Patrice Aphrodite Helmar - This Nettle, Danger
PROVINCETOWN
November 27, 2020 – April 26, 2021
BORN
1981, Juneau, Alaska, United States
EDUCATION
MFA Photography, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA, 2015
MAT Secondary Education, University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau, AK, USA, 2013
BA Writing/American Literature, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR, USA, 2003
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Adam and Eve Were Astronauts, Gaa Gallery, NADA House, Governors Island, NY, USA
2020
This Nettle, Danger, Gaa Gallery, Provincetown, MA, USA
Silver City, Ildiko Butler Gallery, Fordham University (Online due to Covid-19)
2019
Feeling Good About Me, Ortega Y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2018
Dirty Old Town, JKC Gallery, Trenton, NJ, USA
Bird on a Wire, Gaa Gallery, Provincetown, MA, USA
Thane, Mom's Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Down by Law, Paper Machine, New Orleans, LA, USA
2013
Last Call, Studio 154 Gallery, Juneau, AK, USA
2011
Honeymoon Tonight, Juneau Douglas City Museum, Juneau, AK, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
At Home, Pearlstein Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
At Home, Mainline Art Center, Haverford, PA, USA
2021
Safe Travels, Pratt Institute, Utica, NY, USA
Fordham Faculty Spotlight, Ildiko Butler Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Pacific Northwest Drawers Exhibition, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR, USA
2020
Repose, Gaa Gallery, Provincetown, MA, USA
The Center, Online Exhibition & Benefit due to Covid-19, New York, NY, USA
Works for Workers, Online Exhibition & Benefit due to Covid-19, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Broad/Side, From Here on Out, Online Exhibition & Benefit due to Covid-19, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Postcards from the Edge: A Benefit for Visual Aids, Bortolami, New York, NY, USA
Zwang, CJ Boerner, New York, NY
Z Ranch Presents, The Cube, Los Angeles, CA
2019
zeit-geist-zeit, Gaa Gallery, Wellfleet, MA, USA
NEWSPAPER, Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, NY, USA
Every Woman Biennial, LaMaMa Galleria, New York, NY, USA
Postcards from the Edge: A Benefit for Visual Aids, Bortolami, New York, NY, USA
2018
In Place of Self, Czurles-Nelson Gallery, Buffalo, NY, USA
Social Photography VI, Carriage Trade Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Wild Geese, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY, USA
LOVE 2018, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2017
Backyard Biennial, Ground Floor, Ridgewood, NY, USA
Social Photography V, Carriage Trade Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Fatter IRL: LA, Junior High!, Los Angeles, CA, USA
I Will Always Love You, Benefit Art Auction, LaMaMa Galleria, New York, NY, USA
The Tyranny of Common Sense..., LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Whitney Houston Biennial, 325 West Broadway, New York, NY, USA
2016
Are You Loathsome?, Video Revival, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Camera Club of New York's Annual Benefit Auction, Affirmation Arts Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Pratt Faculty Exhibition, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, USA
34th Annual Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX, USA
In Response: Unorthodox, Jewish Museum, New York, NY, USA
LOVE 2016, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2015
Floating Point, Judith Charles Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Invisible Cities, BOSI Contemporary, New York, NY, USA
Columbia MFA Thesis Show, Fisher Landau Center, Long Island City, NY, USA
2014
Portrait Show, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Alaska Biennial, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK, USA
Gordon Parks International, Fort Scott, KS, USA
New York Photo Festival, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Process, Port Exhibitions, Staten Island, NY, USA
MFA First Year Exhibition, Wallach Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Networking Tips for Shy People, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2013
Print & Photo, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Alaska Photographic Arts, KTOO Gallery, Juneau, AK, USA
Alaska Positive, Traveling Exhibition, Alaska State Museums, AK, USA
2012
Night, National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
2009
12 * 12, Juneau Douglas City Museum, Juneau, AK, USA
AWARDS + RESIDENCIES
2019
Nominee, Henri Cartier Bresson Award, HCB Foundation
2018
Pratt Faculty Development Award, Pratt Institute
Paper Machine Artist Residency
2016
Individual Artist Award, Rasmuson Foundation
2015
Nominee, Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Grant
2014
Finalist, Gordon Parks Prize
Finalist, New York Photo Festival
Dean's Travel Grant, Columbia University
2013
Visual Arts Scholarship, Columbia University
Public Collections
Centre Pompidou Library, Paris, France
MoMA Library, New York, NY, USA
Rasmuson Foundation, Anchorage, AK, USA
Juneau-Douglas City Museum, Juneau, AK, USA
Barnard Zine Library, New York, NY, USA
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Gaa Gallery is pleased to present Narrative in Photography, a group exhibition featuring works from Nan Goldin, Patrice Aphrodite Helmar, Peter Hutchinson, Sarah Lucas, Will McBride, Duane Michals, Martin Parr, Barry Stone, and Garry Winogrand. Narrative in Photography will be on view through January 25, 2020.
Gaa Gallery Wellfleet is pleased to present zeit-geist-zeit, a group exhibition of paintings and sculpture from artists whose works engage with thematic and cultural concerns of time and place. This exhibition opens with a public reception on Saturday, August 3 from 6 - 8 pm at Gaa Gallery Wellfleet, located at 230B Main Street. Exhibited artists include Kate Bancroft, Esteban Cabeza de Baca, Patrice Aphrodite Helmar, Heidi Howard, Arghavan Khosravi, Gary Kuehn, Judy Pfaff, Johanna Robinson, James Everett Stanley, Erin Woodbrey, and Peter Zimmermann.
