Helena Palazzi

I am a Swedish-Italian artist based in Kingston, New York. My journey has taken me from growing up in Sweden to studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Perugia, Italy, and later spending more than two decades working as a fashion and commercial photographer in New York City. In 2019, I returned to painting full-time.

My work is inspired by the moments between clarity and uncertainty—what we choose to reveal, what we hold back, and what slowly emerges with time. Working with oil, acrylic, ink, and mixed media, I build each painting through many translucent layers, allowing earlier marks to remain visible beneath the surface. I hope the paintings leave room for viewers to pause, look closely, and discover their own meaning.

My work has been exhibited in the United States, Italy, and Sweden, and is held in private collections throughout Europe and North America.

L’Accademia delle Belle Arti Pietro Vanucci, Perugia, Italy — 1993-1997
(Academy Of Fine Arts Pietro Vanucci, Perugia, Italy)
Painting
Photography

L’Universita` Per Stranieri, Perugia, Italy — 1991-1992
(University for foreigners, Perugia, Italy)
- Italian Language, literature, art-history and history.


Lunds Universitet, Lund, Sweden — 1989-1993
(University of Lund, Sweden)
- Comparative Literature, Italian Language and Literature, History of Art.

•NEOTERIC ABSTRACT EXHIBITION, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY, April 9th-May 2nd, 2026
•YELLOW, group exhibition, Yellow Studio Gallery, Februry 27-May 10th, 2026
• KINGSTON SOCIAL HOLIDAY COLLECTION, Group exhibition, Kingston Social, December 2025
•DRIFTING, solo exhibition, Kingston Social, NY, January 11-March 11 2025
•BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARK, solo exhibition, Stable and Barn, Woodstock, October 19-November 19 202
•THE PHANTOM CITY, Group exhibition, Lockwood Gallery, Kingston, NY, August-October, 2024
• THE LIBRARIAN, group exhibition, Lockwood Gallery, Kingston, July 2024 NY
• Co director Pinkwater Gallery, Kingston, NY — January 2023 - April 2024
• LAGOM | UNRAVELING, duo multi disciplinary exhibition, Pinkwater Gallery, Kingston, NY, November 4 -26, 2023
• Shape of Play, group exhibition mixed media, Pinkwater Gallery, Kingston NY—May - July 2023
• Home base, group exhibition mixed media, Pinkwater Gallery, Kingston NY—March - May 2023
• Evolution, group exhibition mixed media, Pinkwater Gallery, Kingston NY— February-March 2023
• Beforetime, solo mixed media exhibition, Co, Rhinebeck NY — January—May 2023
• A Sense of an Ending, group exhibition, Pinkwater gallery, Kingston, NY, December 2021-
January-2022
• Shield Maiden, solo...