Meyer was born in Woltwiesche, Germany in 1969. In 1998 he formed the Performance Art Group System HM2T (with Marco Teubner). Since 2000 Meyer has been associated with Black Market International. He has performed in Europe, Asia, Canada, South America, Australia and the USA. Meyer continues to work in Black Market, System HM2T and as a solo artist.

Meyer has a diploma in Cultural Studies (University of Hildesheim, Germany), and in 2008 was awarded a PhD in Art Science/Art History from the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, Germany. His dissertation about the image of pain in performance was published as a book in 2008. He teaches performance art workshops and theoretical classes at the University of Hildesheim, the High School in Ilsede, Germany, and as guest teacher at the Theatre Academy in Helsinki, Finland, and at various other universities. As a researcher he is interested in questions of pain, cooperation and the history of images. Find out more at his website. 

Thursday, January 24, 12:15–1:45 pm (public artist talk)
Room B209, SMFA

Friday, January 25, 7 pm (public performance)
Mobius, 55 Norfolk St., Cambridge

Image: Helge Meyer, Pneumatic: vision Cut 5, 2010. Performance at 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art, Toronto, Canada. Photo by Henry Chan.