BIO

Helen Juliet Atkins is an artist and curator from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her studio practice and public works are human focused and often socially engaged. She is biracial and bicultural; White American, and Black Venezuelan. Her nuanced identity informs much of her work. In 2018 she was a recipient of the inaugural Women in Creativity “Shine” Awards, which honors creative women and their community impact. In 2019 she co-founded Plates Against Patriarchy, a ceramic arts and storytelling project. In 2021 she was a selected artist for the Lowe's Home Improvement “100 Murals'' national project.  She also collaborates with her husband and fellow artist Will Geusz on public installations across the country. In 2021, they were Artists in Residence at the Kennedy Heights Arts Center in Cincinnati. In 2022 they completed "Mullein & Mallow, '' a series of mosaic artworks at the FortLogan Mental Health Institute in Denver, Colorado. She was one of 19 artists selected to create installations for "Wo/Manhouse 2022" a project organized by Judy Chicago's "Through the Flower Art Space" in Belen, New Mexico. She is the Director of Opportunity at Harwood Art Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her body of work which explores notions of gender, beauty, and identity, has been shown in galleries locally and internationally in Berlin, Germany. Her current focus is on large-scale public projects and organizing opportunities for fellow artists.