Works in public collections
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Orange Skin (125 fl.oz.), 2009, acrylic, enamel and stainless steel 77 x 140cm
Stack, 2012, acrylic paint skins and steel frame, 104 x 43 x 34cm
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetu
6/24, 2011, acrylic and stainless steel pins, 160 x 150cm. Purchased 2011
Orange Up, 2012, Digital image. Commissioned for Stereoscope as a temporary artwork, 2012
Yellow Red Blue Black, 2012-18, water based enamel, rubber cord, variable dimensions. Gifted 2018.
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Yellow, 2018, acrylic paint and steel wire, 67.5 x 50cm. Purchased 2019.
Suter Gallery, Nelson New Zealand.
Double Yellow, 2018, acrylic paint and steel wire, 37.5 x 80cm. Purchased 2019.
The Arts House Trust, Auckland, New Zealand.
Red, 2016
Orange Split, 2021. Purchased 2024.
Solo Exhibitions
The Tidy Behaviour of Matter, Two Rooms, Auckland, NZ, November -December 2023
The Tidy Behaviour of Matter, The National, Christchurch, NZ, July 2023
Space Line Colour, Bartley & Company, Wellington, NZ, June 2020
Folded, Bartley & Company, Wellington, NZ, March 2019
Supports and Surfaces, Nadene Milne Gallery, Christchurch, NZ, July 2018
Gamut, Trish Clark Gallery, Auckland, NZ 2016
Slip, hang, stack, Bartley and Company, Wellington, NZ, 2016
Qualia 760-620 λ, Enjoy Public Gallery, Wellington, NZ, 2014
Orange Up, Stereoscope, Christchurch Art Gallery, NZ, 2012
In front, behind, side-by-side, Antoinette Godkin Gallery, Auckland, NZ, 2011
Polychrome, Antoinette Godkin Gallery, Auckland, NZ, 2010
Yellow, orange, red, black, City Art Rooms, Auckland, NZ, 2009
fl.oz. 64zero3, Christchurch, NZ, 2008
Up, 64zero3, Christchurch, NZ, 2006
Paint Set, The Signal Gallery, Hamilton, NZ, 2005
Paint Set, 64zero3, Christchurch, NZ, 2005
Lamination, School of Fine Art Gallery, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ, 2004
Painting Sets for Domestic Walls, Fresh Gallery, Christchurch, NZ, 2003
Four Walls, School of Fine Art Gallery, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ, 2003
Group Exhibitions
Alpenglühen, curated by Christoph Dahlhausen, Galerie am Lindenplatz, Lichtenstein, October- December, 2023
Material Sense curated by Lydia Baxendale at Ilam Campus Gallery, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ, 2022
Crosses and Losses, The Arts House Trust at Pah Homestead, Auckland, NZ, 2022
Farbstoff, curated by Christoph Dahlhausen at Galerie Mariette Haas, Ingolstadt, Germany, 2022
Paint (Marie Le Lievre, Miranda Parkes, Rebecca Wallis, Stacey Turner, Hamish Coleman, Helen Calder, Monique Lacey, Cat Fooks, Catherine Clayton-Smith) Bartley & Company, Wellington, NZ, 2021
Licht & Farbe, Paintings and Objects, Helen Calder, Christoph Dahlhausen, Katharina Grosse, Christine Reifenberger, Esther Verhaeghe Gallery, Bruxelles, Belgium, 2021
Reflecting on Light and Paint, Helen Calder and Christoph Dahlhausen, Bartley & Company, Wellington, NZ, 2020
Westfarbe, curated by Christoph Dahlhausen, Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland and Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, NZ, 2020
ModCon, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, NZ, 2017
Solid Colour (Part One – with Galia Amsel, Stephen Bambury, Marie Le Lievre and Shannon Novak) Trish Clark Gallery, Auckland, NZ, 2015
Solid Colour (Part Two- with Stephen Bambury, Chris Corson-Scott, Phil Dadson, Amanda Gruenwald, Andrea Juan and Shannon Novak)Trish Clark Gallery, Auckland, NZ, 2015
unpainted (Helen Calder, James Bellaney, Kim Pieters, Fu On Chung) Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Dunedin, NZ, 2014
Burster Flipper Wobbler Dripper Spinner Stacker Shaker Maker, curated by Justin Paton and Felicity Milburn, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, NZ, 2014
Nice to meet you (Helen Calder and Miranda Parkes), Dog Park Project Space, Christchurch, NZ, 2012
Matter matters (Helen Calder, Ilona Hakvort and Sophie Knezic) curated by Richard Van de Aa, Paris Concrét, France, 2011
The Waikato National Contemporary Art Awards, Waikato Museum, Hamilton, NZ, 2010
Four painters- traveling in the world (Helen Calder, Marie Le Lievre, Eileen Leung and Ruth Thomas-Edmond) Bartley and Company, Wellington, NZ, 2010
Blue Planet, curated by Ken Hall, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, NZ, 2010
The Waikato National Contemporary Art Awards, Waikato Museum, Hamilton, NZ, 2009
The Wallace Art Awards, Auckland, NZ, 2009
As If We Never Met (Helen Calder, Julian Dashper & Lee Szu Hui), curated by Andre Hemer, Christchurch, NZ, 2009
Orange Up, 2012, Digital image. Commissioned for Stereoscope (Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū) as a temporary artwork, 2012. Photo credit: Doc Ross