Helena Otto lives and works in Cologne and Bremen.
She studied at the HfK Bremen under Natascha Sadr Haghighian and Franka Hörnschemeyer.
She was a master student of Natascha Sadr Haghighian. In addition to her diploma in art, she holds a Bachelor of Arts in art history, philosophy, and sociology after studying at the TU Dresden and the Université Paris Sorbonne IV.
Her artistic work has been supported and recognized, among other things, by the Bremen Cultural Church art scholarship, grants from the Senator for Culture, a residency scholarship in Worpswede, the H.A. Bockmeyer travel scholarship, the Neustart Kulturfond, and the 27th Videoartprize.
Helena Otto's works have been shown in solo exhibitions such as Back;Ground (Circa Gallery) and HALTUNGEN (Kulturkirche) in Bremen, as well as in group exhibitions such as Fremd (Producer Gallery Hannover), Deutsches Kurzhörspiel Festival Leipzig, and the Video Art Prize at the Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum Bremen.
Helena Otto's works are diverse in their expression, material, and genre. Through installation, sculpture, (food) performance, photography, video, audio play and storytelling, she explores perspectives of home, origin and identity.