Background
Shlien, Helen Snower was born on May 13, 1919 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Daughter of William and Henrietta (Berkowitz) Snower.
Shlien, Helen Snower was born on May 13, 1919 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Daughter of William and Henrietta (Berkowitz) Snower.
Bachelor, Sarah Lawrence College, 1941; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1964.
Assistant editor, Big Table magazine, Chicago, 1958-1960; director, Comtemporary Prints & Drawings Gallery, Chicago, 1965-1967; director, Boston Visual Artists Union, 1974-1976; director, Helen Shlien Gallery, Boston, 1978-1985; assistant curator, Institute Contemporary Art, Boston, 1969-1971; independent curator,, Boston, since 1985. Board directors The Space, Boston, since 1988. Member acquisitions committee Danforth Museum Art, Framingham, Massachusetts, since 1989.
Member Women's Caucus for Art.
Married John M. Shlien, December 4, 1943. Children: Andrea, Laura, David.