Helen van den Berg

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Born near Geleen, Limburg, in 1964, I lived almost everywhere in the Netherlands but have lived in the beautiful town of Zutphen for 17 years now.

As a child, I was a member of a craft club and learned, among other things, anamelling, working with both clay and wood. Ceramics became a great passion and I made both handicrafts as turned ceramic pieces for several years. Later on I learned goldsmithing skills at the Breston Academy in Scheveningen. Then following my move to the east of the country, I started painted: I started using acrylic paint. Then I got interested in aquarel and oil paint. 

Partly self-taught, over the years, I have also attende various workshops and was thaught by Rosemarijn Daleman (Roseart), Mascha Kragten and Anne de Groot (DEGANN), Zaïr Tairov, Louise Wijdemans, Tatyana Yassievich, Bas van Nijenhuis en Peter Hartwig. I completed my education at the realistic fine painting academy, Art Partout. I also attended the summer academy of Wackers in Amsterdam and the Classic Academy in Groningen. 

An exhibition of my work was held in a beuatiful old flour mill 'Nooit Gedacht' Warnsvel, in 2018. I exhibited online together with other artists via 'Open Ateliers' in 2020.

At the moment I mainly work with oil paint. In addition, I work with watercolor, pastel, graphite, or ink. I also find multimedia techniques interesting. 

The geopolitical developments of recent years have an influence on what I make nowadays. The world sometimes seems unrecognizable; this is reflected in the 'alienation' series. At the moment I am working on a 'fantasy' series driven by an urgency to escape reality.

I hope you enjoy my site and my work: lots of fun!