THINGS IMPORTANT TO A BOY SERIES
Seemingly insignificant items, such as a screw or bolt, are important objects found and held in a tiny hand or a tiny pocket, not to be left behind or forgotten at any moment. As significant as a teddy bear, screws and bolts are given a name .“Dukes”, and take their place in the hierarchy of a child’s world.
These items are illustrated in the grid of graphite drawings titled “Things important to a boy”.

THINGS IMPORTANT TO A BOY: LEGOS
Graphite on paper
8x10"

THINGS IMPORTANT TO A BOY: "WOOLY"
Graphite on paper
8x10"

THINGS IMPORTANT TO A BOY: REMOTE
Graphite on paper
8x10"
SUSANNA RICHTER HELMAN
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SUSANNA RICHTER HELMAN
BORN
Golden, Colorado
Currently lives and works
Denver, CO & Alpine, Tx
EDUCATION
1994
Metropolitan State University
Denver, Colorado
B.A. Art History
1990-91
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
Study: Art History
1987
Art Institute of Colorado
Denver, Colorado
Associate Degree of Applied Science
Advertising and Graphic Design
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Hillary Whitaker Gallery, Ponte Vedra, FL
Wrong Gallery, Marfa, TX
Element, Denver, CO
Art Source, Denver, CO
SELECT SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
* indicates collaborative backlit collage exhibitions with Mark Helman
2016
Arts On Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, FL *
Alt_Space Solo Exhibition, (Susana & Mark Helman collaboration)
2015
Weatherscapes, Lightbox Exhibition*
2015
St. Augustine Arts Association
Figures and Faces Exhibition Recipient of the Jean Wagner Troemel Award Best in Show
2014
Plum Gallery, Saint Augustine, FL *
Bloom Exhibition
2014
Plum Gallery, Saint Augustine, FL
Nest Exhibition
2013
Ponte Vedra Cultural Center, Ponte Vedra, FL
Nest Exhibition
2013
Art Santa Fe International Art Fair, Setford & Bridges Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - Backlit Collages*
2013
Miami FL Sea Fair International Art Fair, Setford & Bridges Gallery - Backlit Collages*
2012
William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO
Twenty, Group Exhibition - Backlit Collages*
2012
Ponte Vedra Cultural Center, Ponte Vedra, FL
Small Works, Group Exhibition
2012
William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO
Dimensional Shifts, Group Exhibition - Backlit Collages*
2012
Plum Gallery, Saint Augustine, FL
Fall Exhibition, Group Exhibition*
2012
Jacksonville International Airport Arts Commission, FL
Paper Cubes, Solo Exhibition
2011
Plum Gallery, Saint Augustine, FL
Spring Exhibition, , Group Exhibition
2011
Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra, FL
Small Works, Group Exhibition
2010
Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art Lab Gallery
Light Matters, Solo Exhibition - Backlie Collages*
2010
Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art
Artist’s By The Sea Invitational Studio Tour*
2010
Butterfield Garage Gallery
Weatherscapes, Solo Exhibition – Backlit Collages*
2009
Plum Art Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
Fall Exhibition, Group Exhibition
2008
Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, FL
Imagination Squared A Creative Response Experiment, Group Exhibition
2008
Butterfield Garage Gallery
Glow, Solo Exhibition – Backlit Collages*
2007
Rachel Thompson Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
Group Exhibition
2007
Art on Texas, Lubbock, TX
Group Exhibition
2006
Lurie Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
On the Road, A Modern Interpretation of Everyday Landscape, Group Exhibition
2005
Rachel Thompson Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
100 and Under Exhibition, Group Exhibition
2004
Rachel Thompson Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
Mixed Media Exhibition, Solo Exhibition
2003
Rachel Thompson Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
54 Pieces to Talk About, Solo Exhibition
2002
Art & Soul Gallery, Boulder, CO
Chrysalis, Solo Exhibition
2002
Highland Gallery - Breckenridge, CO
2002
Art & Soul Gallery, Boulder, CO
2002
Highland Gallery - Breckenridge, CO
2001
ABC Show, Atlanta, GA
2001
New York Art Expo International Art Fair, New York
2000
Highland Gallery - Breckenridge, CO
2000
ABC Show, Atlanta, GA
1998
New York Art Expo International Art Fair, New York
1997
ABC Show, Atlanta, GA
1997
New York Art Expo International Art Fair, New York
1997
Buell Theater, Denver, CO
1996
Passages, Solo Exhibition West Fine Art Gallery, Denver, CO
Group Exhibition
1996
Denver Performing Arts Complex, Denver, CO
Birds, Solo Exhibition
1996
Foothills Art Center - Golden, CO
Colorado Open Show Juried Top 100, Group Exhibition
1996
Boulder Arts Festival, Boulder, CO
1995
William Have Gallery (1/1 Gallery), Denver, CO
Group Exhibition
1994
Deselm’s Fine Art Gallery, Cheyenne, WY
Solo Exhibition
1994
Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
Colorado Open Show-Juried Top 10 award
PUBLICATIONS
"Havu Gallery Gets Whimsical with Dimensional Shifts"
Westword Magazine, Denver CO Review
July 3, 2012
"Compass Favorites-Autumn Art walk Aglow"
Awarded Staff Favorite Best Fall Show for “Glow” Exhibition
Compass Arts spotlight-Article, St. Augustine Record Newspaper
December 5, 2009
"Modern Art Meets The Oldest City”
Compass Arts spotlight-Article, St. Augustine Record
Newspaper, St. Augustine, FL November 5, 2009
"Compass" Arts spotlight- Article
St. Augustine Record
Newspaper, St. Augustine, FL March, 24, 2006
"Art Perspectives",
Airbus North Florida's Arts and Business Magazine, Jacksonville, FL, March/April 2005
"Compass" Arts spotlight- cover page,
St. Augustine Record Newspaper, St. Augustine, FL March 4, 2005
COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS
NUMEROUS PRIVATE AND THE
FOLLOWING CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
Merrill Lynch
Pfizer Pharmaceutical
Flagler Hospital Center for Caring Community Hospice
SAFT Battery Corporation
Cisco Systems, CO
Palace Lofts, CO
50 Piece Installation-Storefront, NYC
University of North Florida Library Permanent Collection
PREVIOUS REPRESENTATION & EXHIBITION LOCATIONS
Setford & Bridges, New York & Paris
William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO
Deljou Art Group, Atlanta, Georgia
Chicago, IL
New York, NY
Los Angeles, CA
Sacramento, CA
Pittsburgh, PA
Westmont, NJ
Manchester, NH
Ashland, KY
St. Augustine, FL
Atlanta, GA
Boulder, CO
Breckenridge, CO
Denver, CO
Ontario Canada
BORN
Golden, Colorado
Lives & works in St. Augustine, Florida
EDUCATION
1994 Metropolitan State University
Denver, Colorado
B.A. Art History
1990-91 University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
Art History Studies
1987 The Art Institute of Colorado
Denver, Colorado
Associate Degree of Applied Science Advertising and Graphic Design
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO
Setford & Bridges Gallery, New York/Paris
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Jacksonville International Airport & Jacksonville Airport Arts Commission, FL
Paper Cubes, Solo
2011 Museum of Contemporary Art Lab Gallery, Jacksonville, FL, Light Matters, Solo
2010 Weatherscapes, Butterfield Garage Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
2009 Glow, Butterfield Garage Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
2006 Mixed Media Exhibition, Rachel Thompson Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
2005 54 Pieces to Talk About, Rachel Thompson Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
Solo Exhibition 2003 Chrysalis, Art & Soul Gallery, Boulder, CO
1997 January 5th, West Fine Art Gallery, Denver, CO
1997 Birds, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, CO
1996 Passages, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, CO
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Dimensional Shifts, William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO
2012 Small Objects, Ponte Vedra Cultural Center, Ponte Vedra, FL
2012 Winter Exhibition, Plum Gallery, Saint Augustine, FL
2011 Artist’s By The Sea Invitational Studio Tour,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL
2011 Winter Exhibition, Plum Gallery, Saint Augustine, FL
2011 Small Objects, Ponte Vedra Cultural Center, Ponte Vedra, FL
2010 Imagination Squared, A Creative Response Experiment
Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL
2008 Contemporary Abstraction, Rachel Thompson Gallery, St. Augustine, FL 2008 Group Exhibition, Art on Texas, Lubbock, TX
2007 On the Road - A Modern Interpretation of Everyday Landscape
Lurie Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Mahler, Art & Soul Gallery, Boulder, CO
2003 Highland Gallery, Breckenridge, CO
2002 Art & Soul Gallery, Boulder, CO
2002 New York Art Expo, New York, NY
2002 New York Art Expo, New York, NY
2001 New York Art Expo, New York, NY
2000 New York Art Expo, New York, NY
1997 Colorado Open, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
1996 Boulder Arts Festival, Boulder, CO
1995 William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO
1998 Colorado Open, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
PUBLICATIONS
2012 Havu Gallery Gets Whimsical with Dimensional Shifts
Westword Magazine, Denver CO Michael Paglia Review, 7/3/12
2009 "2009 Compass Favorites-Autumn Art walk Aglow” Awarded Staff
Favorite Best Fall Show for “Glow” Exhibition
Compass Arts spotlight-Article, St. Augustine Record
Newspaper, St. Augustine, FL 12/05/09
2009 "Modern Art Meets The Oldest City”
Compass Arts spotlight-Article, St. Augustine Record
Newspaper, St. Augustine, FL 11/05/09
2006 "Compass" Arts spotlight- Article, St. Augustine Record
Newspaper, St. Augustine, FL 3/24/06
2005 "Art Perspectives", Airbus North Florida's Arts and Business Magazine,
Jacksonville, FL, March/April 2005
2005 "Compass" Arts spotlight- cover page, St. Augustine Record
Newspaper, St. Augustine, FL 3/4/05
COLLECTIONS
Merrill Lynch
Pfizer Pharmaceutical
Flagler Hospital Center for Caring Community Hospice
SAFT Battery Corporation Cisco Systems
SELECT SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 Art Santa Fe, Setford & Bridges Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2013 Sea Fair, Setford & Bridges Gallery, Miami FL
2012 William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO
Twenty group exhibition (Backlit Collages)
2012 Ponte Vedra Cultural Center, Ponte Vedra, FL
“Nest” exhibition
2012 Ponte Vedra Cultural Center, Ponte Vedra, FL
“Small Works” group exhibition
2012 William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO
“Dimensional Shifts” group exhibition (Backlit Collages)
2012 Plum Gallery, Saint Augustine, FL – Fall Exhibition
2012 Jacksonville International Airport, Jacksonville FL
Jacksonville Airport Arts Commission (Paper Cubes and Copper Works)
2012 Plum Gallery, Saint Augustine, FL – Spring Exhibition
2011 Ponte Vedra Cultural Center, Ponte Vedra, FL
“Small Works” group exhibition
2011 Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art Lab Gallery
Solo Exhibition - Backlit Collages and Copper Works
2011 Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art
“Artist’s By The Sea” Invitational Studio Tour
2010 Butterfield Garage Gallery
“Weatherscapes” Solo Exhibition – Backlit Collages
2010 Plum Art Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
Group Exhibition - Acrylic on Copper Paintings
2010 Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art “Imagination Squared –
A Creative Response Experiment” – Group Exhibition
2009 Butterfield Garage Gallery
“Glow” Solo Exhibition – Backlit Collages
2008 Rachel Thompson Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
Group Exhibition
2008 Art on Texas, Lubbock, TX
Group Exhibition
2007 Lurie Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"On the Road - A Modern Interpretation of Everyday Landscape"
2007 Rachel Thompson Gallery, St. Augustine, FL - Group Exhibition
“100 and Under Exhibition”
2006 Rachel Thompson Gallery, St. Augustine, FL - Solo Exhibition
"Mixed Media Exhibition"
2005 Rachel Thompson Gallery, St. Augustine, FL - Solo Exhibition
"54 Pieces to Talk About"
2004 Art & Soul Gallery, Boulder, CO
Art & Soul Gallery, Boulder, CO – Solo Exhibition
2003 Highland Gallery - Breckenridge, CO
Art & Soul Gallery, Boulder, CO
2002 Highland Gallery - Breckenridge, CO
2002 ABC Show, Atlanta, GA
2002 New York Art Expo, New York
2002 Highland Gallery - Breckenridge, CO
2001 ABC Show, Atlanta, GA
2001 New York Art Expo, New York
2000 ABC Show, Atlanta, GA
2000 New York Art Expo, New York
1997 West Fine Art Gallery, Denver, CO
1997 Denver Performing Arts Complex, Denver, CO - Solo Exhibition
1997 Denver Performing Arts Complex, Denver, CO - Solo Exhibition
1997 Foothills Art Center – Golden, CO
Colorado Open Show-Juried Top 100
1996 Boulder Arts Festival - Boulder, CO
1995 William Have Gallery (1/1 Gallery), Denver, CO
1995 Deselm’s Fine Art Gallery, Cheyenne, WY - Solo Exhibition
1995 Foothills Art Center – Golden, CO Colorado Open Show-Juried Top 10
PUBLICATIONS
2012 Westword Magazine, Denver CO Review
Havu Gallery Gets Whimsical with Dimensional Shifts
July 3, 2012
2009 "2009 Compass Favorites-Autumn Art walk Aglow”
Awarded Staff Favorite Best Fall Show for “Glow” Exhibition
Compass Arts spotlight-Article, St. Augustine Record
Newspaper, St. Augustine, FL 12/05/09
2009 "Modern Art Meets The Oldest City”
Compass Arts spotlight-Article, St. Augustine Record
Newspaper, St. Augustine, FL 11/05/09
2006 "Compass" Arts spotlight- Article, St. Augustine Record
Newspaper, St. Augustine, FL 3/24/06
2005 "Art Perspectives", Airbus North Florida's Arts and Business Magazine,
Jacksonville, FL, March/April 2005
2005 "Compass" Arts spotlight- cover page, St. Augustine Record
Newspaper, St. Augustine, FL 3/4/05
COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS
Numerous private and the following corporate:
Merrill Lynch
Pfizer Pharmaceutical
Flagler Hospital Center for Caring Community Hospice
SAFT Battery Corporation
Cisco Systems
Palace Lofts, CO
50 Piece Installation-Storefront, NYC
University of North Florida Permanant Library Collection
PREVIOUS REPRESENTATI0N &
EXHIBITION LOCATIONS
Chicago, IL
New York, NY
Los Angeles, CA
Sacramento, CA
Pittsburgh, PA
Westmont, NJ
Manchester, NH
Ashland, KY
St. Augustine, FL
Atlanta, GA
Boulder, CO
Breckenridge, CO
Denver, CO
Ontario Canada