STATEMENT
We are a married artist duo blending human-centered storytelling and playful inventiveness into public art. With over a decade of collaboration in mosaic murals and sculptural installation, we craft spaces for connection, joy, and remembrance.
We met in an apprenticeship program for mosaic arts in 2012. Since then we have gone on the develop multifaceted careers in the arts, together and as individuals. Our collaborative practice is strengthened by our individual experience and skills. As a ceramicist, builder, and musician Will brings technical ingenuity, levity, and hands on a approach to each project. With a background in social practice and curation, Helen guides each project with holistic and relational manner.
Together, we bring a collaborative spirit, and a deep belief in art’s capacity to heal, connect, and commemorate. Our work exists at the intersection of craft, and care. We believe public art belongs to everyone, and are deeply honored to create meaningful artistic experiences for everyday people like ourselves.
BIOS
Helen Juliet Atkins is a New Mexico-based artist and curator whose work centers humanity; its resilience, contradictions, and collective memory. Born in Albuquerque to a Black Venezuelan mother and White American father, her biracial heritage informs her multidisciplinary practice, which spans multimedia installations and community-engaged projects.
A recipient of the 2018 Women in Creativity “Shine” Award, Helen co-founded Plates Against Patriarchy (2019), a ceramic storytelling initiative. She was a selected artist for the Lowe’s “100 Murals” project (2021). Her installations have been featured in Judy Chicago’s Wo/Manhouse 2022 (Belen, NM), and the Paseo Project (Taos 2025). Helen serves as Director of Opportunity at Harwood Art Center (ABQ), where she organizes opportunities for fellow artists. Her work has been supported by residencies like the Kennedy Heights Arts Center (Cincinnati, 2021). In 2025, she and her husband / collaborator Will Geusz completed the public artwork “Resilience", honoring the Greenwood community, including survivors and descendants of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
Will Geusz is a New Mexico-based artist and fabricator whose work blends playful futurism, natural forms, and functional design. With a background in public art, sculpture, and collaborative installations, he brings technical ingenuity and a hands-on approach to every project.
Will has served as an Installation Artist for Metal the Brand and as an Assisting Artist for large-scale public works, including the Hahn Arroyo Mosaic Project and murals with Andrew Fearnside. His independent projects reflect a love for interactive, site-responsive art, like East, West, Come Sit (2018), a pair of landscape inspired concrete couches installed in Las Vegas, NM, inviting passersby to rest and connect.
In 2019, he launched Willin and Chillin Arts, crafting and vending handmade goods at local markets like the Growers Market and UNM Craft Fair. Whether fabricating monumental mosaics, or functional pottery, Will’s work is rooted in material experimentation, and a belief that art should spark joy in everyday life.
CV HIGHLIGHTS
PUBLIC WORKS:
"Relics & Reeds" steel, aluminum, and paint made in collaboration Wellston, Oklahoma, 2026
"Resilience" steel, exterior ceramic mosaic panels, and paint made , North Boston Avenue Underpass Tulsa, Oklahoma, 2025
"Mullein & Mallow " exterior handmade ceramic mosaic panels Fort Logan Mental Health Institute of Denver, Colorado 2022
INSTALLATIONS:
"the hands that hold us" plaster, cement, wood, lighting, video, Paseo Project, Taos, New Mexico 2025
"Rest//Room" mosaic, digital illustrated murals, paint, custom furniture, Solamente Health Albuquerque New Mexico, 2024
EXHIBTIONS:
"Life After Dead Air" Taos Center for the Arts (group) Taos, New Mexico 2026
"Fragility" Secret Gallery (Solo) Albuquerque, New Mexico 2022
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