Helmut Dick is a visual artist based in Amsterdam. He studied Fine Arts at the Sandberg Institute and the G. Rietveld Academie (Amsterdam). He got nominated for the Prix de Rome Netherlands 2003 in two categories and won the basic prize sculpture. His work has been shown internationally at expositions, film festivals or in the public space. He made monumental works for among others the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment in Leeuwarden (Netherlands), participated at the Biennale Krasj 4 in Ninove, (Belgium) and showed his work at the Photoforum Pasquart (Switzerland) and the Moscow International Film Festival (Russia). Beside his work as an artist he is an experienced teacher and commissioner currently working as senior lecturer at Amsterdam University of the Arts.

EDUCATION

1996–1999 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Bachelor degree, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1999–2001 Sandberg Institute, MFA degree, Amsterdam, Netherlands

AWARDS / NOMINATIONS/ GRANTS (selection)

2002 Starters Grant Foundation BKVB, Netherlands

2003 Winner Basic Prize ‘Sculpture’ + Nomination ‘Art in the Public Space’ Prix de Rome, Netherlands

2003 Starters Grant Foundation BKVB, Netherlands

2005 + 2011 Basic Stipend BKVB (Foundation Visual Arts, Design and Architecture) Netherlands

2015 Stipend 'Proved Talent' Mondriaan Foundation, Netherlands

PUBLIC SPACE PROJECTS (selection 2012 - now)

2012: ‘DE VOORRANGSKOEPEL’, assignment, permanent work for the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, Leeuwarden, Netherlands

2013/14: ‘MEANINGFUL MOMENTS IN UNSPECTACULAR PLACES’

Pampuslaan, Amsterdam, permanent work for the IJburg College in collaboration with TAAK, Netherlands

2014: ‘HEAVENWARDS/ HEMELWAARTS’, temporary installation in the scope of 'Virus' at Netwerk, Centrum for Contemporary Art in Aalst, Belgium

2015: ‘SHOW THE FLAG / FLAGGE ZEIGEN’, temporary installation in the scope of 'Schauraum Hauptbahnhof' in collaboration with ISG Bahnhofsviertel Münster e.V, Münster, Germany

2016/17: ‘THE BLINKING’temporary installation in the scope of The Amsterdam Light Festival, Amsterdam and the MAFF - Media Art Flow Festival in Almelo, Netherlands

2018: ‘HIER’, temporary installation in the scope of Biennale Krasj 4, Ninove, Belgium

2020: ‘NEOPHYTE SHRINE’ – Canadian horseweed / Conzya Canadensis, temporary installation in the scope of KUNST AM RAND, Münster, Germany

EXHIBITIONS (selection 2012-now)

2012        - Aso Volcano Museum: 'Geo Genesis', ASO Prefectur, Japan

2013 - Five Myles Gallery: 'Sign of the Tides', New York, USA

2014 - Mediamatic: 'Pret Park', Amsterdam, Netherlands

2015 - Galerie NoCube: 'Artig', Münster, Germany

2016 - Fab Gallery: 'Teatri i Gjelberimit', University of Arts and MAPS , Tirana, Albania

2017 - Galerie Nocube: 'Ohne Hinzuschauen', Münster, Germany

2018 - Biennale Krasj 4: ‘Headgardens', Ninove, Belgium

2019 - Studio im Hochhaus: ‘Alles II’, Berlin, Germany

2020       - Schwanenmarkt 1 (Labor Kunst u. soziale Recherche): ‘Transformative Ausstellung 1’,

Bochum, Germany

FILMFESTIVALS (selection)

2003: 'XXV Moscouw International Filmfestival', Russia

2006: '22nd International Short Film Festival' Hamburg, Germany

2007: '26. International Short Film Festival' Uppsala, Sweden

2009: ' Filmnächte am Elbufer, Dresden, Germany

2010: '6th Berlin International Directors Lounge', Berlin, Germany

2014: 'One Minutes on Tour Shanghai', Shanghai, China