Helna M.

Helna Merin Joseph was born in 1996 in Changanacherry; a small hamlet in God’s own country, Kerala, India. She did her Masters in Fine Arts majoring in Sculpture securing the first division with distinction from Sarojini Naidu School of Art and Communication, University of Hyderabad, 2020. She bagged the First Rank in Bachelor of Arts with Sculpture as main from Kerala University, Raja Ravi Varma College of Fine Arts, Mavelikara, Kerala. She had more than one year of teaching experience in Media Village St. Joseph College of Communication, changanacherry .
Helna got the great opportunity to share space with many acclaimed artists in ‘Lokame Tharavad’ International Art Exhibition, 2021, curated by Shri. Bose Krishnamachari at Alappuzha. She also had the chance to be part of the Kochi Biennale Foundation twice in 2021 and 2017. Her Solo Exhibitions are ‘Solitary Reaper’ conducted in accordance with Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi in 2018 and ‘Solitude’ exhibited at Rama Varma Raja Art Gallery, Mavelikkara, Kerala in 2018. She has been honoured to receive the Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi Special Mention Award in 2017. Her collection of work has been selected by the Reserve Bank of India, Thiruvananthapuram in 2016