Helga Schmidhuber, born in 1972 in Wiesbaden, Germany, is an artist currently based in Bad Schwalbach and Berlin. She pursued communication design at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences (1994-1999) and later studied painting under renowned professors Dieter Krieg and Albert Oehlen at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, becoming a master student of Oehlen. Recognized with numerous awards, including the Markus Lüpertz Prize (2002), the Max Ernst Scholarship (2004), and the Hans Platschek Prize for Art and Writing (2020), Schmidhuber has participated in prestigious residencies worldwide. Her work has been showcased in major exhibitions, such as "Chromoxid feurig Zinnoberrot" at Kunstverein Kronach (2024) and "Keine Illusionen" at Kunsthalle Hamburg (2022/23), reflecting her dynamic engagement with contemporary art.