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SUSANNA RICHTER HELMAN

 

DENVER, CO

b. Golden, CO

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

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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

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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

 

SELECT EXHIBITIONS 

In order of significance

Susanna & Mark Helman Collaborations*

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Art of the State Juried Exhibition 

Sea Storm

Kinetic Backlit Collage*
Arvada Center, Arvada, CO

2025

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Light Matters

Backlit Collages*

Solo Exhibition

JMOCA Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art Lab Gallery

Jacksonville, FL

2010

Artist’s By the Sea Invitational Studio Tour

Backlit Collages* 

Group Exhibition

JMOCA Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art

Jacksonville, FL

2010

 

Imagination Squared a Creative Response Experiment

Group Exhibition

JMOCA Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art

Jacksonville, FL

2008

 

Paper Cubes

Solo Exhibition

Jacksonville International Airport Arts Commission

Jacksonville, FL 

2012

Twenty

Backlit Collages*

Group Exhibition

William Havu Gallery

Denver, CO

2013

Dimensional Shifts 

Backlit Collages* 

Group Exhibition

William Havu Gallery​

Denver, CO

2012

 

Sea Fair International Art Fair 

Backlit Collages*

Group Exhibition

Setford & Bridges Gallery

Miami, FL

2013

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Art Santa Fe International Art Fair

Backlit Collages*

Group Exhibition

Setford & Bridges Gallery

Santa Fe, NM 

2013

 

​Weatherscapes

Backlit Collages*

Solo Exhibition

Butterfield Garage Gallery

2010​

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Glow

Backlit Collages*

Solo Exhibition

Butterfield Garage Gallery

2008​

 

Weatherscapes

Backlit Collages*

Solo Exhibition

Arts On Douglas Alt_Space

New Smyrna Beach, FL

2016

 

​Mixed Media Exhibition

Solo Exhibition​​

Rachel Thompson Gallery

St. Augustine, FL

2004

54 Pieces to Talk About

Solo Exhibition​​

Rachel Thompson Gallery 

St. Augustine, FL

2003​​

Chrysalis

Solo Exhibition

Art & Soul Gallery

Boulder, CO

2002

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Passages

Solo Exhibition

Buell Theater

Denver, CO

1997

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Figures and Faces Exhibition

Group Exhibition

Recipient of the Jean Wagner Troemel Award Best in Show

St. Augustine Arts Association

Augustine, FL

2015

 

Nest

Oil on Canvas

Group Exhibition

Ponte Vedra Cultural Center

Ponte Vedra, FL

2013

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Small Works

Group Exhibition

Ponte Vedra Cultural Center

Ponte Vedra, FL

2012​

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Small Works

Group Exhibition

Ponte Vedra Cultural Center

Ponte Vedra, FL

2011

Bloom

Group Exhibition

Plum Gallery

Saint Augustine, FL

2011

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Nest

Group Exhibition

Plum Gallery

Saint Augustine, FL

2010

 

​Group Show

Group Exhibition

Art on Texas

Lubbock, TX

2007

 

Group Show

Group Exhibition

Rachel Thompson Gallery

St. Augustine, FL

2007

On the Road, A Modern Interpretation of Everyday Landscape

Group Exhibition

Lurie Gallery

Los Angeles, CA

2006

100 and Under

Group Exhibition

Rachel Thompson Gallery

St. Augustine, FL

2005

Mahler

Group Exhibition

Art & Soul Gallery

Boulder, CO

2003

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New York Art Expo International Art Fair

Paintings on aluminum

New York, NY

2001

ABC Show

Paintings on aluminum

Atlanta, GA

2001​

ABC Show

Paintings on aluminum

Atlanta, GA

2000

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 GalleryJacksonville, 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUSANNA RICHTER HELMAN ©2025

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