Helaine Rainier

Group Exhibitions

2015 M. Christina Geis Gallery
Georgian Court University, Lakewood, NJ

2014 Conversations in Color
Ocean County Artists Guild, Toms River, New Jersey

2012 Visual Aids, 14th Annual Postcards from the Edge,
Cheim & Read, New York, NY

2010 Visual Aids, 12th Annual Postcards from The Edge,
ZieherSmith, New York, NY

2007 Public Buildings Arts Inclusion, State of New Jersey
The Ocean County Library, Toms River, NJ

2006 Artists respond to the World Trade Center Disaster
The Unity Canvas, The Port Authority of NY and NJ, New York, NY

2003 Visual Aids, 6th Annual Postcards from The Edge,
Galerie Lelong, New York, NY

2002 Artists Respond to the World Trade Center Disaster, The Unity Canvas, New York Artists Circle, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY

2002 Art Hidden or by Chance, Free Biennial, New York, NY

2002 After the Fall: Artists for Peace, Justice & Civil Liberties
A project of the Boulder Arts Commission, www.Taparts.org
The Arts Paper, Boulder, CO

2002 Artists Respond to Terrorism
The Art Project, New York, NY
www.theArtproject.net (image grid #12, Remember #142)

2002 International forum for artists responding to 9/11
Why Project, Dallas, TX, www.whyproject.org

2001 Parallel Action-Bunker, Poem: La Rossa
net-poetry in the context of Bunker Poetico,
La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy

1996 National Juried Competition: Juror – Mel Leipzig
Monmouth Museum, Lincroft , NJ

1995 National Juried Competition: Juror – Thelma Goldin
Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY

1994 M. Christina Geis Gallery

2001 Georgian Court University, Lakewood, NJ

1991 The Funding Center, Alexandria, VA

1990 International Women’s Exhibit of Contemporary Art
Wetherholt Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1988 Cumberland County College, Vineland, NJ

1987 Private Screening: Exhibition of contemporary folding screens
Cadme Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1987 The Artist’s Garden
Pavilion Gallery, Mt. Holly, NJ

1987 Arts Invitational: Showcase of the Arts
Ocean County Cultural and Heritage Commission, Toms River, NJ

1985 Spectrum Gallery, Pt. Pleasant, NJ

1983 Alumni Show, The Barn Studio of Art, Millville, NJ

Public Art

2007 Public Buildings Arts Inclusion, the State of New Jersey
The Ocean County Library, Toms River, NJ
Paintings: Acqua Viva, Drifting, Sunyata, and Embryo

Education

Georgian Court University, Lakewood, NJ
BA in Art 1987

Dancing Brush Studios, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA 2011 and 2012
Giant brush sumi-e with Rosemary KimBal

Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ 1987–1989
Painting and drawing studio with June Wilson

The Barn Studio of Art, Millville, NJ 1975–1981
Painting studio with Patricia Vanaman Witt; studio classes with Henry Hensche; with Louis Sloan; of the Pennsylvania Academy of Art, with Laimons Eglitis; of the Maryland Institute College of Art, printmaking with Morris Blackburn; of the Pennsylvania Academy of Art, drawing with Oliver Grimley; of the Hussian School, and sumi-e with Phoebe Shih; of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 1966
Studio classes in painting, collage, art analysis, and visual communication

Teaching

Giant Brush Sumi-e, NJ and New York, NY 2012–2014
Hooper Avenue Elementary School, Webelos Scouts, Toms River, NJ
Christ Church, New York, NY

Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ 2007–2008
Basic and Experimental Drawing
Painting Studio: Oil and Acrylic Painting

Academy for Lifelong Learning, Ocean County College 2003–2009
Art Now: Art & Artists in the 21st Century
Painting Studio: Oil and Acrylic Painting

Kids on Campus, Ocean County College
Japanese Art: Sumi-e and Free Form Origami
Egg Tempera and Watercolor

Toms River Adult Education, Toms River, NJ 2003
Painting Studio: Oil and Acrylic Painting

Brick Community Education, Brick, NJ 2003–2008
Painting Studio: Oil and Acrylic Painting

Awards / Reviews

Art Matters, Philadelphia, PA (William Southwell) April 1987

Jersey Shore Public Relations and Advertising Association (JSPRAA) Red Bank, NJ 1986, 1987

Mathis Fund Grant, NJ, 1986

Spectrum award in painting, Spectrum Gallery, Pt. Pleasant, NJ, 1985

Paintings and works on paper represented in public and private collections
in the United States