
Nook Magazine, Issue 1, 2019
THE OPÉRA, Vol. IV & Vol. VII, Kerber Verlag, Ed. Matthias Straub, 2015 & 2018
Omens, Photobook, self-published, 2018
Dust, Photobook, Ed. Pamela Dimitrov, self-published, 2018
The Matrixial Camera, self-published, 2018
Unvael Journal, Issue 2, Ed. Michael Ash Smith, 2018
Sabat Magazine, Issue 3: The Crone Issue, Ed. Elisabeth Krohn, 2017
Steam Noir: Das Kupferherz, Vol. IV, Guest Artist, Cross Cult, 2015
Unlocked, Atopos, Ed. Vassilis Zidianakis, 2015

Online Features

Experience

2015–2017 Bespoke Framing Consultant, Boesner, Berlin
2013–2014 Gallery Assistant, Art Society, Erlangen
2014 Set Photographer, Séance, dir. by Johannes Franke, Taucha
2014 Museum Intern, Kunstpalais, Erlangen
2013 Gallery Intern, Strychnin Gallery, Berlin

Talks

2019 Guest Speaker, London College of Communication, London
2019 Guest Speaker, Corpus Christi College, Oxford
2015 Guest Speaker, Workshop at the Studio of Felix Mertikat, Ludwigsburg

2012 Guest Speaker, Talk with Dr. Bernhard Stumpfhaus, ABM Salon, Heilbronn

Elena’s work is represented in private and public collections in UK, US, Japan, Thailand, Italy, Germany, Belgium, and France.

ELENA HELFRECHT

Curriculum Vitae