EDUCATION
2012 MFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA), Tufts University, Boston, MA
2008 BFA, San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), San Francisco, CA
2004 BA, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (*denotes solo show)
2021 Women Art Now, Long Beach City College Art Gallery (virtual exhibition)
2020 Faculty Art Exhibition, Long Beach City College Art Gallery (virtual exhibition)
2017 From Within, ArtExchange, Long Beach, CA
2017 Worlds of Possibility, Cliftons, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Made in California, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
2016 *Helena Hsieh, Atrium 26 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 *Helena Hsieh: Pacific Northwest, WNDW Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015 Reclamation: Emerging Female Artists, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
2015 ARTcetera, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
2015 New Familiar, The Brayer Gallery, Ventura, CA
2015 New England Collective VI, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2015 Juror’s Choice, Uforge Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
2015 Art Focus, 2-person exhibition, New England BioLabs, Ipswich, MA
2014 3rd Annual Juried Competition, 3-person exhibition, Milton Art Museum, Canton, MA
2014 Perceptions of Self, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
2014 Summus: Emerging Talent, Minan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Massachusetts, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2013 Slowness, Howard Art Project, Dorchester, MA
2013 Meta, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2012 30 Under 30, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
2012 17th Annual Medal Award Silent Auction, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2012 Everyday Variations, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Tisch Gallery, Tufts University, Medford, MA
2012 Profiles of the [dis]connected, Huret and Spector Gallery, Emerson College, Boston, MA
2011 SMFA Silent Auction Special Event, Private residence with artist talk by Jen Mergel, Brookline, MA
2011 Over the Wall, 4th Wall Project, Boston, MA
2010 Boston Young Contemporaries, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
2008 What You See Galore 2, Bridge and Tunnel, Autobody Fine Art, Alameda, CA
2007 Wunderkammer, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2007 SFAI NOW, Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA
2007 Camera One, Camera Two, The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
2004 ASUCLA Art in the Union, Kerckhoff Hall Art Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Post Ryman: Ryman Program Alumni Exhibition, Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
AWARDS/ GRANTS/ HONORS
2015 Visiting Artist in Residence, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant Award
2012 Post Graduate Teaching Fellowship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2012 Commencement Student Speaker, SMFA, Boston, MA
2011 Montague International Travel Grant, Paris, France and Berlin, Germany
2009-11 Merit Tuition Scholarship for Graduate Study, SMFA, Boston, MA
2006-8 Merit Tuition Scholarship for Undergraduate Study, SFAI, San Francisco CA
2003 Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Internship, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History
1999 Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Summer Seminar Scholarship
1998-9 Ryman Program for Young Artists Scholarship
1999 California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA) Scholarship
LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
2016 Artist Talk, Helena Hsieh: Pacific Northwest, WNDW Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015 Visiting Artist Talk, Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2013 Spotlight Talks, Lois Mailou Jones Exhibition, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2012 Artist Talk, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, MA
2011 Guest Critic, Individual Critiques, Intermediate Seminar & Studio Course, SMFA, Boston, MA
2011 Artist Talk & Studio Visit, Basic Figure Painting, SMFA, Boston, MA
TEACHING
2019-20 Adjunct Faculty, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
Fall 2019 Lecturer, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach CA
2015-16 Visiting Faculty, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2014-15 Instructor, Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Cambridge, MA
2013-15 Instructor, Brookline Adult & Community Education, Brookline, MA
2012-13 Post Graduate Teaching Fellow, SMFA, Boston, MA
2010-11 Graduate Teaching Assistant, SMFA, Boston, MA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019 Artists in Offices, Rebecca Bird Grigsby. “Helena Hsieh”, May 1
2015 Fresh Paint Magazine, International Edition, October, pages 30-31
2015 MassRealty.com, Bosse, Kristen. “Art That Has No Boundaries, Part 2, Brookline Artist Series,” March
2014 Fresh Paint Magazine, Issue V, October, pages 42-43
2014 365 Artists, 365 Days, “Helena Hsieh – Boston, Massachusetts,” September 2
2014 Big Red and Shiny, Kuhlman, Matt. “Studio Sessions: Helena Hsieh”, June 18
2013 Art Business News: Megan Kaplon, “15 Minutes”, Summer 2013, pages 12-13
2013 Studio Visit: “Winter Edition” (juried feature), Volume 22, pages 70-71
2011 New American Paintings: “MFA Annual” (juried feature), Issue No. 93, April/May 2011, pages 80- 83.
COLLECTIONS
Private collections in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston.