BIO

Rebekka Hilmer Heltoft (b. Jammerbugt - DK, 1991) is a visual artist, MAA, with a background in philosophy, BA. In her artistic practice, she investigate relations between nature, materials and perception through a multitude of material expressions such as installations, film, text and drawings.

Rebekka has studied at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Visual Art, The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and University of Copenhagen. Her work has been shown in contexts such as Kunsthal Charlottenborg (DK), Franz Kaka Gallery (CA), CPH:DOX (DK), Wilson Saplana Gallery (DK), GOMO curated by Salon 75 (AT) and Finn’s Bakery as part of the public sculpture biannual Sommer Skulptur Søby (DK). In 2023 she published her first book Drawn To The Pencil; Dark light Glitter. She is the recipient of Niels Wessel Bagges Honorary Grant (2024) and has, most recently, been artist in residence at Arcus Research, (2025, Ibaraki, Japan), where she worked on her current project concerning animation film and plants. RHH is currently based in Copenhagen, Denmark.


CONTACT
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rebekkahilmer(at)gmail.com
@rebekkahilmerheltoft

NEWS

2026
‍- Contribution to the anthology Rethinking Transcultural Interactions in Visual Art, published by De Greuter as part of the series Contact Zones

2025
- Solo show Sieve curated by Soontag, Møntvask Rantzausgade, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Residency at ARCUS Project, Moriya, Ibaraki, Japan. Learn more about Rebekka's work at ARCUS by clicking here


CV (SELECTED)

EXHIBITIONS

2024
- Duo show with Davide Hjort Di Fabio, Sankt Jakobs Kirke, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 6 is too much but 8 might be interesting, Thorsgade 85, Copenhagen
- Caring Absurdities, group show at Wilson Saplana Gallery, Copenhagen Denmark
- Pt. 1: Drawings, group show w. A. Rønholt Schmidt and J. Thomas Lundbye, Saalt, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Årgang 2023, acquired by Kunst På Arbejde, exhibition tour to: Møstings Hus, Det Fynske Kunstakademi Skulptursalen, Art Herning and Augustiana Kunstpark & Kunsthal

2023
- Half Life organized by Elif Saydam, Franz Kaka, Toronto, Canada
- BEACH II curated by Salon 75, GOMO, Vienna, Austria‍
- MFA Degree Show, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark‍

2022
- HEART CUTS CONNECT duo exhibition with Julia Sjölin, Udstillingsstedet Q, Copenhagen, Denmark
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2021
- Searching for Nigel, Villa Kultur, Copenhagen, Denmark
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2020
- A single sheet of glass in a window or door, Drottninggatan 6B, Malmö, Sweden
- Group show, Arcway, Copenhagen, Denmark
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2019
- Skulpturlandsby Selde, Selde, Denmark
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2018
- Sommer Skulptur Søby 2018, Ærø, Denmark
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2017
- Tiefe Kirschen, Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer, Vienna, Austria
- Inaguration, Delfi, Malmö, Sweden
- A Marriott in Ritz Clothing, Take Festival, Vienna, Austria
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2016
- Sommer Skulptur Søby 2016, biennale at Ærø, Ærø, Denmark


RESIDENCIES

2024
- Læsø Artist in Residence, Læsø, Denmark
- Artist in Residence at San Cataldo, Amalfi Coast, Italy
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Publications
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2023
- Drawn To The Pencil; Dark Light Glitter, personal essay self published on the occasion of the MFA Degree Show 2023 at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
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2021
- Dear Moyra, letter to Moyra Davey
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2020
- Kimskiven, bachelor catalogue, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Visual Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
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2019
- Samling, publication for reading night at exhibition space Delfi, Malmö, Sweden
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2018
- Pause, Filmögon magazine
- Kære, invitation to collaborators in connection with Sommer Skulptur Søby 2018, Ærø, Denmark
- Langs den grønne flod, Textuelle Bildhauerei Zine
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2017
- Some questions, exhibition catalogue 72, Austrian Sculpture Park, Austria
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SELECTED READINGS

2023
- Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark

2020
- Drottninggatan 6B, Malmö, Sweden
- Arcway, Copenhagen, Denmark

2019
- Delfi, Malmö, Sweden

2018
- Anti - antikvariat & bokhandel, Malmö, Sweden

2017
- Delfi, Malmö, Sweden
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FILM FESTIVALS

2022
- Gold Teeth And Certain Arms, CPH:DOX, Cinemateket and Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark


EDUCATION

2018-2023
Master of Fine Arts, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Visual Art, Copenhagen Denmark

2020-2023
Minor in Writing and Research, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Visual Art, Copenhagen, Denmark

2016-2018
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, class of Textual Sculpture w. Heimo Zobernig, Austria

2015-2016
- Kunsthøjskolen på Ærø, Ærø, Denmark

2011-2014
Bachelor in Philosophy, University of Copenhagen, Denmark


Grants
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Niels Wessel Bagges Honorary Grant

Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation

Arne Meyers Legat

Birgit Vibeke Tofts Mindefond
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Fondet for Dansk-Svensk Samarbejde

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