H E L E N K E E N
NEW ZEALAND CONTEMPORARY
ENCAUSTIC WAX ARTIST
Black Shed Artspace - Te Tai Tokerau Waipu
Patsy Montgomery Design - Te Tai Tokerau Waipu
NORTHArt Gallery - Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Kura Gallery - Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
E X H I B I T I O N S
2026 Waiheke Community Gallery - Elemental Waiheke Island, Auckland, NZ
2026 NORTHArt - Works On Paper - Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
2026 Doubletree by Hilton Hotel (in collaboration with NZAFA) Wellington, NZ
2026 NZAFA Art To Go & Summer Show - Wellington, NZ
2026 Upstairs Gallery - Summer Show - Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
2025 NORTHArt - 200 Show - Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
2025 Modernista Salon - Solo Show - St Marys Bay, Auckland, NZ
2025 Franklin Art Awards - Frankly Small - Auckland, NZ
2025 Walker & Hall & Waiheke Island Community Gallery Fundraiser - Auckland, NZ
2025 Next Door Gallery - 'Spaces Between Spaces - Solo Show, Birkenhead, Auckland, NZ
2025 Waiheke Community Gallery - 'Translucent ' - Auckland, NZ
2024 -2025 Upstairs Gallery - Titirangi, Auckland, NZ
2024 Open Studio Waitakere - Weekend Gallery - Auckland,, NZ
2024 Walker & Hall Waiheke Art Awards - Auckland, NZ
2024 Franklin Art Awards - WINNER - Auckland, NZ
2024 MAGS - Mt Albert Grammar School - Auckland, NZ
2024 Mitchell Studios 'Depth of Fields' Solo Show, Wellington, NZ
2024 Lopdell House 'Footprint' Exhibition Auckland, NZ
2023 Open Studios, Waitakeri, Auckland, NZ
2023 Mitchell Studios 'Curate' Wellington, NZ
2023 Mitchell Studios 'Me Myself & Monet' Solo Show, Wellington, NZ
2023 Weekend Gallery 'Beneath The Surface' Solo Show, Auckland, NZ
2023 MAGS - Mt Albert Grammar School - Auckland, NZ
2022 Waitakere Arts Trust 35th Arts Exhibition, Auckland, NZ
2022 West Coast Gallery, Piha, Auckland, NZ
2017 Franklin Art Awards, Auckland, NZ
2009 Cockburn Community Art Awards Perth, Western Australia (WA)
2009 Melville Art Awards Perth, WA
2008 Canning Art Award Perth, WA
2008 Shire of Morowa Perth, WA
2008 Victoria Park Perth, WA
2008 City of Belmont Perth, WA
2008 Town of Vincent Perth, WA
2008 Town of Bassendean Perth, WA
2005-2007 Suter Art Gallery, Nelson, NZ
1997 Telecom Art Award - Dunedin, NZ
1997 Fusion Gallery - Solo Exhibition Christchurch, NZ
1997 International Biennial of Ceramic Art Belgium
1997 Solo Exhibition Wanaka, NZ
1996 St Heliers Bay Art Festival Auckland, NZ
1996 Rosslyn Gallery - Solo Exhibition Dunedin, NZ
1996 Lopdell House - The Mug Show Auckland, NZ
1996 Celia Kennedy Gallery - Domestic Delights Queenstown,, NZ
1996 Harvey Real Estate Awards Tauranga, NZ
1996 Queensland Gold Coast - 15th International Awards Queensland, Australia
1996-97 Birkenhead Trust Awards Auckland, NZ
1996-97 Franklin Art Awards Auckland,, NZ
1996 Art Expo Ceramics & Glass Awards, Auckland, NZ
1996 Envoys Association of Women Artists - Postcards Auckland, NZ
1996 Applied Arts - Solo Exhibition Christchurch, NZ
1996 Moray Gallery - Solo Exhibitions February & April Dunedin, NZ
1996 Moray Gallery - Antipodeans Christmas Dunedin, NZ
1995-97 Grays Studio - Under $100 Exhibition, Dunedin, NZ
1995-96 Tony Williams Studios - Works of Excellence Dunedin, NZ
1995 No. 5 Gallery - Around About 125 Dunedin, NZ
1995 Moray Gallery - Solo Exhibition Dunedin, NZ
1995 Moray Gallery - Winter Solstice Dunedin, NZ
1995 Art By The Sea - Jugs, Mugs & Teapots Auckland, NZ
1995 Botanical Gardens - Art Botanic Dunedin, NZ
1995 No. 5 Gallery - Sculptural Ceramics Exhibition, Dunedin, NZ
1995 No. 5 Gallery - Painting Exhibition, Dunedin, NZ
1995 No. 5 Gallery - Around About 125 Exhibition, Dunedin, NZ
1995 Moray Gallery - Solo Exhibition - Dunedin, NZ
1995 Moray Gallery - Winter Solstice, Dunedin, NZ
1995 Art By The Sea - Jugs, Mugs & Teapots Auckland, NZ
1995 Botanical Gardens - Art Botanic, Dunedin, NZ
1995 No. 5 Gallery - Sculptural Ceramic Exhibition, Dunedin, NZ
1995 No. 5 Gallery - Painting Exhibition, Dunedin, NZ
1995 Norsewear Art Award Waipukurau, NZ
1995 Pyromania - Solo Exhibition Tauranga, NZ
1994 Otago Museum – Responses Exhibition, Dunedin, NZ
1994 Port Chalmers - Exhibition of Excellence, Dunedin, NZ
1994 Queensland - Springtime Festival Pottery Queensland, Australia
1993-96 The Crafts Council Exhibitions, Dunedin, NZ
1993-96 Aurora Health Centre, Dunedin, NZ
1993-94 Grays Gallery - Tea Party & Garden Party, Dunedin, NZ
1991-97 Cleveland Ceramic Arts Exhibition, Dunedin, NZ
1993 Anderson Park Spring Exhibition, Invercargill, NZ
1993 Arthouse Exhibition, Dunedin, NZ
1993 Early Settlers Museum, Dunedin, NZ
1991 Mothers of Invention, Dunedin, NZ
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A W A R D S
2024 Finalist - Walker & Hall Waiheke Art Awards - Auckland, NZ
2024 SECOND PRIZE - Franklin Art Award Auckland, NZ
2009 MERIT AWARD - Pastels
Cockburn Community Art Awards Perth, Western Australia
2009 MERIT AWARD & HIGHLY COMMENDED - Ceramics
Cockburn Community Art Awards Perth, Western Australia
2008 FIRST PRIZE - 3 DIMENSIONAL SECTION - Canning Art Award Australia
1997 MERIT AWARD - Birkenhead Trust Award
1997 FIRST PRIZE - Franklin Art Award Auckland, NZ
1997 MERIT AWARD - Norsewear Art Award, Auckland, NZ
1996 MERIT AWARD - Harvey Real Estate Award, Tauranga, NZ
1996 FUNCTIONAL AWARD - Franklin Arts Award
1995 PURCHASE AWARD - Springtime Festival Queensland, Australia
