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November 2019 through August 2020

HELENA HERNMARCK: Shadow and light

Swedish-born Tapestry Artist Helena Hernmarck by Ross Mantle.
Helena Hernmarck is a Swedish-born tapestry artist and weaver best known for her monumental tapestries designed for architectural settings. Her designs derive from sources ranging from photographs, to watercolors, to handwritten letters, and even from the texture of wool itself. She has supported Swedish textile arts throughout her career, collaborating with Swedish spinners, dyers, and weavers on each commission. Hernmarck's work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan  Museum of Art, New York; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and other institutions.
Visit Helena Hernmarck's website: www.hernmarck.com.
Photo credit: Ross Mantle
Watch a video of Helena at work.
Read a May 3, 2020 article in The Shelter Island Reporter about Helena and the exhibit.

Awards
2019 Outstanding Achievement Award, American Swedish Historical Museum
2002 Sophie Adlersparres Medal
2000 Swedish American of the Year
1999 Sweden’s Prins Eugen Medal
1998 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Governor’s Arts Award
1996 American Craft Council, College of Fellows
1973 American Institute of Architects Craftsmanship Medal
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
2012 American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, MN
2001 Zornsamlingarna, Mora, Sweden
1999 Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
1999 Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, NY, NY
1997 New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
1997 LongHouse Foundation, East Hampton, NY
1990 American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1988 Galleri Österdahl, Stockholm, Sweden
1986 The Public Library, Birmingham, AL
1977 Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhagen, Denmark
1974 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1973 Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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  • About Us
    • Leadership
    • Partners
    • Our Timeline
    • Annual Reports
    • The Havens House >
      • Construction
      • Renovation
  • Support
    • Donate Now
    • Elizabeth Pedersen Educational Fund
    • Volunteer
  • Online Exhibits
    • History of Shelter Island
    • A Day in the Life
    • Digital Tapestry
    • "The Lords of Menantic" Companion Exhibit
    • "The Prospect of Summer" Companion Exhibit
    • See Their Names Exhibit
    • This Land is YOUR Land
    • The DNA of Shelter Island
    • Voices from the Vault
    • Then & Now
    • Witness the Manhansett
    • Walter Cole Brigham
    • Alan Shields
    • Helena Hernmarck
    • British Woolworks
    • "Connecting from a Quarantine Kitchen"
    • Havens DIMONscape
  • Havens Store
  • HAVENS FARMERS MARKET
  • PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
  • Education
    • The Shelter Island History Project
    • Race, Ethnicity & Class on SI, 1652-2013
  • Living History Project
  • The Collections
    • Digital Collections
    • New York Heritage Digital Collections
    • Donate to the Collections
    • Finding Aids
    • Film Collection
    • House/Building Registry Project
  • From Our Archives
    • The Soap, The Salesman And The Sailor
    • Historic Women of Shelter Island
  • Calendar
    • 2025 Events & Programs >
      • May 24-August 30: Havens Market
      • June 28 - October 11: Generations of Shelter Island Impressionists Exhibit
      • July 25: ArtSea Art & Science
      • July 28-Aug 15: Summer Children's Theater Program
      • August 13: Basket Weaving Workshop
      • August 14: Children's Basket Weaving Workshop
      • August 19: ArtLab Workshop
      • September 6: 3rd NY Regiment Encampment
      • September 27: Oysters 'R' Here Event
      • October 11: Harvest Festival Market
      • November 29: Holiday Farmers Market
  • Contact
  • Directors' Log In