Jacqueline Hen
Jacqueline Hen (* 1989) works at the intersection of design, art, and research, exploring possibilities for social transformation through communication and participation. In her light art objects and large-scale immersive installations, she explores the unconscious perception of one’s own movement, tension, posture, and position in space (proprioception) as well as experiences of contingency (Luhmann, Parsons) in the intertwining of physical and virtual living spaces. The work „Off Grid“ creates the illusion of an infinite space of brightness and darkness with the help of a mirror and grid-like arranged lights, whereby the perception of the body takes place in the face of a physical and, as it were, digital space. The explosion particles floating in the air are reminiscent of the first colored arcade games created by means of overlay foils. In her research and teaching Hen focuses on developing a contemporary „basic doctrine of design“ that relates to all areas of analog, digital, 2d and 3d design techniques and addresses universal principles such as symmetry, rhythm and interaction. She studied at the Berlin University of the Arts and the Art Center College of Design Los Angeles, and worked at Studio Tomás Saraceno from 2013-2016. In 2019, her work „Ligh High“ was awarded the International Light Art Award. Jacqueline Hen lives and works in Cologne and Wiesbaden.
Portrait: Kiu Ka Yee
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University of the Arts, Berlin
Art Center College of Design Pasadena, Los Angeles
Ich, Art Düsseldorf, Upcoming (GS)
shifting fields, Galerie 3AP, Düsseldorf (Duo)
House of Galleries, TRIANON, Frankfurt/Main (S)
Wasser, Galerie Watson, Hamburg (GS)
I saw a rainbow at midnight … At night, all cats are grey, Galerie 3AP, Düsseldorf (S)
Glow, Exploratorium, San Francisco, USA (GS)
Into The Light, La Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, France (GS)
Collected Light, Milan, Italy (GS)
Rauschen, Galerie 3AP, Düsseldorf, (GS)
Liminal State, Art Düsseldorf (GS)
Inflect, Galerie 3AP, Frankfurt/Main, air shelter (S)
Wohnung Lauxtermann Vol. 7, Galerie 3AP, Düsseldorf (GS)
Lichtparcours, Braunschweig, Public Installation (GS)
Collected Light, H Queen’s, Hongkong, CN (GS)
Trails of the sun, Galerie Seippel, Cologne (GS)
Explorations: Liquid Light, Galerie Watson, Hamburg (GS)
Partikel, Galerie 3AP, Düsseldorf (Duo)
Light High, Amsterdam Light Festival (GS)
Natur & Technik, Galerie Watson, Hamburg (GS)
Space Invaders, Galerie 3AP, Düsseldorf (GS)
Collected Light, Cascina Cuccagna, Milan (GS)
Wohnung Lauxtermann, Galerie 3AP, Düsseldorf (Project)
Transient, für Samsung Switzerland, Blue Velvet Projects, Zürich (GS)
Love, Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Köln (GS)
Collected Light, SoShiro Gallery, London (GS)
Sympoiesis, Dortmunder U, Museumsnacht, Dortmund (S)
Formation of the Sun, Light Art Grindelwald (GS)
Panta Rhei. Alles fließt, 150 Jahre RheinEnergie, Historisches Wasserwerk, Köln (GS)
Out of Space, Kunsthalle Hamburg (GS)
Inversion, Godehardistollen, EVI Lichtungen, Licht Kunst Biennale, Hildesheim (GS)
The Future of Light Art, Center for International Light Art, Unna (GS)
International Light Art, Unna (2019)
German Design Award Newcomer, Nominee (2021)
Oppo Renovators Emerging Artists, Oppo (2021)
Exhibitions
shifting fields
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The show opens March 27th, 2026 from 6 to 8 PM
I saw a rainbow
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partikel
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space invaders
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Projects
air shelter (FFM)
Wohnung Lauxtermann – Exhibition (D)
Periodically activated exhibition and residency project that reopens the historic address at Fürstenwall 74 as a site of artistic production and research. Since the beginning in February 2023, various program strands have focused on the social role of art and design and their potential for participation.
News
upcoming: Art Düsseldorf 2026 Accompanying Program
On the occasion of Art Düsseldorf, Galerie 3AP presents a series of exhibitions and events across its Düsseldorf locations.
upcoming: participation at Art Düsseldorf 2026
17. – 19. April, Areal Böhler | Booth H23
now open: Jacqueline Hen & Lara Werth »shifting fields« (Düsseldorf)
NEW OPENING HOURS
Friday: 2–7 PM
Saturday: 12–4 PM
To enquire about a personal visit please feel free to contact us.
upcoming: Jacqueline Hen & Lara Werth »shifting fields« in Düsseldorf
The exhibition opens on 27 March 2026, from 6-8 PM, with the artists in attendance. Visits outside regular opening hours by appointment.
press: Review of the House of Galleries 2026
The second edition of House of Galleries at the TRIANON high-rise was a success, welcoming over 5,000 visitors across four days and presenting 43 solo exhibitions on floors 42 to 44. The format proved its strength at the start of the art year, combining focused curatorial concepts with strong sales and dynamic exchanges.
lecture: Jacqueline Hen with a double lecture from Galerie 3AP, livestreamed at Aedes Network Campus Berlin (ANCB)
Jacqueline Hen gave a lecture at Galerie 3AP/Frankfurt exploring her work with light, space, and perception. The talk was live-streamed to Aedes Network Campus Berlin (ANCB).
upcoming: Closing and New Year’s Reception of Jacqueline Hen’s solo exhibition
Join us for the Closing and New Year’s Reception of Jacqueline Hen’s solo exhibition, including an installation in the air shelter. Saturday, 31 January, 2–4 pm
Participation: House of Galleries 2026
Following the opening of our Frankfurt space in April 2025, Galerie 3AP was pleased to take part in the second edition of House of Galleries. For the occasion, we presented two complementary bodies of work by Jacqueline Hen, both engaging with perception as a spatial and temporal phenomenon.
upcoming: House of Galleries 2026
Since opening our Frankfurt space in April 2025, we’re excited to join the second edition of House of Galleries. We’re pleased to present two complementary bodies of work by Jacqueline Hen, both exploring perception as a spatial and temporal phenomenon.
now open: air shelter
Extended opening hours in Frankfurt: The gallery is now open Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4–7 PM, including the air shelter with Jacqueline Hen’s installation. Visits outside these hours are available by appointment.
now open: Jacqueline Hen »I saw a rainbow at midnight … At night, all cats are grey«
We’re happy to share the updated opening hours for our Frankfurt location, beginning next week
upcoming: Jacqueline Hen’s Solo Exhibition in Frankfurt
now available: Catalogue Into the Light – Jacqueline Hen
We’re delighted to announce that the catalogue Into the Light is now available!
Art Düsseldorf
Art Düsseldorf opening today with works by Jacqueline Hen, Nadine Karl, Julie Mia, Philipp Naujoks. We cordially inviteyou to visit us at our booth (C03), where we will present a selection of young contemporary artists from our gallery program. Featuring four artistic positions that examine states of transition and transformation. In this liminal space, where nothing is certain but everything is possible, crisis and hope intersect, and past, present, and future merge.
ART DÜSSELDORF
Areal Böhler
Hansaallee 321
40549 Düsseldorf
now open: Willi Bucher, Felix Findeiß, Jacqueline Hen, and Frank Weidenbach „Rauschen“
We are excited to announce the upcoming group exhibition Rauschen at our Düsseldorf location, featuring works by Willi Bucher, Felix Findeiß, Jacqueline Hen, and Frank Weidenbach. We invite you to join us for the opening on April 12th, from 6 to 9 PM at Fürstenwall 74, Düsseldorf.
on view: Ones sunset is another one’s sunrise by Jacqueline Hen
now open: air shelter
We are delighted to announce the first exhibition in the air-raid shelter, an extension of our new gallery space in Frankfurt am Main. With a solo presentation by Jacqueline Hen we would like to introduce the Rhine-Main art scene to a young emerging artist who has gained international recognition with exhibitions in London, Milan, Amsterdam and Hong Kong. Her work „Inflect“ was created in close connection with her large-scale installation „Light High“, for which she won the Light-Art-Prize in 2019. Both works explore themes of space, sound, the digital and the analog, as well as how humans perceive these structures and principles of order. Consciously engaging with sensory stimuli and the impressions they evoke plays a central role in the artist’s work. Photo: Thorsten Wagner
„Why the sun also shines at night“
Jacqueline Hen, ones sunset is another ones sunrise, 2024
temporary installation, Lichtparcours Braunschweig 2024
„Subverting norms constructing narrative scenarios“
now open: Jacqueline Hen & Philipp Naujoks „Partikel“
Enter at your own risk. People with photosensitivity may be affected by flickering light. Artificial fog is used in the exhibition. Open by appointment.
Wohnung Lauxtermann
The fluid exhibition is open for visitors for the fifth and last time this year until December 15th.
Space Invaders – extendet until 30th September!
with works by Sonja Heim, Jacqueline Hen and Catharina Szonn
The line is never quite obedient
Mit Werken von Jacqueline Hen, Toni Meyer, Philipp Naujoks, Lara Werth
Kuratiert von Aileen Treusch für Cartier Northern Europe, ehemalige Schalterhalle der Commerzbank, Frankfurt (Neue Kaiser), Juli 2023.