Helen Ramsaran

**Helen Evans Ramsaran** (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la Anashaara goli May 11, 1943) ka o nyɛ America nira ŋun mɛri binyɛra. O tuma dalimla Africanima ni mɛri shɛm. Ramsaran's kore niŋbu ni lala mɛbu ŋɔ nyɛla o ni daa go n-chaŋ Africa yuuni 1981. O saha ŋɔ tuma dalimla tiŋgbani namatɛri yɛltɔɣa. 

## O piligu mini Shikuru baŋsim
Helen Ramsaran nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so Bryan, Texas yuuni 1943 ka o laamba nyɛ Elizabeth mini Fred Evans. O deei la "Bachelor of Science degree in Art Education" (1965) ni "Masters of Fine Art in sculpture" (1968) shikuru yuli booni Ohio State University, ka bɔhim jendi "bronze casting" David Black sulinsi ni, ka bɔhim  weeribu John Freeman sani. Bini din gbaai yuuni 1968 zaŋ chaŋ yuuni 1969, Ramsaran wuhila shikuru Florida A&M University ka daa naan yi ti wuhi Bowie State University din be Maryland bini din gbaai yuuni 1970 zaŋ chaŋ yuuni 1973. O bɔhim la anfooninima yaabu the New School for Social Researchdin be New York (1973–74), ka bɔhim durooyibu Art Students League din be New York bini din gbaai yuuni 1975 zaŋ chaŋ yuuni 1976. Ramsaran nyɛla ŋun daa na min' wuhi John Jay College din be City of University of New York yuuni 2008.

### Solo exhibitions
#### 2017
*"Extinction: Signals of Alarm", Kenkeleba Gallery, New York, New York

#### 2010
*"A Significant Find", Maplewood Art Center, Maplewood, New Jersey 

#### 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 of Art, Norfolk, Virginia
*"Helen Evans Ramsaran", Solo Exhibition, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York

#### 1992
*"Touchstones of Grace", Hughley Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

#### 1988
*"Le Contes Visuels", La Fourmi Ailee Galerie, Paris, France

### Selected two-person exhibitions
#### 2002
*"Windows of the Soul: Phoebe Beasley and Helen Ramsaran", Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana

#### 1996
*"Masami Aihara and Helen Evans Ramsaran", Atagoyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

### Group exhibitions
#### 2016
*"Essentia", Taller Boricua, New York, New York
*"Herstory", Welancora Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

#### 2014
*"Art of the 5 Brooklyn", Interchurch Center, New York, NY 
*"Facing the Rising Sun", Wilmer Jennings Gallery, New York, New York

#### 2013
*"50 Years/50 Gifts", Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska
*"Its Surreal Thing", Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska

#### 2009
*"Twin Infinities", Abrons Art Center, New York, New York

#### 2008
*"African American Artists on Paper", State University of New York at Geneseo, Geneseo, New York
*"Something to Look Forward To", HUB-Robeson Galleries, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
*"Something to Look Forward To", Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan
*"Something to Look Forward To", Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia

#### 2007
*"Back to the Future: Contemporary American Art from the Collection", Mead Art Museum, 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, Los Angeles, 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", Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

#### 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 Mead 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: BWAC Outdoor Sculpture Show", 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
*"‘Til Spring Thaw: An Exhibition of Electric Environmental Works", Aquamarine Park and Sculpture Garden, New York, New York
*"Tiny Multiples", Gallery 121 Henry, New York, New York
*"African Influence/Contemporary Artists", National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, Tennessee

#### 1989
*Salon des Artistes Independents, Grand Palais, Paris France
*Prix d’Art Contemporain de Monte-Carlo, Musee Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco 
*Group Exhibition of Sculpture, Brasil Inter-Art Galerie, Paris, France

#### 1986
*"Progressions: A Cultural Legacy", MoMA PS1, New York, New York

#### 1982
*The Wild Art Show", MoMA PS1, New York, New York

### Grants
*2003-04	The City University of New York Research Grant, The City University of New York Research Foundation, New York, New York
*1996-97	The City University of New York Research Grant, The City University of New York Research Foundation, New York, New York
*1994-95	The City University of New York Research Grant, The City University of New York Research Foundation, New York, New York
*1993-94	The Elizabeth Foundation Grant, New York, New York
*1985-86	The City University of New York Research Grant, The City University of New York Research Foundation, New York, New York
*1984-85	Recipient of the Third World Artists Fellowship, New York, New York

### Commissions, public sculptures and public projects
*Sheldon Museum of Art, Winged Moondance (2013)
*Brooklyn Remembers, September 11 Memorial Project. Finalist, 2003–04, Brooklyn, New York
*September 11 Memorial Project at Liberty Park, Invited Participant, 2004–05, Liberty Park, New Jersey
*Mead Art Museum, Cliff Dwellers (2002), 19" x 22" x 3", Amherst, Massachusetts 
*The Brown Capital Management Co. Inc., Pathway to Home (2000), 20" x 11" x 65", Baltimore, Maryland
*Harlem School of the Arts, Dance of the Nightingales (1986), 6' x 2'x 2', New York, New York
*John Jay College, A Silent Sentinel (1985), 3' x 5' x 10', New York, New York
*John Jay College, Symbiotic Vision (1979), 22" x 18" x 4 1/2", New York, New York
*The College of Staten Island, Wisdom's Key (1976), 4' x 4' x 9', Staten Island, New York

### Public collections
*Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska
*Mead Art Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts
*Brown Capital  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
*College of Staten Island, The City University of New York, New York, New York
*Johnson Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
*Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
*New Museum, New York, New York

## Kundivihira

## External links
*Helen Ramsaran | MoMA