Helna Merin Joseph is an Indian contemporary visual artist and art educator, formerly an Assistant Professor, from Kerala and currently based in the England. Trained in sculpture, her practice spans multiple mediums, engaging with questions of gendered identity, memory, migration, and socio-cultural paradoxes shaped by lived experience and shifting geographies.
She holds a BFA from Kerala University (First Rank) and an MFA in Sculpture from the University of Hyderabad (First Rank with Gold Medal). Her work has been widely exhibited, including presentations at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (Students Biennale) and Kerala Lalithakala Akademi State Exhibitions, where she has received several awards.
Since relocating to the UK, her practice has expanded to incorporate new media and site-responsive approaches, exploring notions of place, belonging, and cultural hybridity within contemporary contexts.

Educational Qualification
2020-MFA |Sculpture |Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication
University of Hyderabad | University Topper | First Rank with Gold Medal
2018-BFA |Sculpture| Raja Ravi Varma College of Fine Arts, Mavelikara
Kerala University First Rank with Distinction

Scholarships and Award 
2026- Xpeng x London Art Fair, Visionary Art Challenge Runner -up 
2023 -Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi Honourable  Mention Award
2021- Art for Hope, Hyundai Motor India Foundation, India CSR
2019 -Karunakaran Memorial Students Scholarship by Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi
2018 -Best Art Student Scholarship, Artist Rama Varma Raja Trust Mavelikara, Kerala
2017- Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi Special Mention Award
2016- Best Art Student Scholarship, Artist Rama Varma Raja Trust Mavelikara, Kerala
2016- Reserve Bank of India, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Solo Exhibitions
2025 -Walking Histories, Creative Place, Northampton, Engalnd
2024 -Wood & Wonder, The Shed Gallery, Croston, England 
2018 -Solitary Reaper, Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi Art Gallery DC, Kottayam, Kerala
2018 -Solitude, Rama Varma Raja Art Gallery, Mavelikara, Kerala

Group Exhibition
2026 - Northants and Rutland Spring Open, Lamport Hall, England 
2026- Northampton Film Festival Art, Delapre Abbey, England 
2025 - Northants and Rutland Open Studios, Lamport Hall, England 
2025 -63rd Art in the Park Exhibition, Abington, England
2024 -MAUK Coffee and Poetry Art Exhibition, London
2024 -Residential Artist, Valentines Bistro, England
2023 -Things Are Vanishing Before Us, Gallery Dot walk, Bikanar House, Delhi
2023 -Kerala Lalithakala Akademi 51st State Exhibition, Durbar Hall & Pepper House, Kochi
2022- Odyssey ,Palette People , Hallegua Hall ,Mattancherry ,Kochi , Kerala
2022 -Merak , Art Exhibition, Saint Berchmans college, Changanacherry, Kerala
2022 -Extremely South, Art District 13, Lado Sarai, New Delhi
2022- Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi 50th State Exhibition, Durbar Hall Art Gallery Kochi 
2022- Art for Hope, Hyundai Motor India Foundation, Bikaner House, New Delhi
2022- 55th Annual Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
2021-Women Art Exhibition, The Indian Cultural Relations, NGMA, New Delhi
2021-'Lokame Tharavad 'Contemporary Art Exhibition, Alappuzha, Kerala
2021-Online Students Biennale by Kochi Biennale Foundation
2021-Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi 49th State Exhibition, Durbar Hall Art Gallery Kochi, Kerala
2021-'Profound Contemplation’ CAF 6th Edition International Online Art Exhibition
2021-Engineering of Art, An International Contemporary Exhibition of Art
2021-Art Family, International Solo Online Art Exhibition, memory of Mohd.Tauqeer
2020-Hyderabad Art Society Women Art Exhibition Salar Jung Museum Hyderabad
2020-'Winds of colors' Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi DC Kizhakkemuriyidam, Kottayam, Kerala
2020-'Nirantar' Second International Online Art Exhibition
2018- Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi 47th State Exhibition, Durbar Hall Art Gallery, Kochi
2017-Students Biennale Kochi Biennale Foundation, Kerala
2017 -Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi 46th State Exhibition, Dubar Hall Art Gallery, Kochi
2015 -Annual Show, Raja Ravi Varma College of Fine Arts Mavelikara, Kerala
  
Camps and Workshop
2022-Azadikaamruthmahotsav, Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi , Vaikkom
2022-National Wood Carving Camp Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi , Kannur, Kerala 
2021-Silpakeralam Online Art Camp, Kerala Lalith Kala Akademi
2021-Dilli Chalo Karshaka Ikyadhartya Samithy Kuttand, Alappuzha, Kerala
2021-T. K Padmini Women Art Camp Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi, Durbar Hall Art Gallery, Kochi
2020-Women State Gallery of Art, Madhapur, Hyderabad
2017-'EKAM' National Art Students Camp Government College of Fine Arts Thrissur, Kerala
2017-National Bronze Casting workshop RRVCFA Mavelikara, Kerala
2017-State level workshop on Terracotta, RRVCFA Mavelikara, Kerala
2017-Dhokara Casting camp RRVCFA, Mavelikara, Kerala
2017 -Wall Art Painting Camp South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjauvr, Tamil Nadu

Workshop Facilitator
2025-Lantern Making Workshop Primary Schools, England
2025 -Textile Art with Upcycled Fabric, Art Jam Northampton
2023 -Textile Art with Upcycled Fabric for Children, Beypore International RT Fest and Textile Art Festival 
2023 -Art of Abandoned Denim, ABC Art Room, Kochi Biennale Foundation DLF Cabral Yard, Fort Kochi   
2023 -Sargolsavam, The State Government of Kerala, Kerala Lalita Kala Akademi Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi and Kerala Sahitya Akademi  
2022 -Star Making Workshop Saintgits Design school, Kottayam, Kerala 
2021- Vegetable Carving Workshop, Jwala Kavalam, Kerala

Mural Projects
2026-Cabinet Art Project, Northampton 
2023-Women Contemporary Artists Graffiti at Manaveeyam Veedhi, Trivandrum
2017-South Zone Cultural Center, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu

Volunteer
2026- National Carrer Week, Northampton Film Festival 
2025- Inspiration Arts, Northampton Carnival 
2024- Northampton Museum & Art Gallery, Collections Move Research Role