Helen Margaret Rockel (born 1949) is a New Zealand artist.

Background

Rockel was born in 1949 in

Wanganui Whanganui (; ), also spelled Wanganui, is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway. Whang ...

, New Zealand. She attended the

Ilam School of Fine Arts The Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury was founded in 1882 as the Canterbury College School of Art. The school became a full department of the university in the 1950s, and was the first department to move to the suburban Ila ...

between 1968 and 1971, receiving an Honours in painting.

Career

Known as a painter, her work is notable for its vivid realism and feminist references. Many of Rockel's paintings are portraits, often influenced by her travels through Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Nepal and India. Rockel has exhibited with the

Canterbury Society of Arts Centre of Contemporary Art (CoCA, formerly the Canterbury Society of Arts) is a curated art gallery in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand. The gallery is administered by the Canterbury Society of Arts (CSA) Charitable Trust. Quarte ...

and

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in 1973 and 1975. In 1975 she was part of the exhibition ''Six Women Artists,'' organised by

Allie Eagle Allie Eagle (9 January 1949 – 25 May 2022) was a New Zealand artist whose work in the 1970s was key to the development of feminist art practice in New Zealand. She was the subject of the 2004 documentary ''Allie Eagle and Me''. She identified he ...

at the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, exhibiting with Stephanie Sheehan, Joanna Harris, Rhondda Bosworth, Joanne Hardy, and Jane Arbuckle. Her works are held in collections at the

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum and is located in Wellington. ''Te Papa Tongarewa'' translates literally to "container of treasures" or in full "container of treasured things and people that spring fr ...

and

Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu The Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, commonly known as the Christchurch Art Gallery, is the public art gallery of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. It has its own substantial art collection and also presents a programme of New ...

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Living people New Zealand painters Ilam School of Fine Arts alumni People from Christchurch Artists from Whanganui New Zealand women painters 1949 births People associated with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa People associated with the Canterbury Society of Arts Feminist artists People associated with The Group (New Zealand art) {{NewZealand-painter-stub

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