Helen Gwinn
New Mexico Artist
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PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Education:
Texas Tech University, B.A. 1963
University of Houston, graduate work, 1967-68
Post-Baccalaureate Studies:
La Romita School of Art-Terni, Italy, 1995
Texas Tech University, 1980
University of Texas at El Paso, 1976-78
University of Houston, 1968
Numerous seminars and workshops with noted instructors
Instructor and Guest Lecturer:
- La Romita School of Art, Terni, Italy, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2007
- Watermedia workshops: In US and Europe
- Private art lessons,1990-2000
- International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, 1992-93
- Fiber Arts Workshop, Zia Quilt and Stitchery Guild, 1989, 1992-93
- Intermountain Weavers Conference, Colorado Springs, CO 1991
- New Mexico Art Educators Association, Ruidoso, NM, 1984
- Seminar on Printmaking for Art Teachers, New Mexico State University,
1983
Whos Who of American Women
Judge & Juror: many locations 1995-present
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
- The Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy December, 2005
- International Watermedia XIV, Univ. of Colorado, 2005
- Federazione Italiana Donne-Arti-Professioni-Affari Terni, Italy, 2005
- Arizona Aqueous XX, Tubac, AZ, 2005
- First Frontier Collage 6th Annual International, Austin, TX 2005
- SoQ, Contemporary Art in Southern NM, NM Museum of Fine Art,
Santa Fe, 2004
- Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 29th Annual, Irving
Arts Center, Dallas, TX 2004
- Washington Watercolor Society, Richland, WA 2003
- International Society of Experimental Artists, Houston, TX 2003
- Boots To Berets, Paris, TX 2003
- Palazzo Gazzoli, Vecchio mondo visto dal nuovo, Terni, Italy, 2002
- International Society of Experimental Artists, Ball State University,
Muncie, IN
- 28th Annual Exhibition of National Watercolor Oklahoma, Kirkpatrick
Galleries at Omniplex, Oklahoma City, OK, 2002
- Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, 27th Annual Exhibit, Albuquerque
Museum of Fine Art, 2002
- First Frontier Collage Society, Austin TX 2001
- Trail of the Painted Ponies, NM, 2001
- Governors Gallery,NM Museumof Fine Art, 2001
- Jurors Exhibit, NMArts & Crafts Fair, 2001
- Bunkhouse Gallery, Cypress Mill TX, 2001
- 175th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, NY, NY, 2000
- WAS-H, 23rd Interntl Exhibit, Houston,TX 2000
- NM Watercolors, Mill Atelier, Santa Fe, 2000
- Taos National Exh.of American Watercolors, Van Vechten Lineberry
Museum, 1998, 2000
- B.E.A.C.H. Art Auction & Gala, Spencer Theatre, Ruidoso, NM,
1999
- Art In The Woods, Overland Park Arts Commission, Overland Park, KS,
1999
- 1999 Masterworks of New Mexico Exhibition NMWS, Albuquerque, NM
- Arizona Aqueous National Exhibition, Tubac Center For The Arts, AZ,
1998, award; 2000
- 49th Annual Texas Watercolor Society National Exh, Hill Country Arts
Foundation, 1998,award
- Earth Lyrics Pecos River Artists, Breckenridge Fine Art
Center, Breckenridge, TX, 1997
- Weems Artfest, Albuquerque, NM 1989-2006
- Western Federation of Watercolor Societies Exhibition, Tucson Museum
of Fine Art, 1997
- Pecos Valley Potters Guild Show, Roswell Museum, Roswell,
NM 1993-2000
- Signature I-VI juried exhibitions , West Texas Watercolor Society,
Texas Tech University Museum, Lubbock, TX 1992-1997
- The Pecos River Artists annual exhibit 1991-2006
- New Mexico Watercolor
Society, juried exhibits, 1989-2000, awards
- Fall American Art Show, Museum of the Horse, Ruidoso, NM, 1996
- Kansas Waterolor Society 7 State Exhibition, Wichita Art Museum,
1996
- River Presence-River Presents, traveling exhibit, administrator/curator/exhibitor,
1994-95
- Fiber Celebrated 95,Tucson Museum of Fine Art
- Celebrity Showcase, New England Quilt Museum (Invitational
Show) Boston, MA 1993
- Giving Thanks to Mother Earth National Exhibition, Austin,
TX ,1992
- Round Up On The Pecos, Carlsbad, NM, 1993
- Our Walls Can Talk: HATS Southwest Crafts Center, San
Antontio 1993
- The Art of the Hat, NM Arts and Crafts Exhibit, Albuquerque,
NM, 1990(Best of Show)
- Printmaking in New Mexico Governors Gallery, a traveling
show, 1990-91
- Fiber Celebrated 89 Museum of Fine ArtSalt Lake
City, Utah, 1989
- Southwest Arts and Crafts Festival, 1981-83
- Annual All Media Juried Exhibition, Laguna Beach Museum
of Art, Laguna Beach, CA, 1979
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
- American Association of University Women, National Archives, Washington,
DC
- Western Heritage Museum and Cowboy Hall of Fame, Hobbs, NM
- Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM
- San Juan College, Farmington, NM
- Hilton Hotel, Houston, TX
- IBM, Santa Fe, NM
- Carlsbad Museum and Art Center, Carlsbad, NM
PUBLICATIONS
- “Hunting and Gathering” by Sarah
Strickley, in Watercolor Artist magazine, February 2009
- Meet Helen Gwinn North Light, Fall, 2001
- Watercolor Expressions, B.L. Schlemm, 1999
- The Spirit of Artistic Travel, American Artist: Watercolor,
Summer, 1999
- The Best of Watercolor:Painting Composition Betty Lou Schlemm &
Sara Doherty, 1997
- Sensitivity To Textures, American Artist: Watercolor,
Summer, 1996
- Special Delivery: Stitched Mail, The American Quilter,
October, 1993
GALLERY SHOWS
- Timeless Traces, one person show, The Gallery, Roswell NM 2006
- The Gifts, one person show, Weems Gallery Old Town, Albuquerque, NM 2006
- Collective With Heart, The Pecos River Artists, The Governors Gallery
in The Capitol Building, Santa Fe, NM 2006
- Cliff Gifts and Canyon Spirits, one person show, Weems Gallery Old
Town, Albuquerque, NM 2005
- Helen Gwinn featured at The Bunkhouse Gallery,Cypress Mill, TX, 2004
- The Cliff Gifts, one person show, Weems Gallery Old Town, Albuquerque, NM 2004
- The Pecos River Artists, Lincoln Schoolhouse Gallery, Lincoln, NM 2004
- Helen Gwinn and Russ Ball Show, Weems Gallery Old Town, Albuquerque, NM, 2003
- The Abiquiu Exhibit, Abiquiu, NM 2002
- Distinctive Viewpoints, Mill Atelier Gallery, Santa Fe,
2001
- Helen Gwinn/The Envelope Series, one-woman show, Flickinger
Center for the Arts, Alamogordo and Carlsbad Museum, NM, 1999
- By Invitation Only, and Annual Anniversary Shows, Weems
Gallery, Albuquerque, 1990-01
- Anniversary at Spirit Echoes, Austin, TX, 1994
- Reminders, Mementos, Hopes, one-woman show, Carlsbad Museum
and Art Center, 1989
- San Juan Selects, San Juan College, 1985
- One-Woman show, Eastern New Mexico University , Portales, NM 1984
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