HELEN NEVEN
(b. 1994, Brussels) is an independent curator and writer based in London. Neven graduated from the Courtauld Institute of Art before gaining an MA in Curating Contemporary Art from the Royal College of Art. From 2016 to 2021, she was head of research and exhibitions assistant at Blenheim Art Foundation where she delivered large-scale exhibitions by Jenny Holzer, Maurizio Cattelan, Yves Klein, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Cecily Brown and Tino Sehgal. Neven has also independently curated a number of exhibitions in London, notably at Ugly Duck, House of St Barnabas and Harlesden High Street Gallery. Her writing has been published in Conde Nast Traveller and in a number of exhibition catalogues. In 2021, she joined art hub PentHouss as a creative partner. Her research looks at the intersection of philosophy and pop culture, representation, identity and subculture.
EXPERIENCE
Exhibitions assistant & head of research and content Blenheim
Art Foundation / Frahm & Frahm, London
January 2016 – August 2021
PROJECTS:
Ai Weiwei at Cycladic,
Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens
20 May – 30 Oct 2016
Michelangelo Pistoletto at Blenheim Palace,
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
15 Sept – 31 Dec 2026
SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace,
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
28 Sept – 31 Dec 2017
Yves Klein at Blenheim Palace,
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
18 July – 7 Oct 2018
Victory is not an Option: Maurizio Cattelan at Blenheim Palace,
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
12 Sept – 27 Oct 2019
Cecily Brown at Blenheim Palace,
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
17 Sept 2020 – 3 January 2021
Tino Sehgal at Blenheim Park & Gardens,
Blenheim Palace
9 July - 15 August 2021
INDEPENDANT PROJECTS & CURATORIAL PROJECTS
VIRILE group show
House of St Barnabas, London
24 January 2022-31 May 2022
Penthouss: CALL TO ARMS
Ugly Duck, London
21 - 24 October 2021
Will Ballantyne-Reid: OCEAN WRESTLER COWBOY BRUISE
18 - 23 May 2019
Harlesden Job Centre, 10/11 Stephen Mews, London
Project manager - Alt-Age: Designing Belief
October 2017 – May 2018
The Design Museum, London
Co-project manager for Alt-Age: DESIGNING BELIEF, a one-day festival of talks,
artistic commissions and performances at the Design Museum
EXPERIENCE
Exhibitions assistant & head of research and content Blenheim
Art Foundation / Frahm & Frahm, London
January 2016 – August 2021
PROJECTS:
Ai Weiwei at Cycladic,
Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens
20 May – 30 Oct 2016
Michelangelo Pistoletto at Blenheim Palace,
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
15 Sept – 31 Dec 2026
SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace,
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
28 Sept – 31 Dec 2017
Yves Klein at Blenheim Palace,
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
18 July – 7 Oct 2018
Victory is not an Option: Maurizio Cattelan at Blenheim Palace,
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
12 Sept – 27 Oct 2019
Cecily Brown at Blenheim Palace,
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
17 Sept 2020 – 3 January 2021
Tino Sehgal at Blenheim Park & Gardens,
Blenheim Palace
9 July - 15 August 2021
INDEPENDANT PROJECTS & CURATORIAL PROJECTS
VIRILE group show
House of St Barnabas, London
24 January 2022-31 May 2022
Penthouss: CALL TO ARMS
Ugly Duck, London
21 - 24 October 2021
Will Ballantyne-Reid: OCEAN WRESTLER COWBOY BRUISE
18 - 23 May 2019
Harlesden Job Centre, 10/11 Stephen Mews, London
Project manager - Alt-Age: Designing Belief
October 2017 – May 2018
The Design Museum, London
Co-project manager for Alt-Age: DESIGNING BELIEF, a one-day festival of talks,
artistic commissions and performances at the Design Museum
Exhibitions assistant & head of research and content Blenheim Art Foundation / Frahm & Frahm, London
January 2016 – August 2021
PROJECTS:
Ai Weiwei at Cycladic,
Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens 20 May – 30 Oct 2016
Michelangelo Pistoletto at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
15 Sept – 31 Dec 2026
SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
28 Sept – 31 Dec 2017
Yves Klein at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire 18 July – 7 Oct 2018
Victory is not an Option: Maurizio Cattelan at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
12 Sept – 27 Oct 2019
Cecily Brown at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
17 Sept 2020 – 3 January 2021
Tino Sehgal at Blenheim Park & Gardens, Blenheim Palace
9 July - 15 August 2021
INDEPENDANT PROJECTS & CURATORIAL PROJECTS
VIRILE group show
House of St Barnabas, London 24 January 2022-31 May 2022
Penthouss: CALL TO ARMS
Ugly Duck, London
21 - 24 October 2021
Will Ballantyne-Reid: OCEAN WRESTLER COWBOY BRUISE
18 - 23 May 2019
Harlesden Job Centre, 10/11 Stephen Mews, London Project manager - Alt-Age: Designing Belief
October 2017 – May 2018
The Design Museum, London
Co-project manager for Alt-Age: DESIGNING BELIEF, a one-day festival of talks, artistic commissions and performances at the Design Museum