THINGS IMPORTANT TO A BOY SERIES
Seemingly insignificant items, such as a screw or bolt, are important objects found and held in a tiny hand or a tiny pocket, not to be left behind or forgotten at any moment. As significant as a teddy bear, screws and bolts are given a name .“Dukes”, and take their place in the hierarchy of a child’s world.
These items are illustrated in the grid of graphite drawings titled “Things important to a boy”.
THINGS IMPORTANT TO A BOY: LEGOS
Graphite on paper
8x10"
THINGS IMPORTANT TO A BOY: "WOOLY"
Graphite on paper
8x10"
THINGS IMPORTANT TO A BOY: REMOTE
Graphite on paper
8x10"
Mark Helman
Select Exhibitions In order of significance
Mark & Susanna Helman Collaborations*
BORN
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Currently lives and works
Denver, CO
EDUCATION
1994
Metropolitan State University
Denver, Colorado
B.F.A. Painting
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
collaboration with Susanna Helman*
Art of the State 2025
Arvada Center, Juried Exhibition
Arvada, CO
2025*
JMOCA
Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art Lab Gallery
Light Matters, Solo Exhibition Backlit Collages, Jacksonville, FL, 2010*
JMOCA
Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art
Artist’s By The Sea Invitational Studio Tour, Backlit Collages Jacksonville, FL,
2010*
Miami FL Sea Fair International Art Fair
Setford & Bridges Gallery - Backlit Collages, Miami, FL
2013*
Art Santa Fe International Art Fair
Setford & Bridges Gallery, Backlit Collages, Santa Fe, NM
2013*
William Havu Gallery
Twenty, Group Exhibition - Backlit Collages, Denver, CO 2012*
William Havu Gallery,
Dimensional Shifts, Group Exhibition - Backlit Collages Denver, CO
2012*
Arts On Douglas
Alt_Space Solo Exhibition – Backlit Collages
New Smyrna Beach, FL
2016*
Butterfield Garage Gallery
Weatherscapes, Solo Exhibition – Backlit Collages
2010*
Butterfield Garage Gallery
Glow, Solo Exhibition – Backlit Collages, St. Augustine, FL
2008*
Metropolitan State College Center For The Visual Arts
Honors Group Show, Paintings, Denver, CO
1995
PREVIOUS GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Setford & Bridges, New York & Paris
William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO
PUBLICATIONS
"Havu Gallery Gets Whimsical with Dimensional Shifts"
Westword Magazine, Denver CO Review
July 3, 2012*
"Compass Favorites-Autumn Art walk Aglow"
Awarded Staff Favorite Best Fall Show for “Glow” Exhibition
Compass Arts spotlight-Article, St. Augustine Record Newspaper
December 5, 2009*
"Modern Art Meets The Oldest City”
Compass Arts spotlight-Article, St. Augustine Record
Newspaper, St. Augustine, FL November 5, 2009*