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HONORS and AWARDS
2006 - Art Center Manatee, Bradenton, FL - Merit Award
2005 - Long Boat Key Center for the Arts, Sarasota, FL - Merit Award
2004 - Englewood Art Center, Englewood, FL - Merit Award
2004 - Long Boat Key Center for the Arts, Sarasota, FL - Merit Award
2003 - Art League of Manatee, Bradenton, FL - Merit Award
2003 - Women Contemporary Artists, Bradenton, FL - Merit Award
2003 - Grass Roots Gallery, Englewood, FL - Ist Prize for 3-D Art
2002 - Kaos Gallery, Bradenton, FL - Best In Show
2002 - Venice Art Center, Venice, FL - 3rd Place Award
2001 - Art League of Manatee County, Bradenton, FL - Honorable Mention
1999 - Ringwood Manor Association of the Arts, Ringwood, NJ, Award for Sculpture
1994 - Ringwood Manor Association of the Arts, Ringwood, NJ
Award was a Two-Person Show in the West Wing Gallery
1994 - Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
Award of Excellence for Sculpture
1993 - Salute to Women in the Arts, Demarest, NJ - Merit Award
1991 - Tri-State Open-Juried Exhibition, Ridgewood, NJ - 2nd Place Award
1990 - White Gallery, Franklin Lakes, NJ - Merit Award
1990 - Fair Lawn Art Association Juried Exhibition, Fair Lawn, NJ - 1st Merit Award

SOLO and TWO-PERSON SHOWS
2001 - Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center, Commack, NY (Solo)
1997 - Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ (Solo)
1997 - Ethical Culture Society, Teaneck, NJ (Two)
2000-01 - Westchester Jewish Center, Mamaroneck, NY (Two)
1996 - Victoria's Cafe, Teaneck, NJ (Solo)
1995 - John Harms Intermission Gallery, Englewood, NJ (Two)
1995 - Ringwood Manor Association of Art, Ringwood, NJ (Two)

GROUP JURIED SHOWS
2007 - Unity Church, Sarasota, FL
2007 - National League of American Pen Women, Bradenton, FL
2007 - Women Contemporary Artists, Bradenton, FL
2007 - Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2007 - Art Center Manatee, Bradenton, FL
2006 - Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2006 - Art Center Manatee, Sculpture Invitational, Bradenton, FL
2006 - Flanzer Jewish Community Center, Sarasota, FL
2006 - Creative Arts Association of Lakewood Ranch, Bradenton, FL
2006 - Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2005 - National League of American Pen Women, Sarasota, FL
2005 - Long Boat Key Center for the Arts, Sarasota, FL
2005 - Florida Cancer Specialists, Sarasota, FL
2005 - Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2005 - Sarasota Bay Club, Sarasota, FL
2005 - Art Center Manatee, Bradenton, FL
2004 - Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2004 - National League of American Pen Women, Sarasota, FL
2004 - Art League of Manatee County, Bradenton, FL
2004 - Englewood Art Center, Englewood, FL
2004 - Venice Art Center, Venice, FL
2004 - Kaos Gallery, Bradenton, FL
2004 - Punta Gorda Art Center, Punta Gorda, FL
2004 - Long Boat Key Center for the Arts, Sarasota, FL
2003 - Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2003 - Women Contemporary Artists, Bradenton, FL
2003 - Republic Bank, Sarasota, FL
2003 - Grass Roots Gallery, Englewood, FL
2003 - Art League of Manatee County, Bradenton, FL
2003 - Venice Art Center, Venice, FL
2003 - Arts Day, Women Contemporary Artists, Sarasota, FL
2003 - Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2002 - Kaos Fine Art Gallery, Bradenton, FL
2002 - Graciela Giles Gallery, Bradenton, FL
2002 - Venice Art Center, Venice, FL
2002 - Long Boat Key Art Center, Long Boat Key, FL
2002 - Women Contemporary Artists, Venice, FL
2002 - Art League of Manatee County, Bradenton, FL
2001 - Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
2001 - Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2001 - Art League of Manatee County, Bradenton, FL
1998-99 - Ringwood Manor Association of the Arts, Ringwood, NJ
1997 - Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, NYC -
Jurors: Marion Roller, Peter Rubino, Greg Wyatt
1997 - Salute to Women in The Arts, New Milford, NJ
1997 - Margaret Hague Women's Health Institute
1997 - Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ
1996 - Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ
1996 - Art Center of Northern NJ, New Milford, NJ
1995 - Teaneck Centennial Juried Art Show, Teaneck, NJ
1995 - Nathans Gallery, West Paterson, NJ
1994 - Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
1994 - Jersey Central Power and Light, Morristown, NJ
1993 - Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Paramus, NJ
1993 - Ramapo College Art Gallery, Mahwah, NJ
1992-94 - Ringwood Manor Association of the Arts, Ringwood, NJ
1992 - National Juried Show '92, Art Center of Northern NJ, New Milford, NJ
1992 - William Carlos Williams Center, Rutherford, NJ
1991-92 - Tri-State Open Juried Exhibition, Ridgewood, NJ
1991 - Paterson Museum Juried Exhibition, Paterson, NJ
1991-93 - Salute to Women in The Arts, New Milford, NJ
1990-95 - Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ
1990-91 - Fair Lawn Art Association Juried Exhibition, Fair Lawn, NJ
1990 - White Gallery, Franklin Lakes, NJ
1990 - Knickerbocker Artists National Open Exhibition, NYC - Juror, Glenna Goodacre

GALLERLIES
2006 - present - The Dancing Crane, Bradenton, FL
2005 - Artists in Wonderland, Sarasota, FL
2003- 2004 - Sarasota Artist's Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2001-2003 - L'Attitude Gallery, Sarasota, FL and Boston, MA
2001 - Glass Reflections, Sarasota FL
2000-2001 - Taylor James Gallery, Madeira Beach, FL
1998-2000 - Chasen Galleries, Sarasota, FL
1997-1999 - The Showcase Gallery, Teaneck, NJ
1995-1999 - The Nathans Gallery, West Paterson, NJ
1992-present - Essex Fine Arts Gallery, Montclair, NJ
1992 - R & R Gallery, Teaneck, NJ
1992 - Seraphim Gallery, Englewood, NJ


EDUCATION
- Studied Sculpture with: Lincoln Fox, Peter Rubino, Howard Kalish, Judith Weller,
Janice Mauro and Jack Dowd
- Worked with Judy Chicago on "Birth Trinity", one of her "Birth Project" tapestries
- New York School of Interior Design, NYC
- San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
- University of Guadalajara, Mexico
- Russell Sage College, Troy, NY

SCULPTURE TEACHING
Artist Junction, Bradenton, FL
Carla's Clay, Sarasota, FL`
Art Center Manatee, Bradenton, FL

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Women Contemporary Artists
Associate Member of National Sculpture Society
Creative Arts Association of Lakewood Ranch
National League of American Pen Women




All images copyright © 2002 Helene Hirmes