CURRICULUM VITAE
Helen Wilson
EDUCATION
2004 MFA, Painting
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1989 Free Academy of the Arts, Den Haag, The Netherlands
1988 BA, English
United States International University,
San Diego, CA & Bushey, England
Cum Laude, Scholarship
1981 AA, Painting & Drawing, with Honors
Grossmont Community College, El Cajon, CA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Present Director, The Art Center Ramona
2005-Present Palomar College
Adjunct Professor
Introduction to Art (100), Art History (Art 165 & 166), Sculpture (Art 260, 261),
Foundry (Art 265), Design & Composition
(Art 104), Foundations in Drawing (102) Intermediate Drawing (103), Foundations in Life Drawing (120)
2006-2010 Palomar College
Adult Education Non-credit Programs
Experimental Mixed Media Painting, Drawing, Life Drawing, Portrait Drawing.
2010-Present Creator and Facilitator for Tuesday Nights
Artist Group.
Curated 9 exhibitions for this group.
1990-Present Workshops and Lectures
Printmaking, Painting, Drawing, Mold making, Professional Practices, and Personal
Artistic Identity.
1997-2007 Mountain Valley Academy (Ramona Unified)
K-12 Artist Consultant (Instructor)
Responsible for Art Program Design and Instruction. Program for K-12
Drawing. Painting Printmaking. Simple
animation, Sculpture, Art History & Theory
2003 San Francisco Art Institute
Teaching Assistant: Drawing
Young Artist Program: Instructor,
Alternative Painting.
EXHIBITION RECORD
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2020 Bullet Points, Escondido Municipal Gallery, CA
Art in the Time of Covid, The Art Center Ramona.
2019 Abstraction, The Art Center Ramona, CA
The Body, The Art Center Ramona, CA
Anomar, Performance Piece, Ramona, CA
2019-2005 Boehm Gallery, Palomar College,
Faculty Exhibition, San Marcos, CA
2019- 2016 Artists Revival Exhibition, Ramona, CA
2014-Present 2 Create Gallery, Ramona CA
2018 Such an Animal, The Art Center Ramona, CA
Artifact, The Art Center Ramona, CA
2017 Real, The Art Center Ramona, CA
Beasts Bugs & Bots, The Art Center Ramona, CA
Nasty Women, San Diego, CA
Body Prints, San Diego, CA
2016 Velvet, The Art Center Ramona, CA
Empathy, The Art Center Ramona, CA
Dia Da Los Muertos, The Art Center, Ramona, CA
2015 Man, Monsters & Machines, Ramona, CA
The Exquisite Corpse & it's Shadow, Ramona, CA
Art Auction, Nimbus, St Helena CA
Introductions, Ramona Art Guild Exhibition
2014 Nostalgia, Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
Chance, Tuesday Nights, Ramona, CA
The Gift, Tuesday Nights, Ramona, CA
2013 Curiosities, Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
Respond, Ramona, CA
2015-2009 Exquisite Corpse, Ramona, CA
2012 Altars, Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
Trash, Ramona, CA
2011 Discrepancy, Living Between War & Peace,
Napa Valley Museum, Yountville, CA
Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
Icons & Reliquaries, Ramona, CA
Pets, Encinitas Library, Encinitas CA.
2011-2010 Live Worms, San Francisco, CA, North Beach
Art Walk, San Francisco, CA
2011-1993 Santa Ysabel Gallery, Santa Ysabel, CA
2010 Leyba and Ingalls, Silver City. NM
Nimbus Arts, Napa Valley, CA
2008* Rattles, Eklektikas Gallery, Silver City, NM
2008-1998 Ekleltikas Gallery, Silver City, New Mexico
2007-2002 Annual Exhibition, Hyde Gallery,
Grossmont College, CA
2007-2006 Root Division, San Francisco
2007-2004 Bowieart.com
2004* There’s No Place Like Home,
Santa Ysabel Gallery, Santa Ysabel, CA
3rd Lessedra World Art Print Annual Mini Print Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria
Master of Fine Arts, SFAI, Fort Mason,
San Francisco, CA
Colectiva “2d”, Kunsthaus Santa Fé,
San Miguel Allende, Mexico
2003* Through the Hayes, San Francisco, CA
2003 Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute
2002 Trading Places, Museum of Fine Art & Culture, Las Cruces, NM
Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Art Institute Art Auction,
San Francisco, CA
2001 Silver City Printmakers Collection,
Silver City Art Council, NM
2000* Living Temples, pleasing & holy, Twiggs Gallery, San Diego, CA
2000 Ramona Public Library Fundraiser, Ramona, CA
1998* Actors Festival, SledgeHammer Theater,
San Diego, CA
1998 Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
1997 Adults Only, Juried Show, East Ashland Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
1996 Solo, Artista, Escondido, CA
1996 Body of Work, Robin Brailsford Gallery,
San Ysidro, CA
1995* The Erotic Nurturer, 4/24 Gallery, San Diego, CA
Nursing in Public, The Writing Center,
San Diego, CA
Robert Freeman Gallery, Rincon, CA
1995 Art Walk, San Diego, CA
1994 Vessels, Santa Ysabel Gallery, Santa Ysabel, CA
1993* Body & Soul, NCAC Gallery, Escondido, CA
1993 North County Artist Coop, Escondido, CA
B.B. La Femme Gallery, San Diego, CA
1992 Dimensions X Two, Two Women Show,
Art in the Rough, P.B. CA
Lane Gallery, San Diego, CA
1991* Paard, Manege Avenir, The Netherlands
1990 Gemeentehuis, Two Women Show, Nistelrode, The Netherlands
*Solo Exhibitions
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ramona Home Journal Interview, Charlene Pulsenetti, 2019
Slam Interview, Megan Meadows, 2015
American Art Collector Catalogue, 2014-2005
Ramona Sentinel Magazine, 2014 & 2009
Stina Sieg, The Ink, New Mexico & West Texas. October 2006.
3rd Lessedra World Art Print Annual Mini Print Catalogue, 2004
Ruth Lepper, San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov 4, 2004
San Francisco Art Institute Master Of Fine Art Catalogue. 2004
Pincus, Robert, San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug 31, 1995
Stanford, Betty, Ramona Sentinel, Nov 24, 1994
Fark, William, North County Times Advocate, July 25, 1993
Verslaggever, Van Onze, Brabant’s Dagblad, March 3, 1990
GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS
2019 Rural Arts Program Grant
2004 SFAI Nominee for Headlands Artist Residence
2001-2004 Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco,
OTHER PROJECTS
2004 Film, JUICE, Marina Shoupe Director, Voice over.
2010 Book Cover Design, Lights, Camera, Cuisine. Holly Erickson
1996- Present, Love Bomb Records CD Art & Design: Blue Sky Pie, Bug Guts (Perfume, Big Bowl of Warm Fur, Great Spangled Fritillary) Rosebud (Thundernug Honeypot, Bit by Bit), Scott Ireland (Big Feet Little Stairs) Tall Guy-Short Songs, (Rabbit, Rabbit.)
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Creation Ramona Heart Mural, Electric Box, Ramona CA
Creation Stories, Ramona Heart Mural Project, Ramona, CA
Worked with Palomar Students on the above.
The Golden Rectangle, Ramona Heart Mural Project, Ramona, CA
MuralBronze Element in Fountain: Vallecitos Water District Sustainable Demonstration Garden.
Etchings: Mimbres Region Art Council Silver City, NM.
Painting: Gemeentehuis, Nistelrode The Netherlands.