biography of Helen GERARDIA (1903-1988)

Birth place: Russia

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Painter, printmaker

Studied: New York Training School; ASL; Brooklyn Mus. Art School; Hans Hofmann School.

Exhibited: PAFA, 1953; WMAA; Corcoran Gal. Biennial, 1959; Brooklyn Mus. Print Ann.; Norfolk Mus. Drawing Ann.; SFMA Painting Ann.; Bodley Gal., NYC, 1972 (solo). Awards: more than 54 awards including Maganini Award, New England Regional, Silvermine Guild, 1957; two Medals of Honor in Graphics, NAWA, 1961 & 1964; Medal of Merit, Nat. Soc. Painters Casein & Acrylic, 1970

Member: NAWA (pres., 1972-74); Audubon Artists (treas., 1970-72); SAGA (secretary, 1968-74); Int. Assn. Artists (delegate, U.S. Commission, 1966-74; delegate, Int. Congress, 1968); Woodstock AA

Work: in the collections of more than 64 museums including MMA; BM; PMA; LOC; Tokyo AC, Japan; Woodstock AA

Comments: Abstract painter, whose themes were time, movement and astral bodies. Research: The monoprint.

Sources: WW73; Margaret Harold, Award-winning Art, Book 3 (1965) & Prize-Winning Art, Book 7 (1967); Gordon Brown, The New Look in Art," Art Voices Quarterly (spring, 1965); Falk, Exh. Record Series; addit. info courtesy Woodstock AA. "