Helen Cantrell

Helen Cantrell

Web site: HelenCantrell.com

Tel: 860.434.5877

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EDUCATION:

2003-2004: Degree, Studio Arts, May 2004, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; focus on printmaking.

2007-2000: Advanced printmaking courses include study with Vijay Kumar at Manhattan Graphics, NYC, and Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT; Barbara Harder at New Haven Creative Arts Workshop; and work/study with James Reed as printer’s assistant at Norwalk Graphic Arts Center (now Center for Contemporary Printmaking), CT.

1970-1974: Art Students League, New York, NY, awarded tuition scholarship by Raphael Soyer.

1966-1968: Washington University School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO, major in painting.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2011: “New Paintings,” Nylen Gallery, Westport, CT, August-September. Curated by Wendy Nylen.

2009: Helen Cantrell—Paintings,” John W. Meagher Rotunda Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, July-August. Curated by Greg Brickey, Director, Jersey City Division of Cultural Affairs.

2007: “Jersey City and I-95,” Madame Claude Café, Jersey City, NJ, February.

2004: “Hey Suburbia,” Southport Harbor Gallery, Southport, CT. July-August.

2002: “The Spirit of Spring,” Southport Harbor Gallery, Southport, CT. April-May.

2001: “Bordering on Abstraction,” (2-person show).Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT. October-December.

“Color Landscapes,” Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT. June-July.

“Recent Paintings and Prints,” Good News Café, Woodbury, CT. November-January.

2000: “Expressionist Landscapes,” Paul Mellon Arts Center, Choate Rosemary Hall, CT. November January. Curator: John Faulkner, Gallery Director.

“Dazzling Discoveries,” Southport Harbor Gallery, September-October.

“The Expressionist Landscape,” The Landmark at Eastview, Tarrytown, NY. July. Curator: Wendy Kelley.

1999: “Shorelines.” Picture This of Westport, CT. Curator: Wendy Nylen.

1998: “Northeast Corridor” paintings and prints, Art Cellar, Clinton, CT. August-September. Curator: Kathleen Fahey.

1996: “Suburbia.” Long Island University, Paramount Gallery, NYC. Curator: Nancy Grove, Gallery Director. September-October.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2011: “Water, Water Everywhere,” (4-person show) Bridgeport Arts & Cultural Council, Bridgeport, CT. Curated by Laura Einstein. July-August.

“Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 100th Exhibition,” Mystic Art Center, CT. Jurors: Joy M. Pepe, Anne von Stuelpnagel, Director of Exhibitions, Bruce Museum. May-July.

“Bridgeport Prints,” Bridgeport Arts & Cultural Council. Curated by James Reed, Milestone Graphics, Bridgeport, CT. May-June.

“Art of the Northeast,” Silvermine Arts Center. Juror: Tom Eccles, Executive Director, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College. April-June.

“Homegrown,” Akus Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State U., Willimantic, CT, April-May.

2010: “A Contemporary View,” Lyme Art Association Invitational (4-person show), Old Lyme, CT. Curated by Susan Ballek, LAA Director. March-April.

2008: “Local Color” (3-person show), Central Gallery, Old Saybrook, CT. Curated by Pam Gordinier and Hillary Seltzer. July-September.

“Sprawl: Urban Overbuilding,” New Jersey state-wide exhibition, Arts Guild of Rahway. Curated by Lawrence Capiello. February-March.

“Nylen Gallery Inaugural Exhibition,” Nylen Gallery, Westport, CT. Curated by Wendy Nylen. March.

2007: “Fantastic Form: The Art of Comics and Graphic Novels,” Perth Amboy Gallery Center for the Arts, Perth Amboy, NJ. Curated by Raul Villareal. June-July.

2006: “Works on Paper National Juried Show” Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ, July.

“Echoes of China: Boston Printmakers in China,” Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA. Curated by Boston Printmakers. May-July.

“50th Annual National Juried Print Exhibition,” Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ. Juror: Judith K. Brodsky, Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper. July-August.

2005: “Boston Printmakers in China,” Hangzhou Central Art Academy, Hangzhou, China. July.

2003: “North American Print Biennial,” Boston Printmakers, Boston University, Juror: Clifford S. Ackley, Chair, Dept. of Prints, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. February-March.

“New Members Show,” Copley Society, Boston, MA, July-August.

“15th Annual Members Juried Show,” Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI. Juror: Judith Tannenbaum, curator, RISD Museum of Art. January-March.

“Temporal Reflections,” Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery, Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA. November-December (4-person show).

2001: “Rhythms, Layers and Landscapes: Recent Prints,” Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT. Curated by Sarah Gustafson. March-April.

2000: “Works on Paper,” National Juried Exhibition. South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA. November-December. Juror: Howardena Pindell.

“Paperworks,” CT GraphicArts Center, Norwalk, CT. Juror: Harry Philbrick, Director, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art. June-August.

“Art of the Northeast,” Silvermine Arts Center, CT. Juror: George King, Director, Georgia O’Keefe Museum. May-June.

National Small Works Open Juried Show, Canton, CT. Juror: Judy Kim, Wadsworth Athenaeum. April.

New Haven Paint & Clay Club, 99th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, New Haven, CT. February-March.

Full Circle Gallery, Providence, RI (3-person show). February-March.

1999: New Art Annual ‘99, Stamford Museum. Juror: Cynthia Roznoy, Whitney Museum Stamford. March-April.

“Artists of the Second District,” Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, NYC, December-January.

“Faber Birren National Color Award Show,” University of Connecticut, Stamford. Juror: Susan Cross, Guggenheim Museum. October-November.

“Connecticut Landscapes,” Juried Exhibition, The University Gallery, University of Bridgeport, CT. September-October.

“41st Annual Juried Art Exhibition,” The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT. Juror: Laurene Buckley, Director, New Britain Museum of Art. June-August.

1997: “Paperworks ‘97,” Ridgefield Guild of Artists, National Juried Exhibit of Works on Paper. Juror: Nancy Hall Duncan, Bruce Museum. May-June.

AWARDS:

Essex Art Association, “Exit Gallery award” (one-person show), Summer 2011 juried show.

Mystic Art Association, Members Show, “Overall Excellence” award, Spring 2011.

Bruce Museum Outdoor Art Festival, Greenwich. Second Prize, Graphics. October 1999.

Westport Outdoor Arts Festival, Westport, CT. First Prize, Oil Painting. July 17-18, 1999.

“Art of the Northeast,” Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT. Juror: Allan Stone, Allan Stone Gallery, NYC. Art Supply Warehouse award for painting for “Pink Salt Marsh.” May 1999.

Bruce Museum Outdoor Art Fair, Greenwich. Second Prize, Oils/acrylics. October 1998.

“Arts Connecticut 1998,” The Mill Gallery, Guilford Handcraft Center, CT. “E&F Shearer Memorial Award” for “Snow Clouds I-95.” Juror: Patricia Rosoff, Art New England.

ARTICLES:

“Beauty of Suburban Landscape: Exhibit at Southport Gallery showcases colorful world of artist Helen Cantrell,” Phyllis A.S. Boros, Connecticut Post, September 5, 2004.

“Regional Reviews: Flinn Gallery/Greenwich, Helen Cantrell and Bill Scott, “Bordering on Abstraction,” Mark Daniel Cohen, Art New England, February/March 2002.

“BCC brings together work of four female artists,” David B. Boyce, The Standard-Times, New Bedford, MA, December 13, 2001.

“Focus on Color at Silvermine Excavates Intellectual Treasure,” L.P. Streitfeld, Stamford Advocate, CT, July 8, 2001.

“For bold, solid painting, find your way to Full Circle,” Channing Gray, Providence Journal, RI, February 24-27, 2000.

“At Silvermine, a Single Judge’s Choices for Art of the Northeast,” William Zimmer, The New York Times, June 6, 1999.

“Artist’s scenes seen from a moving car,” Judy Birke, New Haven Register, September 6, 1998.