{"title":"victoria helena","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003evictoria helena (b. 1977, Sweden) is a multinational artist (Polish\/Croatian from the USA) based in London, maintaining an international practice. In addition to commissioned public artworks, victoria helena’s pieces reside in private collections across the United States and Europe. They are an alumnus of the Royal College of Art, having earned a Masters in Sculpture with distinction in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003evictoria helena has also participated in the 58th International Venice Biennale, been shortlisted for the prestigious Mark Tanner Sculpture Prize, as well as the Ingot Prize, and completed the coveted Benson-Sedgwick Residency.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"penance","title":"Penance","description":"\u003cp\u003ePenance serves as an act of repentance. It mourns humanity's arrival at a technological event horizon. We are at a point where our digital lives increasingly separate us not only from ourselves, but from our intrinsic connection to the natural world. Creating the work was a slow, physically demanding act of fabric tearing, hand-weaving, and building a custom-made loom. This ritualistic labour serves as a direct confrontation to the mind-numbing scrolling on our phone screens and the ubiquity of digital art.\u003cbr\u003ePenance frames this process as an intentional turning away from the hyper digital. In a world that values speed and quantification, this piece speaks to the memory held in worn materials, the politics of labour, and the profound weight of time. It functions as a solemn, physical archive of human effort and entropy, demanding a slow, bodily engagement that directly counters the detached, fleeting interactions of our online lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"victoria helena","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57187138699646,"sku":"HC1104","price":9000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/6545\/8814\/files\/Screenshot_2026-03-30_at_17.07.42.png?v=1774886870"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/6545\/8814\/collections\/Screenshot_2026-03-16_at_14.00.19_25e96ee1-8e09-4af0-83c7-cfa771e527d8.png?v=1773683853","url":"https:\/\/hyphacurates.com\/collections\/victoria-helena.oembed","provider":"Hypha Curates","version":"1.0","type":"link"}