Hêlîn Alas
Hêlîn Alas (b. 1987) is visual artist and art educator. Her multidisciplinary practice addresses the mythical and affective aspects of society’s “scripts” that promise a sense of belonging. Through assemblage, sculpture, photography, and performance, Alas creates model-like scenarios that reveal the (oft unspoken) currencies exacted for seeking to position oneself successfully within different social spaces. In 2017, she participated in the mentorship program Berlin Program for Artists, and she spent 2018 in New York City on a postgraduate fellowship from the DAAD. Alas has lived and worked in Munich since 2019, where she had a solo exhibition of her work at the Brandhorst Museum. Her work has been included in various group shows, including at the Habibi Kiosk at Kammerspiele München, Sentiment in Zurich, Mauer in Cologne, Paulina Caspari/beacon in Munich, Kevin Space in Vienna, and Between Bridges in Berlin.
Hêlîn Alas is in residence at the Tarabya Cultural Academy from October 2025 to January 2026.
Hêlîn Alas (b. 1987) is visual artist and art educator. Her multidisciplinary practice addresses the mythical and affective aspects of society’s “scripts” that promise a sense of belonging. Through assemblage, sculpture, photography, and performance, Alas creates model-like scenarios that reveal the (oft unspoken) currencies exacted for seeking to position oneself successfully within different social spaces. In 2017, she participated in the mentorship program Berlin Program for Artists, and she spent 2018 in New York City on a postgraduate fellowship from the DAAD. Alas has lived and worked in Munich since 2019, where she had a solo exhibition of her work at the Brandhorst Museum. Her work has been included in various group shows, including at the Habibi Kiosk at Kammerspiele München, Sentiment in Zurich, Mauer in Cologne, Paulina Caspari/beacon in Munich, Kevin Space in Vienna, and Between Bridges in Berlin.
Hêlîn Alas is in residence at the Tarabya Cultural Academy from October 2025 to January 2026.