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hERO is Helen Roowalla, a visual artist of Persian and Indian origin. Born in Switzerland in 1980, and raised there until the age of 15, when she moved to the United States to complete her education. 
hERO currently lives and works in Switzerland. She has been actively painting since 2009 but has been drawing all her life. She began her visual journey by painting large-scale insects in oil. Later she moved on to portraiture, with a touch of surrealism. In 2013 she began experimenting with abstract painting, and finally developed her signature pop art surrealist style, and embraced acrylic as her medium of choice. Her style is characterized by bold lines and bright colors. Her lines are curved, almost cartoon-like, and the shapes organic and full of movement. hERO has been exhibiting on a regular basis since 2011, both in her native Switzerland in solo and collective shows, as well as internationally in Los Angeles, New York, London, Rome, and Milan to name a few.  hERO draws influence from a variety of life experiences, such as her heritage, her travels, and artists and art movements of the past, from ancient to contemporary. In 2012, she completed a Bachelor’s degree in Art History to strengthen her artistic knowledge. Aside from sculpture classes to learn new techniques, she is entirely self-taught, developing her style and painting techniques through experimentation and constant work.
2020

March 1 - April 8
Villa Sassa
Lugano, Switzerland
2019

May 13 - June 7 
TASIS Arts Festival
Montagnola, Switzerland
2018

November 23-25
La Limonaia di Villa Saroli- sponsored by Bally Fondazione per la Cultura
Lugano, Switzerland

June 8-10
Festivart
Lugano, Switzerland

May 15-30
​TASIS The American School in Switzerland
Montagnola, Switzerland

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2017

September 27 - October 19
TAG The Art Gallery
Lugano, Switzerland

June 24-26
Sculpture collective exhibit - Perseo SA
Balerna, Switzerland

June 14-18
The Artbox Pojects at Art Basel
Basel, Switzerland

June 9-11
Art Shopping Paris - represented by Il Melograno Art Gallery
Paris, France

April 21-24
Art Expo NY - represented by The Gallery Steiner
New York, United States

January 11-15
​LA Art Fair - represented by The Gallery Steiner
Los Angeles, United States
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​2016

December 10 - January 10, 2017
Il Melograno Art Gallery
Livorno, Italy

November 30 - December 4
The Arbox Projects at Spectrum Miami Art Show Art Basel Week
Miami, United States

November 10-15
Arte Padova - represented by Il Melograno Art Gallery
Padova, Italy

June 6 - December 31
​Casa Cultura​
Lugano, Switzerland


May 3 - December 31
​Residence Parco Salario
Rome, Italy

September 3
Torre Fiorenzana
Grono, Switzerland

May 21
Lugano Fashion Week, LAC
Lugano, Switzerland

April 1 -15
Galleria Domus Romana
Rome, Italy

March 17 - April 17
Premio Giovani Artisti 2016, Spazio Officina
Mendrisio, Switzerland


2015

October 30 - November 13
Spazio 100 Art Gallery
Torino, Italy

October 9 - December 31
Parco Maraini
Lugano, Switzerland


September 6 - 27
Maina Museum
Caslano, Switzerland


July 24-26
Parallax Art Fair
London, United Kingdom    
                                                                          

May 1 - June 30
Collective exhibit 
Caronno, Italy


February 21 - March 14
Humus Dance Art Space
Mendrisio, Switzerland

January 24 - February 13
Milano Art Gallery
Milan, Italy 



2014
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December 6 - January 6, 2015
Humus Dance Art Space
Mendrisio, Switzerland
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September 1 - December 31
Il Radicchio
Lugano, Switzerland


November 30 - December 15
Galleria Alter Ego 
Ponte Tresa, Switzerland

September 5-15
Collective Exhibit
Lavena Ponte Tresa, Italy 

May 1- August 31
Ai Grappoli di Sessa  
Sessa, Switzerland  
           
June 20-22
"Percorsi"  competition, Galleria Alter Ego
Ponte Tresa, Switzerland
 
                                         
July 1
Painting Competition  
Muralto, Switzerland

June 1- August 31     
International Collective Exhibit
Milan, Italy

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2013

​May 1
Competition "Guardando Milano"
​Second place
Milan, Italy
                        
March 30 
Competition "Mostra del pittore dilettante"
Castagnola, Switzerland 

                                       
March 15
International Collective Exhibit "Art Matters"
Lugano, Switzerland
                                                 
March 1
GMA Music School  
Lugano, Switzerland 
   

2011
May 15
TASIS Arts Festival
​Montagnola, Switzerland
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