Artist Biography
Pilar Helmers
Pilar is an Australian artist. After private lessons in painting Pilar had her first exhibition in 1994 and worked as a visual artist full time until 1998, at which time she undertook an undergraduate degree in Visual Arts at the University of Wollongong, NSW Australia. After graduating in 2000 she established Under The Floorboards a studio and gallery cooperative of 6 painters. She has lived, worked and exhibited in overseas.
Collections
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◊◊◊ East Timor National Gallery, Dili
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◊◊◊ Private collections Australia, Canada, USA, East Timor, UK, Switzerland, New Zealand, Poland, Cambodia, Turkey
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Prizes
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2022
1997
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◊◊◊ Finalist in the Australian National Watercolor prize
◊◊◊ Life Line Artists Award
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Professional Experience
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2016
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Master Applied Buddhist Studies (with distinction)
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2009
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Enrolled in Masters/PhD program in Creative Arts – Research, University of Wollongong
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2002
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Advisor to the United Nations Mission in East Timor. Contract to design and produce the State of the Nation Report and the East Timor National Development plan and the peoples version of the report in the form of a book Our Nation, Our Future - East Timor 2020 distributed to each East Timorese’s family
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2000
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Bachelor of Creative Arts - University of Wollongong
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1999
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Certificate in Foundry Metal Casting - TAFE Wollongong
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1990
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Certificate in Sculpture - TAFE St George
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1984
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Set Designer and Administration – Night Owl Theater, Armidale, NSW
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1982
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Diploma in Teaching - Armidale Teachers College
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Exhibition History
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Light On - Works on Paper, group exhibition - The Drawing Room, Wollongong Art Gallery, NSW |
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Light On - Works on Paper - group exhibition - The Drawing Room. Murrurundi Museum, Murrurundi, NSW |
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Group exhibition IAVA, Lanecove Gallery, Sydney |
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Yield - Solo exhibition,Clifton Gallery, NSW |
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Divergence - group exhibition IAVA, m2 Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney |
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Group exhibition IAVA, 55 Parrots, Wollongong, |
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Traveling On - group exhibition IAVA, Clifton Gallery, NSW |
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Mountain Valley River – solo exhibition, Murrurundi Museum, Murrurundi, NSW |
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TEN - Group exhibition with IAVA (Illawarra Association of Visual Artists) Clifton Gallery, NSW |
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King and Ayers – Group Exhibition, King & Ayers Gallery, Wollongong NSW |
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View from the Coast – Group exhibition with IAVA, Illawarra Association of Visual Artists) Bowral NSW |
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2016
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Paint 3– solo exhibition –private exhibition, Sydney
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2015
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Paint 2– solo exhibition –private exhibition, Sydney
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| 2014 |
Paint – solo exhibition – private exhibition, Sydney
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2012
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Transformation - Group exhibition – Nan Tien Gallery, Wollongong
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2008
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Ink It Up – group exhibition, prints, Project Art Space, Wollongong
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2006
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Commissioned works – privately funded – series of nine paintings
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2004
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Commissioned works – privately funded – series of five paintings
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2003
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Marks of War – Photographs solo exhibition – United Nations House Dili, East Timor
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2002
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From Dark to Dawn and the Passage Between – Paintings – solo exhibition as part of the UNDP Independence Day celebrations, University of East Timor, Dili
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2001
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Current – group exhibition paintings, Project Art Space, Wollongong
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2000
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Utopian Worlds – International Triennial– Group exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey
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2000
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G– group Exhibition, Long Gallery, Wollongong
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1999
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Going the Distance – group exhibition. Kudos Gallery, Paddington Sydney
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1999
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Pilgrimage – Group exhibition, paintings, Project Art Space, Wollongong
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1999
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Cornucopia - Group exhibition, paintings, Equinox Gallery, Wollongong
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1998
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Cross Connections – Group Exhibition, McKinnon Building, University of Wollongong
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1998
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Annual Exhibition – group exhibition Gallery Gibraltar Art Consultancy, Bowral
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1998
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Four Fine Artists II– group exhibition, Old Fire Station Gallery, Kiama
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1997
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Four Fine Artists I– group exhibition, Old Fire Station Gallery, Kiama
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1997
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Iris Art Exhibition – group exhibition, Gallery Gibraltar Art Consultancy, Bowral
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1996
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Paintings by Pilar Helmers – Solo exhibition, Candy Gallery, Manly
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1994 to 1995
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Of Women By Women and Dreamscapes – group exhibitions, Art for Art sake Gallery, Wollongong
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