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Helena’s artistic practice engages research, participatory workshops, image-making and public installations and performances in the urban landscape to explore socio political rhythms, with a situated practice. During the last years with emphasis on existential sustainability and wellbeing. Focusing on aesthetic experience as a pathway to coexistence, she investigate how art can awaken awareness of our interconnected living. In recent years, Helena have been researching around peace and coexistence, that has unfolded, in performances, participatory walks, and exhibition making.

She has exhibited widely both in Europe and the Americas, including venues such as Marabouparken Konsthalle (SE), Centro de Arte de Alcoy (ES), Ystads Konstmuseum (SE), Krognoshuset (SE), Matadero Madrid (ES), Galeria Arroniz (MX), Museumsbygningen (DE), Casa Encendida (ES), Museo del Chopo (MX), and Desiré Saint Phalle (MX), among others. With six artist publications to her name, launched at institutions like Moderna Museet (SE), Lunds Konsthall (SE), Museo Amparo (MX), Inter Arts Center (SE), Museo Carrillo Gil(MX), PS1 Art Book Fair (US), and Salon für Kunstbuch. 21er Haus (AUT), she has demonstrated a commitment to publishing as an artistic field. Additionally, her work has been supported by grants and stipends from Konstnärsnämnden, Malmö Konstmuseum, ABF Kultural fond, and the National Council for Culture and Arts of Mexico, among others. At present, she is a member of the board of Konstnärscentrum Syd and responsible for Konsten Att Delta Skåne.

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At the IUR, urban humanities mobilizes humanities scholars to engage with the full range of human expression in and of the urban, from literature and visual culture to public art, the built environment, memory, and heritage. These explorations open new ways of understanding and imagining urban space, lived cities, and the cultural object we call…

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