HELEN LIENE DREIFELDS

b. 1987, Toronto (Canada)

hldreifelds@gmail.com | @h__l__d

EDUCATION

2025 MFA Sculpture, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT

2014 DEC Specialization in Constructed Textiles, Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal, QC

2009 BA Applied Human Sciences (Community Development) and Art History, Concordia University, Montreal, QC

RESIDENCIES

2026 PAiR Residency, Pavilosta, Latvia

2025 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture Summer Program, Madison, ME

2022 ISSP Residency, Riga, Latvia

2014-2022 Juried Studio Programs: Harbourfront Centre; Akin x MOCA; Artscape Daniels Launchpad, Toronto, ON

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

TWO PERSON

2017 Réflexions/Réfractions, Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal, QC

2016 Outside the Lines, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON

subtle fragments, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, ON

GROUP

2025 After H(ours), Kiang Malingue NY, New York City, NY

Speaking Through Flowers, Centre for Collaborative Arts and Media, New Haven, CT

[ h ] ours, Sculpture MFA Thesis Exhibition, Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT

2024 Moving Sculpture, Schwarzman Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT

2023 Archives personnelles, Galerie collection chez Empreintes, Biennale Révélations, Paris, France

2019 Soft Walls, TD Community Sundays, Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON

An Index, Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON

2018 Fibreworks, Idea Exchange, Cambridge Art Galleries, Cambridge, ON

2017 Dwell, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON

2016 It’s Not You, It’s Me, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON

Produits improbables, Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal, QC

Non-Objective, Artport Gallery, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS

2025 Full Scholarship for Skowhegan, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT

CCAM Studio Fellowship, Centre for Collaborative Art and Media, Yale University, New Haven, CT

2024 Lin Art Scholarship, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT

Dean’s Fellowship Travel Grant, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT

2023 Dorothy Elaine McPherson Memorial Award in Mixed Media, Craft Ontario, Toronto, ON

2022 Artists Abroad Residency Grant, Canada Council for the Arts

2019 Studio Bursary, Toronto Artscape Foundation Daniels Launchpad, Toronto

2017 Visual Artist Grant, Toronto Arts Council, Toronto

Studio Scholarship, Craft & Design Studios: Textiles, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto

2014 Studio Scholarship, Craft & Design Studios: Textiles, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto

2013 Télio Student Award, Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2026 Sessional Lecturer - JAV130 Visual Strategies, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

2024 Teaching Assistant - ART010 Interdisciplinary Exploration and ART015 Collaborative Play with Nathan Carter, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT

2021-2023 Adjunct Lecturer - Advanced Weaving, Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Oakville, ON

2017-2021 Instructor - Weaving, Toronto District School Board Continuing Education, Mimico Adult Day Centre, Toronto, ON

2014-2020 Bilingual Educator - Visual Arts, Media Studies, Urban Studies, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON

2015-2018 Bilingual Educator - Arts and Culture, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON

2008 Teaching Assistant and Process Observer - AHSC 232 Working in Task Groups, Concordia University, Montreal, QC

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2026 Installation Technician, Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, ON

2025-2026 Learning Coordinator, Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington, ON

2024 Fabrication and Installation Specialist, Powerhouse Arts, New York City, NY

2023-2025 Fabrication Shop Monitor, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT

2021-2023 Welder Fitter - Custom Architectural Fabrication, Discreet & Discreet, Toronto, ON

2020 Colour Technician - Masonry and Conservation, PermaTint Ltd., Greater Toronto Area, ON

2013 Facilitator - Weaving, Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, New York

SELECTED TALKS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2026 The Lab: Mentorship & Momentum for Emerging Textile Thinkers, Textile Society of America, online

Invited Critic and Guest Speaker, Faculty of Art Critique Club, OCAD University, Toronto, ON

Invited Juror, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON

2024 Artist-in-Residence - Ceramic Studio After School Program, Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School and Yale Sculpture, New Haven, CT

Textile Thinking Artist Panel organizer and speaker, in collaboration with Whitney Humanities Center Textile Working Group, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Artist Talk, as part of Russian and Eastern European Studies Baltic Studies Working Group, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Artist Juror, XIV Latvian Song and Dance Festival Art Exhibition, Toronto, ON

Artist Talk, Canadian Welding Bureau Association Podcast, Milton, ON (online)

2023 Artist Talk, Craft Ontario Awards, Toronto, ON (online)

2019 Artist Talk, University of Toronto Schools, Akin x MOCA, Toronto, ON

2018 Artist Talk, Material Art and Design Program, OCADU, Toronto, ON

Experimental Weaving Workshop, Yabu Pushelberg x Souvenir Studios, Toronto, ON

2017 Midi-conférence: parcours artistique, Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal, QC

PRESS

Canadian Art, “Must Sees This Week: November 24 to November 30, 2016,” 11/24/2016.

Fabienne Couturier. “Les habits neuf des arts textiles,” La Presse.ca, 04/24/2016.

Laurence Stenvot. “Deux artistes textiles en dehors des lignes,” Le Metropolitain, 12/04/2016.

Robyn Wilcox. “Intuitive Curation,” Studio Magazine. 01/06/2020.