BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS |
She exhibited with the B.C. Society of Fine Arts in their annual exhibitions from 1940 to 1957.
Information available on-line from B.C. Vital Statistics notes that Helen Agnes Kahma died in North Vancouver at the age of 59. She was widowed at the time, her employment was noted as "Don - Women's Residence, U.B.C." from which she had retired in September 1970.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE | EXHIBITION | ARTWORK |
1940 May 17 - June 2 | BCSFA 30th Annual | Okanagan Landscape |
Self Portrait | ||
1941 May 10 - June 1 | BCSFA 31st Annual | White Lake Valley, Okanagan |
Girl's Back | ||
1942 May 15 - 31 | BCSFA 32nd Annual | Landscape I |
Landscape II | ||
Abstraction | ||
1942 July 7 - Sept. 2 | VAG B.C. Artists 1st Annual Summer | Portrait of a Girl |
1943 May 15 - June 6 | BCSFA 33rd Annual | Figure Composition |
1943 July 2 - Aug. 25 | VAG B.C. Artists 2nd Annual Summer | Figure Composition |
1944 May 13 - June 4 | BCSFA 34th Annual | Tutelary Synod |
1945 May 18 - June 10 | BCSFA 35th Annual | Lillian |
Mary | ||
1945 July 3 - Aug. 26 | VAG B.C. Artists 4th Annual Summer | Mary |
1946 May 31 - June 23 | BCSFA 36th Annual | Yellow Bolero |
Dita | ||
Harlequin Dress | ||
1946 July 2 - 28 | VAG Jubilee Exhibition | Yellow Bolero |
1947 May 9 - June 1 | BCSFA 37th Annual | Figure Harmony |
1947 July 8 - 27 | VAG B.C. Artists Summer Exhibition | Figure Harmony |
1948 May 18 -June 6 | BCSFA 38th Annual | Roche de Boule |
Kispayax | ||
Landscape, Hazelton | ||
1949 May 3 - 22 | BCSFA 39th Annual | Landscape, Skeena River |
Portrait | ||
Indian Graves, Hazelton | ||
1949 July 12 - July 31 | VAG Stanley Park in Pictures | Brockton Point |
1950 April 25 - May 14 | BCSA 40th Annual | Portrait |
Portrait | ||
1951 April 24 - May 13 | VAG BCSA 41st Annual | Michael The Archangel Verigin |
1951 Summer | Park Royal BCSA Summer Exhibition | Okanagan Landscape |
Stanley Park | ||
Girl's back | ||
Yellow Bolero | ||
1952 April 1 - 20 | VAG BCSA 42nd Annual | Sonia |
1953 May 5 - 31 | VAG BCSA 43rd Annual | Self Portraiti |
1955 April 26 - May 15 | VAG BCSA 45th Annual | Little Boy |
1957 March 5 - 24 | VAG BCSA 47th Annual | Portrait of a Girl |
B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE death (refer to BCVS)
"Large and unusual canvases which are certain to attract attention and cause discussion
include: ... "The Prodigal Son" by R.W. Major,
another highly individual and symbolic canvas; and Helen West's
"Figure Composition," very decorative in a more conventional style."
From "Fine Creative Spirit Marks Exhibition By B.C. Artists"
Vancouver Province, May 21 1943
"Among other prominent exhibitors are ... Helen West ... "
From "Summer Show at Gallery Major Event
for Art Lovers" by Palette
Vancouver Province, July 7 1943
"However, one can not omit mentioning the ... forthright affirmatively
painted oils by Helen West ... "
From "Lively Spirit Pervades B.C. Artists' Exhibition"
by Palette
Vancouver Province, May 3 1949