Education

2005 – 2006 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1998 – 2001 New York Academy of Art, New York (NY), US (MFA)

1992 – 1996 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco (CA), US (BFA)

1994 School of Visual Arts, New York (NY), US

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008  Wallspace Gallery, New York (NY), US, (forthcoming in October)

2007  Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, NL , 'The Beautiful Many'

2006  Wallspace Gallery, New York (NY), US, 'Saints'

2004 Wallspace Gallery, New York (NY), US, 'Nightmares'

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 Lizabeth Oliviera, Los Angeles, (CA), US ‘Tints of Majesty’

2008 Rental Gallery, New York, (NY), US ‘Pruesspress’

2008 Art Amsterdam, Amsteram, The Netherlands – Diana Stigter Gallery

2007 Nada Art Fair, Miami (FL), US – Wallspace Gallery

2007 Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles (CA), US ‘Some Kind of Portrait’ curated by Simon Watson & Craig Hensala

2007 Kunstcentrum Hengelo, Hengelo, NL, ‘Hedendaagse Figuratie # 2’ curated by Pim Trooster

2007 Safe Art, Dalfsen,NL, ‘About Contemporary Figuration’

2006  Sammlung Essl Museum, Vienna, AT, ‘Recent Acquisitions Young Painting’

2006  Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, NL, 'Open Ateliers'

2006  Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, IS, 'In order of appearance' - curated by Amalia Pica

2006  Parts, Xiamen City, CN, 'Rijksakademie at Parts'

2006  328 Broadway, New York (NY), US, '25 Bold Moves'

2006  Gallery W 52, New York (NY), US, 'The Presence of Absence'

2005 Sammlung Essl Museum, Vienna, AT, 'Hotspots'

2005  Bowie Van Valen, Amsterdam, NL, 'Seven Young Painters'

2005 Nada Art Fair, Miami (FL), US – Wallspace Gallery

2005  Burgdorf Goodman, New York (NY), US, 'The Exploding Plastic Inevitable'

2005  Phillips de Pury & Co. East Gallery, New York (NY), US, 'Art Review 25: Emerging US Artists'

2005  Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, NL, 'Open Ateliers'

2004  Zimmer Museum, Los Angeles (CA), US, 'Show and Tell'

2004 Warndorff Gallery, NL, 'Old and New Masters'

2004 Nada Art Fair, Miami (FL), US – Wallspace Gallery

2003 Wallspace Gallery, New York (NY), US, 'The Holiday Show II'

2003  Wallspace Gallery, New York (NY), US, 'Photography as Model'

2003  Fishtank, New York (NY), US, 'Space Invaders'

2002  Artist Space, New York (NY), US, 'Night of a 1000 Drawings'

2002  Sotheby's, New York (NY), US, 'Take Home a Nude'

2002  I-Beam, New York (NY), US, 'New York Panel Project'

Press

Raymond Frenken, Tube Light, May 8, 2008

Shin Yamauchi, Someone’s Garden, June, 2008

William Booth, “Big Walls to Fill” Washington Post, Dec 10, 2007

NRC Handelsblad, February, 2007

BLVD Magazine, NL ‘100 Veelbelovende Vrouwen’ January, 2007

Amsterdam Weekly, January 25, 2007

Sandra Spijkerman, Kunstbeeld, 'Tussen Pixel en Pigment :

Jonge schilders en de constructie van de voorstelling', nr.3, 2006

Eric Fischl, The Believer 'Eleven Artists from Everywhere' Dec, 2005

Simone Simon, Elegance, 'Drie talentvolle dertigers', nr. 6, June, 2005

Maura Egan, The New York Times Magazine, 'Trail Blazers'' 2005

Sandra Spijkerman, Trouw, 'Kunstenaars krijgen ruimte op de

Open Ateliers van Rijksakademie', November 25, 2005

Daniel Kunitz and Joao Ribas, Art Review, 'The Art Review 25:

Emerging US Artists', March, 2005

Viktor Froske, Elle Magazine, NL, 'Dutch-American Friendships',2004

Elle Wonen, 'De kunst van Helen Verhoeven', May, 2004

Paper Magazine, 'Paper VIP List', June, 2003

Marcel Kernz, Contemporary, 'Reconstructing Representation', nr.55, 2003

Haarlems Dagblad, 'Drie geschilderde dagboeken van New York' 2002

Palet Magazine, 'Dagelijks Leven in New York', August/September 2002

Haarlems Dagblad, 'Alweer Ernstig Afgeleid' 2002

NRC Handelsblad 2002

Haarlems Weekblad, 'Anna in etalage Warndorff Gallery' 2001

Weekblad, 'Expositie Helen Verhoeven succesvol afgesloten' 2001

Haarlems Dagblad, 'Een vrouw die haar rode blouse open knoopt' 2001

Fellowships

2007 The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, (Basisstipendium), NL

2006  Stichting Dr. Hendrik Muller's Vaderlandsch Fonds, Den Haag, NL

2006  Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds - Van Eck-Vollgraff Fonds, NL

2006  ARCADIS, NL

2002  Prince Of Wales Foundation, GB, travel Grant; Normandy, FR

2002  Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University, Oxford, GB / Research & Travel Grant, NYAA, NY

2001  John Alexander Research Fellowship, NYAA, NY