Helen Cox

I'd always grown up with art. When my siblings and I were toddlers, my mother wanted to keep us quiet while my father wrote his sermons. There are vague memories of sitting in a high chair with paper and crayons, and of the day I painted an entire page in my “Brimful Book” bright blue—a misunderstanding when my mother suggested I paint in my new (coloring) book.

Thus, it is no surprise I ended up studying art. I taught and administered art programs for thirteen years—ten in Boston, MA; three in Long Beach, CA. During this time, working with at-risk youth in poverty neighborhoods, I became interested in the development of literacy and the parallels I saw between the development of art and language in young children. While teaching middle schoolers in Long Beach, I transitioned to the school library, where I worked with the same population for the next fourteen years, using my art to renovate two school libraries and creating interdisciplinary programs with a focus on reading.

Simultaneously, I journeyed from a homogenous childhood to a multi-cultural environment, which has stimulated and nurtured me the rest of my life. For many years, I chose to live and work in situations where I was the “other.” I even lost myself f...

Boston University School of Fine Arts; BFA, 1979.

Lesley College School of Management; M.Ed., 1988.

California State University Long Beach, College of the Arts; MFA, 2016.

EXHIBITIONS:
Irvine Fine Arts Center, CA. "All Media 2019." Juror: Constance Mallinson.

Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, NJ. "Works on Paper." Juror: Dr. Louis Marchesano. 2019

Dab Art, Ventura, CA. "Online Exhibition." 2019.

Merry Go Round Museum, Sandusky, OH. 2017 - current.

Utopia, Long Beach, CA. "The Millennials," a solo show, 2018.

Kreft Gallery, Concordia University Ann Arbor. "Investigating Identity." Juror: Nancy Thayer. 2018.

Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University. "2018 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition." Juror: Mary Weaver Chapin, Portland Art Museum.

University of North Carolina Asheville, "8th Annual Drawing Discourse Exhibition." Juror: Scott Noel. 2017.

University of Wisconsin-Parkside, "25th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition." 2017. Juror: David Jones, Anchor Graphics, Chicago.

Bradbury Art Museum, "Delta National Small Prints Exhibition." 2017, 2016, and 2015.

Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR. 2016.

San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, "Pressing Matters." 2016. Juror: Archana Horsting, KALA Art Institute and Gallery in Berkeley, CA.

uBe Art, Berkeley, CA. 2016.

Kellogg University Art Gallery, Cal. Poly Pomona, "Ink & Cla...