Helena Kaori Maeda

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About Helena Kaori Maeda

"We are part of all & all is part of us", is a background reflection present in her works. Contrasts and balance, western and easter influences, thoughts and feelings, struggle in a cord dance. Perceptions are related to her interaction with nature, animals and places, alternating instinctive and careful brushstrokes to symbolic patterns and empty spaces. Sketches wake up in folded paper, in wooden panels, sculptures, and it's variations, using acrylic, gouache, wood, metal and textile. Exploring the possibilities existent between paper and form, 2D and 3D, resulting in wall sculptures/ panels. Helena Kaori Maeda is from Japanese origin, born and brought up in Brazil, where she studied Fine Arts at FAAP Art Academy and Philosophy at the University of São Paulo, she lives in the Netherlands. Artist Cleber Machado has influenced her working process, from the idea to the realization to 3D. Immensely grateful to Jenny Wesly wisdom, friendship, mentoring and trust. Working often together with sculptor Frank Hietbrink. https://helenakaorimaeda.wixsite.com/helenakaorimaeda

Education:

University of Sao Paulo, USP — Bachelor in Philosophy, 1989-1996
Art Academie, Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado, FAAP, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1984-1987

Events:

Group exhibition from 11 January 2019
Thursday to Sunday 12pm. - 18pm.
NDSM-Plein 85, 1033 WC Amsterdam
The Netherlands
www.ndsm-fuse.nl

Exhibitions:

-Duo exhibition: Helena Kaori Maeda & Frank Hietbrink Kinetic sculptures, 2 - 25 November 2018, NDSM Fuse, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. www.ndsm-fuse.nl
-Group exhibition 27 July - 25 November 2018
NDSM-Plein 85, 1033 WC Amsterdam, The Netherlands
-OPEN NDSM ateliers, 13 October 2018
-NDSM plein 25, 1033 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
-NDSM group exhibition in Amsterdam 2018
-Art Fair Parallax in London 21st - 22nd October 2017
-Open day Ateliers NDSM 7-8 October 2017
-Exhibition open day ateliers ADM; Amsterdam, Netherland - 2000
-Collectief sculpture exhibition; Museu Brasileiro da Escultura - Mube, Sao Paulo, Brazil - 1996