
Portrait Jeppe Hein. Photo by Tom Wagner
(Copenhagen, Denmark, 1974)
He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Arts in Copenhagen and the Städel Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Frankfurt. Jeppe Hein is widely known for his production of experiential and interactive artworks that can be positioned between the junction of Art, Architecture, and technical inventions.
Unique in their formal simplicity and notable for their frequent use of humor, his works engage in a lively dialogue with the traditions of Minimalist sculpture and Conceptual art of the seventies. Jeppe Hein's pieces often feature surprising and captivating elements that place spectators at the center of events and focus their experience and perception on the surrounding space.
The influence of conceptual art movements on Jeppe Hein's work can be seen in projects such as One Wish for You (2020), where he created balloons that, although they seem made of plastic and inflated by helium, they were actually made with fiberglass, chrome lacquer and a magnet that holds them to the ceiling. The material ambiguity of the piece lies in the naturalness with which the balloon moves against the most subtle breeze and the technical process behind it, something that allows Jeppe Hein to show how our understanding and perception of daily objects are more in a subjective assessment than in their materiality itself. At the same time, the distortion of space that can be seen on the surface of the balloons reaffirms the idea that our gaze is under constant transformation.
Currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
Jeppe Hein
One Two Three, 2017
High polished stainless steel and aluminium
222h x 370w x 226d cm
87 51/127h x 145 85/127w x 88 124/127d in
Edition 3 of 3
Jeppe Hein
Yellow Modified Social Bench #01, 2021
Powder-coated aluminium
187h x 301w x 179d cm
73 79/127h x 118 64/127w x 70 60/127d in
Edition 1of 2 AP
Jeppe Hein
Rotating Onyx Nuvolato, 2019
Stone slab (onyx nuvolato), motor, stainless steel mirror
ø 100 x 40 cm
Edition 1 of 3
Jeppe Hein
Modified Street Light #02, 2021
High grade steel, powder-coated lamp head, LED
394h x 105w x 93d cm
155 15/127h x 41 43/127w x 36 78/127d in
Edition 1 of 2 AP
Jeppe Hein
Threefold Perspectives, 2019
High polished stainless steel, aluminium and electric motor
145h x 145w cm
57 11/127h x 57 11/127w in
Edition 1 of 3
Jeppe Hein
Geometric Mirrors IV, 2017
Aluminium, stainless steel and high polished steel
200h x 100w x 100d cm
78 94/127h x 39 47/127w x 39 47/127d in
Edition 1 of 2
Jeppe Hein
YOU ARE EVERYTHING (handwritten), 2019
Powder coated aluminium, neon tubes, two-way mirror, powder coated steel and transformers
100h x 100w x 10d cm
39 47/127h x 39 47/127w x 3 119/127d in
Edition 2 of 3 + 2AP
Jeppe Hein
Dark Green and Pink Mirror Balloon, 2020
Glass fiber reinforced plastic, chrome lacquer, magnet and string (white smoke)
40h x 26w x 26d cm
15 95/127h x 10 30/127w x 10 30/127d in
Unique
Jeppe Hein
Light Green, Medium Blue and Dark Purple Mirror Balloon, 2020
Glass fiber reinforced plastic, chrome lacquer, magnet and string (white smoke)
40h x 26w x 26d cm
15 95/127h x 10 30/127w x 10 30/127d in
Unique
Jeppe Hein
Medium Yellow and Pink Mirror Balloon (Vertical), 2020
Glass fiber reinforced plastic, chrome lacquer, magnet and string (white smoke)
40h x 26w x 26d cm
15 95/127h x 10 30/127w x 10 30/127d in
Unique
Jeppe Hein
I DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING BUT I’M OPEN FOR EVERYTHING, 2014
Powder coated aluminum, neon tubes, bidirectional mirror, powder coated steel and transformers
100h x 100w x 10d cm
39 10/27h x 39 10/27w x 3 119/127d in
Edition 3 of 3