John Helms Gallery

John Helms Biography

Acrylic, Oil, and Watercolor Instructor: Michaels Arts & Craft Store - Memphis, TN.           

Tennessee Watercolor Society: Past member

Memphis / Germantown Art League: Active member

Several Radio Interviews & one TV interview on WREG-TV in connection with this campaign.

EXHIBITIONS: One-Man Shows

Hyatt Regency Gallery- Memphis, TN.

Mid-South Art World Gallery,1986- Memphis, TN.

McCord Gallery: Gatlinburg, TN.

EXHIBITIONS: Group Shows

Courtland Gallery - Memphis, TN.

Golden Fleece Gallery- Memphis, TN.

Beal Street Gallery- Memphis, TN.

Checkerberry Shop- Germantown, TN.

Mid-South Fair- Memphis, TN.

Tennessee Watercolor Society: Annual Western Region Show- Memphis, TN.

Tennessee Club- Memphis, TN.

Overton Square Art Auction, 1975,1977- Memphis, TN.

March of Dimes Art Auction \ Sale: Overton Square- Memphis, TN.

Germantown Village Square Mall- Germantown, TN.

Baptist Book Store- Memphis, TN.

Germantown Art League Annual Show- Memphis, TN.

ARTS & CRAFT SHOWS:

Folkfest, '86;'88, \ Mud Island- Memphis, TN.

Germantown Festival, 1986,1987,1988,1989- Germantown, TN.

Octoberfest '86: Mid-America Mall \ Mud Island- Memphis, TN.

Annual Arts & Crafts Show\Sale: Cook Convention Center,1974- Memphis, TN.

Second Annual Downtown Art Show: Octoberfest,'86- Memphis, TN.

Founder and Chairman, Art For Hearts Sake Show & Sale,1989- Memphis, TN.

Pecan Grove Festival, 1969,'90.'92 - Batesville, MS.

Hernando "Arts on the Square" Festival,1969,'90,'92,'93 - Hernando, MS.

Victorian Village Arts & Crafts Festival, 1987- Memphis, TN.

Memphis Arts Council Mud Island Festival, 1992- Memphis, TN.

Hickory Ridge Mall Autograph signing & SaleV Diel's Interiors- Memphis, TN.

Collierville Arts on The Square,1990 - Collierville, TN.

WKNO Art Auction, Several Years- Memphis, TN.

Tennessee Forrest Festival, Boliver,Tn.,1991,'92,'

Sardis, Ms. Fall Festival,1992

Forked Deer Festival, Jackson,Tn.,1991

Daughters of Charity 1st Annual Arts & Crafts Sale, 1990- Memphis, TN.

Cordova, TN. Arts & Crafts Festival,1990,'91,'92- Cordova, TN.

Octoberfest, 1991, '92 - Olive Branch, Ms.

Springfest - Southaven, Ms. ,1992

White Oak Festival - Byhalia, Ms.,1989

 John Helms is a native of Memphis, TN. aside from his formal training in art school

  and at college, much of his art education is a mixture of being self-taught by reading

  library and mail-order books on art and having worked with noted professional artists.

  he has had his drawings and paintings in many exhibitions, and has taught oil, water-

  color, and drawing classes. His realistic landscape paintings are in private collections

  throughout the nation. John has had several write-ups in the Commercial Appeal and

  interviews on local radio and television stations. He is a Viet-nam Era Vet and received

  his formal education at Mississippi College, University of Memphis, and Memphis College

  of Arts. He worked for Republic Airlines Fleet Service for 7 years and in 1986 was laid off

 because of  A.S - "Ankylosing Spondylitis," an incurable and crippling spinal disease . Soon

afterwards, John resumed his art career again, and in 1989, John organized the first "Art For

 Heart's Sake Fine Arts Show and Sale" at Oak Court Mall in Memphis, TN. in conjunction with

 WEZI FM radio. In the same year the Commercial Appeal honored John in President George

 Bushes' "1000 Points of Light' campaign for contributing his limited-edition prints and originals

 to help fund-raisers of various charities. John Helms currently lives in Memphis, TN. where he teaches

Oil, acrylic, and watercolor classes and markets his original paintings and prints.

  A verse to live by:

  "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths."

  Proverbs 3:5-7

The Night I Died - My Near-Death Experience

To learn more about  Ankylosing Spondylitis, click on this link to the Spondylitis Association of America.

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