Jacqueline Hen German, b. 1989
Jacqueline Hen (1989) is an artist and - literally - a space designer based in Cologne, Germany. Through spatial interventions, she creates places of social interaction and transformation. Performative elements meet installative arrangements. Through her artistic practice in physical and virtual living environments, she explores how spatial concepts and architectural elements affect social interaction. She studied Visual Communication as well as Spatial and Experience Design at the University of the Arts in Berlin and at the Art Center College of Design Pasadena. This yielded works such as „Light High“ for which Hen was awarded the International Light Art Award by the Centre for International Light Art in Unna, Germany.
Research and science play an important role in her practice and career: Hen worked as a research associate at the Fraunhofer Center for Responsible Research and Innovation Berlin (2014-2016), focusing on process design and the development of interactive holographic interfaces. During her tenure at the Academy of Media Arts (KHM) in Cologne, from 2017 to 2023, she taught design basics and founded the exMedia Lab - a structural element of the KHM for socio-technological research and aesthetic experiments – together with Verena Friedrich and Karin Lingnau. Since 2023, she has been a professor for artistic-experimental design principles at the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden.
Jacqueline Hen has participated in international exhibitions including Hamburger Kunsthalle, SoShiro Gallery London, Forma Lighting Milan, Centre for International Light Art Unna, EVI LICHTUNGEN Hildesheim, Digital Education Center Chengdu, and Villa Nomad Zurich. She has collaborated with brands such as Porsche and Samsung. Her works are represented in the collections „Collected Light“, „Amsterdam Light Festival“ and more.
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Jacqueline Hen — Explorations: Liquid Light
14 Nov 2024 - 18 Jan 2025The Cologne-based artist presents her latest findings from her studies working with unconventional art media and materials. Hen conveys the beauty of our natural world and simultaneously illustrates its fragility.Read more -
#008 LICHT
in cooperation with Taylor Wessing 18 Apr - 4 Oct 2024Contemporary interpretations of the theme of light. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue. Admission by appointment only, subject to availability. Please reach out to info@galeriewatson.de to register. Guided visits:...Read more -
λ1 — Natur & Technik
Group Exhibition 12 Oct 2023 - 27 Jan 2024Technology and nature are in a constant state of tension: the more radically technology picks up speed, the more visibly nature suffers. It is as if both are competing for...Read more -
Positions Art Fair 2023 | Berlin
with Regine Schumann & Jacqueline Hen 14 - 17 Sep 2023 -
12 x 1 – Jupiter First Floor
with Jacqueline Hen & Julia Münstermann 14 Apr - 30 May 2023Julia Münstermann Born in 1977, lives and works in Hamburg and Berlin. Julia Münstermann's paintings deal with light and the limitations of visualization. Her layers of color produce a fleeting...Read more
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Jacqueline Hen - Light High, 2019 | International Light Art Award, International Centre for Light Art, Unna | Photo: Frank Vinken
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Installation view | #008 LICHT - Taylor Wessing, Hamburg | Photo: Ralf Gellert
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Jacqueline Hen - One's sunset is another one's sunrise, 2024 | Lichtparcours Braunschweig 2024, curated by Stefan Törmer | Photo: Stadt Braunschweig/Volker Crone
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Jacqueline Hen - One's sunset is another one's sunrise, 2024 | Lichtparcours Braunschweig 2024, curated by Stefan Törmer | Photo: Daniela Nielsen
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Jacqueline Hen - Inversion, 2020 | EVI LICHTUNGEN, Hildesheim, curated by Alice Hinrichs & Klaus Wilhelm | Photo: Sara Foerster