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Biographical Information:
Born Chicago, Illinois, March 1947. Lived on East Coast for past 40 years. Like modernism and fairy tales, Josh Whedon’s “Dollhouse,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” Love and Rockets comics. Inspired by abstract expressionist painters Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, more realist modern artists like Richard Diebenkorn, Gerhard Richter, photographers Jeff Wall and Cindy Sherman. Traveled to China on artist exchange tour with Boston Printmakers in 2005.
Degree,
Studio Arts, May 2004, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; focus on
printmaking. Early professional art training at Chicago Art Institute and
Washington University School of Fine Arts, St. Louis (1966-1968, major in
painting); Art Students League, 1960s-1970s, awarded tuition scholarship by
Raphael Soyer. Printmaking at New Haven Creative Arts Workshop, Manhattan
Graphics and work/study as printer’s assistant at Norwalk Graphic Arts Center
(now Center for Contemporary Printmaking), CT.
Artist Member: Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT
One-Person Exhibitions:
“Helen Cantrell—Paintings,” John W. Meagher Rotunda Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, July-August 2009.
Curated by Greg Brickey, Director, Jersey City Division of Cultural Affairs.
“Jersey City and I-95,” Madame Claude Café, Jersey City, NJ, February 2007.
“Hey Suburbia,” Southport Harbor Gallery, Southport, CT. July-August 2004.
“The Spirit of Spring,” Southport Harbor Gallery, Southport, CT. April - May 2002.
“Bordering on Abstraction,” Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT. Oct. 25 - Dec. 6, 2001 (2-person show).
“Color Landscapes,” Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT. June - July 2001.
“Recent Paintings and Prints,” Good News Café, Woodbury, CT. November - January 2001.
“Expressionist Landscapes,” Paul Mellon Arts Center, Choate Rosemary Hall, CT. November 2000 - January 2001. Curator: John Faulkner, Gallery Director.
“Dazzling Discoveries,” Southport Harbor Gallery, September-October 2000.
“The Expressionist Landscape,” The Landmark at Eastview, Tarrytown, NY. July 2000. Curator: Wendy Kelley.
“Northeast Corridor” paintings and prints, Art Cellar, Clinton, CT. August - September 1998. Curator: Kathleen Fahey.
“Shorelines.” Picture This of Westport, CT. August 1997, and 1999. Curator: Wendy Nylen.
“Suburbia.” Long Island University, Paramount Gallery, NYC. Curator: Nancy Grove, Gallery Director. September - October 1996
Group Exhibitions:
“A Contemporary View,” Lyme Art Association Invitational, Old Lyme, CT. March-April 2010. Curated by Susan Ballek.
“Local Color” (3-person show), Central Gallery, Old Saybrook, CT, July – September, 2008. Curated by Pam Gordinier and Hillary Seltzer.
“Sprawl: Urban Overbuilding,” New Jersey state-wide exhibition, February-March 2008. Arts Guild of Rahway. Curated by Lawrence Capiello.
“Nylen Gallery Inaugural Exhibition,” Nylen Gallery at Picture This of Westport, CT, March 2008. Curated by Wendy Nylen.
“Holiday Group Show,” Garvin Gallery, Essex, CT, Dec-Jan. 2008. Curated by Sandy Garvin.
“Fantastic Form: The Art of Comics and Graphic Novels,” Perth Amboy Gallery Center for the Arts, Perth Amboy, NJ, June-July 2007. Curated by Raul Villareal.
“Boston Printmakers in China,” Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA, May-July 2006. Curated by Boston Printmakers.
“Works on Paper National Juried Show” Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ, July 2006.
“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 2006.
Boston Printmakers in China, Hangzhou Central Art Academy, Hangzhou, China. July 2005.
“New Members Show,” Copley Society, Boston, MA, July-August 2003.
North American Print Biennial, Boston Printmakers, Boston University, Feb-Mar 2003. Juror: Clifford S. Ackley, Chair, Dept. of Prints, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Hermine Merel Smith Fine Arts, West Tisbury, MA, June-Sept. 2003, 2002.
“15th Annual Members Juried Show,” Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI. Juror: Judith Tannenbaum, curator, RISD Museum of Art. January - March 2002.
“Temporal Reflections,” Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery, Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA. Nov. 29 - Dec. 21, 2001 (4-person show).
“Rhythms, Layers and Landscapes: Recent Prints,” Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT. March-April 2001. Curated by Sarah Gustafson.
“Works on Paper,” National Juried Exhibition. South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA. November - December 2000. Juror: Howardena Pindell.
“Women on Paper,” Martha’s Vineyard, MA, July 2000. Curated by Hermine Merel Smith Fine Arts.
“Paperworks,” CT GraphicArts Center, Norwalk, CT. June - August 2000. Juror: Harry Philbrick, Director, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art.
Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Guild, CT. Juror: George King, Director, Georgia O’Keefe Museum. May - June 2000.
National Small Works Open Juried Show, Canton, CT. Juror: Judy Kim, Wadsworth Atheneum. April 2000.
New Haven Paint & Clay Club, 99th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, New Haven, CT. February-March 2000.
Artists of the Second District, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council exhibition, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, NYC, December 1999 - January 2000.
Full Circle Gallery, Providence, RI (3-person show). February- March 2000.
Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, University of Connecticut, Avery Point, Groton. Sept. 2002, December 1999.
Faber Birren National Color Award Show, University of Connecticut, Stamford. Juror: Susan Cross, Guggenheim Museum. Oct. - Nov. 1999.
“Women of Litchfield,” Glass Mountain Gallery, Bantam, CT. July - September 1999.
“B.A.R.E.” Pfizer Central Research statewide exhibition, Groton, CT. June - August 2002, 2000, 1999, 1998.
“41st Annual Juried Art Exhibition,” The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT. June - August 1999. Juror: Laurene Buckley, Director, New Britain Museum of Art.
“Connecticut Landscapes,” Juried Exhibition, The University Gallery, University of Bridgeport, CT. September - October 1999.
New Art Annual ‘99, Stamford Museum. Juror: Cynthia Roznoy, Whitney Museum. March - April 1999.
“Paperworks ‘97,” Ridgefield Guild of Artists, National Juried Exhibit of Works on Paper. Juror: Nancy Hall Duncan, Bruce Museum. May - June 1997.
“Pier III & IV” shows, Red Hook, NYC. Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition group show. April - May 1995 & 1996.
Awards:
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 Guild Art Center, New Canaan, CT. Juror: Allan Stone, Allan Stone Gallery, NYC. Art Supply Warehouse award for painting for “Pink Salt Marsh.” May - June 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:
“Fine China,” by Randi Hopkins, Boston Phoenix, May 26, 2006.
“Beauty of suburban landscape: Exhibit at Southport Gallery showcases colorful world of artist Helen Cantrell,” by Phyllis A.S. Boros, Connecticut Post, September 5, 2004.
“Regional Reviews: Flinn Gallery/Greenwich, Helen Cantrell and Bill Scott, “Bordering on Abstraction,” by Mark Daniel Cohen, Art New England, February/March 2002.
“BCC brings together work of four female artists,” by David B. Boyce, The Standard-Times, New Bedford, MA, December 13, 2001.
“Focus on Color at Silvermine Excavates Intellectual Treasure,” by L.P. Streitfeld, Stamford Advocate, CT, July 8, 2001.
“For bold, solid painting, find your way to Full Circle,” by Channing Gray, Providence Journal, RI, February 24-27, 2000.
“At Silvermine, a Single Judge’s Choices for Art of the Northeast,” by William Zimmer, The New York Times, June 6, 1999.
“Artist’s scenes seen from a moving car,” by Judy Birke, New Haven Register, September 6,1998 (review of Clinton Art Cellar show).
“Using Computers to Organize Your Art Business,” by Helen Cantrell, American Artist, November 1998.