Andrea Borbély Hellman
Artist Bio
Andrea Hellman, Ed.D., is an associate professor of English at Missouri State University. She holds a doctorate in Language, Literacy, and Cultural Studies from Boston University. She is best known for her publications in TESOL and directs a National Professional Development grant project called Show Me Multiliteracy.
Andrea is a prolific fine artist, who maintains an online gallery of her works. She is a member of the Fresh Gallery in Springfield, Missouri. Her preferred medium is digital painting although she has worked in oil painting, watercolor, etching, collage, mixed media, and photography. Accolades for Andrea's art in 2023 include two Gold, a Silver, and two Bronze Awards from the J. Mane Gallery, two Artist-of-the-Month Awards and five Bronze Awards from the Camelback Gallery, a Second Place Award and an Honorable Mention from the Ten Moir Gallery, a Bronze Award from the Global Painting Conclave, two Talent Prize Awards and an Honorable Mention from Teravarna, an Artistic Excellence Award and two Honorable Mentions from Fusion Art, two Special Merit Awards and several Special Recognitions from the Light Space Time Gallery, a Best-in-Show Award and a Crystal Award from the Gallery Ring, two Laurel Awards from Gallery 4%, an Honorable Mention from the Art Show International Gallery and the Art Room Contemporary Online Gallery. Her art was published in the Passengers Journal, the Beyond Words Literary Magazine, and New Note Poetry, and she was a featured artist in Hayden Ferry's Review Issue 72, Spring/Summer, 2023.
Andrea's current art projects are about play and exploration. She lives in a vibrant arts community; her works reflect the relationship of art forms, theater, poetry, dance, and music. She occupies herself with “what if” questions to generate creative imagery visualizing her musings and sensations in the present.