Helen Evans Ramsaran

Art Students League - Anatomical Drawing, 1975-76
The New School for Social Research - Photography, 1973-74
M.F.A., Ohio State University - Sculpture, 1966-68
B.S., Ohio State University, Art Education, 1961-65

2002 Dwellings: Real and Imagined, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York
2001 The Spirit of a Woman, Cinque Gallery, New York, New York.
1998 Pathways and Shelters, Wilmer Jennings Gallery, New York, New York
1994 Helen Evans Ramsaran, Solo Exhibition - Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia.
Helen Evans Ramsaran, Solo Exhibition - Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York.
1992 Touchstones of Grace, Hughley Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.

2009 Twin Infinities, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
2008 African American Artists on Paper, State University of NY at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY
Something to Look Forward To, HUB-Robeson Galleries, Penn State University, University Park, Pennslyvania
Something to Look Forward To, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan
Something to Look Forward To, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Ga.
2007 Back to the Future: Contemporary American Art from the Collection, Mead Museum of Art, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
2006 Something to Look Forward To, Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
Something to Look Forward To, California African American Museum, San Francisco, California.
2005 Something to Look Forward To, The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York.
Looking......Seeing? Selected Alumni From the Artist-in-Residence Studio Space Program, Guest Curator, Suzanne Randolph, Abrons Art Center
Gallery. New York, New York
Project Diversity 200, Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.
CONTEMPORARY WOMEN ARTISTS: NEW YORK, University Art Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana
2004 Creating Their Own Image, Parsons Gallery, Parson School of Design, New York, New York
Something to Look Forward To, The Phillips Museum, Franklin Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennslyvania.
2003 FOR LOVE AND PEACE OF MIND Contemporary Works of Art One Good Thing Gallery, New York, New York.
Comfort Zones: Sculptural Solutions for the Spirit, TENRI Cultural Institute of New York, New York, New York.
2002 Paper 2003, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, New York
Assembly/Line: Works by Twentieth Century Sculptors, Mead Art Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts.
LIFE - COLOR - FORM, Gallery Brocken, Tokyo, Japan.
“Windows of the Soul”, Phoebe Beasley and Helen Ramsaran, Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana.
The belles of amherst: contemporary women artists in the collections of the meade art museum and university gallery of university of massachusetts amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Helen Evans Ramsaran, Matt Burke, Eric Laxman, 2nd Annual Sculpture Show, Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, New York.
Transversing Cultures, Observations in Time and Space, Abrons Art Center, New York, New York.
2001 Nexus II, Paul Gardere, Helen Evans Ramsaran, Freddy Rodriguez, Skoto Gallery, New York, New York
Roots and Wings, Entitled: Black Women Artists, Cinque Gallery, New York, New York.
Renewal/Change, Empire-Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn, New York
Cities and Desire, The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2000 Selections, Skoto Gallery, New York, New York
Unbound: Reshaping Artist’s Books, Abrons Arts Center, New York, New York
Generations II, AIR Gallery, New York, New York
Public Voices/Private Visions, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, New York.
1999 Slave Routes: The Long Memory, Kenkeleba Gallery, New York, New York.
1998 Constructions in Multiple Hues, The Painted Bride Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1997 Yari-Yari: Visual Verbal Connections, Wilmer Jennings Gallery, New York, New York.
Six Sculptors, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, Brooklyn, New York.
Four Women in Form, Hostos Art Center, Bronx, New York.
Women in Full Effect, Rush Art Gallery, New York, New York
1996 Open Studios, The International Studio Program, Tribeca, New York, NY.
‘til the Spring Thaw, Aquamarine Sculpture Garden, New York, NY.
Masami Aihara and Helen Evans Ramsaran, Atagoyama Gallery,Ginza,Tokyo, Japan.
Tiny Multiples, Gallery 121 Henry, New York, New York.
African Influence/Contemporary Artists, The National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, Tennessee.
1995-96 The Listening Sky - The Inaugural Exhibition of the Sculpture Garden of the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York.
In Three Dimensions: Women Sculptors of the 90’s, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York.

The City University of New York Research Grant, The City University of New York Research Foundation, New York, New York, 2003-2004.
Artist-in-Residence, Brooklyn Community Access Television/Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, 2000.
Artist-in-Residence, Global Studies Program, The Stanley Foundation, Muscatine, Iowa, 1998.
The City University of New York Research Grant, The City University of New York Research Foundation, New York, New York, 1996-97.
The International Studio Program, Artist-in-Residence, Residency Sponsor: The Elizabeth Foundation, New York, New York, 1995-96.
Artist in Residence at the Foundry, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, 1995.
The City University of New York Research Grant, The City University of New York Research Foundation, New York, New York, 1994-95.
The Elizabeth Foundation Grant, 1993-94.

Brooklyn Remembers, September 11th Memorial Project. Finalist 2003/04, Brooklyn, NY.
September 11th Memorial Project at Liberty Park, Invited Participant, 2004 Liberty Park, NJ.
The Mead Art Museum, Cliff Dwellers, 19” x 22” x 3”, 2002, Amherst, MA.
The Brown Investment Management Co. Inc. Pathway to Home, 20” x 11” x 65”, 2000, Baltimore, MD.
Harlem School of the Arts, Dance of the Nightingales, 6’ x 2’x 2’, 1986, New York, NY.
John Jay College, A Silent Sentinel, 3’ x 5’ x 10’. 1985, New York, NY.
John Jay College, Symbiotic Vision, 22” x 18” x 4 1/2”, 1979, New York, NY.
The College of Staten Island, Wisdom’s Key, 4’ x 4’ x 9’, 1976, Staten Island, NY.

The Mead Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Brown Investment Management Company, Baltimore, Maryland.
Harlem School of the Arts, New York, New York.
John Jay College, The City University of New York, New York, New York.
The College of Staten Island, The City University of New York, New York, New York.
The Johnson Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois.
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

Lisa Farrington, Ph.d, Creating their Own Image: A History of African American Women Artists, Oxford University Press, 2005.
“Spiritual Sculpture on a Grand Scale,” NEW YORK BEACON, New York, New York, July 12, 2001.
Vivien Raynor, “Two Shows by Women, One Fulfilling a Mission as a ‘Platform,’” THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, New York, March 16, 1997.
Kimmelman, Michael, “Turning an Alley Into a Showcase for Sculpture,” THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, New York, September 22, 1995.
MIDMARCH PRESS, “Gumbo Ya Ya: Anthology of Contemporary African-American Women Artists,” New York, New York, 1995.
Williams, Emma, “Imagined Spaces,” COMMON BOUNDARY, Bethesda, Maryland, May/June, 1995.
Enwezor, Okwui, “Sculptor: Helen Evans Ramsaran,” AFRICAN PROFILES INTERNATIONAL, New York, New York, May, 1995.
Sherman, Ann Elliot, “MetalWays” MetroGuide, San Jose, California, March 30 April 5, 1995.
PORTFOLIO: HELEN EVANS RAMSARAN, American Visions, Washington, D.C. August/September 1994.
Van Horn, Virginia, “Sculptures evoke ancient rituals, secret ceremonies,” THE VIRGINIA PILOT AND THE LEDGER-STAR, Norfolk Virginia, SUNDAY, May 15, 1994.
McGreevy, Linda, “Ritual Allusions” CITY MAGAZINE, Norfolk, Virginia, May 1994.
James, Curtia, “Hushed Splendor,” PORTFOLIO, Norfolk, Virginia, April 26, 1994.
De Vuone, Francis, “Landmines,” New Art Examiner, New York, New York, November, 1989.
Lloyd, Amy Jinker, “Miniature Majesty,” CREATIVE LOAFING, Atlanta, Georgia, May 1992.