Helena Hernmarck’s new Maple Tree tapestry has been installed at 35 Hudson Yards in New York. Like Flowers, installed in March 2019, the tapestry extends up the wall and across the ceiling in the elevator lobby of the building’s residential entrance. To seasonally refresh the lobby, the two tapestries will be exchanged every six months.
Preview of Maple Tree /
Join Alice Lund Textilier for a preview of Helena Hernmarck’s Maple Tree tapestry at The Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm, Sweden, August 29-30, 2020, before the tapestry is shipped to 35 Hudson Yards in New York for installation. Weavers Ebba Bergström and Tova Wibrandt have woven two sets of tapestries for 35 Hudson Yards, each spanning approximately 225 square feet and executed in Hernmarck’s signature tromp l’oeil technique. Maple Tree is the final installation and culminates nearly four years of dedicated work. For more information, visit the event homepage.
Photo: Karin Björkquist
In the News /
The Shelter Island Reporter featured Helena’s tapestry, 1652 - Traces of Care, in their online and print editions. Read Susan Dempsey's article here to learn more about Helena’s gift to the Shelter Island History Center and collaboration with architect Bill Pedersen.
Helena Hernmarck and her apprentice Mae Colburn mark the ‘cartoon’ for the History Center’s tapestry, at her studio in Ridgefield, Conn. A cartoon is a full-scale version of a design the artist uses to guide her weaving. Photo: Ross Mantle
Exhibition Announcement /
Helena is pleased to be an invited artist in FIBER 2020 at the Silvermine Arts Center in New Canaan, CT, April 4 - June 13, 2020. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the exhibition has been moved online. Helena’s tapestry, Wool Illusion (2016), can be viewed on the exhibition homepage.
Helena Hernmarck, Wool Illusion, 2016. Wool, linen, cotton, plastic, 35.5 x 35 in. Collection of the artist. Photo: Ross Mantle
Exhibition Announcement /
Cloth Paper Scissors: Helena Hernmarck Weaves the Everyday opens at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) on February 15, 2020. The exhibition features works of art and archival material from Helena’s own collection alongside four of her “paper illusion” tapestries in the Mia collection. For more information, visit the exhibition homepage.
Helena Hernmarck, Envelope from Sweden, 1992. Wool, linen, cotton, 59 x 76.5 in. Collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN.
Installation Views /
Installation views from Helena Hernmarck: Shadow and Light at the Shelter Island Historical Society in Shelter Island, NY, November 23, 2019 - June 27, 2020. Photos: Michael Moran
Exhibition Announcement /
Helena Hernmarck: Shadow and Light opens at the Shelter Island Historical Society on Saturday, November 23, 2019. The exhibition showcases Helena’s recent gift to the Historical Society, 1652, alongside a selection of tapestries displayed throughout their new building. To view Adam Powers’ short film about 1652, click here. For more information, visit the exhibition homepage.
Flowers Installed at 35 Hudson Yards /
Helena Hernmarck’s new Flowers tapestry has been installed at 35 Hudson Yards in New York. The tapestry extends up the wall and across the ceiling of the residential entrance’s elevator lobby. Look out for the second tapestry in this series, Maple Tree, coming to Hudson Yards in Fall 2020.
Symposium Announcement /
Helena will be a panelist at the upcoming symposium and pop-up exhibition, Rum för Textil Konst (Room for Textile Art), hosted by the Svenska Vävakademin (Swedish Weaving Academy) and Textil Konstfack (the Textile Program at the Swedish University of Arts, Crafts, and Design). Join her on April 4, 2019 for a discussion of textile art’s present and future in public spaces. For more information, visit the event homepage.
Installation Views /
Installation views from Helena Hernmarck: Weaving in Progress at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT, October 2018 - January 2019. Photos: Jason Mandella
Exhibition Announcement /
Helena Hernmarck: Weaving in Progress opens at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum on Sunday, October 14, 2018, 3:00 - 5:00 pm. For more information, visit the exhibition homepage.
Seminar Announcement /
Join Helena for Helena Hernmarck - Textile Artist and Entrepreneur, an evening seminar hosted by the National Swedish Handcraft Council (Nämnden för Hemslöjdsfrågor), August 30, 2018, 4:30-7:00 pm. For more information, visit the event homepage.
