Helga Schmidhuber (*1972, Wiesbaden) studied Communication Design at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences before enrolling at the Düsseldorf Art Academy in 1999 to study Fine Arts. From 2000 to 2002, she studied with Prof. Dieter Krieg and subsequently with Prof. Albert Oehlen, graduating in 2004 as Oehlen’s master student.

In 2005/06, Schmidhuber taught “Artistic Graphics” at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences. Since 2006, she has participated in numerous artist residencies, working in Austria, Iceland, Canada and Spain.

Her work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including Hamburger Kunsthalle (DE), CCA Kunsthalle, Andratx (ES), Museum Wiesbaden (DE), Museum Villa Rot (DE), Frankfurter Kunstverein (DE) and Nassauischer Kunstverein (DE).

Schmidhuber has received the Markus-Lüpertz-Prize and the Max-Ernst-Stipendium. In 2020, she was awarded the Hans-Platschek-Prize for Art and Writing.