Education
2017 – Master of Fine Arts, Whitecliffe College of Art and Design, Auckland, NZ
2014 - Bachelor of Media Arts (First Class Honours) Wintec, Waikato, NZ
Collections and Awards
Wallace Arts Trust Collection (Auckland)
Waikato Museum Collection (Hamilton)
2021/22 - New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award - Finalist
2019 - New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award – Finalist
2017 – New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award – Finalist
2014 – New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award – Finalist
2013 - Waikato Artspost Award: Outstanding Academic Record
Exhibitions
2022
NZ Painting and Printmaking Award finalist - Hamilton Gardens Pavilion, Hamilton (52 finalists)
2021
Keepin' On, group show, Never Project Space, Frankton, Hamilton. https://www.neverprojectspace.com/keepinon
Intertwined, group show (AFH), Artspost Hamilton
2020
The Nomadic Art Gallery - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZbOkCX1Uzw
Unexpected, group show, Artspost Hamilton
Never Have I Ever, group show, Never Project Space, Frankton, Hamilton
While You Were Away, group show, Studio One Toi Tu, Ponsonby Auckland
2019
Anomolous: 4 variations, group show, Freit Contemporary, Hamilton
In Bright Brief Moments, group show, Demo, Auckland
The Mary Garden, solo show, Freit Contemporary, Hamilton
One Size Fits All, group show, Frankton Gallery, Hamilton
2018
Draw, group exhibition, Freit Contemporary, Hamilton
Celestial Waves, Local Haze, Three-person Show, Weasel Gallery Hamilton
All In #3, group exhibition, Wallace Gallery Morrinsville
One Size Fits All, group exhibition, Frankton Gallery, Hamilton
Criminal Liminals of Pastletown, solo exhibition, The Framing Workshop, Hamilton
2017
Competitive Advantage, group exhibition, Calder & Lawson Gallery, Hamilton
All In #2, Wallace Gallery Morrinsville
Glaister Ennor Graduate Art Awards, Sanderson Contemporary, Auckland
Arts for Health, group exhibition, David Lloyd Gallery, Hamilton
Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition, Whitecliffe College of Art and Design, Auckland
2016
Semi Final, group show, Demo, Auckland
A Fine Line, (a four women show curated by Kate Powell), Artspost Hamilton
Eating Grapes While Walking Through a Forest, group show, Demo, Auckland
Go! Art Show, Hamilton Fringe Festival, Meteor Theatre, Hamilton
High Gloss, group exhibition, Skinroom, Hamilton
7 Deadly Sins, group exhibition, Artspost Hamilton
2015
Kings College Art Sale, Auckland
Tools of the Trade, Collaborative Project, Wallace Gallery, Morrinsville
Versions of us, group exhibition, Artspost Hamilton
One of the Troubles In the Wider World. A joint exhibition with Auckland artist Phillip Good, Casbah Gallery, Hamilton (in conjunction with Waikato Society of Arts).
NZPPA Salon des Refuses, group exhibition, Artspost Hamilton
Waiheke Art Gallery, group show
2014
Here, And Now., solo exhibition, Artspost Hamilton
Kings College Art Sale, Auckland
Started from the bottom... now we're here!, group exhibition, Pilot Gallery, Hamilton
2013
Kings College Art Sale, Auckland
Arts for Health, group exhibition, David Lloyd Gallery, Hamilton
Brick by Brick, group exhibition, Draw Inc., Hamilton
Civilia, Group Exhibition, Ramp Gallery, Hamilton
One Size Fits All, group exhibition, Gallery Artisans, Hamilton
Online Exhibition, Artists Den and Milford Art Gallery, Auckland
Contact - helen.dowling@yahoo.co.nz