Over het werk:
Barbara Helmer’s enjoyment of painting is informed by the use of dramatic light, faded colours, light flares, backlighting, light moving through transparent material, and iridescence. Her earlier works depicted nature – trees, for example – as structures and patterns. Working from photographs, she would make templates from which she would build up layers of paint. Helmer’s fascination with trees and landscapes then extended into more abstract territories, but was still underscored by natural forms, such as crystals, minerals, and quartz materials. These materials manifest the fascinating ways that light refracts, diverse layers of colours, and the formation of a colour.
EXHIBITIONS /EXPOSITIES etc.: 2020 -Dresden - GrafischAtelier -Murals.Inc Gallery R'dam -Galerie Phoebus R'dam 2019 - "Übergangsweise #10 "Goethe Institut Rdam Groepstentoonstelling Maand v.d Grafiek Appendix - Art on Paper Amsterdam Galerie Phoebus -Galerie Phoebus Rotterdam groepstentoonstelling: Daniel Dutrieux, Esther Bruggink, Regula Maria Müller Eva-Maria Schön, Bernard Villers - Het Kunstgemaal, Bronkhorst groepstentoonstelling "5 Jaar" -Tekenkabinet#7 Amstelpark, Amsterdam 2018 -B.a.d Lab Test Results #4 Rotterdam met Laurien Dumbar , Romee van Oers -Galerie Phoebus Rotterdam -Tekenkabinet No.6 Amsterdam -Het Kunstgemaal Bronkhorst "Twilight F urniture" Groepstentoonstelling met Anya Janssen, Riette Wanders, Robbert Pauwels curator: Anya Janssen -OPEN STUDIOS Borgerstraat Rdam parellel to Art Rotterdam Guest artist show+ open studios 2017 Arte Concordia: "kunstenaarsvlag "voor in Avenue Concordia en vlaggen parade Boompjes. currator: Karin Arink Tekenkabinet(Manja v.d. Storm) Museum Purmerend, Amstelpark Hoge School Rotterdam presentatie Serie Zeefdrukken bij lancering nieuwe website Hoge School Opdracht ESL Erasmus School of Law Permanent Kunstobject (schilderwerk op glas) WTC Contemporary Art fair : Gallerie Hommes Groepstentoonstelling (Astrid de Pauw , Ralf Kokke, Ingrid Hoekstra) Depot Rotterdam Zeefdrukken 2016 Opdracht: Multiple Hoge School Rdam Serie zeefdrukken 2015 De Aanschouw Rotterdam Galerie E.M./Emmy Miltenburg Schiedam Pictura Dordrecht Eightfold, internet galerie Tekenkabinet Kunsthuis Amsterdam, Museum Waterland Purmerend 2014 Tekenkabinet “the Big Draw” Westpoort Amsterdam Tekensalon museum Waterland Purmerend 2013 Tekenkabinet Kunstsalon Assen Galerie Hommes Rotterdam Tekenkabinet Waterland Purmerend Ostrale Dresden (D) 2012 Opdracht Muurschildering RIJNSTATE ziekenhuis Arnhem Kunsthal Rotterdam Cilo Zutphen Galerie Hommes Rotterdam
2011 Galerie Bob Smit Rotterdam CBK Rotterdam 2010 Zwervende tentoonstelling Rotterdam Foto instituut Rotterdam Club Donny tijdschrift
2009 Club Donny tijdschrift 2008 CBK Rotterdam Opdracht voor muurschildering in tehuis palliatieve zorg IJsselmonde (Opening door koningin Beatrix.)