sally helmi is an interdisciplinary artist residing and practicing in newark, nj. her work is an extension of her nursing practice. she dissolves into a strategy that assesses, diagnoses, speculates, intervenes, rationalizes and evaluates. the artist serves to soothe, comfort, and extend softness into the eerie. her work invokes and illustrates the dynamic relationship between sickness and health through a textural and visual language.
sallyhelmi@gmail.com
b. 1993 Bayonne, New Jersey
lives: Newark, New Jersey
EDUCATION
2015 Bachelor of Science in Nursing, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Intimately Held, Index Art Center, Newark, New Jersey
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2020 Heal Thy Self, IAC, Newark, NJ
2019 Brick City Litty, IAC, Newark, NJ
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Welcome Back to the World, IAC, Newark, NJ
2019 Fern and Fossil x The Nork Project Pop Up, Newark, NJ
2019 Art Factory Studios, Paterson, NJ
2019 Index, NYFA, Newark, NJ
2019 In Praise of Flesh, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
2018 Newark Open Doors, IAC, Newark, NJ
2018 Something In the Universe, IAC, Newark, NJ
2018 Come As You Are, 10th Annual Art Auction, Gallery Aferro, Newark ,NJ
2016 Venus Fest, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
RESIDENCIES/ PROGRAMS
2021 Dark Study
2021 First Tech Fund (photography mentor), NYC
2019 Immigrant Artist Mentorship Program (mentor) , NYFA, Newark, NJ
2018 Index Art Center, Newark, NJ (current resident)
PRESS/ PANELS/ ARTIST TALKS
2021 Artist Feature and Interview with Nene Aïssatou Diallo, LAND Collective
2020 ‘Newark Artists, Thriving Amid Crisis and Catharsis’, NY Times
2020 'Cabin Fever Artist Talks', Visual Arts Center of New Jersey
2020 ‘Sally Helmi: On the Global Crisis’, Scarlet Magazine
2020 ‘5 Essential Workers on Beauty Routine as Self-Care, Allure
2019 New Moon Potluck Panel on Public Health, 9th Haus, Jersey City, NJ