ART STUDIO
Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona and at the Akademie der bildende Künste in Vienna. Helena Kotnik worked as a guide in Art Museums and did internships and volunteer work in an Art Gallery. She also worked as an art mediator and is currently an art teacher.
Helena's artistic work has focused mainly on painting, although in the past she has developed performance pieces. Her pictorial language has been very varied and it has taken her years to arrive at the language she currently uses. In sculpture, she feels comfortable working with ceramics and wood, and has recently begun working with tapestries as a new technique that allows her to work with recycled materials.
Her work focuses on three areas: complexities of the modern world, the human condition and identity. She continues to explore the themes of identity, memory, and the passage of time.
Her influences range from classical to contemporary artists, including painters, sculptors, video artists, performers, writers, sociologists and theorists. Her paintings must be understood with all these references in mind, as they play a very important role in her artistic process.
PORTFOLIO
A painting about D. Trump
PAINTING 2026. Gouche, pencil colors and watercolor. 63 x 36cm. This painting presents a satirical, fragmented portrait of political power...
New York
PAINTING 2026. Gouche, pencil colors, pencil and watercolor. 100 X 70cm. The faint city skyline evokes New York as a place of ambition...
Summer Daisy
PAINTING 2026. Gouche, pencil colors and watercolor. 73 X 56 cm. This figurative watercolor presents the model Hannah Holman with a...
Family
PAINTING 2026. Gouche, pencil colors and watercolor. 100 X 70cm. Rather than presenting an idealized image of family, Family approaches...
Shit - a word you can say...
PAINTING 2026. Gouche and pencil colors. 50 X 70cm. The artwork centers on a solitary figure, their form emerging from a fragmented and...
One day Paul Pintrich said to me that I wasn't good enough. I didn't believe him
PAINTING 2026. Collage, gouche, ink, marker, pencil colors and watercolor. 77 X 58cm. Created with collage, gouache, ink, marker, coloured...
On-tempo
PAINTING 2025. Pencil colors and watercolor. 100 X 70cm. On-tempo is a watercolor painting that captures the essence of finding your own...
The princess
PAINTING 2025. Gouche, pencil colors and watercolor. 70 x 50cm. The Princess is one of those pieces that stops you—not because it shouts...
Friends
PAINTING 2025. Gouche and pencil colors. 70 X 50cm. Friends is a piece loosely anchored to Grant Wood’s American Gothic. The painting...
Freedom
PAINTING 2025. Pencil colors and soft pastel. 65 X 50cm. There’s no heavy-handed symbolism or thick layering. Instead, the work flows the...
New World
PAINTING 2025. Gouche, pencil colors and soft pastel. 70 x 50cm. New World, which reflect both personal and collective experiences. Her...
Contemporary landscape
PAINTING 2025. Gouche, pencil, pencil colors and watercolor. 70 X 48cm. Contemporary Landscape tributes to Canadian artist Jeff Wall, whose...
Love & responsibility
PAINTING 2025. Gouche, ink, pencil colors and watercolor. 70 X 50cm. Love and responsibility explores the tender intersections between joy...
Porsche
PAINTING 2024. Gouche, ink, pencil colors, soft pastel and watercolor. 70 X 50cm. This one’s sharper, both visually and thematically. Using...
Queer
PAINTING 2024. Pencil colors and watercolor. 100 X 70cm. Queer is a vibrant and dynamich painting which captivate the exploration of...
Vladimir Putin
PAINTING 2024. Pencil colors and soft pastel. 100 x 70cm. Vladimir Putin is a vivid and thought-provoking portrait, which transcends...
Chaos_JFK
PAINTING 2023. Pencil colors and soft pastel. 100 X 70cm. Chaos_JFK is a vibrant and imaginative portrayal of John F. Kennedy and Jackie...
Cultural diversity
PAINTING 2023. Pencil and pencil colors. 100 x 70cm. Cultural Diversity is a vibrant and dynamic composition that celebrates the richness...
Women
PAINTING 2023. Pencil colors. 70 X 50cm. Women is a celebration of femininity and its multifaceted nature. The composition is a dynamic...
Eva & Adele
SCULPTURE 2025. Ceramic, edamel and wood. 21 x 14 x 14cm. 1.380gr. This ceramic sculpture is a small yet captivating piece inspired by the...
Pascua Island
SCULPTURE 2026. Ceramic and wood. 14 x 15 x13cm. 1.200gr. Pascua Island is a contemporary figurative sculpture that explores the...