About Helice
Helice Wen is a Chinese-American artist. She was born and raised in Shen Zhen, China. She moved to San Francisco at age 14 where she currently lives and works.
Helice received a BA Illustration degree from Academy of Art University, San Francisco. After illustrated several children’s books, Helice switched her focus to gallery work. Her work has shown in galleries both nationally and internationally.
Through her work, Helice uses figures and floral patterns to narrate the intimate, vulnerable, and sensibilities in everyday life.
Select Exhibitions
Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2026
Arch Enemy Art, Philadelphia, PA 2024
Harman Projects, Context Art Miami, Miami, FL 2023
Four Seasons, Heron Arts, San Francisco, CA 2022
Deep Roots: Ornamentation On And Identity, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA 2022
Daydream, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2021
The de Young Open, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA 2020
Balance, Stone Sparrow NYC, New York City, NY 2020
Mural Commissions
SFMTA Utility Box Murals, San Francisco, CA 2023
Chinese Cultural Center and African American Cultural Center Public Art Mural, San Francisco, CA 2021
Paint The Void Mural, San Francisco, CA 2020
Bright Walls Public Art Mural, Jackson, MI 2018
Residency
Arte Ventura, Andalusia, Spain 2025
Publication
NSFW, 2021
Le Petit Voyeur, Denmark, 2021
NSFW Art Collection, 2021
Suggestivism Resonance, 2018
