Jacqueline Hen

Jacqueline Hen (1989) is an artist and - literally - a spatial designer. Through spatial interventions, the Cologne-based artist creates places of social interaction and transformation. Performative elements meet installative arrangements. Through her artistic practice in physical and virtual environments, she explores how spatial concepts and architectural elements affect social interaction. She studied Visual Communication and Spatial and Experience Design at the University of the Arts in Berlin and at the Art Center College of Design Pasadena. This resulted in works such as "Light High" - an installation for which she received the International Light Art Award from the Centre for International Light Art in Unna in 2019.

Research and science play an important role in her practice and work: Hen worked as a research assistant at the Fraunhofer Centre for Responsible Research and Innovation Berlin (2014-2016), focusing on process design and the development of interactive holographic interfaces, among other topics. During her work from 2017 to 2023, she taught the basics of design as a research and artistic assistant at the Academy of Media Arts (KHM) in Cologne and, together with Verena Friedrich and Karin Lingnau, founded the exMedia Lab - a structural element of the KHM for socio-technological research and aesthetic experiments. Since 2023, she has been Professor of Artistic-Experimental Foundations of Design at the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden.

Jacqueline Hen has participated in international exhibitions including Hamburger Kunsthalle, Forma Lighting Milan, Centre for International Light Art, Unna, EVI LICHTUNGEN, Hildesheim, Digital Education Center Chengdu and Villa Nomad Zurich. Hen has already co-operated with brands such as Porsche and Samsung. Her works are represented in the "Collected Light" collection, "Amsterdam Light Festival" and more.

Submitted by Galerie Watson