Helene Rosanove

S o l o E x h i b i t i o n s...
2011 Afterburn 10, Gosford Regional Gallery, East Gosford, NSW.
2003 Commission/Permanent Exhibition, Boa Constrictors Snake Pit Bar & Restaurant Melbourne CBD Vic
2000 Studio Show, Artist Studio Ultimo Syd
1999 Flamenco, Seymour Centre - Foyer 1 Darlington Syd
1999 Skins, Total Exhibitionism Bondi Beach Syd
1996 Venomous Bodies, L.L Art Space East Sydney Syd
1996 Pictures Surround, Cavanaugh Centre Scotts Head NSW

G r o u p E x h i b i t i o n s
2010 Rock Chics The Arts Centre Melbourne Vic
2010 Picture This Brunswick Street Gallery Fitzroy Vic
2010 Gosford Art Prize Gosford Regional Gallery East Gosford NSW
2009 Gosford Art Prize Gosford Regional Gallery East Gosford NSW
2009 From Wamberal to Wagstaff Wamberal Hall Wamberal NSW
2009 Five Lands Walk Avoca SLSC Avoca Beach NSW
2005 Season of Twelve Mary Place Gallery Paddington Syd
2000 Staging Global gallery Paddington Syd
1998 Joy Global Galleries Paddington Syd
1998 Water Herring Island Gallery Herring Island Melb
1997 Quincan Country Bellingen Art Festival Bellingen NSW

Born Melbourne Australia, Helene Rosanove has archived her artwork since 1972. Her working career began as a telecine operator/film colourist for film post production. In 1986 Rosanove moved to Chicago USA establishing a photographic studio. She was involved in high profile projects such as The Chicago Film Festival, New York Fashion Week, and numerous theatre productions with Tim Robbins and John Cusack (New Crime Productions and The Actors Gang) in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York City.

New York City and Chicago, 1987 - 1990 were Rosanove’s chosen centres to exhibit artwork. In 1991 she returned to Australia participating in solo and group exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney and regional NSW. Using the photographic medium, Rosanove is interested in igniting a visual tapestry of the natural and the man made, often using the light of the full moon. This subject matter creates a linked environment of time, memory, presence and activity. There is a dream like quality of rhythm and movement that persists in her work.

"During the full moon I explore the external world of place to show the moon’s mesmerizing power, its ability to draw the viewer in and be taken to the depths of emotion. I find the shadows and the ghosts within a space. My image, my camera, my eye look to capture the resonance of light and dark, the ephemeral becomes grounded. The moon takes us by the hand on a journey into our own consciousness."

Landscape holds history and memory both personal and universal. “As an artist using photo media, my aim is to discover a place where dreams can evolve and imagination will thrive. I am interested in creating a line of vision and sensibility revealing aspirations of universal culture within a fragile Australian landscape. Natural movement, evocative shape, structure, colour reach into a deeply Australian and generational understanding of the destruction/renewal process." (Rosanove, 2011)


"I use the medium as a way of exploring the significance of everyday moments. By objectively revealing the detail present in an instant, I strive to stir the hidden mysteries, magic and emotion in the viewer. I am currently looking at my archives via digital technology often finding new points of reference that the camera had included” (Rosanove, 2005)

2011 Gosford Art Prize Sharpe Bros Acquisitive Photography Award.
2009 Gosford Art Prize Sharpe Bros Acquisitive Photography Award.
2000 Sydney Olympic Games International Media Pavillion, Homebush, Australian backyards – series of four billboard pieces, Sydney.
2000 AFTRS Australian Film, Television and Radio School, Digital betacam video studies Womans Grant, Sydney.
1990 American Heart Foundation, Look of the 90’s, Photographic Prize, Chicago.