Shelter 1 oil/ wax on canvas 100 x 40 cm
HelenaK
Helena Korpela is a Finnish-born, USA educated artist, living in County Kerry, Ireland.
Helena is a recipient of a RHA deVeres award (‘The Bungalows Are Coming’) and has exhibited in the US, Finland and Ireland.
Helena’s work deals with the concepts of shelter, home, and memory.
Simple pencil line and exciting colour sense mark her work.
Helena studied painting, photography, and art history at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston.
A Qualified Contract Interior Designer, she worked for 20 years in Interior Architecture.
In 1996 she moved to Ireland to paint again and to raise her two daughters.
Helena moderates ArtGuildKenmare community arts FBsite. Her current work can be seen @ Purcell Gallery Kenmare.
Collections
deVeres, Dublin
Doonbeg Resort, Co Clare
Office of Public Works, Dublin
Four Seasons Hotel, Dublin
Massachusetts College of Art
The Peck Foundation
Finlandia Foundation
Education/ Professional
BFA Mass College of Art ’83
American Society of Interior Designers ’91
Associate, Benjamin Thompson Associates ’92
Private Collections
USA
Canada
Ireland
UK
Switzerland
Finland
Australia
Exhibitions
Ireland
2012 ArtGuild Kenmare
2011 Beara Arts Festival
2011 Wishful Thinking, Carnegie AC
2010 3 Degrees, Carnegie AC
2009 Catherine Hammond Gallery
2008 Oireachtas Exhibition
Royal Hibernian Academy
(DeVeres Award 2003)
Millcove Art Gallery – Castletownbere
Kenmare Art Gallery – Kenmare
Bean & Leaf Gallery – Kenmare
USA
Massachusetts College of Art
Cambridge Art Association
Bank of New England
Fitchburg Summer Festival
Equinox Gallery
FINLAND
Galleria Lappavilla