BIO

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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. Atkins has created public murals, mosaics, and sculptures in Albuquerque that honor everyday people. In 2021 she was a selected artist for the Lowe's Home Improvement “100 Murals'' national project.  She also collaborates with her partner Will Guesz on public works across the country. In 2021, they were artists in residence at the Kennedy Heights Arts Center in Cincinnati. In 2022 they installed a "Mullein & Mallow '' a series of mosaic artworks, at the FortLogan Mental Health Institute in Denver, Colorado. Atkins is the Associate Director of Opportunity, and Lead Artist of the Arts & Social Justice Apprenticeship at the Harwood Art Center. She was one of 19 Artists to create installations for "Wo/Manhouse 2022" a project organized by Judy Chicago's "Through the Flower Art Space." In 2018 she was a recipient of the inaugural Women in Creativity “Shine” Awards, which honors creative women and their community impact. Atkins co-founded  Plates Against Patriarchy, a visual arts and storytelling project that challenges patriarchal systems of power. While working on collaborative projects, she is building a body of work that explores notions of gender, beauty and identity; this work has been shown in galleries locally and internationally in Berlin, Germany. ​ While building a dynamic career for herself, she is committed to nourishing the creative eco-system of her community. Thus, much of her work lies in organizing opportunities for her peers.