Helene Black
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Helene Black is an artist and cofounder of NeMe. To date, she has many one person shows and group shows both in Cyprus and abroad. In addition, she has curated and co-curated several exhibitions such as “In Transition Russia 2008” with Sheila Pinkel and Alisa Prudnikova (Museum of Modern Art, Ekaterinburg and National Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia), “In Transition Cyprus 2006” with Sheila Pinkel, (Lanitis Centre, Cyprus) and “Isolomania” (NIMAC, Nicosia) 2008. She has also co-curated the following shows with Yiannis Colakides, “…SO NOW WHAT?” (for Scope New York and Basel), “COR UNUM” 2008 (NCCA, Moscow), Margins of Time, 2008, (Lanitis Centre, Limassol) and Dialogues with the Machine (Sala Berlanga, Madrid, Spain). At present, Helene is co-ordinating with Yiannis Colakides, the three year NeMe project, ‘Through the Roadblocks’ (2010 – 2012). This project, initiated by Peter Lyssiotis, George Alexander and Helene Black in 2009 has now grown into a large cross disciplinary project involving many collaborations from 10 countries at this stage, with emphasis on contributions made by participants from countries which immediately surround Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean region.